this is t w news coming to you live from berlin deadlock in spain madrid says it won't be blackmailed over catalonia as demand for independence and from rejects calls for mediation with war of words escalating is catalonia is split from spain now inevitable we'll go live to barcelona also coming up the girlfriend of the los

vegas gunman breaks her silence how much did she know about the killer's plot to commit the worst mass shooting in law in u.s. history. the latest blockbuster hits from russian movie screens it's a love story amid the fight to liberate an occupied land that land is better known as ukraine's crimea no the filmmakers are facing accusations of making propaganda. plus we'll look at evan environmental time bomb threatening one of the planet's most important resources our oceans far becoming choked with plastic waste not just bottles and packaging the tiny particles that could enter the human food chain i'll ask europe's top official on maritime affairs what can be done to stop the pollution.

hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us the crisis over catalan independence has had a deadlock spain's government has rejected calls for talks over what it calls a need legal movement in a defiant statement it said it would not give in to blackmail officials in catalonia have threatened to announce their split from spain as soon as next week that's after claiming some ninety percent of people voted for independence in last week's referendum under the veneer of this warm autumn evening the tension in madrid is palpable across the city spanish flags hanging from balconies it's almost reminiscent of the football world cup but people here are worried they've seen images of very different flags flying in barcelona like this one welcome to the catalan republic as the night draws in catalonia as leaders once again on the attack in a scathing rebuke he accuses spain's king of abandoning cattle lands. the king

speech was an endorsement of the policies of prime minister roy policies that are cut just traffic for catalonia. in madrid no one can quite fathom how did it come to this the journalist and author and less to it because there has been covering the unfolding crisis. like. madrid shouldn't have sent police to try to prevent the referendum they should have let it happen the results are legal anyway the images of violence have galvanized the independence movement. the conflict isn't a new one two thousand and six offered a brief opportunity to defuse the situation a treaty offering catalonia more independence was put on the table but it was blocked by mariano rajoy then the head of the opposition he along side spain's constitutional court was troubled by the treaties reference to a cat's

a land nation you know more this wasn't stupidity or short sightedness this was political tactics polarize people as much as possible promote and teakettle and sentiment and the votes in the rest of spain are there for the taking. since then laws passed by the catalan government have often been met with opposition in madrid and often end up before spain's constitutional court. these new laws don't necessarily relate to the independence need notes they can also govern issues such as gender equality energy regulation accenture. spain's constitutional court has forbidden catalonia from splitting from spain leaving the nation at an impasse and the catalan town of my your people are calling for international support they have this plea help us europe. was cross over to barcelona now the capital of catalonia our correspondent fanny

fox is standing by for us there good morning fanny we just heard your that some in catalogs at least are calling on europe to help can europe help. that's a good question exactly how that's what the regional president of catalonia which they want is looking for it here in his office behind me but when you listen to the voices coming out there from strasburg yesterday when the european parliament convene it doesn't look like the european union wants to take on this role as a mediator in fact the vice president of the european commission has made clear that this is a domestic issue and the dialogue needs to be taken to be taking place here between and barcelona nothing new they are many other politicians have said that before in europe so is germany's chancellor merkel saying that this is a domestic issue must be booked out here at a table between the two parties so no it doesn't look like that president put him

on to it catalonia is getting the help that he wants average europe is very much unified in condemning the violence that's happened over the over the cracked in of the referendum on sunday but as i say they do not want to take on this role as a mediator also of course because they do not want to see some sort of set of precedents for other independent movements in other countries in europe. spain's government is refusing to engage with the leaders of catalonia has that not essentially forced catalonia into a corner blog obliging it to either give up on its independence bid or declare independence. it's pretty much a very difficult situation charge for both sides both for madrid and for barcelona barcelona pretty much isolated if you want here in spain about it comes through the comments and to the perspectives of both the king felipe i will also say that

