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into systems. w. . this is the. old change of the told in brazil hardline oh yeah both are not always sworn in as the new president tazer election marks a radical shift to the wrong decades of centrist rule greening day campaigners in particular worry about the impact of his policies. also on the program local issues
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in germany say a man who ran the car into a new be a crowd intended to kill foreigners or get the latest from a long haul tour in the west in the city. go in when no probe has gone before nasa says a spacecraft has flown pulse the most distant celestial body ever studied. and of revelers around the world bringing in twenty nine teams from violent evacuee there's been a music dancing and of course some spectacular car what it's like. to. find a home for glad you could join me brazil has just sworn in its new president jebel sonora the former all me captain who was inaugurated in front of congress at a ceremony in the capital brasilia is the country's first far right president since the military dictatorship. it ended three years ago as an auto has vowed to revive
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brazil's shrinking economy and crack down on crime but his offensive remarks about minorities and women have alarmed many who feel that he's a threat to democracy. and genocide mcalary as' with us he joins us now from brazil's biggest city sao paolo set out has just been speaking tell us what he said so also remade his first speech brazil's national congress now just after having been sworn in and yet really doubling down on the he's conservative campaign race rick he made nods to. liberalizing loosening gun restrictions in brazil to combat seeing what he sees as the spread of leftist ideology in schools. also it's also saying that you know he promised a brazil world without divisions and without discrimination. praise the
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police officers to bring down he's tough nor are all the songs he said many times that he wants to give police officers in brazil called launch to kill suspects so very much doubling down on his conservancy a campaign of race rooted in this speech. that will certainly please some of his fans and very distinct vision that give us a sense of how much power he'll have to implementing it. well resumes presence has a lot of power as it has more defacto powers then the president of the united states in fact but. also our challenge will be congress now does have a lot of support in congress. and how long that so. often are has. horse trading of brazilian politics which usually involves you know a favor for
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a fight and he says that is encouraged corruption at the top level he's promised and it's and you know one of his campaign promises what was really cracking down on corruption in politics now whether he'll be able to get things passed in congress is another matter because if he's not going to give the congressman anything then perhaps they'll be less likely to give anything back and brazil is in a very tough economic situation at the moment and he really needs to pass a pension reform quite quickly in order to get the economy to help get the economy up and running and he's going to need a lot of support in congress to do that and it's important to remember as well this is a very divisive character. he would go into his presidency in a very divided country divided congress you know without as much political capital
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as presidents have going at very briefly was it a speech that will bring the country together. well it would be very difficult to bring brazil right together right now with any speech brazil was an extremely polarized place right now you have this deep division between people the support also noro and people that supported the leftist government of the workers' party. which was thrown out of power basically during a very controversial impeachment process so i don't see for me i don't see any cures that polarization any time soon i am actually it's only going to get worse as mr paulson are as president c. continues journalist sam khouri thank you. thanks very much. chairman and author of the say they suspect a car attack shortly off to midnight on new year's day was motivated by xenophobia
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a fifty year old man is suspected of driving a car into a group of pedestrians in the western german city of both top four people are injured and police say afghan and syrian nationals are among the victims the man is or suspected of trying to hit people at several other locations the state interior minister says the man clearly intended to kill foreignness son is unified as the case is one where a german deliberately drove into groups of people on groups of people who were to a large extent at least foreigners that means this man had the clear intention to kill foreigners i don't believe that can be denied those are the facts and assist as a fight it satan tiramisu the habit oil d.w. correspondent honest to wall says that the sight of that vehicle attacked in both top he joins us now alice to talk us through what happened. so last night new year's eve here in botch up a fifty year old man from s. he attempted to drive his car into various groups of pedestrians so first nearby he
