news. this is g.w. news the live from berlin who is behind the veil bomb plot aimed at critics of the us president trump u.s. investigators are searching a postal facility near miami as they home in on the culprit and they're warning more bombs might be out there. also coming on the gold. gold coast and bring to. go to snorkel. shouldn't sultan god still be illegal today ireland votes on whether to remove it anti blasphemy law that even the catholic church says is

obsolete and. meet africa's only current female head of state so how that works out day has just been sworn in as president of ethiopia and she's from one of the world's few gender balance governments. or. i'm sara kelly welcome to the program a coast to coast manhunt is under way in the united states as authorities hunt for the creator and sender of a series of pipe bombs investigators are now zeroing in on a post center near miami florida officials say that they believe some of the packages were posted from there the devices were mailed to prominent democratic politicians and critics of president donald trump police have seized ten devices and warned that more could be out there with just two weeks before the midterm

elections a debate has erupted over who is to blame for the country's dangerous political climate. it's called the t.c. v. a total containment vehicle the spherical chamber is designed to contain the blast of a. t.c.b. has seen a lot of action in the past few days as one pipe bomb after another is discovered in the us mail. all of them addressed to prominent targets of right wing outrage. among the targets former democratic presidential nominee hillary clinton former president barack obama as well as his vice president joe biden and actor robert de niro an outspoken critic of president donald trump. has forensic teams search for the sender authorities fear the list of targets could keep growing. the new york police department tweeted instructions for identifying a package bomb should another be found in the mail. we have to treat them as.

live devices and this is a protocol that our bomb squad people use and it keeps everybody said it is unclear if the pipe bombs were wired to explode some have speculated that they were just meant to sow fear among trumps critics ahead of midterm elections in less than two weeks time. for congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz the fear was a real one device arrived at her office in florida we will never be cowed. into submission. by people who hate nafta i walk culprit and motive remain unknown critics have blamed his divisive rhetoric for inspiring me attack. trump has repeatedly called his political opponents evil and often refers to the media as quote the enemy of the people he recently praised a republican politician for body slamming

a journalist. in response to the criticism trump has pointed the finger back at the media to debate likely won't subside before voters go to the polls on november sixth. and. has been following events in washington she sent us this report from the white house. it's been an unnerving past few days in the u.s. with pipe bombs being sent to prominent political figures all over the country all of whom have been the target of president transfer torkel attacks in the past however bad the american political discourse was before it's now gotten worse descending into actual political violence as the investigation continues the question of motive or man's was this person or these people actually trying to kill or maim someone where they're just trying to send a message or are they simply an internet troll who took a joke too far the fact remains the u.s. is now a country where this sort of thing happens and with these midterm elections coming

up in the last point the finger at the right the right point the finger right back political divisions have become even more deeply entrenched and now we have to wonder how do we move on from here. my a stranger in washington now let's get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world german chancellor angela merkel has told the king of saudi arabia that he must provide quote rapid and transparent clarification about the death of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi in a phone call to the king merkel condemned his killing and said that germany and international partners are ready to act if the kingdom fails to provide full details. at least eighteen people mostly students and teachers have been killed in flash floods that hit near jordan's dead sea the group was on a school trip when their bus was washed away police managed to rescue more than thirty people they were moved to hospitals in the area. and the world famous resort

island of for a coffee in the philippines has today were open to tourists after a six month force closure now the government is limiting the number of hotels and imposing strict regulations on the number of tourists allowed to arrive president to order the island closure in april after calling it a cesspool. japanese prime minister shinzo abbay is in china for the first official visit in seven years against a backdrop of trade friction with the united states the asian rivals are working to build closer ties now all of it was welcomed by the chinese premier the key young in beijing the two then held talks aimed at increasing economic cooperation abbay hailed it a historic turning point in the relationship between china and japan. is due to meet with chinese president xi jinping later today. for more or less burgundy w. correspondent mathias ballinger who is standing by with the latest from beijing is

this indeed mathias as a historic turning point as it has been classified. well that is our correspondent there in beijing as you can see we're having a little bit of trouble communicating with him we'll try and get him either later in this program or in later bulletins here on news meantime let's turn to some other news because in ireland blasphemy is still considered a serious crime that carries heavy heavy penalties but like many of the country's religious traditions that could be about to change irish voters are heading to the polls today to elect a new president and they're also being asked to decide whether blasphemy laws should be removed from the constitution surprisingly the issue is uniting both catholics and atheists one man has been fighting the ancient law for years.