responsibility for this entire crisis lays within catalonia and of course the central government who is also not really giving into those dialogue offers that that the barcelona wants only or unless barcelona returns to constitutional law which is not going to happen as it seems because just yesterday via food in the speech of the catalonia president that he wants to apply the results of the referendum which would mean in the run down coming within the next few days that he will or wants to the clay are independents so yes right now it really is a corny situation however is it inevitable that's the question because i think independence could be avoided if this dialogue takes place within the next few days is always some sort of a room of dialogue when these diplomatic challenges remain open and as we say there's always an option in politics if the two parties somehow come together what will day that something at this point funny thank you so much to w.'s family fun

child there talking to us from barcelona. again who has more on the numbers that could explain at least part of the reason why catalonians are easy are eager to break off from the rest of. the numbers actually are important because the catalonians desire to become independent from the rest of spain has a lot to do with the region's economic power many that complain that they are subsidizing the poorer parts of the country and they say the province is a strong economy on its own and would be better off if independence. protesters on the streets of catalonia confident they're doing the right thing for their region many think the spanish economy is propped up by catalonia that they are the ones driving it and attracting foreign investors. this graphic shows

the german investors alone in spain there are thirteen hundred active german companies catalonia accounts for almost half of these investors if the small north eastern region becomes a separate country the investments of five hundred twenty german companies would break away in one fell swoop and if it breaks from spain catalonia would presumably lose its status within the e.u. that means it would not benefit from the common currency and open borders this would likely increase the cost of doing business there a scenario investors would certainly want to avoid. the crisis around catalonia is also having an effect on stock markets even though germany's goods have been best as celebrated as story high of the dax index on wednesday it failed to break through the thirteen thousand points as because investors mood was dampened by events in spain germany's benchmark index the dax

reached a record high in wednesday's session the only top european index to end in positive territory strong u.s. data and gains from carmakers helped the dax hit the high but it wasn't smooth sailing. i think the worries over catalona catalonia dampened the market and the market lost steam but recovered towards the end so kind of a funny day people are worried because they don't know what will ensue but on the other hand people had the time and let's say the inclination to look at the strong points of german economy for example but also low interest rates offering little alternative to investments in equities elsewhere though the catalan independence crisis weighed on markets spain's it banks posting in the three percent loss catalonia based banks bank and somebody sank the furthest in line with the rising political risk. the us was more or less unaffected by the turmoil in europe

after a sleepy stops the s. and p. five hundred reached its seventh straight gain with the dow also continuing to rise . well business news coming up in a few minutes first back to terry with new details emerging after the mass shootings in las vegas that's right the other many pieces to this puzzle now the girlfriend of the las vegas gunman has spoken up for the first time in a statement mary lou donnelly said she has no idea what prompted stephen paddick to carry out the worst mass shooting in modern u.s. history she was in the philippines when public gunned down fifty eight people on sunday deadly has now returned to the u.s. where she is being questioned by authorities. this is the woman who police hope will be the key to unlocking the mystery behind the motive of sunday's mass shooting investigators have been questioning mary lou dalí the las vegas shooter's girlfriend in a statement read by her lawyer she denied any knowledge of his sinister plan c.

never said anything to me or took any action that i was aware of but i understood it anyway to be a warning that something horrible like this was going to happen. investigators say the shooter led a double life that he spent decades acquiring weapons and ammunition they described him as disturbed and dangerous we have found no evidence to this point to indicate terrorism. but this is an ongoing investigation we're going to continue to look at all avenues we're not closing down any doors u.s. president donald trump met with survivors of the attack many of them still in hospital but i just have to tell you that i just met some of the most amazing people we we met patients that were absolutely terribly wounded and the doctors the nurses all of the people of the hospital have. a job that's

