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turning our web special to the refugee journey of life in germany and the prospects for those returning home. to join the discussion on t.w. dot com and on facebook. prospects for returning. d.-w. maybe for mine. this is day two of the news live from berlin germany as madison talks to form a new government resume despite missing a deadline for agreement but chancellor vakil remains optimistic that the conservatives can strike a deal with possible coalition partners we'll bring you the latest also on the
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program. zimbabwe's president robert mugabe appears in public for the first time since being placed under house arrest he's facing pressure to step down from the army the opposition and even his own posse. and tesla unveil that old electric truck of the future the company says it will help reduce c o two emissions on those the company's fortunes. i'm phil gail welcome to the program. germany such for the new government has got into extra time chance and i'm going to machall originally said she wanted an agreement by yesterday but math and talks on the night to fail to produce a breakthrough a conservative blocky seeking a coalition with a pro-business free democrats on the greens but now they're back to the negotiating table hoping to avoid a fresh election. another round of difficult talks at the c.d.u.
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party headquarters the negotiators are coming off a long night with no concrete results much is at stake for you to reach an agreement could mean new elections but chancellor merkel says she's determined not to let that happen. despite all the difficulties in these negotiations i am determined to form a government as mandated by germany's vote as they definitely won't be easy it'll definitely be hard but it's worth going into a second round of talks. that by in a while so that in this in. we all realize we have to make compromises everyone. so far that hasn't happened enough. this is especially applies to those who declare to the outside world that they're making all sorts of concessions but from what i say mommy sit down together they're not going to get some of his remarks clearly aimed at germany's green party is a hoffa c.s.u.
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in the greens are at loggerheads on many key issues including migration and energy policy. but what we can't allow is that someone says i want discussed that you know everyone has to negotiate otherwise the talks don't make any sense in. the fourth player in the negotiations germany's liberal f.d.p. are also set on a positive outcome he's a consulate's a new coalition at a federal level in germany could mean a new beginning in terms of policy. and we hope very much as free democrats that the other parties are bold enough to try it and. the four parties had hoped to have already finished with negotiations but with one self-imposed deadline now missed many expect there to be more long nights ahead. let's get the latest from t w political correspondent to charlotte pot so joins us from chancellor merkel's c.d.u. party headquarters in berlin welcome charlotte. what are the big stumbling blocks.
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well there are many still left the big issues are migration climate and finances especially on migration last night basically the parties gave up negotiating on that family reunions for asylum seekers that is the big issue that the parties can't agree on and we've just heard that migration is not even a topic in today's negotiations it'll have to wait until two appear tomorrow today for him policy has already been discussed and there was a lot of movement towards each other we've been just hearing but for example the issue of arms control and exports is still up for debate in the still a contentious issue and we have to remember these from the greens the business friendly f.t.p. and the conservatives they are odd bedfellows to begin with so it's been four really tough weeks of negotiations and we are not seeing the end of it yet let's
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pick up a point about the being that follows because i know that these sorts of coalition talks here in germany last month so one wonders really deadlocked or is it is just a is this just part of the game. it seems like they've been really deadlocked last night i mean this is why they extended it throughout this weekend we are hearing that a new self said deadline is sunday night they are thinking if they can't find an agreement until sunday night then maybe they have to call it quits after so many weeks of negotiations but i mean there's still a lot lot of open issues to discuss and the parties were hoping yesterday to come to a conclusion one of the party members of the f.t.p. he said this morning that marriages at this point hang in the balance because the politicians can come home for the weekend and of course he made a joke but it's a bit serious because everybody was hoping for a conclusion and agreement at this point it does look like though all parties are
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willing still to compromise that there is the willingness to keep negotiating throughout the weekend and to come to some kind of conclusion then on sunday night so as sunday night comes and there is no deal well then while there are a couple of options there could be a minority government formed which is very unlikely because it tends to be unstable and especially with germany's nazi past that is not a good idea and the other option is to call new elections which is also not an ideal situation for the parties and they know that the pressure is high to find a solution because new elections would really hurt all these established parties involved from the greens the conservatives and the f.t.p. because it would shed a bad light on them obviously not coming to a good conclusion after four weeks of negotiations so they are hoping that it won't come to new elections especially because that could then actually supports
