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i am. above. this is it really was live from berlin u.s. president donald trump tangles a trade deal with the u.k. as britain prepares for breakfast on the 2nd day of his state visit trump tells prime minister to resign make the u.s. is committed to a quote phenomenal deal with britain as the 2 countries work to redefine their special relationship also coming up to sudan's military councils of all previous agreements with the opposition and calls new elections that's as the country reels from violent protests that have left dozens dead. and marking 30 years since the
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massacre in tournaments where the world promises to remember the victims who died demanding democratic reforms that the chinese government is working to reduce that very memory of that event. while hocket so good to have you along every one u.s. president donald trump has ascribed the relationship between his country and britain as the greatest alliance the world has ever known during a joint press conference with prime minister theresa may in london both leaders repeatedly stressed the special relationship between their 2 countries playing down the recent tensions between them but may also say that they had openly discussed their differences such as climate change or dealings with iran all trumped for miswired held. at the prospect of a substantial trade deal between the u.k.
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and the u.s. . as the u.k. makes preparations to exit the european union the united states is committed to a phenomenal trade deal between the u.s. and the u.k. there is tremendous potential in the trade deal i say probably to add even 3 times of what we're doing right now tremendous potential tremendous potential i'm joined now by barry gets must our correspondents in london now she's near her fellow guests where i understand where a lot of protests have been taking place against mr trump's visit to get search up still a lot of fan of the european union but he came bearing gifts offering outgoing prime minister made the possibility of a phenomenal trade deal any details on what a phenomenal trade deal might look like. well the count really be details right now because the u.k. is still a member of the european union so they can pave the way for
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a trade there but it can't happen just yet there was no quick movement in the press conference when president trump was asked if every part of the economy should be on the trade bill for this trade deal and he said yes every part of the economy should be negotiated which is when reason may intervene because she knows that there are some parts of the u.k. economy that very severe very many people feel very sensitive about for example the health service and many people feel that the n.h.s. which is a public health service should be protected from any interference by u.s. companies so there are going to be a lot of details of course in these negotiations that will take years and are also controversial interests when it comes to this trade deal so it's not a done deal by any means it's not a done deal by any means but always apparent in that press conference is that mr trump seems to have the upper hand just how badly does the u.k. need trump. well he's coming here in
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a moment of great instability all of the country to reason may is on the way out there are fundamental questions on bragg's that that still have not been onset so it's in this situation that the u.k. is seeking to strengthen the toys with the u.s. it's at longest and strongest ally apart from the european union and there are fears here in the u.k. that the yacht the u.s. might have the upper hand as well when it comes to trade deal that the stronger partner and they might be able to dictate terms and conditions to the u.k. at least this is the fear by some here then there are others in the british government who want to be very positive about it and want to see the opportunity of a trade deal spot the devil will be in the detail and we haven't even really seen the start of the negotiations the start of the detail they go ca sions right the devil will be in the details good let's talk about those thousands of people who were behind you were a short time ago demonstrating against president trump's visit to britain what are
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they angry about i've spoken to some of the protesters and they had a variety of reasons some were mentioning his policy towards refugees they were objecting his talking about the war with mexico several also we're talking about climate change now i was a bit astonished when president trump in their press conference said that he didn't see any protesters and that he just felt tremendous love of being outside buckingham palace yesterday where he was and i did see well wishers but i also saw protesters yesterday and they were outnumbering the well wishes today i've been told that there were supporters of donald trump but there were thousands of people who were loudly protesting against him and i'm surprised that he didn't he hear or see any of them all right i just got 20 seconds left now of course a tree somebody tried to foster a very special relationship personal relationship with donald trump how successful has she been judging by their final joint press conference. he was on his
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best behavior and he praised there is a made many times he was talking about this special relationship the greatest alliance the world has ever seen say definitely had many warm wet spots reason may he also knows that she is on her way out because last reporting from london thank you to sudan now where opposition leaders have rejected plans by the military rulers to hold elections within 9 months the alliance for freedom and change says it will keep up a campaign of civil disobedience to try and force the army to hand over power to a protest leaders suspended dealings with the military after monday's violent break up of a sit in there in the heart to doctors say at least 35 people were killed in the crackdown. and the army here says the deaths there were the result of a botched attempt to clear the streets sudan's military leader has apologized but