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attempted to drive his car into one pedestrian but was unsuccessful the center of in here to berlin a platts which is the center of town and sort of being the center of new year's eve celebrations last night people letting off fireworks that sort of thing here he's driven into a group of people and he's injured four of them syrians at afghans one of those people was seriously injured soon after that it enjoyed to essen which is about twelve kilometers away and he's attempted to do the same thing there with less success nama seriously injured there in terms of a motive when he was arrested he barely made his xenophobic statements to police and this was later backed up by the interior minister who said he had a clear intent to murder foreigners. but they're also working on the idea that he possibly has mental illness as well and i know so how are people reacting where you
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are there in. patched up everyone is relatively calm people i've spoken to either don't know about it or they're there they're all quite calm there was meant to be a. celebration today it's the hundred year anniversary of the foundation of the city and so it was meant to be a celebration. here in the square where the attack happened you can possibly see behind me there's a stage set up it was meant to be a show however mayor came out and he's canceled these celebrations saying we don't want to. celebrate people as people are suffering and as the wall street any correspondent in both hope for us thank you very much. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the walt north korea's leader has used his annual new year address to warn that his country may change
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direction on its promise of neat denuclearize ation if the u.s. continues its sanctions came joe and also said he remains committed to working towards last in peace on the korean peninsula. a ten month old baby has been found alive thirty five was after an explosion destroyed a russian apartment complex rescuers found the boy in freezing temperatures off to hearing his cries although it is believed a gas leak cools the blast the seven people were killed and dozens of still missing . police in britain are treating a stabbing attack in the city on manchester a terrorism incident three people including a police officer were seriously injured on new year's eve at the city's central victoria train station one man has been arrested. in staying in the u.k. and more and more migrants are risking their lives crossing the sea from france to britain more than two hundred all thought to have made the crossing since november now the british government is strengthening its coastal defenses this little dinghy
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made it from france to england with twelve migrants huddled together on board the dangerous passage across the english channel is becoming more popular since strict road checks have made illegal crossing to britain by truck next to impossible. reading british home secretary sajid javid return to the u.k. after cutting short his safari holiday in south africa his conservative party colleagues see the boat arrivals as a threat since christmas around one hundred people have attempted the journey. i hope it will come and visit dave and see how things are here at the dover front line look to creating a modern day with patrol force with the french to make sure that any cross found in the channel whichever side of the line they are or help back safely and soundly to the french coast. up till now only one ship has patrolled britain's maritime border now the country is calling back two more ships from the mediterranean together with
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french interior minister christopher custer now javid has promised tougher measures to stop people smuggling. we will do every thing we can to make sure it is not a success in the sense that i don't want people to think that if they need a safe country like france that they can get to britain and then just get to stay european law stipulates that france must take back many of the migrants seeking entry to the u.k. but if the u.k. were to crash out of the e.u. in a so-called hard brags that that guarantee would no longer apply opposition leaders in britain say to reason may's government is playing up the issue to make her proposed bragg's a deal more attractive all of this is little consolation for the migrants many of whom say they'd rather drown in the english channel than stay in france. january first sees romania take over the very tasing presidency of the european union officials have already voiced concerns about the country's fitness for the role
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brussels has repeatedly warned that remaining government plans to overhaul the legal system will watch his oun anti corruption rules. here's the wall were. expects his photo will soon hang the remaining government wants to get rid of the attorney general who doesn't shy away from criticizing the government and its begun taking steps to dismiss him from office the official reason abuse of power. jesting that remain news programs have nothing to do with crime and corruption but instead judges and prosecutors are to blame. political battle the changes go against the will of many judges prosecutors and ordinary romanians who have been demonstrating for months. the protesters fear the amendments could reverse years of progress achieved in the fight against government corruption. we've seen many politicians growing too weary of defending corruption. to the so as
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parliamentarians have begun to abuse the rule of law. they change the penal code and attack the institution of the attorney general. before. critics say the justice reforms are for the benefit of people like livio dock the head of the country's most powerful political party the social democrats he nominated one of his allies for the position of prime minister himself though could be headed for jail that anyone has already been convicted of electoral fraud as well as abuse of office but if the new judicial reforms go through he may well have fewer problems remain his justice minister thinks politicians are being unfairly targeted. you can't just sit by and see hundreds of remain ians convicted and then later acquitted because there weren't any crimes committed who fall in love that's the problem. from january first romania takes over the rotating presidency
