cut. above. this is due to the news live from berlin climate change moves up the corporate and political agenda in germany school strikers come from bosses at one of the germany's biggest energy generators are to be top manager says awareness is growing . also coming up india's apical action continues despite the cycle and battering the east coast voting is just over half way complete can't run from all these governments which are a second term to the german investigator shut down the second largest criminal trading platform on the dark net they arrest three of the suspected mastermind

behind us and. i am her last race before a controversial rule change in track and field caster semenya overwhelms the competition and the eight hundred meters. i'm so me so much god it's good to have you with us we start with the grassroots initiatives around the world that are putting climate change on top of the agenda the environmental youth movement started by the sixteen year old swedish activist to embark has inspired young people in many countries more than a million students have taken part in school strikes to demand action against climate change one group of german students turned out today to pressure bosses at the annual shareholders meeting of the power generator r.w. . these students are skipping school for climate protection with posters and chants

the fridays for future youth movement as well as environmental activists trying to wrack up the pressure on german energy company r. w. e. today the protesters didn't go unnoticed by the company's top management in essen freitas for future a fridays for future is adding a topic to today's agenda that's making everyone aware of the issue but making demands also means doing something unfortunately it seems to me that feasible action gets short shrift in many debates are w e s corporate leadership plans to restructure the company in fact it's supposed to purchase solar and wind based electricity provider and on this year this should help r.w. ease investment value and polish its image for louise annoyed by our it's a step in the right direction but it's not enough she was able to express her view in a speech given to top management and shareholders during our w e's annual shareholders

meeting. evian r w e s been saying it wants to be greener for a long time but hasn't been doing anything instead it's continuing to invest in coal based energy and robbing people in villages of their livelihoods situation the young protesters are demanding that are w e completely exit coal based energy by twenty thirty and shut down a quarter of its called power to energy stations by the end of twenty nineteen r w e counters that it is providing jobs that the older generations need. let's catch up now on some other stories making headlines around the world results from britain's local council elections show a dramatic fall in support for teresa mayes governing conservative party with almost all seats declared the conservatives have lost more than one thousand three hundred the main opposition labor party has lost eighty one commentator said the results reflect the public's trust ration with the deadlock over brags that. spain is refusing to hand over venezuelan opposition politician they uphold the law passed despite awards to detain him the past has taken refuge in the spanish

embassy in caracas after escaping house arrest in two thousand and fourteen he led the first major movement against president president you make a last minute obviously. turkey's coast guard says nine people including five children died when their migrant boat sank in the aegean sea the vessel was reportedly carrying seventeen people at least five have been rescued search and rescue crews are looking for the others including a suspected people smuggler. cyclon sania said india's eastern coastline with winds gusting at more than two hundred kilometers per hour it's one of the biggest storms to hit the region and decades and it has claimed at least three live so far the cycle is also set to batter neighboring bangladesh or more than two million people are said to be moved to safety. they knew it was coming. india's coastal state of addition was braced for the worst of. more than

a million people were evacuated ahead of the storm but the coastal resort of poori still suffered extensive damage. the storm brought down trees and power lines as it moved inland in bhubaneswar odisha state capital the streets were deserted the storm left behind it will though it is expected to weaken over the coming hours still warning people to be careful along the coastline. just don't prevent the people not to go inside the t.v. study done because if you do know your high sensitive so you are just on to the police and use your son to be and be out of people that are preventing the all the local people and the viewers not to go inside the c.v.s. go to that and that is just for now it seems that the evacuation plans have paid off but once the storm has died down people in addition will have to be ready for a lengthy cleanup operation. while cycling sign is heading towards the city of

calcutta were campaigning in the general election has been put on hold the country is just over halfway through this six week voting schedule in the world's biggest parliamentary election the numbers are staggering nearly nine hundred million indians are eligible to vote it's a huge logistical operation that's why there isn't just one election day instead voting takes place in seven phases across different regions from the eleventh of april to the nineteenth of may now according to election guidelines voters should have to travel no further than to collide. better is to cast her vote so one million polling stations are set up across the country to reach voters even in the most remote areas the results are due to be announced on may twenty third now more than half of india's population is under twenty five so young voters will have an important voice that might not bode well for the incumbent be j.p. government as the last few years have seen historically high levels of unemployment did it was never should travel to the eastern state of jack come to find out how

