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bialik asked. managed by from. this is the abuse live from berlin right wing protesters gathering again in the east german city of camden. the rally passed off peacefully with no repeat of the violence seen earlier in the week but the situation remains tense with groups from both the right and the left ready to take to the streets again in the coming days also on the show. we need an indian woman
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suffering from cancer who's pinning her hopes on him vicious new national health plan set to be rolled out in india next month but critics fear the prime minister's plan has a fatal flaw. also on the show time to say goodbye fans and the world prepared to bid their final farewell to the queen of soul aretha franklin will be laid to rest in the troy later today. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us about one thousand farai protesters have staged another demonstration in the eastern german city of camden it's police say the rally was tense but not threatening or marked by violence like the protests earlier this week at a nearby venue politicians met with local residents with some of them saying
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officials are out of touch. uh huh uh uh get lost they chant the. demonstrators are out in force again in chemnitz they're protesting against the town hall meeting with saxony state premier but some in this east german city want to engage with him. most in foreign dockyard small i want to talk to him about my feeling that many politicians don't know anything about their citizens anymore and don't know what's going on but i saw a report that he wished shocked by what's happening here but how can that be up if he is our state premier management as the president put him on. the fatal stabbing of a german citizen over the weekend sparked violent anti immigration protests and what appeared to be vigilante attacks on people believed to be foreigners the authorities are also investigating several protesters for making the hitler salute
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. then an arrest warrant was late apparently by a law enforcement officer the man has since been suspended from judy a federal state in crisis the leader in sex and pleading to his citizens to be courageous. and they should learn what countries are we want to live in. the rule of law and democracy a still the pillars of our peaceful life together. i'm standing up for that i'm fighting for that and i'm asking you all to join me. everybody is needed now to take responsibility and to get involved. so now can nits and the state of saxony remain on edge for the protests organized by right wing groups planned for later in the week. so what's in store for come let's talk about that i'm joined now in the studio by our political correspondent you know how the morning is you know do
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protesters have a concrete set of demands and that's the big issues of course migration and how to deal with an increased presence of foreigners which can't be denied. especially in areas where they used to be a relatively low sara foreigners like insight city some people just plain it gets bad they look at the many unemployed young male people in the streets and they have questions to ask and those people went to talk to from the conservative party. who hold those town hall meeting who held this town hall meeting but the other people the protest is that the group to watch out for because they don't really have any concrete proposals they don't have any concrete sets of demands all they're shouting is macca go away they're increasingly separated from the rest of society and it's now up to the politicians to not lose those people ok now these protests have once again pushed the issue of migration very much to the fore here in germany much the benefit of the far right if d.d.
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alternative for germany its party leader all xander galang talked to us yesterday let's take a look at what he said. mrs america's immigration policy has created a situation where we have knife attacks and my co-leader is absolutely right about this carried out by people who would not be here otherwise. and so there is a cause here and that causes the mass immigration brought about by mrs maskell you must run the long before america who is a threat. ok that's a very tough accusation there house the american government responding to that they are taking those accusations very seriously there are lots of studies that look into migrant crime committed crimes committed by migrants and of course every time a migrant or a new arrival commits a crime in germany there's always drolls extremely big coverage here in the german media there's a big debate especially her new interior minister hasi ofa is always very quick to
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condemn those deeds but this is not really the issue the big problem is that we have to make sure that the language doesn't change and the de sometimes mixes up there are certain elements within the a of the that use this they instrumentalists those crimes and of course you have to look at those crimes but you also mustn't forget that we can't lose the public debate to racism ok language is so important in all of this and this three years ago to this day the chancellor herself famously said yourself in that verse offered us we can do this has chemists proved the wrong well candidates i would say just the latest low point in a long string of events we saw a lot of crimes committed by migrants in two thousand and sixteen there was a cologne incidents where groups of migrants committed crimes against young women especially and so every time this happens the debate changes we have
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a very open society the world looked at germany in the surprised way said this is an open minded country in twenty fifteen they're welcoming all the refugees are looking for shelter but of course the public debate is beginning to shift america has to work really hard together with a cabinet to not lose the debate to the far right day of fifty ok a lot of work ahead for politicians here in germany and another protest planned for tomorrow in chemists you know has a thanks very much for that. now for a look at some of the other stories making the news today in australia the catholic church has rejected a recommendation that priests break the secrecy of confession to report child abuse and inquiry found the thousands of children have been sexually abused in the country between one thousand nine hundred sixty in two thousand and fifteen sixty five percent of them in catholic church run institutions leading catholic clerks about an end to the history of cover ups and have promised accountability. u.n.
