this is d.w. news line from berlin italy's government plunges into crisis as the leader of the far right likud party material salvini says a coalition with a populist 5 star movement has collapsed over policy differences he's calling for a vote of no confidence and snap elections also coming out. not just another fridays for future demo the movement to end a weeklong forum in the swiss city of luzon with the adoption of a climate declaration that calls for climate policy to be based on the best

scientific research and. from political unknown to authoritarian ruler russia's vladimir putin marks 2 decades in office we'll ask our moscow correspondent what's behind this staying in power. and the cough really welcome to the show italy has been plunged into political crisis after the far right league party said it would go ahead with a no confidence motion against its own government that's after the party leader deputy prime minister matteo savini and nouns that his coalition with a populist 5 star movement had collapse over policy differences the prime minister accuses salvini of fabricating a potentially destabilizing crisis. this is not an election rally but it

looks like mintier salvini is already gearing up for a vote. i do my job with my heart with with pride if i can do it freely and until the end i mean if i realize that someone is trying to stop me then the decision must go back to the italian people with no ifs and buts. you decide that you and no one else is not a people that you. will. sell feeney is leader of the far right league party currently in coalition with the n.t. establishment 5 star movement but after the 2 parties failed to agree on the financing of a multi-billion euro train line something called for fresh elections although he has no power to do so. italian prime ministers reset picante is not a member of either party but he did criticize salvini. evident that it's not up to matters salvini to convene parliament it's not up to him to set the timeframe for

a political crisis where now other institutional figures will have to step in. the rain to the authorities on the country it will be asked to him as a senator and leader of the league. explained to the nation and the justify in front of the voters who had believed in the promise of change. the reasons why he has decided to disrupt the work of government ahead of time. but the main skimming . but conti has agreed to convene poem and for a vote of confidence in the government as for south in its coalition partners the new deputy prime minister luigi to maya from the 5 star movement says they want to do the job of government then go to the electorate. make them all not at all are we going to end our time in government with some good work which can be done by senators and deputies voting to count their numbers and saving italians 500000000

euros then everyone can go to the polls our vote of. the coalition has only been in existence for 14 months in that time south ynys lake party has doubled in popularity close watches of italian politics will be wondering if that has more to do with the timing of his demands than any internal bickering. let's pass this question on to my tale he is a researcher at the university of oxford mr grove ali i thank you so much for coming in tales of the knee has triggered a no confidence vote against. it is this anything but a power grab in short yes it is a power grab the reason behind our numbers when it went to vote in march 20 team the 1st party the party got the most votes and the up to be the 5 star movement that go through 2 percent of the vote the leak but there will be 17 percent vote together to form the government now if you could you can you you'll see the foster

movement is struggling to get 1617 percent of the mood of the vote while but those of you lead could get anything between 30 seats and the percent of the vote of course who wants to go to vote he wants to be an experimental so how come he's so popular among italian because he's been extremely successful developing narratives he even made a big deal of bringing down immigration into the country now this is not much by the numbers there's no evidence for that actually arrival of migrants and refugees on the polling coast. to do numbers dropped before. we came into your minister and came into coma and yet he went it looked like he was the won the brought down the numbers so he played very much to my growing refugee card as well as the law and order security guard there despite the fact that again

the numbers showed that the crime rates in ably have been decreasing consistently for a number of years so what's the likely outcome of this no confidence vote well 1st of all we shouldn't we shouldn't assume immediately that we'll have a general election and indeed there are some reasons why do you depressing all the talking republican. who is the only one that has to to call for new elections. fact that he decided to. nurture the creation of a caretaker government for. 6 months up to generate in february 2020 why because in the coming months in the fall of 2019 he told him goldman has to pass the budget low for 2020 and having elections that would have to take place they could take place at the very earliest you know if not we make it impossible to . the budget this would be a catastrophe because it would immediately come under fire on the financial markets

