for information. plus 90 connect to an unbiased agenda subscribe minimal or new to. this is g.w. news live from berlin on the march to demand action on climate change mothers and children take to the streets of central london paris and brussels also see demonstrations at the un's top official warns that plans to slow global warming are not on track also coming up. india's marathon election process approaches the

finish line voters cast their ballots in delhi and other areas in a poll that could see the governing b.g.p. significantly weaker. than heroes back in town this so-called the can be bomber who brought in children's lives as an american pilot during the berlin airlift 70 years ago returns to the german capital on the anniversary of the. welcome to the program. activists have demonstrated in london brussels and paris to call for action on climate change at the same time the u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorist has warned that the political will to do something about it is fading he was in new zealand at the start of a tour highlighting rising sea levels and increasing threats to the environment. in

europe the demonstrations were inspired by the extinction rebellion movement which shut down much of central london last month. blood gushing on the steps of a parisian landmark a graphic warning about the dangers of climate change these demonstrators know how to raise awareness you must 1st get attention climate protests are getting momentum in europe after the extinction rebellion movement wants to complain of civil disobedience in the u.k. the movement has now spilled across the channel if it is that we need to carry out such actions as they do in england where london was brought to a standstill for some 10 days we must follow their lead but. it's our children and our you know grandma is the. hundreds of mothers and the children took part in protests. among the demonstrators was rosamund kissing debra whose daughter had died from the effects of pollution. on here basically to raise awareness that

message needs to be getting out that. if you deal with that pollution you deal with climate change and vice of it needs to be something that it's on everybody's list yet every single day there are people becoming aware of the. brussels defacto capital of the european union was also scene of climate change protests some 15000 people took to the streets ahead of you parliamentary elections. first of all we want to show the politicians that we have to move forward on those issues they don't seem to act so a 2nd motivation for us is to raise awareness among the population organize he stressed that saving the planet goes beyond the focus on the environment. to solve the climate issue we'll have to rethink the global organization of our society it's clear that now it is there's a tendency to oppose people who protest for the climate and those who protest to increase their purchasing power we think it's possible the policies which combine

both. want with concern over global warming rising chances are that such protests will become a regular feature in europe's capital. voters in india have been casting their ballots in the 2nd from last round of a 7 phase general election more than 100000000 people across 7 states were eligible to vote today including in the capital delhi the election is the world's biggest exercise in democracy and is being seen as a referendum on prime minister narendra modi and his hindu nationalist b j p his main challenger is the leader of the congress party. as india's mammoth election approached its final stages opposition leader raul gandhi took aim at the prime minister after casting his ballot in the capital one that you know you it was a very good fight modi used hatred we used to love it seems that love is going to

win. gandhi and his family have been the target of sharp attacks by prime minister modi last week he said gandhi's father who was assassinated after serving as prime minister had been india's most corrupt man. in turn gandhi blasted modi for alleged corruption and accused him of ignoring the problems facing the country's rural population modi has sought to deflect that criticism by talking tough on national security and in delhi there were signs of support for the prime minister. quite satisfactory for you isn't that the multitude problem that india. but we need to go along we. can we need to do a lot. and i have put in democracy. we need the right person to get down to work today even after so many years there's no running water in many villages modi has done a lot but there's still

a lot more to do. the final phase of the election takes place next sunday with the votes tallied on may 23rd. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world. gunmen have killed 6 people in an attack on a catholic church in burkina faso the attackers set fire to the church and several shops in the northern town of diablo before looting the local health center it was the latest in a series of attacks against churches throughout the country. israel has reopened border crossings to gaza allowing goods into the palestinian territory just over a week ago an escalation of violence involving palestinian rocket fire and israeli air strikes killed up to 30 people a cease fire has largely held since monday. turkey has denied claims by german turkish journalist denise you child that he was tortured

imprisoned in istanbul the turkish foreign ministry also rejected a demand by germany that ankara stick to the un and torture convention. spent a year behind bars without being formally charged triggering a diplomatic crisis between germany and turkey. in lithuania the economist and political novice gitanes now who see it has topped the 1st round of the presidential election he will face runner up in. a conservative former finance minister in the runoff on may 26th. berliners have been marking the 70th anniversary of the end of the berlin airlift it began when the soviet union cut access to west berlin and for nearly a year u.s. british and french aircraft supplied more than 2000000 people with essential food and fuel one airman in particular is remembered with affection by many berliners who were just children at the time. he's back gail how verson the best known