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the if the if it came to the right wing that voters might kind of lean to the extremes if it comes to a new election shot of parts and balance thank you. no hearing in brussels over whether to send the ousted catalan president back to spain to face charges of rebellion and sedation has ended without conclusion call as bush demands lawyers said the judge would resume hearing arguments for his client on four other catalan leaders on the fourth of december the case could become a protracted courtroom battle as a child is expected to appeal if they lose which timo fled to brussels last month claiming he would not get a fair trial in spain. two people have been the killed in kenya's capital nairobi during clashes between police and opposition supporters riot police fired tear gas and used water cannons to break up crowds that had gathered to welcome opposition leader ana was returned to the country is that leading protests against the outcome
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of last month's bring about a presidential election and so present a hurricane yet and when i second term. r t w correspondent catherine want to risk following this story for us from kenya welcome catherine the election is over there is still violence on the streets what is going on. and i looks like catherine i wonder in kenya are there i was like you can hear me now. catherine i wonder can you hear me. all right it looks like we have a bit of a technical problem there let us move on to zimbabwe they game is up that's a message to zimbabwe's president from the country's influential army veterans but despite the military takeover robert mugabe is so far resisting that pressure to
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resign even his own party is pushing him to step down he's been under house arrest for the past a few days but today he made his first public appearance since the army took over. surrounded by security robert mugabe attends a graduation ceremony on the outskirts of the capital harare his presence is tradition but given that he's been under house arrest many were surprised to see him the press reported that my guy who normally travels in a luxury vehicle escorted by a large motorcade arrived in a civilian come. in a statement made on national television earlier the military said it was engaging with mugabe. is also released photos showing a meeting zimbabwe's army chief and two south african envoys who had flown in to mediate reports suggest robert mugabe is refusing to give up the presidency. tanks have been occupying key positions around the capital since the military takeover
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but there's been no violence and the situation is quiet. i was scared because i thought the army was going to cause havoc but as you can see it's peaceful in the country. now which is where it's business as usual. just. to let me know my. friends are. we are a bit. the game and. we were fearful at first but now everything is normal and it's business as usual. mcgaha has ruled zimbabwe for nearly forty years analysts suggest the military takeover was to prevent my guy from handing power to his wife grace she has not been seen since the military took control. to zimbabwe's capital harare that is where we join our correspondents from here in privilege welcome writings of forces seems to be lined
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up against the president will he jump or will i have to push him. i think for now depression is mounting if you look at this strong statement that is being released by the. veterans this afternoon where they say. this is the end of it say that he leaves not or they would take the medicine into the out when his tomorrow is the month it mobilized that much is to come to have at it for directly that the. assuming that he does go what happens next that is it that has been a question that we have been causing a lot of people also asking we asked this today. it was essentially day if the day morgan tsvangirai it was all of interest today everyone is that just seem janish now transitional thirty that it has to be inclusive of all political parties.
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so that it towards the. holding if free and fair election and also require struction of their country's economy so president garbage spread in power for nearly forty years now so why is this happening now. there's been a lot of growing day sent. if you look at the state of the economy right now they're going to me they're not going it would say. it's not you know you see elderly people sleeping on bank pews to absolute. cash and also there's a lot of high employment and lively use power business is also shifted. president mugabe used bbs used to be with the war veterans but he down to their war veteran since two thousand and fourteen in the take and the youth in the
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youth league is. that now power has shifted and what the fist lady has been doing to tremble and make enemies with a lot of people is also fueled in a lot of into our minds about privilege or buzz about harry and harare thank you you're welcome. let's now go back to the access to watch us to bring you a little earlier two people are killed in kenya's capital nairobi joining clashes between the police and opposition supporters t w a correspondent catherine and wanda is following this story from the mancha in kenya welcome catherine the elections over there still violence in the streets what's going on. well today we had a lot of protesters or not to support this who came together to try and welcome. main opposition leader right though didn't go didn't go as he was a writing in the country early in the morning so in the morning we saw the main airports which is the job looking at the international airport cordoned off by