young voters feel about their under modi's government as it asks them for a second term. bidding in the prettiest board the highest grades in his undergraduate degree in social logy he received a gold medal from the president of india for expelling in a small scratch with studies he went on to get a third degree which allows him to become a teacher. he's one of the most qualified young men in his small village of took tacl in the eastern state of charge cunt. yet beyond has been unemployed for two years. in a part of the it's difficult to sit at home after studying so much in the village to hear giants that despite my qualifications i'm useless there's no work in the village the government is paying no attention to this there's no advantage in earning a degree it's a piece of paper lying at home. and be danger isn't unknown to other graduate students like him outline for every job opening that comes up however overqualified

they may be but they say that on the we can see is seasonal farming is the main source of livelihood in the region employment opportunities off you and far between locals here tell us that as a result many young men migrate to begin in cities like delhi and mumbai and some even go abroad to countries like the u.a.e. of gonna stand and malaysia but hard cunt isn't the only piece where young people are in trouble. every year millions joined the workforce in india according to underused government data unemployment is at a forty five year high. critics say the white government egypt egypt on the cusp of christian nationalism in the election it has been silent on job creation. a coalition of youth groups called the young india right committee has come together expressly to campaign against them or the government. this see they will support any candidates who stand against the b.g.p. and its policies on education and employment. several member groups are less.

this meeting is in support of a candidate from the c.p.i. m.l. a communist party. the last five years have been very video horrible for the utopia there has been a very didn't gel structural shift. you don't believe in doing more david when it comes to the youth and the students of the country the youth is the future of the country and they're not fighting for themselves those are fighting for the near what you know right to education right to employment right to him than rights of the sick to the. jungles attending the meeting are just as angry. he would kill you the government needs to ensure that young people are provided with a secure jobs so they don't have to struggle to end their livelihoods. are about to be things i've been looking for a government job for three or four years but no luck yet. being educated missed and

being our education student i'm also very upset from the government system because the government has lost the system but they have a no any people on how to fight that this system through the door to door but it really is a student. even a night that the crowd listens on with tension but the message is clear a vote against more. is a vote for their future. for more on the story we can speak to journalists southern on who covers india he reports among other things on the impact of globalization on india settle on thank you very much for joining us so how important are these elections for the future of young people in india. i mean i think everyone every election is important as you know india has one of the youngest populations on the face of the planet and unemployment has been an issue but it is not as though this particular election off was you know stark choices for very honest

about it essentially the national parties both the ruling the opposition congress party i'm not into of them has really been able to come up with an answer to this perseverant problem which is how do you create jobs for the millions of young people who enter the workforce every year in india so where do you see this going seven and then what does the youth vote mean to november modi and his chances of winning another term. it's enormously important for more of the in two thousand and fourteen when he first was elected in large degree it was because the youth overwhelmingly supported him and the paradox of two thousand and nineteen is that even though he has not really delivered on the jobs front he remains an extremely popular leader with a large section of india's youth he has reached out to the demographic through his review addresses and through other things and i think for him to come back to power again which appears likely he's going to need the continued support of young

indians if he hasn't delivered on the jobs front how has he managed to remain so popular among the youth and other parts of india's population. you know it's a paradox i think the short of short officer is that many of them admired him as a kind of you know a strong figure a bold leader he plays to the idea that national security is his strong suit we had a sort of recent tensions on the border between india and pakistan and you had indian airstrikes on pakistani territory all of that has kind of pulled stored you know modi's into energized this very clean incorruptible strong leader and that seems to be quite appealing to many young indians let's talk about movies record you know he did come in promising to tackle unemployment to deliver more on poverty on jobs what has he actually accomplished in the past five years explain a little and i think part of the problem is that he doesn't really have

a good understanding of the economy he was running a state in the western part of india called the draw he ran that state very well but he's a top down di who tends to give orders to bureaucrats and gets them to follow things and he has not been able to create an environment in which the private sector can thrive because in the end it's the private sector that is going to create these jobs as we said the election just at its halfway point we'll have to see how this plays out journalist seven i'm speaking to us from washington thank you very much for your analysis thanks for having me that today is world press freedom day a day to honor the importance of a free press and to remind governments of their duty to uphold the right to communicate without fear we're taking a look at slovakia a country that was shaken by the murder of an investigative reporter and his girlfriend last year the killings led to mass demonstrations and forced the prime minister to step down but the journalists d.w. spoke to say they still don't feel safe. back in journalists is one hundred eleven

adam visiting a memorial to their colleague john karachi ak i still cannot believe that he's not here anymore we will never forget him and. it's very sad and i think of him almost every day who checks killing shook's live archaea in the news room of the country's biggest newspaper it is still one of the biggest stories especially since a new development involving this man tycoon marrying kartchner he march he was charged with ordering the murder of the journalist who is investigating allegations of fraud against him the tycoon was known for his efforts to intimidate reporters he deemed threatening one method was to spy on them i don't validate it was also a target. i suspected since last year that i was having me observe that was when he suddenly released private things about me my childhood my health but the police has only now officially confirmed and.

