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news live from berlin coming up next world stories including a report on a moscow waterway that's being planned across a nuclear dump that's after the break i'll be back at the top of the hour with more world news and don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site that's dot com thanks for watching. the water starts rising people cite sources. are clearly dangerous. floods and droughts climate change become the main driver of mass migration you could not write any up we're going to fix medicine you want and probably most of the book of. climate exodus starts september 5th on t.w. . is no. managers cannot go to day nothing
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would change you know the banks. and so was the language of a bank money. for speaking the truth global news that matters g.w. made 4 minds. this week on the world stories. well shrilly jews could soon be underwater. berlin zoloft and gardens face even action. but we start in russia where a new highway used to be built through an area in the south of moscow the problem during the soviet era radioactive waste was don't tear locals around environmentalists are sounding the. dangerous levels of radiation that's what
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nuclear physicist under his radiation counter tells him every time here moscow's pauli metals factory started dumping nuclear waste on this hill in the 1940 s. and fifty's when the area in the south of moscow wasn't yet part of the city so far the radioactive material is contained under a layer of clay but the activist insists that the plant highway could cut straight through the nuclear waste. they might start digging up the soil and moving it around without taking into account that it's contaminated it will be released into the atmosphere and anyone who agrees that song will get radioactive nuclei into their lungs. has been giving informal tours of the spot to journalists and locals. local residents like are worried about what could end up in the river and in their long yes is what if you know that this nuclear waste to say about the on going to touch it then it's not to worrying but knowing that they're
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going to build a road here and all this waste could slip down the hill that's really scary. says locals have always known about the nuclear waste in their neighborhood the site is partially closed off but the riverside nearby is popular with the residents. of view from above shows just how urban the area is the nuclear waste site is slotted between a park and moscow's main river the mosque now the plan is to build a fly over parallel to the railway bridge here construction is slated to begin later this year the city says the new road will ease traffic in moscow and they insist that construction is safe and negative but it would move them which the soil will not be disturbed. by support for the flyover will be built here its foundations will be up to 5 metres below the surface we've carried out studies of the sort at that depth and there were no radiation measurements above the norm that the. road went touch the ground here but i could put people in the area don't
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believe the author already they recently held a protest against the highway which people here see as the latest sign their government just doesn't care about the signs here read road of death and warn of a 2nd term noble catastrophe. on the lives in the high rise apartments across from the plant construction she grew up here and has been fighting the highway since march. so i think. from my point of view they're committing a crime against the residents who live here i don't know whose interests are driving them but they are in no way considering our interests. when the frustration here is palpable but the other protesters want to keep fighting with petitions and protests to make sure their homes and their city stay safe. our next story takes us to the u.k. where residents of the world's coastal village of far more are feeling the effects
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of climate change the sea is coming ever closer now residents are being told they don't have to leave their homes. mike russell has the sea right on his doorstep he's a dedicated angler who's lived on the coast of wales for over 40 years. right now the irish sea is bright and shiny but the people here have seen their share of storm surges. my house stands right behind this dike it's held firm against wind and tide so far. it's hard to realize that. with rising sea levels all this could be gone. they say in as little as 50 years it's hard to believe. cerebral is a seaside village of about a 1000. people say the experts doomed by climate change several 1000000 pounds of
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gone into building downs and dikes to protect the houses from the sea. but now the welsh authorities are throwing in the towel and calling on the villagers to find new homes. i we're measuring the sea levels in the area across the north wales coast and we are finding evidence that sea levels are rising it is a reality and so before any catastrophe happens before anything happens we really really need to be making sure that people are aware of those risks and that we're talking to them and involving them in the solutions. but what solutions can there possibly be mike and his partner see their lives their home and lots of money at stake quite amazing all the situations where it's not a symbol for them as pensioners to buy a new house elsewhere they feel that the state has left them on their own 25 years
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in the future the fact is that they have no answers for us they can't tell us where to go to move us they can't tell us when they're going to move us there's no financial support no compensation or tool and the sting in the tables with us is if the insists that everybody moves out. they would expect like a lie to pay for the demolishment arts his hosts. it's true that fairborn won't be the only town to face imminent danger in coming years. over 30 communities in wales a dealing with erosion and flooding from rising seas. and infrastructure such as rail and power lines and roads are also at risk climate experts say it's a massive financial time bomb for britain's coasts i the residents of fairborn complain that everyone simply passing the buck it's my can angela say the prospect of a forced evacuation is always hanging over their. head they're just hoping they can