and also because effectively did would be no way to satisfy all the requirements that italy has to fulfill within europe in conflicts what does that mean he has been campaigning even though and officially. for quite some time to become italy's next prime minister how likely is he to get there eventually maybe not in october maybe not in january but eventually you know i don't want to speculate generally fabray don't know the long period of time in politics especially in the impulse but . let's say that if there were to be an election he wants to take place as soon as possible because the numbers are extremely good for him we could get 3 top solve results he could try to run alone just a leak he would do extremely well probably get something around 3839 percent of the vote he would have a relative majority but not an absolute majority 2nd option he could try to form an alliance other before author of the elections with

a political party that is called for the lethal you know broader is obviously the are around 7 percent of the vote that's what they would get that together would allow them to get more than 40 percent of the vote and if you cross the threshold 40 percent of the vote you're automatically given extra m.p.'s extra seats in parliament in that case they would have an absolute much or 2 3rd and final option . he could try to form an alliance with these brothers of italy as well with as well as with for the dalai a super bowl party in that case they would get probably more than 50 percent of the vote but crucially to turds of the m.p.'s in both chambers of parliament that would allow them to modify the constitution you would have in that case an alliance of mothers would be me civil but was corny and effectively brothers really which is a neo fascist party being able to alter the constitution. of the university of oxford thank you so much for your now thank you. now to some of the other stories

making news around the world u.s. officials say they've released some 300 workers swept up in a massive immigration raid 700 mi packaging workers were rounded up in the state of mississippi on wednesday on suspicion of working illegally in the country the raids drew criticism from democrats after children were left without their parents. in yemen renewed fighting between government forces and separatists has continued into a 3rd day killing more than 20 people including several civilians a war between iran backed and the yemeni government has claimed tens of thousands of lives since 2015. hong kong's chief executive kerry lamb has said that protests over a controversial extradition bill are hurting the territories economy more than the sars outbreak did it comes as pro-democracy activists kicked off another weekend of protests by staging a sit in at the airport they planned to demonstrate in the terminal for 3 days.

malaysia has filed criminal charges against 17 executives linked with goldman sachs the wall street titan is under scrutiny over an embezzlement scheme run through the malaysian development fund prosecutors allege over $2700000000.00 for spend on luxury yachts villas and art and one of the biggest banking frauds in history. after a 5 day student summit in switzerland around 450 activists from the fridays for future movement have unanimously adopted what they're calling the climate declaration of luzon the announcement comes as hundreds of thousands of students get class to join the fridays for future protests taking place and more than $120.00 countries around the world the global fridays for future movement was inspired by the lone action of 16 year old environmental campaigner. in sweden.

joining me now from los done in switzerland is sophia lehmann she's one of the organizers of this friday's for future protest sophia thank you so much for joining d.w. you and 450 other activists spend 5 days debating international climate policy what's the result of your meeting i think the most important thing that came out of our meeting the declaration is that basically we've decided that despite all of our different backgrounds and all over different countries the most important thing right now is that we all are standing in for climate justice and that is a problem that climate change the problem that affects us all equally and i think that that's a really important message also to send to the world is that it's not just a problem in germany or in switzerland or in sweden it's a problem for the entire globe and i think that's something that we really felt coming out of this declaration for and it in 50 people traveling to switzerland isn't that bad for the environment to. i think that you could argue that about a lot of things i know it's very easy to get along with the train from where we are

in germany and i'm sure that as many people who could took a train or maybe even bike who knows to get to the conference together of course nobody is perfect and you can only do as much as you can so if there are activists who arrived with airplanes sometimes that's all you can do but i think what's important is that we were coming there for a really important reason and i think what came out of it was worth a lot of struggle and hassle trying to get there because we've set a really important global message and i think that that's really worth something. young people all over the world are protesting for a change in climate policy but the 2 biggest polluters china and the u.s. seem unmoved how can the movement have an impact with beijing and washington refusing to listen. i think that it's a really important question we deal with this question a lot you know when the politics are not really reflecting what we're standing for that's the whole reason we're on the street and i think one of the most important