indescribable. and they were for the night that it happened before it happened and they found room for many people tramples a met with some of the first responders and said in a prepared statement that they showed the world what professionalism looks like. near the scene of the attack people united in grief their wounds are fresh and their resilience strong. joining us now on the line from las vegas is our senior washington correspondent causton phenomena carson police have been piecing together information about the gunman stephen paddick what sort of picture is emerging of the killer. it's a more more complex picture that we're getting not just from investigators but also for media reports of we're also doing some research so the shortest even pedal

seems to have led a true to life in recent years if you didn't into act a lot with his neighbors in the town of misc near las vegas where he lived as a retiree before that he had seemed to live regular life you worked even as an agent for the internal revenue service as an auditor for private companies he then made a fortune as a real estate investor and therefore could afford to retire early. he left his home in mesquite upas the regularly those who stayed. in reno and las vegas for several days each so he was a committed gambler that we know he would spend lots of time of those because he knows where you mostly played video poker he was not one of the biggest spenders he was no way unless those casinos call that but he was there often enough to get complimentary rooms at a number of hotels and casinos including the mandalay bay which she used as

a base for his attack on sunday so according to the reports you see he was a very methodical gambler not the passionate guy but someone who would quietly calculate the odds and quite often actually win substantial amounts so one casino expert said today that for this man gambling was work no passion we have no indication that he lost a lot of money on my just being and that i had other problems and never run into trouble with the police himself even though his father was once convicted as a bank robber so actually it still remains a mystery why he did what you did on sunday. what about the gunman's girlfriend cost mary lou dan lay she says she knew nothing about the gunman's plans to investigators believe her when obviously i cannot really say for sure if they believe her what seems clear is that investigators from now don't seem to

see her as a suspect they see her rather as a witness or person of interest as we heard in the report the girlfriend mary lou denly was not directly involved in the shooting she was not even in the country last sunday apparently two weeks ago the shooter had bought her a flight to the philippines to allow her to visit have family there in the way it seems like he was trying to get her out of the way and according to that statement that mrs stanley lawyer read yet also wired her a substantial amount of money while she was in the philippines which in hindsight could be seen as a kind of parting gift i have to say though that for me personally it still looks sort of strange that mrs bentley who has been living with mr pedagog for years would have noticed nothing. about her boyfriend basically meant he was in the possession of forty guns he knew how to handle them even to modify them so we'll

see if this is really the last word when it comes to the question what mrs then lee really knew cars and thank you so much d.w.i. coston for naaman there talking to us from los angeles vegas. now the as with some other stories making headlines around the world today u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has said he never considered resigning as president trump's top diplomat tillerson said reports that he wanted to quit earlier this year were erroneous in an unusually personal news conference tillerson sidestepped allegations that he had called trump quote more on the us president has dismissed the rumors as fake news. three u.s. soldiers and five local troops have been killed in an ambush by suspected islamic militants in southwest new share the men were on a routine patrol north of near me and close to the border with mali when they came under hostile fire the attack has increased fears that the insurgency in

neighboring mali is spilling over to the west african country. and thousands of people have taken to the streets of tokyo as capital in pressure anti-government protests the opposition demonstrators are demanding that president for nothing based step down he has been the head of the west african state since two thousand and five when he was installed by the military after his father's death meaning that the same family has ruled that country for fifty years. still to come she faced down a protester a sore throat and it just and disintegrating so what did to research may also face down the critics within her own party a verdict on the british prime minister's closing speech to the conservative party conference and egypt struggles with a deadly legacy from world war two millions of minds planted by germany britain and other nations so why won't they help clear the. iraqi

prime minister hide a body is on a two day trip to france where he'll meet the french president manuel mccollum a body's office says their talks will focus on the war against the so-called islamic state and economic cooperation between france and iraq and his presidency has backtracked on an earlier statement which server called would discuss last week's kurdish referendum in iraq. or more now let's bring in our correspondent lisa lewis in paris elise so what are the french and iraqi leaders hoping to get out of their meeting today well both sides have been saying that this meeting is on economic cooperation and how french companies can actually how to rebuild iraq and also on counterterrorism but as you said you know they've pink elephant in the room well of you that referendum that happened not long ago where more than ninety percent of they say they ting in the semi autonomy is could regional free iraq declare that they were in favor of independence and then a knock on the french president has said in the past that he wanted to talk about