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stay in their current house as long as they possibly can. cambodia is drowning in plastic waste. themselves are responsible for much of it dozens of illegal containers filled with plastic waste from overseas were recently discovered there but trash will not be sent back to where it came from. the water in this dream can hardly move it's full of plastic and it isn't an isolated case. plastic piles up on phnom penh streets in fact cambodia's capital city is littered with plastic waste. the plastic tied starts to rise at 5 am in the street markets it's the packaging of choice for these traders and it spreads across the city as their goods are sold and distributed discarded plastic is simply swept to one side and whatever is left
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there just days there. i feel that. the market traders will use plastic because it's best fish and vegetable merchants use plastic because it protects their goods from rain and damage. with a population of 5000000 phnom penh accumulates 3000 tons of garbage every day waste disposal workers simply overwhelmed by the amount. and because there is no kind of rubbish separation it's all mixed up gangs of scavengers go through the waste at night to find any recyclable plastic waste. in cambodia only about 20 percent of plastic waste is recycled the rest ends up in landfill or strewn around the countryside. but that's not all $83.00 sea
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containers full of plastic waste have been found at the port of ship. they were there for months without being picked up so customs or opened them to find that they were full of illegally imported plastic waste from the usa and canada customs of dorothy's want to take action against the perpetrators. target to get rich to. care really. fine to. cambodia can't cope with even more waste coming from abroad the country already looks like a garbage dump in many places and while some private initiatives are trying to tackle the waste even they don't know where to put all this plastic. story takes us to germany for many more learners there are a lot garden is like
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a 2nd on what these greens producers are increasingly dangerous are supposed to make way for housing in schools which the german capital also desperately needs. and for the. lovely these allotment gardeners are happy when they're to make your plans their fruit. it's paradise to the kluges who has been tending watering and harvesting here for 32 years. and. we're actually here every day almost without fail when we're done with everything else the housework all the doctor's visits you can find those here who. don't want to hear from you for the clue it's the plot a half leased from the city is their 2nd home they pay $300.00 euros a year of college and many other hobby gardeners do the same there are 70000 such
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a lot mens' in building alone more than any other european city. with a clue plot is part of an allotment colony that is surrounded by apartment buildings the land is sought after the city wants to build a school here and the garden is designated to be torn up to make room so will their black berry hatch be dug up by a bulldozer but the glutes are very upset. and the limbs would be losing his quality of life. i don't know what will do them a moment wisely can only on. the other allotment colonies are also slated for destruction land is limited in the growing german capital which is why the city sees no other option than to sacrifice some of the green spaces. if i get a mission because we don't want to make life difficult for allotment gardeners but will need to repurpose some of them in the coming years because berlin is
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a growing city that needs base for schools daycare centers and sports grounds kind of few allotment gardens about one percent deet have to make way for those plans in the years ahead for bison was the kluges intend to fight for their garden they have joined forces with their neighbors in the colony. they agree that schools are important but feel they should not necessarily be built here. the allotment garden colony has already been squeezed to make way for apartment buildings once before now it could completely disappear the end off a 102 year old green oasis. enters
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the conflict with 2 sebastien the song east europeans very good moldova has a new coalition government largesse this group is going to be mature what's our vice president of the outgoing governor craft you talk to the former justice minister with moldova now a final word for corruption is he assuring the peace corps he's records in conflict of. total commitment. on the 77 percent we talk about all the issues that. many young africans view providing for their families as an owner. did what happens if they barely able to feed themselves. young nigerian britain. 60 minutes p.w. . welcome to the what is the game here for details.
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to talk about the. coverage. so you don't want. to think the rest of the world is really that stupid no. question snapped and it's going to be rather uncomfortable for listening no it's not that old uncomfortable we will see who is less corrupted and who is better managing and governing the country the time east european states of moldova has a new coalition government united it seems only in its dislike of the previous administration my guest this week here in the capital q c now is a bloody miniature but current vice president of the outgoing democratic party and a former.

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