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after. september second on. it. this is deja vu news live from berlin right wing protesters gather again in the east german city of camden it's. a rally passed off peacefully was 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 tomorrow also on the show. we need an indian woman suffering from cancer
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who is pinning her hopes on an ambitious 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. time to say goodbye fans around the world prepared to bid their final farewells to the queen of soul aretha franklin she'll be laid to rest in detroit later today. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us about a thousand farai protesters have staged another demonstration in the eastern german city of candidates police say this rally was tense but not threatening or marked by violence like a protest earlier this week at a nearby venue politicians met with local residents with some of them saying officials are out of touch. get lost they
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chant. demonstrators are out in force again in ten minutes they're protesting against the town hall meeting with saxony state premier but some in this east german city want to engage with him. it's most important of all documents my 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 i saw a report that he wished shocked by what's happening here but how can not be up if he is our state premier so management is the president for the man and. 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 think it was salute. then an arrest warrant was late apparently by
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a law enforcement officer the man has since been suspended from judy a federal state in crisis the leader in saxony 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 yes everybody is needed now to take responsibility and to get involved with. for now kim needs 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 the morning is enough you protesters have a concrete set of demands in terms of the big issues of course migration and how to
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deal with an increased presence of foreigners which can't be denied especially. in areas where they used to be a relatively low sarah foreigners like inside 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 what's helpful because they don't really have any concrete proposals they don't have any concrete sets of demands all the 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. alternative for germany it's party leader all xander gallant talked to us yesterday
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let's take a look at what he said. mrs america's immigration policy has created a situation where we have knife attacks and mind 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 only be from out of was a thought. ok that's a very tough accusation there house 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 ha see if i was always very quick to condemn those deeds but this is not really the issue the big problem is that we
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have to make sure that the language doesn't change and be a de sometimes mixes up there are certain elements within the a fifty that used instrumental lies 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 and that very often those we can do this has come disprove 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 cologne incidents where groups of migrants committed crimes against young women especially answer every time this happens the debate changes we had a very open society the world looked at germany in the surprised way said this is
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an open minded country in twenty fifteen they're welcoming all the refugees who 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 chemist's you know also thanks very much for that. now for some of the other stories making the news around the world the european commission will put forward a proposal that would abolish the switch between summer and winter time across the e.u. the decision comes after an online poll found that a majority of e.u. citizens wanted to get rid of one of the of the one hour change to winter time. and australian filmmaker who flew a drone over an opposition party rally in cambodia has been jailed for six years james ricketson was arrested last june and charged with espionage his arrest came
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amidst the wider crackdown on freedom of expression by prime minister hun sen's government. in australia the catholic church has rejected a recommendation that priests break the secrecy of the confession to report child abuse and inquiry found thousands of children have been sexually abused between one nine hundred sixty in two thousand and fifteen in australia sixty five percent of them in church run institutions leading catholic clerics about to end a history of cover ups. 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 wind was heading abroad to seek treatment for torture injuries allegations of wine was tortured during an earlier detention prompted widespread protests. well next month india is planning to introduce what aims to be the largest health insurance plan implemented
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anywhere in the world moti care as is popularly known after the indian prime minister will eventually provide coverage to five hundred million people across the country or about forty percent of the population now currently barely four percent of indians have any insurance but lots of questions remain whether the plan will work for a whole yog like car reports from mumbai. train for better have been out of the car he suffers from pancreatic cancer and has recently had an operation she's traveled from calcutta in eastern india to mumbai for surgery treatment has so far cost the equivalent of three thousand euros. put on her family share a room at a local charity but the emotional trauma she's facing is hard her financial bodies . i mean. we've already borrowed hundreds of thousands of rupees on treatment and other expenses now i'm starting three rounds of chemotherapy
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i think we'll have to borrow even more from friends and family in the coming weeks and months. millions of indians shack up in us feet because they don't have access to quality health care that could not change with a national insurance scheme dubbed. ofter the indian prime minister who are indians could receive up to six thousand euros worth of coverage annually but would that mean that they can walk into private facilities that general india's rich. there's one problem says the managing director of walk hard and upmarket south mumbai hospital. the procedures have to be provided at x. y. and that costs and door the prices which are really kind of. putting everything in a very kind of constrain how can our current cost structure was greater than the prices that we're going to get creamed us for the procedure for private hospitals
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the problem will be written siling how much they usually charge for the government's mandated rates which have come out in the first instance from the government. allow them to make a profit 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 this in the 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. you can hope to bring medical insurance for more than five hundred million people across india this critics it's a scheme that's too big to succeed mainly because if it scales with supporters it's a step in the right direction mr modi would hope that many more indians think the
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latter is up for reelection in just a few months from now with mounting medical bills that create cannot end soon enough for gulping up i don't know if we spend much more on the treatment than i thought when we get some assistance from the government but that won't really help us. as the other carries weight for more news big hope that. would provide a window of opportunity to them. the funeral of solo icon aretha franklin will be taking place in the american city later today among those expected to attend the former president bill clinton and musical celebrities like stevie wonder and smokey robinson the seventy six year old died of cancer earlier this month after a career spanning more than six decades. yet. they
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sing for a recent franklin a homecoming song for the queen of soul mourning and paying tribute to franklin in her hometown of detroit. she would be deeply honored and appreciate the real thing to people for pleading their ford out of every test of new lynn rivers of this city and country so to travel alone miles to recognize her genius thousands lined up for the free concert organized by the singers family here irene signed to franklin's grandchildren took to the stage to think the crowd and it's heartwarming to see all the love and all the support that you guys gave us and i just want to say thank you and that we appreciate you so much from the bottom of our hearts. franklin's sister in song patti labelle also paid her respects my roof.
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oh my. for her fans it was a final sendoff for their queen of soul. i think she added something. in her life she brought something in her death she brought something she brought us together she gives me feelings it is a soul she lists me know when i'm down reza are serious to. franklin civil rights work and uplifting anthem. made her a symbol for african-americans. her absence will be felt but her legacy will be kept alive here in detroit. right a. schedule
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reminder now of our top stories this hour farai demonstrators have again taken to the streets of the eastern german city of come as police say the protest was tense but passed off peacefully earlier in the week twenty people were injured when thousands of protesters including from the far right clashed with left wing demonstrators after a fatal stabbing in that city. i'm brian thomas for the entire news team thanks so much for joining us terry martin will be with you again at the top of the hour have a great weekend. what we were. when we were. even first americans and some people in our lives will experience hardship listen. w. four times.

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