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says all agreements with the opposition are off. the military council has decided the following. to cancel what has been agreed and negotiations with a declaration of freedom and change forces. hope to call general elections within a period of less than 9 months with regional and international observers. to form a transitional government to ensure the following setting accountability and removing all officials of the former regime who are involved in corruption cases of establishing long term and comprehensive peace in various areas of conflict allowing peace to take hold in the return of refugees to their. own well the military's announcement of elections has been met with deep skepticism by protesters in khartoum they were tipped the army's involvement accusing commanders of taking over the democratic process but. this speech will drag the country down
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the opposition will not accept it and people in general are behind the declaration of freedom and change course and regardless of their political affiliation the government should abide by the people's will and the people support what the opposition alliance is calling for. a minimum into that we're impatient in a situation like this we don't need a military government all very elections we want to know where this is heading next . and as the people of sudan are waiting to see where this is headed next i want to talk now to the sound a sudanese activist based here in berlin thank you for being with us i don't know if you had the opportunity to talk with your friends and family back home give us an update of what's happening right now in sudan has convert turned after the call from the sudanese professional association and declaration of freedom and again for civil disobedience and. now there's a demonstration prayed down in the neighborhoods and there is
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a confrontation between the rapid speed forces which is part of the military council the former he didn't do it militia that used by bashir the confrontation between them on peaceful protesters in the street there's a shooting there is shut down in the internet so i call my family or my friends and there is 0 shooting and there's people say that keep being. civil disobedience has to be at home people like the one to be confronted by more people dying in the street like what happened yesterday the murder of that this is rising so the 7 people died until now and. and that's what's happening is quite quite what they call it a massacre and continuation of his massacre how shocked are people in saddam by what happened yesterday were they expecting something that the just as they never trusted the military council from the beginning the military council is a continuation for the old regime and the head and most of the most of the leaders of this military council is part of the old regime and the rapid speed forces which is the most brutal forces inside this military council is formed by bashir to do
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a brutal murders in there for a suppressed people before so there is wasn't not trust but there was kind of intention to create a new a new negotiation opacities a past with the peace agreement but then then military council that used this negotiation that in there isn't with a professional association as a way to to reduce the mass of the people who are standing in the set and then i thought that my betrayal them so they should be betraying the shot by the number of the deaths of the of the people that dying. in the middle of and the way that they continue to try to hide it by shut down internet and hiding but these countries around the world have condemned the deadly violence committed by the army now the military council has said it will investigate the events of yesterday i mean do they have any credibility how much trust is there in the they committed the crime they cannot investigate gives together going to be the person who committed the crime it's very clear that they need to have a sit in there's a country's in their region to be say it's clear by activist knowledge of these
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professors association degrees and a freedom agenda of supporting the militarization of so so than saudi arabia egypt and emirates they supported this big it and i think it is it is a good deed does not see these people as quite isolated there is a need for an international stand with the needs people for civilian democratic transformation there is there is a need to isolate this military council there is no way that the criminals could be the one who is getting the transition to work toward the democratic changes without . a sudanese activist based here in berlin thank you all right let's bring up to speed now with some of the other stories making news around the world. police in australia have arrested a man suspected of killing at least 4 people at a motel in darwin and says that the gunmen stormed through rooms on shoes day firing a sawn off shotgun before fleeing the scene well police say the attack was not terrorism related. and garion a south korean divers in budapest have recovered
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a 2nd body from the wreckage of a treacherous boats that sank in the river danube last week of the 33 people on board only 7 are known to have survived the accident. the any in capital delhi is to offer women free public transport in an effort to improve their safety almost a 1000000 are expected to benefit crime against women has become a major political issue in delhi while the city's government said public transport was considered the safest way for them to travel around their city. now climate change is one of the major concerns of young people around the world here in germany it's moved right up the agenda and today in the one to stop the german parliament there has been an unusual protest. during a speech by the president of the parliament about 20 young people lay down and