this in these talks ok well is that offer still on the table lisa that might serve some sort of mediation role in those kurdish independence talks. well there seems to be some disagreement on this really he came out saying yes we want to talk about this it's important to us that the kurds and the iraqis are working together and keep working together in the fight against terrorism however then the iraqi government said no we're actually not going to talk about this because the invitation happened the invitation happened before the referendum took place now my cross team has also backtracked but behind the scenes diplomats keep saying you know we still want to talk about this it seems to be part of the agenda part of the hidden agenda at least they said thank you so much the w.'s lisa lewis there talking to us from paris faulty props a coughing fit in a disruptive heckler not exactly the ingredients for

a great speech but that's what prime british prime minister theresa may had to deal with as she addressed her conservative party's annual conference yesterday she attempted to outline policy shifts and apologized for june's week election result but a series of disruptions eclipsed her message. to reason me came promising voters the british dream instead they got the stuff of sleepless nights having lost her majority in june's election contending with briggs it and beleaguered by plots to i was told the prime minister arrived needing to win over her critics and so it began. with government business with a cough public sector working together the kind that just won't budge we've created record. thanksgivukkah but again and again the crowd try to rally behind her. fortunately her finance

minister on hand to offer a fruit wasn't she accepted it and the chance to go off script thank you notice that gentleman the chancellor giving something away free. back in business she turned her attention to breaks it through i know some find the negotiations frustrating but if we approach them in the right spirit in a spirit of cooperation and friendship with our sights set firmly on the future i'm confident we will find a deal that works for britain and europe two. futures the next offering from the floor was a gift for picture desks not prime ministers. a prankster giving her resignation papers. for the man sent by the foreign secretary he claimed. say you get this you know you know you. know us and

mase mishaps only got more awkward with an f. bomb of her own as the stage began falling apart behind her. friend that we shared. and it said something about us passion once more i watched the effort. and it said something about thank you can during what your chicks could be saying about their leader the crowd gave her a standing ovation. tough times for british prime minister let's go to go hard now on a major step forward in self driving cars perhaps that's right terry a u.s. senate committee has given the green light to self driving cars the representatives voted unanimously to enshrine rules for thomas vehicles in federal law they would help carmakers like general motors ford and google's parent company alfabet to bring eighty thousand self driving cars onto a road soon if they pass safety tests and as

a whole has still to vote on the proposal before to be sent to the u.s. president to be signed into law google has announced its first smartphone made fully in-house pixel to post what google says is the world's highest rated camera as well as an also that it display the first firm's first foray into hardware since google acquired key parts of chinese electronics group h t c we stand subject earlier this year taiwanese electronics manufacturer of foxconn said it plans to build a ten billion dollars factory in the united states but it didn't say exactly where but now the company has revealed its chosen mount pleasant in southwestern southeastern wisconsin it's a rural area for now but it's close to both no walking and she cargo the state promised three billion dollars in incentives for the plant which will make flat screen displays foxconn is best known for building apple's i phone but face

criticism for its use of low wage factories in china. is bad news for wine drinkers your bottle of german riesling may get more expensive next year the reason german one production is down producers will bottle twenty percent less compared to last year due to unfavorable weather but do not despair there's an upside to the story. most of this year's crop was harvested especially early late frosts summer hail storms and foggy days are all to blame wind producers say climate change is a growing factor the climate change and extreme weather mean different conditions in individual growing areas in a twenty percent drop across germany doesn't mean every producer it was down twenty percent between went into q one in ten twenty because for twelve but the three largest wine producing areas in the country ryan has the polite an eight and bought in each saw drops about twenty percent from the year before the few gains came