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of the e.u. many romanians hope that the e.u. will then exert more pressure on the government to uphold the rule of law. well nasa has just completed humankind's most distant fly by someone billion miles past the planet pluto mission control has just received signals from the new horizon spacecraft scientists hope they will provide information about the origins of other planets more images data are expected in the coming hours. it's being called ultimate tooley an ancient name for a distant place an estimated thirty two kilometers long it could reveal knowledge about how the planets were formed nasa spacecraft new horizons was due to capture hundreds of images as it made the historic slide by almost six and a half billion kilometers from a. but we've never been anything not only so far from the sun but that's so well preserved in this ultimate freeze of the your absolute zero so this is the time
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capsule that we've never seen before the mission has been likened to an archaeological dig in space scientists hope to detect the chemical composition and to rain to learn the ancient building blocks of the planet's. we have a series of science objectives one of the prime on the geology of. the whatever craters it might have on its surface whatever fractures other topography anything that will give us clues of through how it how it surfaces form. the new horizons probe launched some thirteen years ago on a mission to study pluto and its moons in two thousand and fifteen it past the door of planets and found it to be larger than thought it kept going another billion and a half kilometers deep into the court the belt to reach ultimate tooley this stage of its mission is the most difficult. we're farther from the earth and so the
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communications times are much longer we're farther from the sun and so the lighting levels are lower all of these things add up to a much tougher a much more challenging flyby. new horizons will continue on into the further reaches of space and could yield even more discoveries for years to come. the southern italian city all from a tete a struggle for decades with extreme poverty and under development and the mayor has called but a period of shape now much had his fortunes of changing as it becomes one of two european capitals of culture of the twenty nine and is hoping to attract thousands of this it's this. much of much here is built in and around caves where people lived without electricity or running water until the mid twentieth century material was long considered an eyesore but now the unique way it fits into its environment has made it famous. taro perhaps chosen as
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a capital of culture because it's such an example of native practice this city wasn't built in one architectural style but it developed from day to day in real life. part of the capital of culture celebrations is a dance performance called the atlas of emotions it explores aspects of how the residents of mattera live choreographer take a headache says it shows how unity locally might serve as an example for europe. especially now that things are somehow falling apart i have the sense that it's a unifying project. we connect the shoe make it to the bacon and so on everyone has these emotions here. tara officially begins its year as one of europe's two capitals of culture on january nineteenth with a multimedia extravaganza including artworks dance and theater. japanese a ski jump over your you kobayashi has won the second stage of
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a prestigious four hills tournament in germany after throwing jill with home favorite marcus eisenberg. edged out the competition english patent to him to make it two ways out of two with two hundred sixty six point six points a victory gives him a chance of becoming the first japanese athlete since one thousand nine hundred ninety eight to win the four hills tournament. boxing great floyd mayweather came out of retirement to be japanese kickboxing attention us to cower in an exhibition match in tokyo new year's eve mayweather floored massive caught with three times as he unleashed a series of jabs and hooks without reply it was all over in just one round with the american winning by technical knockout wetherell to nine million dollars the fight attracted criticism for its one sided nature with many seeing it as a publicist stunt and an easy payday for mayweather i don't want to say as this was a fight because it was a fight it would've been twelve rounds it was. just more than i mean action but
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in go no i mean it's but to. a young man reliant or to champion. hurdle to him for even getting there is where a circle with a guy like myself with so much experience floyd mayweather that will as the clock moves around the time zones in the last parts of the world ring in twenty nineteen the new year is officially underway and from east to west travelers have been celebrating with music dancing and firework displays a second at now some of the highlights. for millions of people around the globe the last moments of twenty eight thousand was spent holding their breath then as the clock struck midnight the show began. from kuala lumpur to sydney. to hong kong. hours later twenty one thousand came to pakistan. then to dubai.