despite the threats budget continued his investigation into coaching his dealings and his alleged contacts within the police and judiciary but for him and his colleague cancel over the tycoons reported efforts to suppress the truth represented a shocking new love you knew that my uncle to know was crazy but we always thought that he's like. he's dangerous but not their dangers we always thought that it's all about money and business the newspaper editor is now worried about the safety of journalists but she says the motive to check is a watershed not just for journalism but also for the future of the country this was such a defining moment in journalism because we realize that the country is on a crossroad and it's not only that these murder needs to be investigated but that we have to tell the story how we got to the point she says despite the charges that they have also been advantages she says many slovakians value the work of the

reporters more and are prepared to spend money to support it on the good side the. support from the public we do have readers who are really into the bay who are sticking to us because they understand that that this is important despite all the political and financial pressures the press in slovakia is a life and fighting on journalists message to the country's oligarchs is you can buy a paper or a news room but you can't buy us the people in it. now facebook and other social media giants have been under fire recently for not doing enough to stop the spread of misinformation and hate speech on their platforms facebook has now taken some headline grabbing action it's banned accounts from what it describes as far right figures but the move is also reigniting a debate about the role internet companies play and regulating online speech and

journalism. has called osman's been looking into this for us hi carl what and who is facebook banning this is a ban it applies to facebook and instagram both of those platforms and these are people that the company is calling dangerous individuals they have repeatedly violated policies against promoting hate and violence on those platforms and there's a lot of big names that you probably recognize from the far right media scene we're talking about alex jones and his site info wars milo you know up lists paul joseph watson just to name a few in facebook actually also banned the leader of the nation of islam religious group louis farrakhan it's not clear if there was a single event that led to this wide spreading ban against these individuals but we can get a clue by listening to what mark zuckerberg had to say on monday that's when the facebook developers conference the f eight took place and here's a bit of what he had to say we're very focused on making sure that our recommendations and discovery surfaces aren't highlighting groups were people

repeatedly sharing misinformation or harmful content and we're working hard to completely remove groups if they exist primarily to or to violate our policies or or do things that are dangerous like as you mentioned soon as i covered facing a lot of criticism for just not doing enough over the years to crackdown on this issue so maybe now he decided to axe and act forcefully what about the other side of the debate which is freedom of expression and facebook could be accused of suppressing conservative voices here yet we've heard that even from u.s. congress they were looking into whether social media companies had a bias against conservatives it turns out a lot of that criticism is unfounded but it. does seem like a lot of these bans tend to disproportionately affect those on the right on the far right and in fact that's what a lot of these people today were saying who were just banned by facebook they're saying hey wait a minute i'm being targeted i'm being censored because of my beliefs in fact one person a british media figure paul joseph watson he posted a video on his you tube account is still active there he's essentially saying he's

a victim. so why i'm dangerous someone who makes mean video is laughing at social justice warriors or is handing the power to decide who gets to have free speech to a handful of giant politically parties and call poor russians dangerous what's more dangerous they put me on the list with terrorists human traffickers and serial killers because i criticize modern all involved in all conjecture because i decorate the size of mass immigration because i decorate is a belief system ok so interesting to unpack that a little bit i mean of course this will will severely limit his ability to spread his ideas to a large audience but it's not he's not been banned because of his views on modern architecture as he's insisting there i mean he along with info wars and all these related sites they have been banned for doing things like spreading fake news including misinformation about the safety of vaccines about instigating violence against minorities and women they've even claimed that mass shootings were fakes

and that the victims even children who were killed were hired as as quote crisis actors that's what this ban from facebook is about it's not about something like modern architecture writes a face book in the past accused of not doing enough now it's taking steps to move forward to bans really work that's the question i mean that's a debate can you simply ban something that you don't like i mean it's important to understand here that freedom of speech the first amendment does not apply to private companies of facebook or twitter they can make up and enforce their own rules about what's allowed to say and do on facebook so the first amendment argument doesn't apply here but the question is so you won't be able to change the minds maybe of alex jones or paul dose of wants and you can't stop them from believing these things or saying these things so where are they going to go if you ban them from facebook they might go to another part of the internet a part that's a bit darker a bit more difficult to regulate and then you end up with situations like what we've seen recently with these shootings in christ church the recent shooting at