the christian god is an evil maniac forgiving babies bone cancer jews are of the devil all i said. was good enough for jehovah blasphemous statements like peace could come at a high cost literally up to twenty five thousand euros to be precise michael nugent head of atheist island is complaining in dublin's shopping zone he's informing irish voters about a longstanding law that could soon be history if you say anything that is grossly abusive or insulting in relation to matters held sacred by only religion i'm cause by doing so that's a criminal offense the nature of dublin that has been fighting the paragraph and islands constitution for years. he thinks it should have been removed a long time ago. it's a mediæval crime it's been added into our constitution in nineteen thirty seven when i was a very catholic country. and it was. just ten years ago so it's

a mess for any number of reasons and the sooner that we got rid of it the better. but since the law was implemented no one has ever been convicted of blasphemy even the catholic church called the law or data. an audience church in dublin sees one simple reason for that. there's no need for such a roll. call doesn't need to. god is not mocked. not everyone agrees to leave the islamic cultural center things throwing out the blasphemy closs will threaten the freedom of all people. we have a wide diversity of various communities residing in. this kind of. references in our legislation is not to defend religion but it is to defend respect among people of all face and people of no face

still it looks likely that my community and his group will finally get their way recent polls show that just twenty percent of likely voters i favor of keeping islands blasphemy law. for more on this let's bring in religious affairs analyst martin the morning martin. and he blasphemy laws i mean this really sounds like a thing of the past but it's not only existing in ireland right now it's a matter of fact it's not a thing of the past i don't want to germany actually article hundred sixty six that protects religious sentiments essentially i mean you know denmark has a blasphemy law i mean our last we're seeing i mean austria just had a fairly well publicized case of a woman that insulted prophet muhammad go all the way up to the european court of human rights so no this is actually something that is very much in the books and it's very very much in use so it's on the books and it's being enforced in fact i'd

like to bring up one example we have a clip here i want to play you an interview from the british comedian stephen fry who gave it an irish t.v. a few years back and it got him reported to the police for blasphemy have a listen then we'll get your reaction. suppose it's all true and you walk up to the pearly gates and you are confronted by god what will stephen fry say to him her or it i will basically that is the odyssey i think of cancer in children. day how dare you create a world in which there is such misery that is not our fault. so that's the statement that got him into trouble and eventually police dropped the investigation but but who's to decide what is and what isn't blasphemy you know one of the biggest drones that we have is essentially that every time that we have a blasphemy law in place and then we have a report were essentially calling the state to do theology to adjudicate whether something is actually a violation of

a religious affair really just sensibility the further problem is you know it would serve us very well to remember you know people were burned not too long ago in european soil for doubting resurrection or for doubting basic you know christian bennett and it's and so on the issue that we have right now is really a political one that gets very much across the lines in europe of the integration of the slum to a large degree and this is a question as to whether it is permissible really to farther boosh security somewhere the secularization space in the public sphere when some religious sensibilities have a very close relation to the political this is the problem that we face the d.c. maryland is very particular because the church has been involved in the public sphere for a very very long time and in a sense this belongs to a very late secularization of arden that being said it is clear that in their day today we're allowing ourselves i mean in europe to say things about you know the

christian god the jewish god and so on that have cost us a lot of blood so this is something that most europeans would think us are really suckers signed to actually be validating stuff and as as we mentioned that decision being rendered today martin gak following the story for us thank you so much you're welcome. now we're heading to ethiopia where the parliament has sworn in the country's first female president somehow works out day is only is also excuse me africa's only current female head of state the unanimous vote in favor of her comes just days after ethiopia lawmakers approved one of the world's few gender balanced cabinets with women making up a full fifty percent of ministers reformers are hoping that the changes at the top will help the country build a more equal and a more prosperous society. ethiopia's first female president gets an enthusiastic welcome from members of parliament so works out days an

