to account for the conflict zone. conflict zone with tim sebastian on the g.w. . this is g.w. news live from berlin and over time breakthrough in the fight against global warming . a i. that was a reaction as a marathon talks in poland and with the rulebook for cutting greenhouse gas emissions and helping foreign nations deal with the changing climate but many attendees say the deal just doesn't go far enough also coming up spiritual

independent ukraine careful fills a centuries old dream of creating a united orthodox church independent from russia moscow is not amused. and a film about love during the cold war era wins big of european film awards in spain we'll have a look at the top prizes of the night. i'm carl aspen thanks for joining us talks on climate change and poland finally produced an agreement late last night nearly two hundred countries unanimously adopted a rulebook allowing the paris climate pacts of become operational by two thousand and twenty the chairman of the conference called it a historic moment but critics say the agreement doesn't go far enough. it is so the side. there was visible relief when two weeks of intense

negotiations finally came to an end in cattle beacher delegates from almost two hundred countries had to overcome major divisions in their quest to reduce global warming while protecting the economies of rich and poor countries alike who are very satisfied as you may have heard are. really happy they are celebrating a very good successful outcome. that outcome a common set of rules to implement a previously agreed goal limiting global temperature rises to below two degrees celcius rules that govern the nuts and bolts of how countries reduce carbon emissions how they're monitored and how to help poorer nations with funding but critics say the agreement is deeply florida here in part because there'll be no sanctions against states that are making progress the rule book relies on peer pressure alone to keep everyone on track the outcomes of these negotiations are far

from an issue free of. another point of tension the refusal of the u.s. russia saudi arabia and kuwait to endorse a major u.n. study which found that the goal that everyone's working towards isn't actually enough to get climate change under control scientists warn that a strict cap of one point five degrees and a commitment to shift away from fossil fuels are needed to avert disaster i think certainly the fossil fuel countries here will slow things down i think that the united states certainly did not help on the issue of having science move forward but there was just an overall lack of leadership from the european union as well on getting ambition out of a very bad. a sentiment echoed by fifteen year old activist greater tune back who had some harsh words for policymakers. you are not mature enough to tell it like it is even that burden you leave to us children.

but i don't care about being popular i care about climate justice and the living planets. our civilization is being sacrificed for the opportunity of a very small number of people to continue making enormous amounts of money our biosphere is being sacrificed so that rich people in countries like mine can live in luxury. it is the suffering of the many pay for the luxuries of the few. climate activists both young and old feel leaders have once again done too little too late. w.'s louise osborne was at climate talks in a beats and she joins me now here in studio first can you just give us

a reason to be optimistic about this deal well i think everybody is relieved to have got to this point there was some talk earlier in the conference that perhaps they weren't going to finalize the rulebook at all because of the conflicts that they were facing in the delegation rooms but now that they're and despite the populism despite the difficulties that the u.s. brazil threatening to pull out of the agreement they have something where they can finally move forward and start to take action with regard to the paris agreement ok so we do have an agreement now the reality check and what's missing here what did cop twenty four where did it come up short well i think one of the biggest problems is that the parse agreement itself doesn't go far enough i mean it's asking well if they were limited to a two degree rise countries have actually put in place promises that would only meet a three or four degree rise and after the i.p.c.c. study we're looking at actually needing to limit it to one point five degrees so

that it doesn't become too much of a well it will still have an impact but not too much of an impact and what we really need to see is increased ambitions from the industrialized countries particularly i mean delegates from the pacific islands are really scared that you know they don't have the. these things in place so that they can that they can know that their homes are going to be safe so how about those developed countries i mean especially those countries we heard the criticism there why aren't they doing what's needed here well i mean if you look at countries like the u.s. and russia. their oil interests economic interests and that's also what's happening in the e.u. i mean there are still countries that are heavily reliant on fossil fuels like coal for their energy output and. they are also having to deal with the social impact of having to give up fossil fuels so that means like you know making sure that workers will get a deal if they're moving out of the fossil fuel industry making sure that they have

a good quality of life and all of the businesses that are also rely on what comes next now when we have this rule book and place here what needs to happen sue avoid the worst effects of climate change going forward well i mean like i said we definitely need to see countries pulling up their own patients so that they cut their carbon emissions as quickly as possible and as much as possible otherwise we're just going to see climate change taking an even bigger impact and you know the impacts that we've seen around the world with wildfires and with the typhoons in the philippines and things like that those are only just going to get not an easy task but there is hope thanks very much for joining us the results borne i thanks. orthodox priests in ukraine have established an independent national church the move has angered the russian orthodox church which controlled ukrainian branch for over three hundred years ukraine's president petro

