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this is d. w. news live from the g. twenty leaders meeting in argentina managed to agree on a joint communique despite tensions over trade and climate world leaders unite around multi-lateralism but say they recognize the current trade issues between g. twenty nations. also coming up the force the first president of the united states george bush will cook bush has died at the age of ninety four he left 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 man who have since all cute with the oval office. and protesters clashed with police in tahrir square thousands of demonstrators take to the streets angry at rising fuel prices and the government. a minute mackinnon thanks so much for your company now at first it wasn't clear they'd be able to agree on very much at school 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 want to sirees in the statement the leaders skirted around the result global trade tensions particularly those between the u.s. and china but they have pledged to reform the world trade organization other topics that get a mention include. a vow to tackle the source of refugee movements while the u.s.
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reaffirmed its commitment to withdrawal from the paris climatic colibri. and we're joined by g w correspondent max hoffman his in one of cyrus for imax that getting this communique done clearly wasn't easy tell us more about what a compass. it was uneasy because it's very different from communiques that we've seen in the past it's really bare bones g. twenty eight with some of the typical elements just missing altogether if you look at past years communicate you would also find something condemning protectionism this time not in there you would also say something misfired something indorsing the multilateral trade system this sound there are only acknowledging the benefits that this system has brought in the past but they're also saying that it's not working currently and that's why they need to reform the world trade organization climate change same example nineteen states endorsing the paris climate agreement
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one state saying they're going to withdraw from it of course that's the united states of america so you can tell just by this come in the gate that the world has changed from the past years got more difficult that's what the german chancellor going to back and this is really barely enough to keep the whole institution going and alive. german chancellor merkel also confirmed that the tensions between russia and ukraine were discussed by me doesn't mean that i'm a putin has spoken himself since then can you tell us what he said. yeah he wasn't very optimistic he said that with the current authorities in ukraine he didn't see an end to the conflict in eastern ukraine he said that they were interested in in a peaceful resolution of that conflict and that of course is exactly the contrary of what the european leaders were asking for and for example a mother with the michael france and you mentioned are going to back up the german
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chancellor they both heavily criticized what russia did this week in the sea of oz of and but that it seems like they're really not on the same page there they might be they may try to be so because they've announced that they will get back in the so-called normandy format that's a talk with four countries ukraine russia france germany it won't be at the highest level but still they intend to meet still this year and talk it over all right myself when reporting for us from one osiris thanks so much. the former u.s. president george herbert walker bush has 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 or senior of an eventful one term in office seeing the collapse of the soviet union and the full of the wall and he'll be remembered here in germany is one of the architects of reunification let's take a look back now at his life and thus his legacy. it was one of george bush's
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last public appearances and surely one of his toughest it was his wife barbara's funeral in early twenty eight team that. was to bid farewell after seventy three years of marriage. the couple married shortly after the end of world war two george was a war hero. after the war he returned to texas where he founded an oil company who then turned to a career in politics joining the republican party. he became u.s. ambassador to the united nations and the top u.s. diplomat in china. then they had a cia. in the ninety's he became vice president to ronald reagan after his two terms as vice president he then decided to run for the white house himself and he won by nine hundred eighty nine the berlin wall fell and with it the iron curtain. bush worked hard to develop
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a good relationship with the president of the soviet union mikhail gorbachev and he campaigned heavily for the reunification of germany. he's also the president to let the usa into its first major military operation in the middle east as i reported to you the air attacks are underway against military targets in iraq to push launched operation desert storm against iraq sokoto saddam hussein after he had invaded kuwait. after the first gulf war president bush's approval ratings went through the roof but that did not last long many americans became unhappy with his domestic policies. his democratic opponent bill clinton won the ninety ninety two presidential election and after only one term in the white house bush called it quits. he focused its efforts on humanitarian activities and his family which in two thousand and one once again wrote history as bush son george w. became president. police and protesters filled central paris with smoke
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and take us on saturday in a third weekend of clashes in and around the shoals they lazy the yellow vests movement was sparked by opposition to a planned fuel tax rise for next year but it's grown into more general and violent opposition to the government of the money. was singing through the cast masks another sas day of demonstrations in central paris protesters define themselves by the high visibility vests all french maîtresse have in their cars it's become a symbol of the people frustration over fuel price increases has turned into anger at a range of government policies and a feeling that mccrone is not listening. i. agree to pay tax but i want to my money is. well used as a list and it's ok i'm specifically. we're just. in france we say.