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police and people were stopped from entering it with those those high security and then we saw that collate into violence between a running battle between police and protesters and while there are some reports that two people have been shot and there are also other reports that five people have been killed now these five people according to police were lynched by the protesters and that seems to be the explanation the p.c. using the police also saying that in this particular incident they didn't use. live in that protest although you can see some sort of test the school left the cartridges along the way where the protests were taking place so this is basically the situation it's a bit tense right now that the violence and died down but it is a bit tense because kenyans are basically waiting to see what happens because in this middle east we did have a situation where a load convoy was attacked we have speculation that he's the car he was in was shot
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at we're still we're still trying to confirm whether it was a tear gas canister or a life bullet still i what justification can there be any democracy for police to fire bullets or indeed to take us canisters at the car of the leader of the opposition. well the government. payne's that this particular gathering by members of the opposition was illegal they kept from beginning of the week though a saying that no one should be making their way to the main airports and no one you know should be having those supposed to be a rally in the city's main park so that the people think that was the best thing within the law and that opposition. to go is meeting a procession that shouldn't have been let in the first place however opposition supporters say it is their right to protest given the current situation as you know the supreme court just concluded hearing a petition against incumbent president who kenya his election for the second time
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this year so you know they were saying that those meeting what who supported them not so if they go a meeting who they think is the legitimate president through longa in kenya thank you. this is date of leaders lie from still to come and to national climate talks and to the final hours with delegates battling for a breakthrough a scientists warn that progress is needed urgently and efforts to limit global warming. like a jet market jones now with news of a vehicle that could drive business the fight against climate change if it hits the road kill if it hits road well not once twice see musk postponed to the presentation of his electric big rig truck but last night was finally the united states the long awaited vehicle in california that's what it looks like designed to challenge the climate to damaging gas guzzlers on highways
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and you throw in a surprise sports car as well take a look. it was a big show for a big truck. test lavasa iran must joke that this would be the most useful eighteen wheeler ever tweeting it could transform into a robot fight aliens and even brew coffee and he said it's built for the long haul . now one of biggest questions we've been asked about. electric trucks is well how far can they go because well it's perhaps a five hundred mile range. that's about eight hundred kilometers the driver sits in the middle no need for different models with steering wheels on the right or left musk promised his electrode truck would be cheaper to maintain than today's diesels it's set to hit the road in just two years but musk was coy about the price which logistics firms had been hoping to find out. tesla's car business has so far served
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a small niche small fast and expensive luxury cars that's where musk had another surprise up his sleeve the second generation of the tesla roadster the car the company was founded on the newcastle roadster. we were fastest car production car ever made period. even though the crowd here reacted so euphorically many experts in the field are skeptical tesla has a myriad of pressing problems above all the model three intended to take over the mass market instead of the fifteen hundred vehicles it expected to build tesla was only able to make two hundred sixty last quarter experts say some of them were badly assembled tesla has been in the red for years last quarter it lost millions of euro's and just recently hundreds of workers were let go now more than ever the question remains can test a gene its goals or just
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a series of funny tweets and product presentations you see there. so hundreds of workers were let go a tesla it'll be thousands with siemens and there's been an angry reaction here in germany to the announcement of job cuts and plant closures at engineering giant siemens the company is highly profitable but it says its turbine division can't keep up it makes the parts for fossil fuel power plants and siemens says it's been hit by the switch to clean energy sources. zimmermann's workers took to the streets as the job cuts were announced. the industrial giant said it would slash two percent of its workforce despite billions in profits a decision met with a shock. i can't understand it at all i just thought they're playing around or it's incorrect information until now you can't close down
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a factory working at full capacity and especially not out here in germany's east. the company blamed the shift to green sources of energy like solar power for the move. board member lisa davis said the power generation industry is experiencing disruption of unprecedented scope and speed renewables are pushing other forms of power generation under increasing pressure today's action follows a nearly three year effort to rightsize the business for this changing marketplace . zeman says its power and gas division is worst hit by the switch to renewables demand for gas turbines has tumbled dress to create depressing prices and profits and that means six thousand nine hundred jobs around the world must go almost half are in germany with the country's east hardest hit two plants there in the cities of light position gurlitz will shut down completely and a third hangs in the balance. the two plants to be shuttered are in the state of
