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this is d. w. news a live from the g. twenty leaders meeting in argentina managed to agree on a joint communique despite tensions over trade and find that both leaders unite around multi-lateralism but they say they recognize the current trade issues between the g. twenty nations. also coming up the forty first president of the united states george herbert walker bush has died at the age of ninety four he led the u.s. through the end of the cold war tributes have been coming in from around the world
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not least from the men who have since. the oval office. and protesters clashed with police in paris thousands of demonstrations take to the streets angry at rising fuel prices a correspondent is in the french capital. i knew mackinnon thanks so much fuel company at first it wasn't clear if they'd be able to agree on very much a toll but leaders at the g twenty summit of the world's leading economies have now managed to compromise and have produced a final joint declaration and one of sirees in that statement the lead just around on the result of global trade tensions particularly those between the u.s. and china but they've pledged to reform the world trade organization. other topics
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that gets a mention include a valve to tackle the source of refugee movements while the us reaffirmed its commitment to withdrawal from the paris climate accord. that's brand correspondent max fourth man now who's in one of sorry for us i'm not guessing this communique done was obviously quite a task tell us more about what it says. it was quite the toss we talked to one of the sherpas who said he hadn't slept for fifty hours so yes it was a lot of work and if you look at it it's not typical for your g twenty declaration normally what you would always have isn't there a main stage is condemning trade protectionism it's not in there you would always have an endorsement in there for the most a lot of world trade system the only thing we have in there now is acknowledging the benefits of the past of the trade system but also saying that it's not working as it should be anymore hence calling for the reform of the w t o then you have
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nineteen members of the g twenty in sourcing the paris agreement right in the chapter below you have the us reaffirming that they're withdrawing from the paris agreement and on migration there really isn't that much so this is not really a show of unity it's more like the show of what is happening in the world at the moment of the discord among the g twenty and in the light of that it really is a success that you agreed on anything. that german chancellor angela merkel earlier confirmed that the tensions between rusher in the ukraine what was said discussed by leaders what did she have to say about that. especially between herself and the russian president vladimir putin who she met in a bilateral meeting on saturday as she made it quite clear that she wasn't happy with the situation and she made that also clear apparently you do blood in your boots and she said that was very important to her that the ukrainian ports in the sea of these be accessible for ukrainian ships so to resolve the situation there
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going back to a format which is called the normandy format not on the leaders level but below negotiators level ministerial level we're not sure about that the normandy format includes ukraine russia france and germany and they will meet probably still this year to try to resolve the situation. now michael also made a very personal statement and she about the possible of the late president a u.s. president george h.w. bush can you tell us more about that. well of course he has a special meaning to all people that grew up in east germany as did the german chancellor i got on that call because he was the champion of reunification he made that possible as i'm going to michael herself said and that's why she stood in front of the press room where those iras and said she might not be here were it not for george bush and see she underlined the trust and the german american friendship that was there at the times i'm not sure if that was a jab towards the current administration but one thing's for sure the relationship
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the current relationship isn't the same as it was back then all right max hoffman in buenos aires thanks so much. well a former u.s. president george herbert walker bush died at his home in houston at the age of ninety four and people from around the world have been paying tribute to the forty first president of the united states for seniors served an eventful one term in office seeing the collapse of the soviet union and the fall of the berlin wall and he'll be read remembered here in germany as one of the architects of rain if occasion let's take a look back now at his wife and his legacy. this was one of george bush's last public appearances and surely one of his toughest it was his wife barbara's funeral an early twenty eight hundred. he did farewell to have after seventy three years of marriage. the couple married shortly after the end of world
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war two george was a war hero. he was the youngest pilot in the u.s. navy. bush flew dozens of missions in the war he was shot down at sea then rescued at the last minute and became an instant legend. he returned to texas where he founded an oil company then he turned to a career in politics joining the republican party he became the u.s. ambassador to the united nations then the u.s. top diplomat in china then head of the cia. in the one nine hundred eighty s. he became vice president to ronald reagan. after two terms as vice president he then decided to run for the white house himself. and he won. preserve protect and defend the constitution of the united states.
