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bill introduced us not only animals. to. the lions share. of the conservation of. this is the deputy news live from berlin exposing the horror of human trafficking. when we didn't catch enough fish or splinters i think we will be eaten by the captain that i think people or we will be eaten a lot i'm still traumatized by the north up for work in the world from seafarer to slaves we will hear from the indonesian men forced to work in appalling conditions
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on chinese fishing boats and we speak to an expert on what can be done to stop the trade in human beings. also coming up germany in shock after an 8 year old boy is pushed in front of a high speed train at frankfurt station apparently for no reason we have the latest on the investigation and more chaos in hong kong as anti-government protesters disrupt train services demonstrators blocked doors causing massive delays for commuters it's the latest move in their campaign to force the government to respond to their demands for more democracy. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program the united nations is using today to draw attention to human trafficking it's a worldwide problem with more than 40000000 people. thought to be trapped in some
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form of slavery almost half of trafficking victims are women men account for about one 5th now nearly a quarter are girls whereas just 7 percent are boys more countries are reporting trafficking up from 26 in 2009 to 65 last year. now trafficking is just one aspect of modern slavery victims often endure forced labor in terrible conditions. a steady job with a good salary and a lucrative bonus that's the promise that tempts many indonesian men to leave their homes and hope to see but what they get is this is about are more than 30 actually spy the indonesian seafarers movement shows crew members sleeping on the floor in the cargo hold looking malnourished and exhausted one of them is run by tula
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he says he was tricked by an indonesian recruiting agency traffic to somalia and forced to spend 9 brutal months aboard a chinese fishing boat manning the nets and packing fish for 18 hours a day. some look at a. bank thing when we didn't catch enough fish or squid we will be eaten by the captain. diversity we will be eating a lot i'm still traumatized by it so i know what's up but i was. going to go. on board the creek claim they were given a choice between going hungry and eating spoiled fish and they didn't even have clean water. in the way i will most likely got on the rare occasion we were given fish we could tell by the smell that the fish was already bad after smelling it we couldn't eat it on a daily basis all we got was cabbage and rice with
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a little salt. and we drank pronunciation of water that we collected from the air conditioner done what i would. from a tool and just cremate are now back hiding and they've taken photos and videos to document their experience experts say the fishing industry is riddled with forced labor and a predominantly targets pool workers from southeast asia. once on board there's no way out for the men and they often mercilessly exploited. a tool and a screen mate say they're owed thousands of dollars in unpaid wages. were don't know what i worked for a way for my family so they could be proud of me when i returned home but the reality was different from us a lot are coming when i asked the recruitment company for our rights they said you're a stupid idiot we just want to ask for our rights after working for 7 months when
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the army. numerous n.g.o.s both local and international have run the alarm about the slave like conditions that seem to be commonplace on fishing vessels across the globe but it hasn't stopped men like these from falling into the hands of traffickers. in an aegis ministry of manpower is among other things tasked with the protection of its workers that brought the department head acknowledges the problem but says it's difficult to monitor labor conditions at sea. just starting 1st whether the information about the abused seafarers is true or not . rely on data and facts so we can enforce sanctions lawfully. but as raw material and his former crew mates know in fact difficult to obtain when you're at sea with no one watching. in the local government that for more let's
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bring in now joanna you are changed she is chief executive of freedom united which works to end modern slavery walk into the program and thank you for joining us the call for global action against human trafficking it came from the united nations almost a decade ago how has the situation of volved in that time. space you very much for coming you know programmed yes that's right corporal and in here track is past all forms of one flavor i have seen a troll also being on going so 3 years his last more than changing its. first he's the legislation against the just a very. early in writing and in that period the crime had still persisted and not largely because we do you know have a laugh or a understanding of what it is to. what is just slightly higher manifest so we do
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not have strong protections that work with so we do not have. clear enough. tendencies as well as a result it's the ollaberry crime risperdal parents. why is it so difficult to identify these cases of human trafficking and really to bring the perpetrators to justice. the great thing about the place to get the criminals around exploiting a is that a person's is not illegal like in the case of illegally trafficking weapons or drugs just the president's and the existence of the weapons and the drugs incriminate her says there's no means a yes' to traffic i'm sure some votes were a lot needed the evidence to the north forces all people who may be coming into