things about friday's future and the the protest form that we choose is that it really reaches the population on a level that politics can always get to i think that something really special about our motive protest so even if washington and beijing are not practicing the politics that we would like to see the students the schoolchildren the young people in these nations they're thinking about these things and we as young people are showing society and the communities in general that these things are important to us that we are fighting. and that when we have the chance to vote most of us can't vote yet we're under age where we have the chance to make politics ourselves that this will be a priority for us and i think that's really important i don't think that i really think that that is worth something on its own is to say yes we're showing this we're making this a societal issue we're raising these questions and even if that's not reflected in the capital that's reflected in the minds of all the you across the globe who are participating in our strikes i think that's something we should really be proud of

slow and steady wins the race sophia lemon and loads on twitter i thank you very much thank you. the right is for future movement was started by a high school student in sweden but it has quickly gathered momentum around the globe here's how d.w. correspondents are experiencing the youth driven green revolution in the countries where they are based. on. pressure from fridays for future has helped prompt angela merkel's government to form a so-called climate cabinet to increase the focus on climate protection that's needed because while germany used to be seen as a leader on this issue with angela merkel once dubbed the climate chancellor in recent years green momentum has flanked germans will tell pollsters that climate change is the biggest issue facing their nation the young people's weekly protests have raised awareness and created a sense of urgency that now is the time to act. china is the

biggest greenhouse gas producer in the world with its deserts in the north and the frequent typhoons in the south the country is also going to be heavily affected by climate change still we have not seen a fridays for a future movement here in china and that is of course because the government does not tolerate public protest still chinese people are worried about the environment especially when something is built in the vicinity of waste incinerator or a factory polluting the local rivers people go out on the street defying the government's ban. here in russia the idea for future protests haven't really caught on but people are taking to the streets because of environmental pollution here they are protesting about garbage in the region around moscow and in the north of the country many are angry because of the government wants to dump all the garbage from the capital there they are afraid to set landfills could pollute the air and

the ground water and they are willing to fight to protect the health of their families. growing landfills a problem all around russia and there is no solution for the problem so far. it's a widely held belief here in africa that climate change is a problem for the rich it's also a prize in the fridays for future protests barely gained any traction on the continent just over 10 countries participated in the events there tended to be fairly small the irony of course is that it's poor and ordinary africans who are most affected by the impact of climate change here in kenya had us who are running away from a persistent drought and having to bring their livestock all the way uphill just to keep them alive and in nigeria more and more people are being forced into the cities as desertification puts pressure on their land the african governments however say that they are trying and you can see that they are wind and solar farms such as this one sprouting all over the continent but the african governments say

that they can't do it alone and they need the rest of the world to hold up their end of the bargain. it was 20 years ago today that russian president vladimir putin came to power at the time he was a relatively unknown figure he was singled out by post leader boris yeltsin no one knew back then he would have an iron grip on the country for the next 2 decades who won public support by cracking down on separatists in chechnya and during his 1st presidency the economy grew for 8 straight years playing on his hard man image he won a series of election victories his current term runs for another 5 years and 2014 he was widely condemned internationally for russia's annexation of crimea since then sanctions and falling oil prices have squeezed the russian economy relations with the united states and donald trump are also tense both sides recently walked away from a key nuclear missile treaty raising fears of

a new arms race and despite solid support at home opposition to putin is growing over his authoritarian repression of political opponents for more i'm joined now by our moscow correspondent emily sure went and we thank you for joining me here putin came to power in the midst of a highly turbulent times in russia did people back then believe he'd still be around today. well let me or putin was largely unknown when he became prime minister 20 years ago today in fact so much so that when he became president just a few months later one famous one journalist american journalist famously asked who is mr putin now he has always represented the stability he was very much in contrast to boris yeltsin yeltsin his predecessor as president who was kind of known as a bit of a drunk putin represented

a fresh face he didn't drink he represented stability particularly because he came to power just after the ninety's which was a decade of huge social upheaval and economic chaos here in russia just after the fall of the soviet union it's a decade that many here in russia still see as traumatic and vladimir putin was aided kind of in his 1st few years in office by rising oil prices which brought a broader economic an economic up upswing of sorts but that really still that sense that he has raised russia from his knees as many people say here in russia repeatedly about him that really is still at the core of his popularity today you know one of his main goals as a president was to restore russia as a world power how has that shaped his foreign policy.