mostly from the east germany's numbers are comparable to overall declines across europe italy and france are also reporting much lower grade fields yet there is good news the quality of this year's grapes is better thanks in part to late september sunshine. what does it all mean for consumers the price of riesling could rise but wine producers could also take a hit for the anthem between it was a big challenge for individual produces they'll lose money no question because international competition is too fierce for them to raise prices accordingly internet and out of it perhaps their courses quality will have to make up for the difference. well that's all for me terry and some sports news now that's right so we've got some soccer news go. and the reports suggesting that by and munich will hire their former coach you'll pikas to replace the sacked the until the end of the season the seventy two year old hike is would take charge of the german champions

for a fourth time his most recent tenure ended with his retirement in two thousand and thirteen after he led by on to a trouble of champions league in this league and german come titles. staying with soccer and argentina parg why and year ago i have announced a joint bid to host the centennial world cup in twenty thirty the announcement comes after talks to plan the bid at the headquarters of the arjun time soccer association when its irish bidding is still at least four years away but the south americans are already expected to face stiff competition from european nations and china you are going to stage the first world cup in one thousand thirty. you're watching news still to come how to protect our oceans from plastic waste we speak to the european commission spokesman on maritime affairs ahead of a major international conference. and a new film celebrates russia's annexation of crimea it is a propaganda war just

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and white. in countries like russia china turkey people are told it's that simple and if you're a journalist there and you try to get beyond that you are facing scare tactics intimidation. and i wonder is that where we're headed is well. my responsibility as a journalist is to get beyond the smoking mirrors it's not just about being fair and balanced or being neutral it's about being truthful. when he was born god and i were good enough. welcome back you're watching t.v. news i'm terry martin our top stories madrid has said it won't be blackmailed overcome felonious demand for independence and has rejected calls for mediation in the dispute that's as officials in catalonia say the region could split from spain

as soon as next week. and the girlfriend of las vegas gunman has spoken out for the first time and in a statement mary lou gently said she has no idea what prompted stephen paddick to carry out the worst mass shooting in modern u.s. history describing him as a kind and caring man. it's a deadly legacy of world war two hidden beneath the sails of egypt during the western desert campaign british italian and german forces buried millions of landmines the infamous devil's garden is still one of the world's biggest minefields and the unexploded munitions there are still claiming victims local bedouin parmer is now what britain germany and other nations to clear the lethal problem they created. ridding egypt of landmines is slow going.

the germans british and the taliban's a said to have laid some seventeen million landmines during the second world war they still pose a deadly danger seventy five years ago the german africa called general evan rommel was preparing for the decisive battle against the british his troops laid minefields for kilometers along the el alamein frontline and named the area that devil's garden. even today the military routinely uncover mines here millions are still hidden under the sand the egyptian army is responsible for clearing them that's why the german government does not want to contribute to the disposal costs this scene is a simulation the army says it's too dangerous for us to film a real minefield. farhad knows this from bitter experience. sixteen years ago he was in his mid twenty's and

working on farmland just outside the village suddenly there was a blast under his feet. i was hurting like cattle the mine was under the earth there was no sign of it i had no idea it was there it looked just like it does here there are still so many minds and they have killed or injured so many people. today farhad works in a health clinic where landmine victims are treated he enjoys fitting high tech prosthetic limbs that come from germany they are the best but also the most expensive so they don't order them very often since the end of the war more than eight thousand people have fallen victim to land mines in egypt many survived but were badly injured like fire hired every year there are dozens of incidents farhad

would like more help from germany with making a custom made prosthetic germany should do more he says because it could have been a german mine which tore off half his leg the process of rehabilitation is slow and painstaking requiring many fittings and adjustments. there are so many landmine victims around eight hundred survivors at the moment. and women and children have been seriously wounded. i wish i could offer them better prosthetics. losing an arm or a leg is a catastrophe for an individual but it's also a wider economic problem far gets a disability pension of around twenty five year as a month you can't feed a family on that. far design able to work like he used to informing or