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pretended to get in a so-called diana krall the activists say the governing coalition isn't taking this biggest crisis seriously. and it only uses some young spoke about the issue to the swedish foreign minister mark margo. german foreign minister say is that it's time to put climate protection at the top of the international agenda do you think the international community is doing enough on this issue no i don't think that the international community is doing enough we also made sure that this was put on the security council is agenda when we serve. term on the square to council and i think that we will have to keep it there there is some resistance but i think that we have managed to get it into the wording of resolutions for example and also actually explain the link between climate change and security
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and this will increasingly be a problem that we have to address what is the most serious threat to rising from climate change is it migration is it economic pressures or is it just the general potential for conflict it is also on top of this things you will find also the lack of the shortage of water and food and the fact that for example conflicts over land. social unrest because people have to move when they can't find. for example grazing land for their cattle or they can't find clean drinking water so in the recent european election we saw green party is doing well across europe including in germany but also elsewhere do you think there's now been a change of opinion and people are calling for action not words oh absolutely and i
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think actually we have a young swedish girl who has contributed to that could have gotten by who has been able to mobilize also young people and the protests that is a people's protest and i think all parties have to include this in their in their programs and we just have to start to do something and you know we have to act it's not enough to just have some lofty promises but we have to make the right decisions you're greater turnberry possibly the world's most famous swedish right at the moment she's leading the school children's protests how important do you think she is in that movement is in changing opinion. i think she has in ever serious and convincing ways she has managed to speak truth to power and also said that you know i don't want your hopes your expressions of hope but you have to act as if you're i want you to panic as if your house was on fire and i think this
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is exactly the core of her message and she has managed to mobilize young people. almost everywhere and this is of course a very strong message to to all of us who have rolled says leaders in different countries so i think she's so she's right i had my her a lot and i think we just have to follow them and demonstrate that we can act together votes from thank you very much. today is the 30th anniversary of the tenements square massacre in beijing when this image behind me was seared into our collective memory that iconic photo of a lone man say singing down a column of tanks and her warrick heroic act of defiance well this was in the spring of 1900 students of occupy the square demanding new or forms and freedoms from the communist government but their hopes for economic and social change
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greater freedom of speech and less corruption were rejected by the regime the chinese government's declared martial law and in the early hours of june 4th troops moved in and crush the pro-democracy movement their brutal actions shocked the world for decades chinese authorities have tried to keep the event out of the history books and punish those who try to commemorate it while in mainland china the chinaman's crackdown has been erased from the country's history and hong kong memories have been kept very much alive tens of thousands have gathered for a vigil in victoria park and among those remembering the dead were some mainland chinese who had travelled to hong kong especially for this occasion well it's the only region under beijing's jurisdiction where mass commemorations can be seen out . i have with me now.
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from the market or institute for china studies a think tank good to have you here with us on this quite momentous anniversary obviously let's start with hong kong who we the footage that we just aired of because chinese authorities quite interesting really do tolerate it tolerates a commemoration services in hong kong but not on the mainland is that a sustainable policy so hong kong and the thunder an arrangement that's known as one country 2 systems where one hong. one was handed over from the british and $997.00 the chinese government basically promised that its political economic and judicial system wasn't going to be touched for 50 years so hong kong functions according to different rules than the rest of the mainland which is why we can see demonstrations there that also in the past couple of years we have seen attempts to slowly chip away at hong kong autonomy and i guess one thing that's currently to
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debate and hong kong amendments to hong kong extradition ordinances that would greatly facilitate it to extradite people to mainland china and if that work come to pass i do think that would have a quite chilling effect overall on activists on hong kong now on sunday it turns defense minister defended the crack down as i'm quoting now correct policy what i wonder is that 3 decades on why doesn't the chinese communist party just make amends and recognize that you know this was probably not its finest moment. they have the communist party of china has made the such a coup or off its off its master narrative of its existence like you know the protests were organized by people from the outside and if you mislead misled people on the inside and the crackdown was vital to ensure stability and economic growth and one thing as one becomes part of china isn't that great at admitting it was