experienced diplomat she's expected to serve two six year terms as head of state for the east african country home to the continent's second biggest population it's a largely ceremonial post but the new president wants to use it to champion gender equality she believes it's the key to the country's future prosperity one sit with hearing my presidency my main focus will be to maintain peace by mobilizing the women of. peace loving men and all the peaceful peoples of the world who. earlier this month ethiopia's prime minister abi ahmed appointed a new cabinet of its members a women female ministers now oversee the crucial defense trade and industry portfolios it's a fundamental change for impoverished ethiopia where domestic violence remains widespread and polygamy persists in some areas and activists say it will take more

than just changes at the top to bring about a more equal society women's political participation to me as well as beyond a cabinet positions its participation at all levels and the participation of women who have never been in politics before women as voters women as candidates women as members of civil society and opinion makers women in media all of this works towards women's meaningful women's political participation ethiopians are hoping their new look leaders like newly sworn in presidents day can lay the foundations for political reform and a brighter future are turning now to one of our top stories and as we mentioned earlier in the program japanese prime minister shinzo abyei is in china for the first official visit in seven years in fact he is calling it a turning point in the relationship a spring and a correspondent mathias ballinger who has the latest from beijing so we just heard

obvious classification of this meeting is it fair to say that it is a historic turning point. for mr certainly is a historic turning point he has been labeled as a well come by beijing just a few years ago in the last two years the relations between the two countries deteriorated a lot japan is the wary of china's you assertiveness and foreign policy and china's angry. restavec unwillingness to address the country's wartime pos so both sides have to swallow quite a bit of pride to make this call so how much does china's relationship with the united. way in here i think turn trump might not be the only reason but this has been possible now and he sure is the major reason for this. is you don't know the terms on the sea that they cannot

be sure of them cold as they could before and china. china if you're in. it might be pressured by the u.s. into isolation so both sides have no interest in revitalizing this relationship mathias walk us through what's on the agenda while it's it's it's of course i think both sides are very committed a very important economic partner so there are lots of deals on the agenda is is accompanied by a big there's a geisha not the japanese of japanese business so this is probably probably what they're going to be talking most. t.w. correspondent well enter in beijing where we know the japanese prime minister is for the first official visit in seven years to china they're calling it a historic turning point the ts thank you for your reporting. thank you.

now indonesia is estimated to be the world's second biggest plastics polluter after china but one of its largest cities has come up with a novel way to clean up plastic waste buses in zora by a now except old bottles as payment in a scheme that has writers paying less but needing bigger wallets. they say one man's trash is another man's treasure bus riders and can now swap these thrown away bottles for free ticket it's all part of the city's goal to rid itself of plastic waste by two thousand and twenty. plastic bottles pile up in my neighborhood i brought them here to help make my street cleaner and to help out the garbage collectors. red buses like this one are being used for the plastic pick ups. the crew gives this man helping hand on board. and accept his fare

five plastic bottles by a two hour bus ride. one of these buses can collect up to two hundred fifty kilograms of plastic bottles each day that's about the weight of four passengers still the city's current daily plastic collection nearly four hundred metric tons. of indonesia is one of the world's biggest contributors of plastic waste. through this initiative we hope to raise public awareness about the environment especially plastic trash. the word is certainly spread and zero. getting plastic off the street is one sure way to get a free ride. to tennis and the deputy a finals in singapore which sees the year's best players take to the court outstanding performances from carolina fiske all the and alina is fit alina on thursday saw them secure their spots in the semifinals of the season ending

tournament that meant defending champion caroline wozniacki went out carol leave a place made light work a picture of give it to after winning the first six six three. pliska of a continued to control the match and took the second set six for staying in focus hope to record a first ever win over her check compatriot. the world number eight booked her similarly final spot for the second year in a row. she says of. the match between a lead is fit to lena and defending w t a finals champion caroline wozniacki down to the wire after stitch alina battled back to win the second set and with the momentum on the twenty four year old ukrainian side she held on to take the final

six six three and book her place in this week in semifinals. to leno will find out who her opponent will be on friday. night is now it for starting with earnings season and some interesting figures for the tech sector that's right there a cooling growth as knox up to one hundred billion dollars off and google's market capitalization in after hours trading on thursday as investors fit strong runs of revenue could be coming to an end and that's despite amazon for example posting is best ever quarterly profits net income that of two point nine billion dollar represents a ten fold increase over the same period last year figures were bolstered by the amazon web services subsidiary at the same time i was in outlook for the crucial fourth quarter which includes christmas retail sales fell short of expectations.