construction but he's still one of the lucky ones money as a technician in a new health center not everyone is so fortunate. germany and the allies fought here seventy five years ago. they made us suffer during the second world war. they should be aware that their minds are still a danger today these mines kill people and drawing lives by causing terrible injuries. the second world war mindset al-ameen are a curse for egypt the population is growing by two point five million people a year and they need new towns ten thousand apartments are going up here in new el alamein. who sam husni has been working in construction for thirty years

mines used to be a big problem on building sites and here rob our workers were very afraid they were reassured when the army cleared the mines but no one will set foot where the land hasn't been cleared i did. near the building site is the memorial to the german troops killed in the desert campaign. doesn't know any of these men named good stuff van and rude of. these soldiers who fought someone else's war a long time ago have nothing to do with him. he's never been to germany and thinks the country wants to forget this chapter in its history but he believes europe's richest nation should take responsibility for what the war has left behind. i don't grieve for all the dead soldiers

the war has left a terrible legacy for us and for those who will suffer in the future. farhad offers a prayer for the strangers who died here before he was born for many germans the second world war is ancient history but for egyptians like fide it remains ever present. moving on to russia now or politics and motion pictures collide in a new film called crimea the big budget blockbuster plays out in ukraine leading up to russia's twenty fourteen an exception of the peninsula it's already being denounced as propaganda but the makers of crimea insist it isn't a political film but a story about love conquering hate. emily sure when takes a closer look. a modern day romeo and juliet she's from kiev he's from

sevastopol in crimea she's pro ukrainian and he's pro russian the film is a love story and an action packed spy thriller showing russian forces as the liberators of the crimean peninsula. crimea was partially funded by the russian ministry of culture and the ministry of defense despite mixed reviews from the critics the blockbuster is proving a hit with cinemagoers and topping the box office after its first weekend. it's a great film based on real events it was a love story and it reminded me a lot of events we already saw in the news. when two hearts unite there are no borders there is no politics there are just feelings. the film has struck a chord with russian audiences for them crimea remains an emotional topic even

though the annexation was condemned internationally independent surveys show over eighty percent of russians supported the takeover at the time three years later support is still high at over sixty percent. but it's impossible for people to be in a state of patriotic euphoria for three years after half a year or nine months there was a drop in the for us. but the effects of the annexation have remained and support for putin and his politics to kuli his international politics remains high. on the with. the russian government also wants to put a patriotic spin on the more distant past a surprise box office hit last year with the film pun feel of twenty eight men it told the disputed story of a group of russian soldiers defending moscow against german tanks. in the nazi invasion. more recently russian state t.v.

premiered the series ancestral land about a family during the second world war surveys show the soviet victory in the war is the event russians feel the most proud of the annexation of crimea is number two on the list. don't think the film crimea is an attempt to return the topic to the order of the day. because for the russian government this is not a problematic shopping crimea is part of russia and there's nothing to discuss here . the director of crimea also insists the film is not political but observers point out it has been released ahead of presidential elections next year which are scheduled for the same day president putin made crimea part of russia. emily sure when filed that report for us and she joins us now from our moscow studio hi there emily now you've seen the film what do you think is a propaganda or a love story. well it's

a bit of everything and artistically i think that's kind of the problem of the film it combines a lot of different elements on the one hand you have these sort of titles throughout the film citing specific dates so making it seem like it's a historical account of what happened in two thousand and fourteen but it clearly has a political agenda you see the russian forces coming into the crimean peninsula trying to protect it from what the film portrays as violent nationalist nationalist bands kind of roving on my don square and actually that's surprising with these russian forces because at the time the so-called little green men didn't have insignia these soldiers didn't have insignia and putin insisted that they were local self-defense groups and only later admitted that they were russian soldiers here you very openly see these soldiers in fact at times it seems like it's an advertisement for the military or