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secretary general antonio the terrorist has warned of a potential humanitarian disaster in northwest syria that's a good as the government the pair's a major offensive to retake it live province it is the last rebel stronghold in syria and home to about three million people the u.n. is calling for humanitarian corridor to allow civilians to leave. the ugandan pop star turned opposition politician bobby wine has reportedly been stopped from leaving the country after being rearrested at entebbe international airport his lawyers as wine was heading abroad to seek treatment for torture injuries allegations that wine was tortured during an earlier detention prompted widespread protests. the french actor deborah do is being investigated by authorities in paris over allegations of rape. french media say the complaint had been launched by a twenty two year old french actress his lawyer says the accusations are false.
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well next month india is planning to introduce what ams to be the largest health insurance program implemented anywhere on the planet mody care as it's partially known after the indian prime minister will eventually provide coverage to five hundred million people across the country that's about forty percent of the population currently just four percent of indians have any type of insurance but a lot of questions remain whether the plan will work or who'll joggler car reports from mumbai. praying for better health. suffers from. and has recently had an operation she's traveled from calcutta in eastern india to mumbai for such treatment has so far cost her the equivalent of three thousand euros i'll put on a family share a room at a local charity but while the emotional trauma she's facing is hard her financial
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body's. i mean. we've already borrowed hundreds of thousands of rupees on treatment and other expenses now i'm starting salary rounds of chemotherapy i think we'll have to borrow even more from friends and family in the coming weeks and months. millions of indians shackleton us feet because they don't have access to quality health care that could not change with a national insurance scheme dubbed. after the indian prime minister or indians could receive up to six thousand euros worth of coverage annually but would that mean that they can walk into private facilities that generally india's rich there's one problem says the managing director of what card an upmarket south mumbai hospital the procedures have to be provided at ex-wife that costs and door the prices which are really kind of. putting everything in
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a very kind of constrain on top of our current cost structure was greater than the prices that we're going to get creamed us for the procedure for private hospitals the problem will be written siling how much they usually charge with the government's mandated rates which have come out in the first instance from the government there are probably a lot of them to make than the profits and been used to making us together so that is their apprehension but you see on the other hand it is also in the hands of public sector hospitals which are going to be allowed as part of that scheme it's also to do with this small nursing homes. trying to send a range of modi unveiled his plan recently to coincide with india's independence day he hopes that after some testing it will be open for business on the twenty fifth to september. modica hopes to bring medical insurance for more than five hundred million people across india but its critics it's
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a scheme that's too big to succeed mainly because of its. supporters it's a step in the right direction mr moore he would hope that many more indians think the latter is up for reelection in just a few months from now with mounting medical bills that create cannot end soon enough for help and they don't know if we spend much more on the treatment than i thought when we get some assistance from the government but that would really help us. as the other carries weight for more news big hope that more the care would provide a window of opportunity to that. the former leader of germany's social democrats martin jol says paid a surprise visit to the jailed ex president of brazil ignacio the sofa had been in prison since april on corruption charges schultz lost to chance wrong a mac on last year's german election but his s.p.d.