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contact with those workers i thought it's very easy for this crime to be hidden in plain sight rights joanny you were chains from the freedom united organization which works and modern slavery thank you so much for joining us. now germany's and terrier minister is set to hold a crisis meeting to discuss the killing of an 8 year old boy on monday horst as a whole for has interrupted his holiday to deal with the case the child was pushed in front of a train by a man at frankfurt station the suspect detained by police after trying to flee the scene prosecutors have revealed more details about the suspect. to our knowledge the person in question is a 40 year old man born in eritrea and who is also a citizen of eritrea is believed to have been living in switzerland since 2006 is believed to be married and the father of 3 children. he initially cooperated with
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police and provided information including that he travelled by train from basel switzerland to frankfurt a few days ago wasn't a function so it was some more details emerging let's bring in mass a 1000000 who is joining us here in the studio for more on this one of the most troubling aspects is of course figuring out the motive or you know the fact that there is a lack there of currently what more do we know well as we've just heard the public prosecutor spokeswoman has just been speaking this morning and she's been saying they still don't know why the men did this that this what we know so far is that he and this is what we know by the investigation of the police authorities and also witness reports the man pushed the woman and the 8 year old boy on the train tracks where a train was coming into frankfurt train station the boy died when the train came in the mother was able to save herself and the suspect has now been detained by police authorities he's not been giving any indication on why he has done this what we know so far is that he has been tested negative for alcohol there's also no
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indication the man has been taking drugs but there's also no indication if there is any case of psychological issues with this suspect and yes so we're now waiting for more details of this investigation is absolutely horrific and it is getting a lot of attention here in germany just fill us in as to why well because of course this is a very emotional. incident this is something that has brought the public the attention of the public here in germany this was a scene where you know germans are kind of going on holiday this is the big train station there was a relaxed easy mood and then out of a sudden this happens so this has been quite a shock for the german public a very emotional case with a little. dying and a mother surviving but also one particular detail of this case has ignited a rather controversial debate and that is the nationality of the suspect he's of eritrean nationality he's lift in switzerland this is what the public prosecutor's
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spokesperson told us he's lived in switzerland for several years now he's. a father of 3 but i am his foreign background has scores like a very extensive phobics of bait on social media in germany and this is to be considered in the background that since the refugee crisis in 2015 we've seen a rise of xenophobia here in germany and this case is so prominent in fact that germany's interior minister has a has broken off a holiday in order to deal with this what are we to make of that well public security is a very of the very front and center of his responsibilities as the interior minister here in germany and with that case with the shock of their case also came the question how secure public train stations are in germany and we've seen a similar case in fact a couple weeks ago in north rhine-westphalia the doesn't seem to be enter elation between these 2 cases as far as the prosecutor's office says this of course the question how easy kind of beach for some violent acts like these to happen in
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germany and this is something the public takes a lot of interest in in germany at the moment and is asking for a response from the german government political correspondent max 1000000 akashic thank you. let's get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world brazilian authorities say that at least 57 people have died during a prison riot in the north of the country officials said that brutal fighting erupted between rival criminal groups in the uk to me at a prison in a state the death toll may still rise. a military plane has crashed into a residential area and pakistan not far from the capital islamabad at least 17 people were killed most of them civilians on the ground crashed just royd several houses the cost is not yet known. malaysia has formally installed the new king 60 year old sultan a villa is the country's 16th monarch his installation comes 6 months after the surprise abdicate of his predecessor who stepped down after only 2 years malaysia's
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kings are elected for 5 year terms. and also the u.s. has formally asked germany france and britain to help provide security for shipping in the strait of hormuz the strait is a strategic route for much of the world's oil controlled by iran relations between tehran and the west have deteriorated the u.s. last year and left the international agreement holding iran's nuclear ambitions in check a series of tit for tat taker seizures has since ramped up tension now germany says that multinational this approach now to protecting the shipping is essential evillest this is kind of cargo there is no question that the e.u. operation must also be in step with what the americans are doing with their my economy the basic idea that the british government that is the reason maize government some are discussed with the german and french governments was that we were planning an e.u.