a military training film and then you also have this this love story on the other hand a couple defying politics and the director has said again and again that it's not political to me it seems pretty clear that there is a political agenda here and it's a bit a mix a bit of a mix of everything as your report pointed out the film was at least partly funded by the ministry of defense there but the ministries involvement didn't just stop there did it. no in fact the idea for the film reportedly came from the minister of defense himself city game show who he had the idea and he's also reportedly a close friend of the director is i think c.p.m. on the. command of himself has talked about that in various interviews he says that they play hockey every week together and his also the head of a media holding called red star which is actually owned by the ministry of defense

so there are really close ties there reminded is really why crimea is so important to russians and the russian government. well yeah it's important to both the russians and the government for people here it has a huge symbolic significance crimea is is a well known soviet holiday resort it's also the base of russia's black sea fleet so surveys show that people associate it with holidays there's a bit of a nostalgic element there they associate it with soviet the soviet victory in world war two and with russia's military might so very a lot of historical and symbolic significance there and people here really often point out that russia that crimea has always been russian that's what people say from the eighteenth century it's been russian and they also always refer to the fact that it was actually only transferred to ukraine in one thousand nine hundred fifty poor fifty four excuse me by crucial for the politician i spoke to that you

saw in the film there actually said you know when it was transferred people thought the soviet union was never going to fall apart so it didn't really matter where crimea was but of course that became significant after the fall of the soviet union so for the government it's also very important crimea gave them a big popularity boost putin was shown as sort of writing a historical wrong as it was portrayed here and so now this film certainly is going to hopefully that's what the government at least hopes that it will remind people here of that victory that victory in two thousand and fourteen as it's seen here really briefly the film is obviously a success in russia but what about the rest of world is it going to get an international release. well it's unlikely that it's going to get a wide international risley really since it's such a can controversial controversial topic. unclear whether it's unclear at the moment

whether bell or ruth will show it there was a bit of a scandal there when they showed the trailer in cinemas ukraine actually reprimanded reprimanded them and ukraine is not showing it even though it has been shown in crimea of course and the director has said that it may be released in china as well so we'll be watching that space i suppose emily thank you so much emily sure when they're reporting live from moscow. now we're going to take a look at one of the biggest environmental challenges of our time later today world leaders sent leading experts will discuss ways to protect the oceans which cover seventy percent of the planet the international our ocean conference kicks off today on the mediterranean island of malta with plastic litter accumulating at an alarming rate even in the remotest regions marine pollution is one of the main topics on the agenda the talks hosted this year by the european union will also

look at ways of protecting ocean ecosystems while creating a sustainable economy. now the delegates at that conference will be talking about the major threats to our oceans they include overfishing as the world's population grows so too the demand for fish about a third of global fish stocks are close or to exhausted or have already collapsed climate change of course is another key issue our oceans absorb excess greenhouse heat and c o two which impacts underwater organisms rising sea levels also threaten the livelihoods of many and then there's marine pollution and not just the trash that washes up on our shores contaminants such as micro plastics are accumulated through the food chain our next report looks at efforts to reduce plastic waste on the island of princely pay on the west african coast.

that's. the day you. may put it. taking you to see is a way of life on principle. that is the language you got about that definitely not taking the easy road when it comes to protecting the environment twenty four year old celina finance has a big day ahead but on the. good morning up i've come for your plastic bottles today's collection day. that you got him already. recycling plastic has become a major activity on the island and young and old are getting in on the action. the collection depôt will be busy the entire day the routine is get in line and be patient. with. celine

fernandez is helping out with the counting she works in the biosphere reserve team she says most of the plastic bottles arriving on the island contain palm oil for cooking by holding collections every few months the team has gathered up four hundred fifty thousand bottles for every fifty they hand out a reusable container made of stainless steel. but they made away with plastic so we have four tonnes of plastic stored on the main island of southall made a maritime transport company is helping us by taking it to lisbon free of charge to recycling companies there will receive it it was a couple but what about the plastic that washes up from the sea spenny scientists might asensio has been asked to analyze the beaches from micro plastic particles. the hard tard line is where they accumulate she carried out similar research on the canary islands the method is simple but effective. at the moment they're going

