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such a low profile we have a super red. lips talking. just requires discipline. p.w. . this is from mexico avoids potentially devastating us fair with a last minute deal on migration. president trump says planned levies on mexican goods are suspended indefinitely after mexico agrees to do more to stem the flow of migrants crossing its territory also coming up. oceans are crucial to sustaining
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life but they face melting problems like plastic waits for world oceans day out. to see what's being done to stop it. and the women's world cup open germany with a win in china over china and the tournament got off to a flying start for host france south korea for parents. a michael ok welcome to the program. the united states and mexico have reached an 11th hour deal to crack down on migration from central america earlier the white house threatened to slap tariffs on mexico if it failed to stop record numbers of migrants from traveling through the country to the u.s. border but the deal appears to fall short of a key u.s. demand that mexico accept a designation of safe 3rd country that would have forced it to permanently take in
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most central american asylum seekers. it's the end of a dispute that threatened an all out trade war between the u.s. and mexico back at the white house after his trip to europe u.s. president trump safety announcement for his preferred form of communication in a series of tweets late friday trump said tariffs would be indefinitely suspended and that mexico had agreed to take strong measures to stop central american migrants heading through mexico to the u.s. . mexico's foreign minister said the deal was a fair play. people crossing into the u.s. to seek asylum will be rapidly returned to mexico while their applications for asylum are processed in turn mexico will allow these individuals to enter for humanitarian reasons in compliance with its international obligations that was united on the deal also sees checks being stepped up on mexico's southern border
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with quite a mahler. speaking on the sidelines of the g 20 finance meeting in japan the u.s. treasury secretary steve minucci said trump's goal of fixing immigration problems on the mexico border had been achieved but he added trump could still impose tariffs if mexico failed to follow up on its pledges the deal ties trade to migration but the devil could yet be in the detail the final conditions are set to be hammered out in discussions between the u.s. and mexico within 90 days. for more on that mexican journalist from our spanish department is in the studio with me israel thanks for joining us so for now after a tough negotiations between the united states and mexico it appears that this dispute is resolved at least again for dale where does that leave mexico well i think it's a very good deal for mexico because it was very origin to resole this you know it
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could affect both of their comics mexican and u.s. american economy and it was also a very positive that. one of our show that he's a man that do not things with the stomach so at the beginning when he was compared to become president many people argue that he wouldn't be able to. get this kind of conversations with other governments. now we're saying that well he's going to try to protect the mexican economy that this is not another little he somebody that can handle but wolf there is a lot of there are a lot of issues still to resolve because this is just a solution for right now so what options does mexico actually have to address the migration issue and to basically you know stem the wave of these threats from the u.s. president to impose tariffs i think where one of the most important things was that
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the mexican i mean to the ministration was able to make trouble accept to start to work you know long term strategy in order to help people in central america to have opportunities there we need to see how they implemented because more giving money to an author meant we also know that many times is not helping the cause of the corruption and it will be important to see if individuals are going to get this kind of support in order to improve the local economies the other thing is not really try to speak more with all their potential partners. a memory that partners they already have because last we saw germany was pretty afraid of this kind of treatment of treat because they have already had treatment with mexico there start to be a lot of they're building a lot of. industries there so mexico should need to start the last part off of all their countries now under this deal mexico has agreed to deploy some 6000
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troops to its border with got a mile in order to stand the migration flow what's the likelihood that it actually will stem that flow well i think. that the strategy they want to follow is 1st of all start to to control to make notice to realize that who is coming why are they coming here why do they need a what do they need because all other governments just refused to see that problem they just ok they are not staying here and this bus lets them pass through injury but it was a problem that mexico needed to have to resolve it's not just like so. bad they trauma has a mexico needed to tackle these problems in order also to help the migrants to be more safe in their current if you don't know who are they what are they doing there where are they going if these people also to help them got it generally is are they