moving on to another internet giant alphabet the parent company of google the company's twenty seven point two billion dollar revenue failed to meet market expectations google's advertising business grew slower than expected from july to september while its costs rose google has also come under fire after admitting to giving a senior management figure a ninety million dollars severance package after he was fired for sexual misconduct in a letter sent please pichai revealed that google fired forty eight people for sexual harassment in the last two years among them thirteen senior matches. we stay in the tech sector where ride sharing company suffered a defeat in spain on thursday in a close vote the spanish parliament set a ratio of ride sharing vehicles to traditional taxis in spanish cities and gave more favor to the latter of companies like google say there is a silver lining. celebrations

erupt even a trio of joy is shed taxi drivers gathered outside spain's parliament as the vote was brought to the floor. spanish lawmakers gave the kevin what they had waited for a resolution regulating based right hailing services in four years time only one right hailing the call will be permitted thirty taxis. owing sat there is a day the first stone has been laid and from now on to get there we will begin to build the foundations of a taxi service that nobody will knock down in any court of law rather than by any group because of the new law comes close to a cease fire agreement spain has proven to be a fraud market for the sharing economy with regulators often backing traditional businesses still the disrupters keep trying their luck. what the priest says is

that over the next four years nothing can be done right helling services cannot be touched and therefore we have four years over which we can work peacefully in addition to the extension provided by the ministry of transport so it's good news because above all jobs are being protected. issuing new licenses will be left to local authorities who will ultimately be responsible for integrating internet platforms like ober and air b.n. b. into spain's economy. and to brazil which has one of the most generous pension systems in the world citizens their entire at the age of fifty five on average that's why pensions especially those in the public sector account for about a third of all government spending the country is heading for insolvency and the debt crisis spending cuts seem inevitable have become a hot topic in sunday's presidential election runoff. rush hour in sao

paolo in brazil is big a city many people work far more than eight hours per day some start at a very early age so they can retire at fifty five and then continue to earn seventy percent of their final salary for the rest of their lives for decades that's been the norm in brazil. it's what says that was hoping for after working as a teacher for more than thirty years an accident before retirement led to her salary being cut now the sixty three year old gets less than the minimum wage and now i have no money no it's inhumane to have to live on a minimum salary everything is getting more expensive with inflation and all that and people keep on getting a salary which now i can live on so it's very difficult. with less than two hundred dollars a month she can barely afford more than her rent and although she bolsters her income by selling handicrafts she feels desperate about the future. they

are they i have no idea what to do i have faith in god that he will open up doors for me but i really don't know and it's very sad you know they have they. moved into this. life expectancy is increasing in the country it's a demographic change that's leading to fewer younger workers supporting more retirees in addition to the recent years of limited or negative growth and the very generous pensions granted to the public employees residents rapidly heading to a point where it was no longer be able to meet its pension obligations. in twenty seventeen the government ran up a deficit of more than sixty billion dollars in order to cover pensions despite this unsustainability an overhaul of the pension system is politically difficult to achieve. usually there are a million. we members that brawler them all you when there is no

crush of a loved one. and not because you need to have a good scene is that in order to people feel more secure and more call portable we paint a poor and seize them. and so all the time that they kept dry the reform always the scene this sales of cutting expenditures and not being brought by the in a better service. the issue of pension reform is complex and controversial and neither of the presidential candidates facing off in this sunday's election runoff have clearly addressed it however it's one of the most urgent challenges the newly elected congress will face in twenty nineteen. that sets you up to date more news coming up in the next office launching.

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