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home of the world's tallest skyscraper the board khalifa. and on to the lebanese capital beirut. one of the largest new year's eve celebrations in europe is in dublin at the brandenburg gate hundreds of thousands of revelers gathered for the show and. it was a similar scene in the city of lights paris i. kept. than across the atlantic to come back up on a beach in rio de janeiro. in new york crowds
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gathered on times square for an annual ritual the dropping of a crystal ball at midnight don't even heavy rain could dampen the enthusiasm this year's event had a serious note celebrating generalism and press freedom i. i . i i. i so it's happy new year new bad question. operates going to have anything to celebrate this year very good question coming from you know the. twenty nine c. is going to be telling prime minister to resume a reckons britain can turn a corner if parliament just backs for breaks at the oh here are the key dates to look out for or avoid this year the first comes up in mid january when m.p.'s vote on the controversial briggs a deal that will determine what kind of brags that it will be on march twenty ninth the day britain leaves the e.u. the american ambassador to the u.k.
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says a quick and massive trade deal with the us would only be possible in the event of a no deal break that that's what would happen if parliament rejects mase deal and no deal breaks it would be a nightmare for european businesses if parliament excepts mase deal it would mean an orderly brigs it with a transition period starting from march twenty ninth to allow britain on the block to sort out the new trade relations the transition would end on december thirty one twenty twenty and briggs it would be complete plenty of time for more drama the along the way perhaps even an exit from breaks it well some asian nations looking forward to signing post brigs a trade deals with britain we asked our asia correspondent in singapore andrei haying if they're excited. they are already you can bet china and japan are targeted to be the biggest when is. deals and this is of course
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following behind hong kong which was once colonise and run by and managed by the u.k. so they already have a very long standing strong investment process procedures from the u.k. tourism is very strong in financial deals as well. all these fields of between hong kong and the u.k. are just going to increase china and japan also in closely behind but it will take years before we see any action of these implementations all play and all the real results and outcomes of the deal. is an increasingly popular crop in cambodia which is home to a special ferrante. has received protected geographical indication status much like coming from france saw it. it's tremendously changing things for the local paper industry bumper crops expected this year this could be the cash crop
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for one of asia's poorest countries complet peppers has grown on about four hundred fifty farms in cambodia said to be ideal for the spices because of its oil industry is the biggest employer in the impoverished provinces of complet and you can no more. growing complex has allowed me to take care of my family and have a good standard of living. i want to know how important it is to grow here. during communist era the coming rules cut down production saying it with decadent the crop was revived in the mid one nine hundred ninety s. it's rebirth help the local community and paid for your old medical clinics and schools the e.u. has given comfort to pepper protected does it nation that has pushed prices higher and opened up new markets. for next time if they hear the phone call from half empty for expecting production to increase in twenty one thousand definite father
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complet pepper is already well known in some international markets but we are also developing some new markets on the pier but before you are developing the new markets gentle quality and reputation of complet pepper which is considered to be the best paper in the world by the power by the fab are you. the revival of farming here has transformed lives and the landscape and created an awareness of the region among peppa loving consumers across the world. european union officials called the euro a symbol of unity sovereignty and stability but they stressed the need to strengthen its resilience against future crises a single currency turns twenty today it was originally the official currency of eleven nations and once used by nineteen e.u. member states. the euro was launched on january first one thousand nine hundred ninety nine with a huge parsi the european central bank that the exchange rates with the national currencies but europeans could only pay with the euro using checks credit or debit
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cards coins and notes were released into circulation three years later. initially financial markets were skeptical. the euro fell to a record low of a c. five cents to the dollar on october twenty sixth two thousand. things improved two years later when the currency was launched as cash in paper and coins that board confidence in the euro climbed reaching a record high of nearly one dollar sixty. but the two thousand and eight financial crisis shook the global banking system. the euro also took a hit within a couple of months it lost a fifth of its value. times remain turbulent for the common currency the twenty ten greek debt exacerbated the situation and endangered the euro the
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european central bank jumped into supporters on the currency lost significant value in twenty fifteen amid another debt crisis in greece and the conflict in ukraine but it started rising steadily afterwards. the euro is now the world's second most important currency more than three hundred forty million people use it in europe but times have still remained stormy for the common currency. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you. now to has been sworn in as results from the president elect's boss a radical shift to the bryant after decades of centrist role. watching the news from berlin and then from eleanor humphrey will be back with more news next out of.
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