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has a thanks for so much for joining us. one of russia's top investigative journalists has been hospitalized hours after being charged with large scale drug dealing even on was admitted for medical tests nearly 48 hours after police detained him claiming they had discovered drugs a russian opposition news source had posted video said to show his lawyer being denied access to google north meanwhile supporters have gathered at the courthouse where the reporter were set to appear. today is world oceans day the annual observation helps draw attention to efforts to protect the oceans and their ecosystem it's one of the biggest threats they face is plastic more than $100000000.00 tons of plastic waste have collected in the oceans causing chaos in some coastal regions did. travel to sierra leone to see why the capital freetown is struggling to cope. the best way to get from freetown airport to downtown is by
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boat captain sagal mansour a of sikh express has been making the journey for 15 years his biggest challenge navigating through all the plastic debris is very very. very very dangerous the classes that they've been given the games in the. end it's a view these things 510 years not soon after it's plastic trash clogs up the engine almost every journey that's why someone keeps watch at the back of the boat into and out the captain as soon as that happens often the damage is already done. 3 towns plastic problem is also evident in other parts of the city some blame the government but drainage canals awash with trash point to the need for an alternative approach to waste. yet sierra leone still does not even have its own plastic recycling center refuse either ends up in
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a landfill sometimes right in the city center or it's exported the head of the environmental protection agency says the government must act immediately he admits there have been failings but now he would like to see a complete ban on single use plastics. we differ have objections and we have to find an alternative result for those people so if we have a lot of what are called please certainly does plastic water. so it does their livelihoods so you have to find on the time it is that many doubt there'll be a plastic ban any time soon so the tourism authority has begun working with civil society groups and they've hired 80 employees to collect the litter that washes up on the beach. meanwhile see coach express it's.
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with 4 engines to prevent breakdowns as long as the plastic problem remains unresolved operating costs will remain high if the will to a cleaner the company says customers would be paying much less for a ticket. the central african republic has seen more than its fair share of peace deals none of which have actually brought peace to the fractured country earlier this year the warring parties put pen to paper yet again pledging peace now the president has started consultations about reconciliation a report begins with one boy who doesn't yet know what that means because all he can remember is the violence. evi can't sleep at night his mother says her son has nightmares only doing the drawings can now have a stop seeing the pictures that haunt him. when he said need to get to sleep i have to draw every time to get the images out of my head. of his just 12 years old his drawings are always the same pickup trucks with machine guns mounted on the back
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a body in a river a house on fire with his dad inside this house. what made me draw this picture it's that my father and i were going to move by a district. and then he was burnt at home by the silica. and when i fled i saw a body in the water. into. the celica i mainly muslim group which is one of countless militias warlords and rebels in ca are in february the warring sides signed a peace deal the 8th seem to have is that he was killed in 2013. now the country's president has launched a public consultation aimed at establishing a truth justice reparation and reconciliation commission. it seemed essential to me to make sure the government give popular legitimacy to this transitional justice system but to be put in place.
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by consulting central africans across the republic so they can express their expectations and wishes clearly. the chief of the un stabilisation force minister called for measures to protect the victims of violence and ensure their voices are heard. we will all need to remain vigilant in the fight against impunity to give full effect to the rights of victims the truth justice and reparation. this is the trauma and his drawings are unlikely to make it into the consultation. but the government's hope is that a future commission can play a role in bringing some peace to see. one of the building projects has gone up in flames a fire broke out late on friday at. the complex which you can see behind me it had been under construction since 2016 and was due to open early next year dozens of
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firefighters worked overnight to contain the blaze which began in one of the towers and then spread quickly because fire systems hadn't been installed yet no one has been hurt yet. germany's women have got their world cup campaign off to a winning start with a one nil victory over china in when the 2 time champions winners were lucky to escape 1st half unscathed at china past a number of gilt edged opportunity. and snatch victory in the 2nd period smashing home a powerful drive following a corner to hand germany an early lead in the. host france kicked off the world cup against south korea and they're a force to be reckoned with in front of some $45000.00 fans and their opponents
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ragged to rack up a resoundingly victory. for the french players in paris it was a night of immense pride. they didn't have to wait long to take the lead 9 minutes in some fantastic work by. the open. thumping the ball into the back of the net via the underside of the cross bar to make it. smaller volley was disallowed after the video ref the court heard just centimeters . but front soon made it to nil anyway thanks to a powerful header from sent. me to 87. degree in defense and had an easy time that she repeated her earlier feat to make it 3 male just before. the 2nd half produced only highlight from. the dream goal from the captain to round off
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