absolutely i think it's been central to his foreign policy the soviet union was seen as a world power and it's been a vladimir putin's goal to kind of show to the world that russia as well is a great power that has driven his foreign policy in the beginning when he came to power he was very much trying to forge a close relationship with the west he was one of the 1st leaders who who expressed his condolences to george w. bush after $911.00 in 2001 and observers say that he was kind of in a way rejected and not taken seriously or that's at least how he perceived it in those 1st few years and not kind of defined his policy going forward we've seen very much a policy of defiance on the world stage towards the west including in the annexation of the crimean peninsula in 2014 which was widely condemned as illegal by the international community but is very popular here in russia he has though i think

successfully managed to get a seat at the table in many ways for russia when it comes to for example the syria crisis when it comes to being kind of a mediator in the middle east and in the denuclearize denuclearization of the korean peninsula as well you hinted at it briefly there putin has always been more popular at home than he's been abroad what's his appeal to russians. as popularity over the last 20 years has been pretty solid even though a recent surveys show that trust inviting your putin has actually reached. a low of just over 30 percent we spoke to some russians here in the capital moscow to find out what they think they think about him 20 years after he was appointed prime minister let's take a look. couldn't you there's never been a tradition in russia if you grew up in a power voluntarily for several hundreds of years ours ruled until this year so the

traditions are. new. we have jobs you're going to freeze on the rise the army with you what else do we need. i quite like and i think the stability is a good thing as of today i don't see a fit replacement for him. so stability has really been at the core of what in your putin's popularity but now the economic situation in russia is far from rosy and his popularity has taken a bit of a hit there is rising dissatisfaction across the country which you can see in various protests about garbage dumps in the north of the country and as well in moscow where people are pushing for free and fair elections to moscow's duma and russia the russia's russia's president vladimir putin has really kind of refocused

his energy away from the international stage and back to domestic policy in this current 4th term and we shall win in moscow thank you very much. here in berlin like in many other cities in europe the government a struggling with skyrocketing rents and a shortage of housing is putting dramatic measures in place to deal with the crisis including a 5 year rent freeze but many people renting apartments continued to be worried about being priced out of their neighborhoods a reporter met a group of tenants facing an uncertain future. this is to house back up plots in the flea sign neighborhood of east berlin alexander pushkin likes this historic area the same area where his grandmother lived. for the things from the shops this is my home because i grew up here and this is where i went to school about a kilometer away from here is where i graduated high school so i want to stay here because this is what i know and love. mock the few weeks ago he received

a letter informing him that all the units in his apartment building will be sold now push is afraid he will lose his home they already potential buyers financing is the kind of bet you know they were foreigners or from south germany not from berlin the potential buyers were nice and very friendly but made it clear that they plan on living in the apartments themselves. pushed and the other renters are fighting back if the apartments are sold individually almost all of the tenants could be given notice to leave most of them can't afford to relocate within the same neighborhood so the tenants decided to join forces and find it by a for the entire apartment building they're looking for an investor with a big heart. ok we want to find someone who says i just don't want the renters to have to move to the suburbs as is so often the case

someone who wants to give berliners a chance to continue living here and i'm fine as a few past year that's not so easy most investors are looking to maximize their profits when buying an apartment in berlin. prizes trying to do with real estate prices are rising so buyers have to pay a high price for these apartments to get a return on their investment they have to charge more rent or some decide to use the apartments themselves because that's the best option from a financial point of view. this has resulted in the rents doubling over the past few years and berlin foreign investors have played a role in this but the short housing supply and large demand has helped push up the prices. unlike some the poorest and his neighbors are hoping an investor would come to their rescue but the price tag on the building is high almost $7000000.00 euros their time is running out they only have a few weeks to find

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