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has long kept close ties to lose workers' party it's seeking international support to get lula released in time for presidential elections in brazil next month. caught up with martin shoals for an exclusive interview just after that visit to lula da silva mr show why are you visiting today here in brazil. i think there is a. president of the country fault for brazil. sticking to the values of the multilateral cooperation in the world. who is. even waiting in a right way the last judgment of the human rights committee of the united nations. in a situation that. the acting justice in the country prevents him to practice and to apply to his individual rights as a citizen of the country and in the context of the upcoming election where he is
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running as the representative of the labor party this is a complex situation a delicate one and raising a lot of questions and i wanted to discuss these questions with the real labor party on one hand and i asked to meet a friend or a colic with whom i used to work during years and years together in different difficult responsibilities and to whom i have trust do you think that the judicial system here in brazil is being used for political goals difficult for me to. come to a conclusion but some of the behaviors are not the observation of some acting parts on one hand of the attorneys or the other end of the judge. leads for me to the conclusion that in this specific case. to accuse a former president of a country to be corrupt. one of the precondition for
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a fair trial is to complete neutrality of the justice and my feeling is that this is not always one hundred percent assured but this is only a feeling i have no evidence of but another feeling is that i can trust to a man whom i know since long term in the series i am innocent my last question this is a crucial moment for brazil you said it yourself do you think you are perhaps meddling into a political campaign here in brazil no i think if the law cases of worldwide discussed item. i'm here not only to meet the i meet the labor party i met the leadership of the labor the met the a running mate of mr dot so i mean since he is always in the prime of my international activities or the relationship with the sort of list parties also with the labor party here in brazil so it's a modeling you know election can bail of this corporation and exchange of views
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between the people who are sticking to the same values and fighting for the same do to strengthen democracy worldwide martin schulze there would be diffused carolyn a chinoy some football now in croatia captain luca mode which was named your way for men's player of the year thursday he received the trophy on stage in monaco during the champions league group stage draw the croatia international won the champions league with his club real madrid ny and led his country to world cup final in russia twenty team he beat former real madrid teammate christiane rinaldo and liverpool forward mohammad's a lot. of the draw as we were saying for the champions league group stage took place in monaco with four german clubs competing in that tournaments group a sees percy a darkman draw against a rope the league champions of let it go madrid meanwhile dortmund's local rival shaul to face the national champions of russia portugal and turkey in an even group
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day and bonus league champions byron munich have what looks like a straightforward task hoffenheim meanwhile who are playing in the champions league proper for the first time in their history face an uphill battle against the likes of manchester city leone and the nest. colin kaepernick the american football player that started the take any protest in the n.f.l. has been granted an arbitration trial against the league the player turned activist filed a grievance with the n.f.l. tobar claiming owners have colluded to keep him out of the league after he dealt the national anthem to highlight racial injustice the arbitrator of the a lawsuit has now denied the league's request of the claim threw out owners coaches and team executives will be called to testify paperwork hasn't been on an n.f.l. roster since he entered free agency and twenty seven team. at the u.s. open in new york some of the big names have booked their spots in the third round
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of twenty sixteen champion germany's angela kemba had a rough ride in her match against your honda larsen of sweden after winning the opening sat the number four seed dropped the second before recovering in the decider six to five seven six for the final score there and in the men's category the foresee germany's alexander beat nicholas mahu to in straight sets to move into the third round while later roger federer continued his bid for a record six u.s. open title with a comfortable second round win over france has been walk powerade the thirty seven year old will play australia's nick curiosus in the next round. well the funeral music icon reason franklin will be taking place in the american city of detroit later today among those expected to attend former u.s. president bill clinton and a host of musical celebrities including stevie wonder and smokey robinson the seventy six year old died of cancer about two weeks ago after a career spanning more than six decades.
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they sing for aretha franklin a homecoming song for the queen of soul. mourning and on the ring her in her hometown of detroit. she would be deeply honored in appreciative of the fact that people for three days who are now out of every system used to live in prepress this city and country so to travel long miles to recognize her genius you franklin died aged seventy six of pancreatic cancer. thursday it was the last day for the public to say goodbye she lay in the church where she began her career as a child singing gospel and where her father was a minister for more than thirty years. this was where our first performed with her at that the lay in me so to come back and see her in her
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father's church you know it isn't a story it's she was a. part of all our lives our sorrow so many times the cobo hall and all over and where so and it's a full. of almost all of the records for. this. franklin was a symbol for black america and so her funeral on friday is expected to culminate in a five hour marathon celebration of black culture and as a testament of her life. and we will of course have more from detroit on that later today now though it's time for business and christoph is now after two point zero getting ready for a roll out as a possible it is down to the wire bryant in talks over an updated free trade agreement for north america canada's trade minister said that there were risks to all if no deal could be reached jim carr said negotiators working to get quote the