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saxony which depends on them for jobs and tax income. it's like this we're now in for a fight because we can't just accept this decision it's the supervisory board has a responsibility to take a critical look at the state government unions and works councils reached out their hands seaman's needs to accept this and find solutions that benefit the affected regions and employees shift. zeman says it will try to avoid forced redundancies and will move workers to other if they can seize within the company but that's little comfort for the community as they leave behind. allow understanding by the frankfurt stock exchange and they are seamen shareholders supporting the company's move. well the share price has dropped off somewhat and that shows us that shows us that it's becoming clear to investors just how difficult the battle ahead is between management and the trade unions so thousands of workers came out
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to protest today more protests are planned next week and there's a little sign that the resistance is going to fade anytime soon but they know that a compromise has to be found with the trade unions they do get a say in the strategic direction of the company especially because they sit on the supervisory board so they're a bit worried now because i'm obviously the opposition is fierce and the scale of this restructure is massive this is something that could tie up siemens for years now it could also impede the ongoing efforts of chief executive a joke asr and his efforts to turn the unwieldy conglomerate into a smaller more focused one that's more so you've got more suited to the needs of industrial digitalisation so a mixed bag for investors here in frankfurt all right general de mello in frankfurt thank you so much for. the controversial keystone pipeline has leaked spilling over eight hundred thousand liters of oil on farmland in south
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dakota keystone carries oil from the toss and field in alberta in canada to refineries in the u.s. the pipelines owner trance canada has tweeted an aerial photo of the affected area showing a blackened field the spill comes as regulators decide whether to give the go ahead to a second pipeline route known as keystone x.l. that project has been at the center of a political debate for years locals have protested motivated by fear of potential next contaminating the regional water supply the project was stopped in twenty sixteen by then u.s. president barack obama but it's been restarted under the trump ministration. right there still now has the latest on the efforts to hold a global warming thank you yes the u.n. sponsored the talks on climate change event of their final hours in the german city of bonn with delegates still struggling to agree on a number of issues the focus of the moment is on how to finance moves to help
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developing countries meet the challenges of global warming some countries have already been directly impacted by climate change delegates from nearly two hundred countries have spent the last two weeks working on an action plan to cut c o two emissions in line with the paris accord that agreement aims to limit global warming to below two degrees celsius by the end of the century scientists are warning that progress is urgently needed. that's how much average surface temperature has risen since eight hundred eighty. we burn too much fossil fuel drive too much and fly too much. as temperatures rise glaciers retreat columbia glacier in alaska is melting especially fast losing as much as thirty meters a day. it's not only glaciers that have been melting over the past thirty years
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half of the ice in the arctic has disappeared. with devastating consequences less and less solar radiation is being reflected back into space. as a result that two speeds up global warming in the oceans as well. with a rise in water temperatures comes a rise in sea levels the results are especially dangerous for low lying coastal regions where much of the world's population lives. fast growing megacities are at risk. for example the pudong district in the chinese city of shanghai in one nine hundred ninety eight was mainly farmland now it's a finance and high tech hub and home to over five million people. entire island states such as the motives are at risk of being swallowed by the sea. rising sea
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levels could make climate refugees of more than half a billion people worldwide. coastal flooding can destroy farmland by making it too salty deserts are growing and not only because of rising temperatures they are all sea used to be the fourth largest lake in the world until water was diverted for irrigation now it's almost completely dried up in africa over grazing in the sod hill has destroyed much of the saw oil the region subsistence farmers are struggling to survive. more than a furred of the earth's land surface is desert and many deserts continue to grow. ever more forests are being cleared every three seconds one hundred trees lost
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that's the rate at which deforestation has been going on in the amazon for the past forty years yes that's right one hundred trees felled or burned every three seconds . like here in the brazilian state of run donia rain forest is cleared to make way for sowing fields cattle farms dams and reservoirs. the destruction of rain forests means even more c o two is released into the atmosphere and the earth gets ever warmer. it's time to remind of our top stories germany's potential government coalition talks have resumed after all night negotiations failed to produce a deal between i'm going to back calls conservative alliance and to junior partners . and zimbabwe's president robert mugabe has appeared in public for the first time since the military took power of one is that it eleven
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a speech at the university graduation ceremony. that's it up to date. kick off life yes will probably be the favorite at the world cup in russia is no getting around germany or defending world and confit cup champions plus we had
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