this is g.w. news live from berlin and over time a breakthrough in the fight against global warming was. down to the reaction as marathon talks in poland and with the rulebook for cutting greenhouse gas emissions and helping poor nations deal with the changing climate but many attendees say the deal just doesn't go far enough also coming up the health care app for people who can't get to a doctor you went to a conference in gone nowhere tech developers all working on digital solutions to africa's challenges. and a film about love during the cold war era winds big at the european film awards in spain have a look at the top prizes of the one. i'm

calling assman 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 act to 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 decided. there was this little relief when chewed weeks of intense negotiations finally came to an end in cancer rates and 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 success for. that outcome a common set of rules to implement a previously agreed goal limiting global temperature rises to below two decrease celsius rules that govern the nuts and bolts of how countries reduce carbon emissions how they monitored and how to help poorer nations with funding but critics say the agreement is deeply florida up here in part because they'll be no sanctions against states that progress rulebook relies on p. pressure alone to keep everyone on track the outcomes of these negotiations are far from ambitious usually 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 needed to avert disaster and i think certainly the fossil fuel countries here 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 the. 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 the office children. blood and care about being popular i care about climate justice and living planets our civilization is being sacrificed for the opportunity of a very small number of people to continue making enormous amounts of money or

biosphere is being sacrificed so that rich people in countries like mine can live in luxury. use the sufferings of the many which pay for the luxuries of the few. climate activists young and old feel world leaders have once again down to literally want to claim that i don't get it i orthodox priests in ukraine have established an independent national church the move has angered the russian orthodox church which controlled the ukrainian branch for over three hundred years ukraine's president petro poroshenko 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 in twenty fourteen years says russian backed churches on its soil are kremlin tool to spread propaganda. earlier i spoke to correspondent nick connelly in kiev i asked him if ukraine's new national church

would make relations between kiev and moscow even worse it seemed 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 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 is that inevitability 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 orthodox christmas that's the sixth of january when president poroshenko and then you head of the ukrainian 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 in fact everyday people who are particular religious i think this is just a further step towards cutting ties with russia we've seen traveling reduce 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 stories making news around the world georgia has inaugurated its

first female president french born service really was elected after winning nearly sixty percent in a runoff vote the opposition has said it won't recognize international observers say the election was well managed really previously served as foreign minister. president has reinstated neil de from a single as prime minister seven weeks after sacking him from the. days earlier the country's supreme court ruled his ousting was unconstitutional it's hoped the move will end of the major political crisis that is and goal for the country since october first. the father of a seven year old 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. he had any medical problems until after hours after she was detained the u.s. customs service reported that she died of dehydration and the correcting democratic

freedoms in the media it's the second weekend of demonstrations and the first significant opposition since twenty seventeen when thousands protested for weeks against as a bunch of. europe's most popular digital conference republika as expanded to africa the first african event wrapped up this weekend in ghana as capital it brings together innovators and activists who are developing digital solutions for the continent. bonnie's the founder of developers invoke it's a canadian tech startup that teaches african women about new technologies and connect them to opportunities within the tech ecosystem. she's on the ground to promote her organization and africa's first republican. across. the us knew it was going to be as a people i mean the. exposure and also increase in the next day and then also very important. but she needs to showcase the way we're doing and possibly gets more

partnership of what she needs he's finding an exit. group. bringing together a tech startups innovators and speak from different fields across africa. i love this event if we could have more events like this across the continent i feel like we'd start the process of being gauging even like our older he does what change because it's not only at creative event it's also an engagement for ideas yet the theme of the event is next level and the discussions have been focused around moving africa out beyond the excitement of having digital tools to using those digital tools to create so new shows because unique problems. for example africans have poor access to health care services that's why and recall undergrad but health tech through his that people are able to monitor the health.

like you've done in sub-saharan africa more formal system hospitals so what we do is all you bring them the east coast bring down the whole buy the whopper that was the best for him because he's a good guy with a soft wind up like one sorting it is the drug of all as is often used to people who gamble to pharmacies and check in quickly anyhow and in the process of a software at i.b.m. all got recordings with usui to shut the vehicle and it makes the other levels are you able to see your progress of what's going in order to get. within six months of launching his app and receive this is already available in twenty pharmacies across are crap. he says he hopes to expand throughout the continent and events like republica by giving him the platform to connect with innovators like himself. the european film academy has crowned its favorite films and performances from twenty eighteen and a historical romance titled cold war by polish or 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 now at who took the top prize at the ceremony of the. star crossed lovers in war ravaged. skis monochrome period romance cold war was the big winner at the thirty first european film awards. scooped best actress for her portrayal of polish village girl soon. called war netted the top prize for best film as well as best editing. was trying to best director and screenwriter though he was reluctant to take too much credit. few very. good like an imposter here except things who would because they were both hundred ninety five thurston's of the script and the scene you saw the it was more as one of the few

scenes where the writing actually corresponded to what was shot so. a change in tone for best actor. that. for drug money. on tape plays a dull three man whose quiet life takes a duck turn when he gets swept up in the violent schemes of a local criminal. and finally a standing ovation for cost takeout for us the greek french director connected to an honorary award for his career as a master at the political thriller. something distinct from the huge budgets and glitz of hollywood the awards show that european cinema can hold it's a. around forty same sex couples have staged a mass wedding in the brazilian city of san paolo the participants tied the knot fearing that brazil's new hardline president elect. would order a crackdown on

a weddings next year one duly wed husband called it an act of resistance will sorrow has said he would not be able to love a homosexual son. and a reminder of the top stories that we're following for you right now the u.n. climate summit in poland has ended with an agreement on fighting global warming marathon talks went into overtime to reach differences on reporting greenhouse gases and helping poor countries to cut emissions. you're watching news from berlin we'll be back at the top of the hour with more of the latest news from around the world and over again you can always find the latest headlines on our web site that's d.w. dot com or follow us on twitter that's at t w news thanks for watching.

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