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long and reversed something that's maintained for 30 years so vehemently and such a such a central part of its identity of its message narrative is highly unlikely and the other thing is sometimes we think you know with the receipt of this you pm you think of a very secure they feel very safe the truth is to this day of those he's very concerned about social movements any kind of protest in china so i don't think they will be averse of their verdict on and on protest because they would also be feared they were all fueled up as could. encourage people to actually process people's party so you think. yeah but again it's such a it's such a central part of off their self-identity that i would be incredibly surprised if they were to reverse the verdict unfortunately that ica oberg from the markets or institute for china studies think tank thank you so very much greatly appreciate it and one of the most prominent critics of the chinese government since truman is the exiled artist ai wei wei who has lived here in germany since who is living there
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international say since 2015 he creates art works on a monumental scale right now in a museum in disorder is the staging and exhibit of his creations. it's the biggest retrospective of ai wei wei ever seen in europe the new exhibition in dusseldorf shows his most important works of recent years. including $60000000.00 a sunflower seeds out of course each one handmade an individual but they all seem to dissolve into one mass an emblem for chinese society everything is art everything is politics is an exhibition that delivers on its name. in the last years i way way has gone from a dissident chinese artist to an international celebrity the cameras crowd in to get his picture but he counters with his own lens his own view when i moved to
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germany many expected him to become more critical of beijing but he also turned the criticism on europe fighting for more acceptance for refugees who come here if not only britons anybody's kilroy's. anybody who has no freedom of speech will be grateful if somebody else client to save the lives of those people. eyes 2017 film human flow followed stories of forced displacement and migration from afghanistan and iraq over the mediterranean to europe some see his efforts as heroic others accuse him of overstepping the balance between art and activism. and also in the west this always saying art far sake which i think is a lie artists narrative r.c. artists always concern of the human dignity. freedom of expression
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expression and the rights so those very. solid foundations arko i just become a superficial and a very decorative. in 2008 an earthquake in china's sichuan province left more than 70000 people dead including more than 5000 children were away traveled there to see what the government wasn't saying he collected victims' names began investigating the collapse of poorly built school buildings he collected mangled reinforcing bars and had them straightened back out. $164.00 tons of the steel bars are on display here laid out in boxes there were several coffins a mixture of memorial and indictment. now to ukraine here's new president waldemar selenski is making his 1st official
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visit are brought to brussels and move his team says underscores his commitment to closer ties with the west when he's meeting leaders of the european union and nato and at the top of the risk is agenda is bringing peace to eastern ukraine where around $13000.00 people have lost their lives in fighting between government troops and russia backed separatists looking the opponent in the eye only a few 100 meters divide pro russian separatists from the ukrainian army in these trenches nilo hands on hand to see it for himself ukraine's new commander in chief president full of demon selenski it's a picture repeated along the 400 kilometer front line where positions have remained frozen for years stuck as the political process in which both sides insist the other take the 1st step all the while the killing continues. in the russian night bish putting an end to the fighting and done by us is our main
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priority life. i said yes or not i'm willing to do almost anything to stop our heroes dying but the caviar soon followed with more than 10000 dead and millions displaced in this conflict many people in ukraine are in no hurry to forgive and forget president selenski freedom of action to strike a deal is far from a given. but at this checkpoint between government and separatist held territory hopes already running high that an end to the conflict could now be in sight that's why i think we have an 80 percent chance of peace because selenski is really serious about it and only direct talks with putin are going to resolve this. but there's some hope of peace there was not with poroshenko fighting want to achieve anything wrong at this at some sort of i think he'll manage to end the war he talks in a totally different way of course we want to be together again we want these board
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accused to be. in his inauguration speech is alinsky made much of wanting to win the hearts and minds of people living in separatist held territory speaking to them rather than speaking about them but as his 1st weeks in office draw to a close selenski still owes ukrainians a know what diplomatic steps to see intend to take and what concessions is he willing to make to return. control for now selenski is keeping his cards exceedingly close to his chest. and before i let you go and remind you of the top story that we're tracking for you this hour the u.s. president has told british prime minister to make. that britain stands rather a quote. trade deal with the u.s. one. of the prime minister deserve more credit for homework negotiating
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