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and nine hundred eighty nine the berlin wall fell and with it the hind curtain. bush cautiously uncomely weathered the transition he wet todd to develop a good relationship with the leader of the soviet union gorbachev and campaigned heavily for the reunification of germany. bush is also the president who led the usa into its first major military operation in the middle east as i reported to you air attacks are underway against military targets in iraq. bush launched operation desert storm against iraq's dictator saddam hussein after he had attacked kuwait. after the first gulf war president bush the prove origins went through the roof but that didn't last long many americans became unhappy with his domestic policies
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because of tough economic times he was forced to raise taxes it was a broken promise and the perfect ammunition for bill clinton bush next democratic opponent clinton won the one thousand nine hundred two presidential election and after his one term in the white house bush called it quits. he focused his efforts on humanitarian activities and this family which in two thousand and one once again broke history as bush son became president. police and protesters have filled central paris with smoke and tear gas and a third weekend of clashes in and around the shrines a lazy demonstrators from the yellow vests movement set cars on the bank on fire police responded with gas and water cannon and eighty people are reported to have been injured while more than two hundred have been arrested the protests were prompted by fuel tax increases but many are also angry at other reforms being
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carried out by president emanuel in a coma. earlier i spoke with our correspondent lisa lewis who's in paris and i asked her about reports that a department store was evacuated and what seemed to have been such a violent day these demonstrations have been really violent today even for french standouts really you know you mentioned the department stores actually lafayette and ponto that were evacuated a bit earlier on that was actually a precautionary measure as one police source told me and yet also very violent clashes elsewhere going on between the police and groups of protesters you know what happened was basically that the police cordoned off these souls that is here where i am here now you can see the behind me now protest as violent protests is goodin couldn't access the shells of easy but that meant they actually spread out all across paris and that led to very violent altercation between the police and
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processes in various occasions. they said tell us why people also angry is this still only about fuel prices a company. fuel prices were the trigger but that's not really the underlying reason there is some kind of fury bout the government they're really angry with him on the mark on the french government they feel that they are actually being left behind people from the countryside especially they say we have to pay too much taxes actually paying a larger share of the transition towards more sustainable economy than other people who are richer than us and we want that to change so there's this underlying anger really and that's why there is so much anger in the street and that's why there are these all to cations also because the number of people going out and demonstrating has actually gone down quite a lot over the past three weeks and some people feel that because the number has gone down they have to become more violent so that people listen to their demands.
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not least of france's health minister said the demonstration had been taken over by extremist groups how much truth is there in that. while you can't really say that it's actually what we know is that there are some very violent very extreme elements in these demonstrators within you know amongst these demonstrators that i've been talking to quite a lot of demonstrators today peaceful ones who told me you know we're not with them they're not us they don't represent us they're just here to destroy things so it might be that these people come from the far left of the far right it's very difficult to to prove that obviously and to double check that or it's lisa louis thanks so much for your reporting in what's obvious a quite value volatile situation. out says he is since the first world aids day medical advances mean that most people with the hiv virus which can lead to aids can have a symptom free life but in many places around the world being a positive carries a lot of stigma with it. this is rafael believe us he's one of fifteen
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thousand greeks aware that they're living with hiv he's in good health but life with the virus can be challenging. unlike many other countries here in greece we don't have to pay for our medication but there's still a lot of prejudice among the general public about hiv aids and the treatment of those with the virus still living in the past here. the past in which hiv was a death sentence this bred a deep rooted fear of contracting the virus and it remains today this despite the advances made in treating hiv medications available today prevent those in treatment from transmitting the virus a nonprofit organization checkpoint is trying to reduce the number of people unaware of their had hiv status with anonymous testing just
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a small blood sample is needed the results within minutes for rafael one of the biggest challenges is fighting the stigma around hiv up in many companies dismiss employees if they find out their rates hiv positive they're afraid they'll infect others it's not just unscientific it's not correct it's discrimination. discrimination that affects over thirty five million people worldwide. let's start with some football and surgeon that bree was the hero by in munich returned to winning ways in the bundesliga every scored both goals in by ends two one victory at that podium and elsewhere leaders berisha dortmund ground down to two nil when i have a fry book has a billion won it had over whilst it got picked up
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a read that tree book and the late game hoffenheim were held by shell could minds be to distil golf on friday and there are three more games to come on sunday and monday so let's take a look at how those results affect the table on match day thirteen don't extend the lead at the top to seven points with nearest challenges bloodbath playing tomorrow despite their win by an remain nine points off the pace at the other end climb off the ball some of the table and hand of a slip into the relegation places. allergan time club river plate have rejected plans to play the second leg of the copper limited doris final against city rivals bucca jr as it madrid the match between the two one a sorry sides was postponed twice last weekend after river towns attacked the visiting a buckle team bus fare and more violence capo organizers decided to stage the match at the dreads but in a baby stadium next sunday river argued that using
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a neutral venue will mean they lose home advantage. it watching the news from thanks so much for joining us. who wouldn't sleep waiting. for a long flight into syria. good morning where are you why don't you answer a. different call brings them closer together. because they feel powerless.

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