poroshenko was hailed the decision saying it was a further declaration of independence from russia relations between the two countries collapsed after moscow's annexation of crimea twenty four teen says russian backed churches on its soil are kremlin tool to spread propaganda. correspondent nick connelly is standing by in kiev hey nick relations between kiev and moscow have been bad to say the least for a while now will you crane's new national church make things even worse. seems like they couldn't get much worse given the standoff we're in with russia here since well basically for years but based on the furious reaction we've had from moscow it does seem there is further to fall real extraordinary emotional statements coming from moscow since this happened yesterday calling all of these meetings illegitimate and calling on ukraine to kind of throw it all in something

that's unlikely to happen i think the really important thing to look for here is what will be the approach to the moscow patriarchate so to the russian orthodox church as linked to moscow off to after yesterday's meeting will they lose church as will the ukrainian state promote efforts to get people to join the new ukrainian church there i think we could definitely see the russian government coming under some could have internal pressure to react tell me about the politics behind this move president poroshenko he'll be facing a difficult reelection in march russia called this a campaign ploy was this mainly or shango who pushed for the creation of this new church. well he definitely has invested an awful lot of diplomatic capital and political capital in these efforts and it was striking to see him on the stage just a with the bishops something you don't really expect to see in twenty first century europe having said that the this is a movement these independent ukrainian churches have been in existence since the

early ninety's since ukraine gained independence from the soviet union and given the situation that ukraine finds itself with this defacto situation of war with russia it seemed there was only a matter of time this is never to belittle about greater moves to move away from the russian church and also to decrease the influence of the moscow patriarchy which is the biggest single orthodox nomination in ukraine at the moment given its very close links to the kremlin how are the people of ukraine reacting to this new independent charge i think there's a lot of uncertainty for now how this is going to play out if this is just a bit of abstract arcane church diplomacy or if this will actually mean changes on the ground i think we'll know more after christmas that's the sixth of january when president poroshenko and then you head of the crane church go to constantinople to istanbul to get the official go ahead for the new church from the patriarch there whether we see individual churches that have been previously controlled by moscow

going to this new joining this new church conflicts there between maybe the priests and the corporations on the other hand that could be the rails and crunch point i think beyond they believe is that everyday people who are particular religious i think this is just a further step towards cutting ties with russia we've seen travel links reduced their no direct flights the restrictions on russian citizens visiting ukraine so for many this did have a certain inevitability about w.'s nick connelly in kiev thank you very much. now to some of the other stories making news around the world georgia has inaugurated its first female president french born shiloh. really was elected after winning nearly sixty percent in a runoff vote that the opposition has said it won't recognize international observers say the election was well managed to leave previously served as foreign minister. the longest president has reinstated run neal of the chroma single as prime minister seven weeks after sacking him from the post days earlier the

country's supreme court ruled his ousting was unconstitutional it's hoped the move will end the major political crisis that has engulfed the country is not stopped over. the father of a seven year old guatemalan migrant who died after being detained by u.s. border agents is calling for an independent investigation officials say there was no sign that jacqueline colum mccann had any medical problems until hours after she was detained u.s. customs service reported that she died of dehydration and exhaustion. the european film academy has crowned its favorite films and performances from twenty eighteen and a historical romance titled cold war by polish born director pawel pawlikowski earned the most honors the winners were chosen by more than three and a half thousand members of the film academy here's a look at who took the top prize at the ceremony in spain. stock crossed lovers in wall ravaged. pawel

pawlikowski is monogrammed period romance cold war was the big winner at the thirty first european film awards. excuse best actress for her portrayal of polish village go soon. called one that's at the top prize for best film as well as best i did. was cry and best director and screenwriter though he was reluctant to take too much credit. a few very. bitter going in poster here except things who would because they were both hundred ninety five thurston's of the script and the scene you so there was more is one of the few scenes where the writing that she could responded to was shocked so. a change in tone for best actor.

remember his quiet life. and when he gets swept up in the violent schemes of a local criminal law. and finally a standing ovation for cost us the greek french director connected an honorary award for his career as a master of the connecticut for a. stunning distinct from the huge budgets and glitz of hollywood the award show that european cinema can hold it said. they're watching news still to come the bundesliga shown with my colleague pablo foley right after a short break find out if there was a good stretch their lead at the top of the table and catch all four goals and. demolition of the defending german champs are enjoying a resurgence after a bumpy start to the scenes.

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