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mission to focus on recognizance in the region so that we knew who was violating maritime law who was launching attacks on ships so that we could then take action to fit in with the. american mission once was with the basic idea was to set up a european mission but you can do the right thing to make star the opium assumes of the of war now we are joined here by our chief political editor of mechanical failure in the studio so what are we to make of the united states is requesting that germany especially take part in providing security to the strait of hormuz yes that this is something which details rather a lot because we have been hot there a weighty voice when it comes to foreign policy within and a magical c.d.u. party talk about a potential reconnaissance mission potentially investigating and serving what's happening that well the united states wants to bring more european countries i say now off to clearly britain has voiced its interests on board to actually secure
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this this sounds a lot more robust than looking at what's going on and observing what iran is doing what is it really about i mean is this is this really about iran or is this about other transatlantic matters well from what we're seeing right now this is really a change in the international power distribution in real time britain is in the midst of a potential breck's that by the end of october 1st we've seen britain asked the europeans to stand by its sides france and germany have voiced quite clearly that they would be interested in doing this stressing that they want to be account to balance to the u.s. policy of maximum pressure now with britain now having changed course after changing prime minister and foreign minister there and looking much more close to the u.s. approach with seeing britain not just torn between the 2 sides we're seeing those european partners put into
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a diplomatically very difficult position when it gets to that key issue that sundanese all of this which is the u.s. basically having counseled its power. the patience of what's become known as the raw nuclear deal and iran now being on course of leaving that very deal which leaves the whole question of iran's nuclear program open it once again and the question of providing security in the strait of hormuz where did germans seem to stand on that well if i think it's safe to say that there's a growing recognition that germany can't just simply stand on the sidelines when it comes to key strategic issues like safe passage of international trade to germany largely relies on exports itself one 3rd of oil that is transported on the seas goes through that very crucial point at the same time there is simply no appetite in germany to be part of a robust military mission and at the end of any debate there will have to be
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a mandate from the blondest hawks germany's parliament for that you need majorities in the parliament from what we're seeing now this u.s. request britain is signaling that it's not that terribly keen on standing on the european side of what is the conflict of the values with the u.s. this is come will complicated and german involvement less likely so many different factors at play here our chief political editor i'm a fan of you're helping us make sense of it thank you. it's you're watching news still to come on the program the latest craze in golf we'll tell you about the game that sends competitors dashing down fairways and sprinting across the greens as the a race against the top of. the 1st police in hong kong are charging 44 protesters with rioting hundreds of demonstrators disrupt a train texas earlier today by the locking the doors of commuter trains it's part
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of their campaign to increase pressure on the government to give in their demands for more autonomy from mainland china. a. rush hour and one of the world's most densely populated cities in the subway system commuter chaos. activists have blocked the train doors. calling for democratic reforms an independence from beijing's rule the protesters hit where it hurts the daily grind of hong kong's economy. caught up a meeting at time this 8 hour oh my thing my work and eating to wake. up freedom safety and human rights and to get away and that cause what i saw ok with that philosophy is so great because i think the government's response to the mom of the city is. otherwise to be with all kind of these are.
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the protests began over 8 weeks ago against a proposed bill that would allow suspects from hong kong to be extradited to mainland china for trial. the bill was shelved but demonstrators are now demanding its complete withdrawal. they're also calling for hong kong leader kerry lead to step down and for greater autonomy. lawmakers in europe and the u.s. have weighed in many defending the protesters and saying the police have used excessive force the chinese government said. this was hypocritical. i sat down a comedian. what if you asked the us police if there were a similar violent attack on the police in the united states in washington d.c. or in new york city how would they respond i think everyone can imagine the scenes empathically. beijing has not addressed the protesters demands for more democracy instead it insists on
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a return to order in hong kong. that some city lawmakers have taken the side of the movement saying beijing is out of touch with the impression of hong kong is simply a fundamentally wrong if the so far away from hong kong people whose real listen to me and some of the demonstrators would most likely agree and they seem willing to continue the near daily disruptions until their message gets through. and our correspondent phoebe kong is in hong kong she told us why anti-government protesters have targeted commuters for this latest on straight. this is a kind of civil disobedience action. and they're trying to take more rather a rather more. approach. to
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what we saw over the past week and. making it more like. less controversial way to. express their views actually this is not the 1st time to the natural light and they always do they usually just do it during the peak hour and into battle stations so this is something like we could expect that maybe like happens more like in the coming future we have to say that the behavior of hong kong police today is more restraint compared to what they behaved late over the last week and today. there is no direct confrontation between police and protesters. police was not deployed to inside the metro station to try to outrun the action obstacles test it is that they're just carting on the streets and