most of the sample is organic material and not many plastic particles at first glance that's a good sign the beach appears to be very clean but we can identify many fibers with the naked eye what looks like hair could turn out to be plastic it needs more analysis. but they could still be a hard concentration of micro plastics in the sea it all depends on the ocean currents. that come with it and that are samples from the canary islands who are full of micro plastics. you can see the difference everything that's organic fire would be plastic over there it's a disgrace made a. mess tourism hasn't yet come to the island and that's the way they want to keep it what the locals also need jobs so the idea is to help cycle the audience waste seventy percent of which is organic. or yeah your part that may not be

these women are making commercial compost it's a new venture on the island and it's hard work the compost spades need to be turned three times a week. it's an important lastic that's bad at last. the women i mean to sell their first compost in three months they've already approached potential clients and i hope all their hard work will eventually pay off. but much thought as if it that i do this work it means a lot to us you know. we've never had jobs before. if you don't have the one. this is about our children's future. and we're determined to build something here for the next generation. if voice of the big up on a feeding. frenzy for

a while and certainly not taking the easy way. off more of the story let's bring in rick of bravia oh he's a spokesperson for the european commission on maritime affairs and fisheries and he joins me now from malta where the ocean conference is taking place at thanks for talking with us this morning mr brady yeah so global leaders are just good morning leaders are discussing the future of the world's oceans they're in malta what are the only challenges you face. well there are several challenges on different fronts of course. just to mention marine pollution is a big challenge as if we go on this rate by two thousand and fifty our ocean would have more plastic attention than see. more plastic than fish i'm sorry so it is clearly an unsustainable path but natalee.

this conference doesn't address only maritime pollution we're talking also about sustainable future it's to extend the protected areas and also we are talking about amount of time security and blue economy two issues that european union which is hosting this. event wanted also to include the because it is clear that if you want to have a proper governance of the oceans we have to think also about security in about sustainable development of the economic activities that goes around the oceans ok so the challenges are clearly monumental and there are many competing interests here the e.u. member states alone have a tough time agreeing on a common approach to managing the oceans what are the chances of getting the whole world to agree on a sustainable way or. well i have to say that the european union is put it on the

table some clear commitments on several fronts concerning i mean the monitoring of the seed through satellites can see that it. also restricting the use of plastic especially single single use objects on the other hand so we have some clear commitments that will be. will be exposed to day around the i would say five hundred million if we take everything into account today he should do against pollution they should do for a time security they need to do for sustainable fisheries and we are very happy we are having commitments from the public and private sector we are a year old so represented they are very big industry is taking some clear commitments and more than one hundred governments so we're talking about something in the order of billions that will be announced tomorrow in order or clear

commitments that will be also measurable and controllable in the future well it sounds encouraging what about smaller nations though like princely pay which we featured in our report the world's waste is washing up on their shores and rising sea levels are threatening the very existence of some island nations what can be done to help them. well those will be the first but efficient use of this global action that the european union is promoting because obviously we have some big players from the public and private ward restricting the use of plastic. that we do need to monitor also pollution and to fight against pollution everything can be done. now you mentioned very well it's funny you mentioned that there would be some commitments coming out of the our ocean

conference. the conference is an invitation only conference he said more than one hundred governments are represented there so what can we look forward to to morrow . to morrow as i said that would be several several action on some engagements by this big company also to restrict the use of plastic or only use biodegradable plastic so that would be also insurance companies were take some commitment not to insure vessels which are engaged in illegal fishing or things to get if you will announce some such a light system to control ships in the ocean i mean there are a lot of different and we're going to have all of course also some new time protected areas that will be announced the so all in all. pretty confident at this conference would be a success just

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