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we are aware of this system we don't want to be like you know america we don't want to be like in england it's france to the goods to be exists to be services and we want to keep them. in france our political system is is based on their committee. i don't know if my craw is that it isn't in today so i think the first thing before to me before to distill decimally i think to force the first thing to do is to talk with us. you have to you off to you have to consider is first then you have to talk with us and you office in you all to you have to look at what we are living now and then we'll see what's what we will do but first we have to talk. purchase protesters and police faced off talking seemed distant
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hope. the violence said french prime minister edward philippe who's the planned work of provocateurs. very early this morning equipped individuals were determined to provoke and test the security forces which before they gathered outside the security perimeter there was put in place so that the protests could. place peacefully i mean from infants that's from it was extremely violent as part of. the destruction continued into the night. police arrested more than two hundred people well medics treated nearly one hundred injured. it says he is since the first world aids day that occlude vance's name that most people with the h.i.v. of iris which can lead to a can have a symptom free life but in many places around the world being a positive still carries
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a huge social stigma. and this is rafael believe us he's one of fifteen 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 h.i.v. or aids and the treatment of those with the virus was still living in the past here . a past in which h i v 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 transmit ing the virus nonprofit organization checkpoint is trying to reduce the number of people unaware of their had hiv status with anonymous
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testing just a small blood sample is needed the results within minutes. for russia one of the biggest challenges is fighting the stigma around. up enough to stop them many companies dismiss employees if they find out they're h.i.v. positive they're afraid they'll infect others it's not just on scientific it's not correct it's discrimination to your question as it comes before discrimination that affects over thirty five million people worldwide. that start with some football and club river plate have rejected plans to play the second leg of their live at a door as final against city rivals but could juniors in madrid the match between the two bonus arias sides was postponed twice last weekend off the river fans
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attacked the visiting team bus fare and more violence organizers decided to stage the match at real madrid's stadium next sunday river ugh you that using a new a neutral venue will mean they lose him advantage. american books while there will defend his w.b.c. heavyweight title on saturday night he faces former undisputed champion tyson fury in los angeles wearing his customary mosque at the way and while the cayman twenty kilos licet and his british rival on the other hand fury himself at last around seventy kilos following a two year absence from the ring both faces are undefeated in their professional careers away and was a much calmer affair than the previous press conference of the two had to be separated by security personnel off the say self. but i will sport of boxing is in danger of being withdrawn from the twenty twenty
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summer olympics in tokyo the international boxing association the a i.b.a. recently elected a new president who was allegedly involved in major international drug syndicates organizers of the games have now launched an inquiry. for boxing world champions like to say while the olympics have always been the first step to superstardom five w.b.c. world heavyweight champion won bronze at the beijing olympics in two thousand and eight before his professional career. one gold at london two thousand and twelve and now holds three world heavyweight titles in november controversial is big business man got for rocky move was elected as the new head of the be a despite warnings from the i.o.c. they would cut funding if he was appointed it is also alleged there was match fixing up fights during the rio games now with remember a panel of the i.o.c. is investigating the association but it doesn't want athletes to be punished for
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decisions outside their power we want to have. to. make all their faults to have. a positive outlook from the i.o.c. which may set up its own separate olympic boxing association other olympic disciplines allow professional athletes to compete and with the b.a. in disarray this could be another alternative the full i.o.c. membership next meets in june. ever been asleep a show with nick mckenna klein is coming up just after the break find out if we're able to stretch the lead at the top of the table and whether struggling champions beyond munich could carry their european form into the bone this league and help lift the pressure off coach because of that. the first reminder of the top story that we're following for you today she twenty leaders meeting in argentina have managed to compromise and have agreed on
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a joint communique after spike tensions over trade and climate in the statement discussed around on result global trade tensions but they've pledged to reform the world trade organization. ballin. don't forget that you can always get all the latest news and information around the clock on our website thanks so much for joining us. if you ever have to cover up a murder that's plagued us to make a little accident raring to live. never read a book like this or lead to the most elaborate streets. german street by street. the most colorful.

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