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that's just they on the streets and turns up the metro station trying to direct the crowd to take. public transportation so there's like a big contrast between last week and what happened today he congar porting there u.s. financial services company capital one has revealed that personal information of more than 100000000 people was stolen during a cyber attack the firm says that the data included the names addresses and phone numbers of credit card applicants in canada and the united states the announcement follows the arrest of a suspect on monday capital one says the hacker exploited a weakness in its systems. let's bring in rob watts who's joining us from d.w. business so what more do we know about this act well this all begins earlier this month when out of the blue an e-mail comes to capital one's headquarters saying that someone has been noticed online boasting about having hacked into the system
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so they look into this and 2 days later they find that indeed someone has managed to get in and get access to that data and they then report it to the f.b.i. now what we now know is that 106000000 people were affected by this hack that breaks down to roughly 100 in the united states and 6 in canada most of that data was given to come to one in the 1st place through credit card applications made between 252900 so over a very long period which is why we're dealing with such big numbers but the sort of details they were able to get phone numbers addresses e-mail addresses we've got income if the person included that 140000 people have now had their social security numbers compromised that's the number this used to keep track of your income during the course of your life and others have had that their credit scores accessed and somebody has been arrested correct yes that's right on monday the f.b.i. raided the home of
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a 33 year old woman her name is paige thompson although some people would know her as erratic that's the name that she uses on the internet and in software developing circles they raided a home they found devices that they searched through days devices and on them they found documents that related to capital one and indeed other companies which the f.b.i. is now looking into whether they were potential targets or maybe they've already being targets and they just don't know about it yet so she has already appeared in court she appeared in court today she's been remanded into custody she will remain in prison until thursday when she appear in court again she's been charged with computer. fraud and abuse what has capital one's reaction been to this attack well it shocked it's a very big organization is the 7th biggest commercial bank in the united states it says that it doesn't believe that these details have been used to commit any fraud
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but it's still looking into that it's offered to all of the victims credit monitoring services for free just so that they can check whether or not their information has been used for any nefarious reasons the c.e.o. of capital one says that the company sincerely apologizes for it cause the understandable worry this incident must have been causing those affected and richard de fairbanks says i am sincerely sorry lot of sorry stick around we'll see what kind of action that follows up with our rob watts from d.w. business thank you. well few golfers ever rush themselves around of course unless they are hastening to the $1000.00 hole but infeed golf times of the essence in this form of sport players compete for the lowest score and the fastest time. a round of golf is commonly more relaxing than it is rushed but here different rules apply. not just strokes but also seconds count the british speed gold championships
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where both shot tally and time taken to get around the course are reflected in a player's speed golf score still hurry or no hurry haste is no excuse for bad etiquette the championship is in its 6th year and attracted competitors from around the world as well as plenty of hopeful locals. oh it's pretty and it's actually i've been playing for about 5 years and to finally get a win in it is just great. haul hockey gold with a decent bit of distance sprinting thrown in for good measure that no decent mixture of practice swings are out as our caddies and clubs over the maximum number of 7. to get accustomed to for your average golfer and hardly a hobby to take up in retirement but speed golf is nonetheless on the rise.
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in watching t w news from berlin coming up the e.u. plans to cut farm subsidies but how will that affect programs that aim to protect the environment that's coming up and close up i'm sara kelly in berlin don't forget you can always complaints on our website. and follow us on such an extra watching everything.
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emu farm some sent. me down to maximize profit for vast areas of rangoon cultural and against all logic of sustainability or conservation. one who keeps track of the claims. numerous benefits from
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a 1000000000 euro business. on t.w. . robots they're still in the development phase of something but what's going to happen when they grow up. will schumann's and machine swinging able to peacefully coexist. or are we on the verge of a remarkable life so. if we just bumble into this totally unprepared with our heads in the sand fusing to think about what could go wrong then let's let's face it it's probably going to be the biggest mistake in human history. artificial intelligence is now spreading through our society. is this the beginning of
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a digital age. will we be subjected to continuous state surveillance. of ai the experts be able to agree on technical guidelines for or will this technology create deadly new autonomous weapon systems. 1st robot collapse starts aug 14th on t.w. . european agriculture has been an environmental disaster in many parts of the continent it's ruined the landscape climate and biodiversity but the e.u. continues to pour money into a system that's obviously broken.

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