hero of berlin's airlift is still going strong at 98 the u.s. pilot helped berlin survive the soviet blockade and he still has close ties to the city. berlin is my 2nd home thank you during the blockade however senator hatch little homemade parachutes to sweets that he dropped from his plane the american planes were lovingly called candy bombers by berlin's hungry children june 1948 berlin sends out a cry for help in the face of the soviet blockade. people of the world people of america. and and france look to this city and. the western allied powers airlifted 2000000 tons of aid supplies into west berlin many berliner survival depended on care packages and calm it gave us

hope again that somewhere in the world there were people willing to help us. we were grateful because we will form an enemy. after $322.00 days the soviets gave up a day of celebration in the midst of hard times berlin has been commemorating the end of the blockade and children in the city are still giving go however send a hero's welcome. cuban gay rights activists have held a pride parade in the capital have and despite the government warning against it more than 100 people carrying rainbow flags march nearly a kilometer before police intervened. a coal for a diverse cuba but activists marching in an unauthorized pride parade the march was organized after cuba's state run center for sex education canceled what would have been the country's 12th annual parade against on the phobia. over $100.00 gay rights activists turned out for the unlicensed event despite

a government warning calling subversive security officials shut the march down after had progressed just 8 blocks through downtown advantage at least 3 activists were arrested sound you all know that is much is not authorized. we try to tell you so i didn't have to come to this event i'm ok all right you all know that this march is not approved where i don't i doubt that some of. the activists aren't just protesting the cancellation of their annual pride parade the cuban government had been due to add same sex marriage laws to a new constitution but then scrapped the plans at the last minute thanks to pressure from evangelical groups. but all down on the sales of what i want to see a new constitution was supposedly going to take a step forward with whites and a constitution and. they were going to the sale yes and also a lot of that was not achieved so no all of the sudden this happen this is that if they don't want to give us this platform and i think we cannot permit it i think

it's unfair but we just want equality for diversity to be respected just that too much hand in hand and in peace this much is not against anything it's in favor of us. many activists are calling the march a victory short lived as a was they're proud to have organized and staged this unsanctioned protest in the face of significant government interference. they have to understand that the country is changing that civil society is organized and of these things are going to happen in the normal interest of a modern world. more adult to see. whether or not this march turns out to be as a story because some involved hope they manage to get their message out not just to cuba's government but to the world. time for sports now and the english premier league season has ended with reigning champions manchester city retaining the title

they hammered brighton $4.00 to $1.00 on the final day to win the league again is the 4th time city have won the premier league and the 2nd under coach pep guardiola they also won the league cup and will compete in the final of the f.a. cup next weekend. sadie's dominance in formula one this season continued in spain with lewis hamilton snaring his 3rd win of the season hamilton picked teammate valtteri bottas to win the race and to take the overall lead in the drivers' championship. well terry protests started from pole in barcelona became all 2nd best in an early 3 white tussle heading into the 1st corner lewis hamilton squeezed out both protests and sebastian federals red ferrari to spring into the late sessile drop back to damaging his tires while bush has clung on to 2nd from there the miss a day's team mates remained in complete control settling his fellow ferrari driver try to find a winning formula to catch up ground but to no avail

a crash pulls the introduction of a safety car slowing the race down to work in hamilton's favor. and he finished the race comfortably in 1st place. to. go to great strides but it was. all suffice to say. that action packed early battle in the 1st quarter a decisive factor in hamilton stood victory of the season see an interesting so 2 very close i saw a red you know the so the right around the back of the book was and and so i had no idea how whether they were further ahead i assume they might be. a muslim protest of their finish 1st and 2nd in all 5 races this season as misstate has continued their hot streak. a grandmother from arizona has taken the plunge and fulfilled a lifelong dream rosie johnson jumped out of an airplane at 3000 meters to celebrate

her 86th birthday she said she had been determined to cross god thing off her bucket list after landing like a pro she said she had felt like a bird up in the sky and she had a message for her late husband. collect. the bell you were wrong i had a wonderful time i'm still alive on the common one days. and a reminder of the top stories we're following for you. mothers and children have taken to the streets of central london paris and brussels have also seen demonstrations to demand action against climate change the u.n. secretary general has warned that the political will is fading. india's marathon election process is nearing its end voters in delhi and other areas have taken part in the next to last round of the voting voting in the world's biggest election full could see the government. of the governing b j p party significantly weakened.

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