a synagogue in san diego a lot of those shooters. actually inspired by what they were seeing and reading on places like four chan and message boards that are not regulated they're not controlled by a billion dollar corporation that's the issue here that's the danger here you can't ban a problem out of existence i think more investment has to happen in terms of media literacy and education so so these users they don't believe these conspiracy theories in the first place all right congressman our reporter looking into this for us thank you so much german authorities have shut down the second largest criminal trading platform on the so-called dark net the wall street market as it was called delta narcotics and stolen data the three suspected masterminds behind it have been arrested it's a huge success for germany's side because their web second largest illegal trafficking platform is no more three germans who allegedly operated the portal where arrested more than a week ago oh it's everything traded on the black market from drugs to fake

passports was available on wall street market which it is i've been on visit to express my gratitude to the representatives of the authorities involved for their support and cooperation this was a good example of the fight against criminal activities in the digital world. the platform is said to have had a turnover of more than forty million euros with one million of that ending up in a suspected operation his pockets unlike other legal platforms or street market did not offer weapons or child pornography. and it was this extremely difficult investigation was a success it has provided a glimpse into how such marketplaces often conceal a complex infrastructure that is spread over numerous countries and continents and as for tight. by times and wall street market were not purchased with real money but were so-called crypto currency digital seemingly an ominous currencies. getting

access to these three years required great expertise on part of the investigators as well as patients and look. i'm very appreciative of our german hosts and for all of the international law enforcement partners represented here today the investigation into wall street market was truly a collaborative effort between prosecutors in the united states germany and the netherlands thanks a lot investigators in the u.s. have also brought charges against the three suspected wall street market administrators. police in germany have stopped an illegal international high speed car race it involved more than one hundred vehicles including luxury sports cars racing from oslo to prague across countries including germany racers our reporters have traveled more than two hundred fifty kilometers an hour police stopped drivers at a service area in northern germany after receiving a tip off it's thought to have been organized by a norwegian organization which is now being investigated for running

a prohibited car race and in danger in road traffic. olympic champion caster semenya has won her last eight hundred meter race before the introduction of rules that limit testosterone levels and certain female track athletes will she had challenged in court but lost on the track in doha qatar she won this was the season opener of the professional track and field tour known as the dime of lee and the south african was running in a favorite event she led almost from start to finish but if she wants to continue running the hundred meters the rules now steps stipulate she must take drugs to reduce her naturally occurring testosterone. let's get more of the story only mottaki of did of the sports is with us highly enough when you take away from this race it's indicative of just how complex this entire topic is i mean what exactly makes a champion you know it's more than just having higher testosterone levels and you

also have to applaud her mental strength i mean she won indoor two days after losing her appeal you know at cass at the court of arbitration for sport and i can't even imagine what she's going through i mean as a woman i mean you can also imagine imagine if you turn into the spotlight and people are questioning your gender your very identity your message of who you think you are and for so many it won't get any easier because starting next week she will have to if she wants to continue racing in the eight hundred meters she will have to take the testosterone reducing drugs so do you think this might have been her last race is so much uncertainty. right now regarding so many i mean after the race she was asked if she'll take the medications and she didn't really quite give her very serious answer with a smile all she said was hell no deaths an illegal method and then of course yesterday she posted this cryptic tweet where she hinted at possibly an early retirement knowing when to walk away as wisdom being able to is courage and walking

away with your head held high is dignity but then again today after the race when asked about that treat about the early retirement she said look i'm too young i'm only twenty eight and then i see myself racing in athletics for another ten years but given that the rule does go into effect next week what options does she have exacted as he's left with not a lot of options i mean she could take the drugs but the drugs also have health risks i mean the word medical association which is made up of doctors from one hundred fourteen national associations even they. the associations not to implement these. testosterone limiting rules saw another option of course for some men yet is that she could change events that mean she could switch over to the five thousand readers with these rules these new i w f rules don't apply they only apply from the four hundred meters to the one mile and interestingly the esthetics south africa might appeal and they have thirty days to decide if they take the

matter to the surface federal tribunals are at a very complex story there are talking from via these four thank you so much. now star wars fans around the world are marking the passing of one of the brightest lights in that galaxy far far away peter mayhew who played in five of the star wars films has died more than two metres tall the towering actor became an icon after director george lucas cast him in the cypher epic was seventy four years. will be back in just a minute with the day will be taking a look at the health of the press around the world. so with us.

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