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right to deal not any deal mexico had already signed up to an initial agreement and now the congress taking to see whether canada will make it a three way deal. well the talks went late into the night but it didn't look like in washington we're any closer to an agreement we had a. brief conversation with investors i had a brief conversation after late as in this team i had a couple of things to say and will reconvene in the morning when i see you and to everyone wondering about the sticking points when you packed on a revamped enough to without a deal donald trump has threatened to impose levies on canadian media please one obstacle is kind of his insistence on protecting its dairy industry it's repeated lee criticize canadian tariffs of up to two hundred seventy five percent on some u.s. dairy products as unfair the us president has set a friday deadline for the three countries to reach an agreement which would allow mexican president in the region pena nieto to sign it before he leaves office at
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the end of november to trump administration wants to notify congress on friday congress will then have ninety days to review the matter. and staying on the issue of trade us president donald trump has slammed the brakes on an e.u. offer to eliminate tariffs on cars one of the main issues dogging relations between the united states and europe trump has frequently criticized the e.u. tears on u.s. cars saying they're too high on thursday the u.s. trade commissioner reportedly offered to do away with the terrorist completely but only if the u.s. live the same the two sides agreed to a terrorist cease fire last month promising not to impose any new automotive duties on each other for now. a drastic move by argentina's central bank for shore up the country's nosediving currency has had little effect on markets on thursday the lender hiked its benchmark interest rate
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from forty five percent to sixty percent but the peso has continued to plummet losing up to twenty percent against the dollar the latest panic began. day after when a zionist asked for early release of emergency support funds from the international monetary fund triggering concerns it could be unable to repay its debts. now the sale of high caffeine soft drinks to children could be banned in england the government is mulling a prohibition amid health concerns it has launched a twelve week consultation many supermarkets already refused to sell energy drinks to children but industry observers suggest the move could be a sign of a more heavy handed approach to government regulation energy drinks are becoming increasingly popular among children but they contain high levels of sugar and caffeine and have been linked to obesity and
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a range of other health issues. so hot stations high blood pressure inability to sleep restlessness and so kids tend to self medicate with them to stay up get you mean those kind of things and teachers are reporting problems in schools because kids going to school having taken the support first and then called still day it's that sort of and obviously the sugar as well with with but that's ok and he says what he said is it really shakes the proposed legislation would ban the sale of energy drinks containing more than one hundred fifty milligrams of caffeine per liter to children at two hundred fifty millimeter camera may contain double that amount or the equivalent of three cans of soda parents are becoming increasingly concerned i don't think kids should be allowed any teachings that's going to have to listen to this that they should be able to hot button up nutrition through their feet to be able to talk about jesus for things not to be able to go to the school
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day without having to i don't believe in wanting a lot of that stuff will be teaching can you have done. that so we can tell you i think maybe yes we should do if you can't take what you said no we that's generally too busy trying to do public health advocates welcome the proposed legislation nearly a third of children in england are obese or overweight by the time they leave primary school the government is aiming to cut childhood obesity rates in half by two thousand and thirty. europe can't seem to control the african swine fever outbreak this year the disease was detected in a total of four thousand eight hundred wild pigs and farm animals this is seven hundred more than the year before the situation in eastern europe is particularly critical the polish government has now announced that it will support farmers financially in the fight against the epidemic. anyone who wants to visit.
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farm first has to pass through this disinfectant path he's trying to protect his pigs from african spy using disinfectants i also protect others who are not yet affected by swine fever the polish government reimburses seventy five percent of the costs for disinfectants tarpaulins and other items scientists suspect that the pathogen is transmitted by humans more specifically by shoes or car tires. many farmers are benefiting from state hay the we've already helped more than three hundred of them and we've spent the equivalent of thirteen million euros. wild boars can also transmit the disease governments in many european countries have asked hunters to shoot tens of thousands of them to stem the spread. there is currently no vaccine against african swine fever sick animals have to be cold all that can be done is to contain the disease. and
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a reminder of the top story we're following for you today here on the w. demonstrators have again taken to the streets of the eastern german city of chemists police say the protest was tense but peaceful earlier in the week twenty people were injured when seven thousand protesters many of them far right nationalists clashed with the left wing demonstrators after stabbing in the city. you're watching a d w's coming to you live from berlin we have a fresh bulletin coming up at the top of the hour in the meantime if you want to get more do go ahead and check out all the website for the latest news and information that's d.w. dot com for now for me and the entire team here in berlin thanks for watching.
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the laundry got the international talk show for journalists to discuss the topic of the week this week the german city of candidates witnessed street clashes reminiscent of the mob violence in the way for the nazi what is the root of this hate that's a topic on quadriga joining us. sixty minutes d.w. . nico is in germany to learn german english pinnacle why not learn with him d w z learning course nikos fake. climate change. waste. pollution. isn't it time
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