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believe. this is g.w. news live from orlando boris johnson's parliamentary shutdown gets royal seal of approval johnson asked the queen to suspend parliament until just a few weeks before britain is set to leave the e.u. she has now given her go ahead dramatically cutting the time for the opposition to block a no deal yet. also coming up the cost is ticking in italy political parties must
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reach an agreement today on forming a new coalition government for the country will face fresh elections and polls say that's likely to put western europe 1st western europe's 1st far right government in power. i don't have 2 weeks of siege teenage climate activists for paris to set foot on u.s. soil she's there for the u.n. climate summit and traveled in a 0 emissions sailboat to reduce the environmental impact of her journey. plus the world's oldest film festival kicks off in venice plenty of hollywood stars and top filmmakers of the 11 day celebration of international cinema including french acting legends catherine deneuve costars in the film the truth. but the work of female directors in the running for the top prize is drawing criticism.
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i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program britain's queen elizabeth has approved a request from boris johnson to suspend parliament johnson had asked for the suspension from mid september until 2 weeks before britain's exit from the european union's plans now for october 31st johnson says the suspension is justified but opponents call the move undemocratic they say it will give lawmakers less time to potentially pass legislation to stop a new deal brags that. mass who is in london with the very latest so here get just walk us through what this means the queen's approval and now what are the next steps. well yes the queen ever for has approved what prime minister johnson has demanded which is basically to limit the time that parliament is sitting and as such he's limiting the time that parliament can do
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anything against his will he's determined for britain to leave the european union at the end of october he said do or die we are going to go palm and wants to prevent a node brags that crashing out of the european union without any plan for the future they say it will cause enormous economic damage a lot of n.p.c. parliament say that so politicians now opposition m.p.'s who are not happy and there are many of them they're not happy with by johnson's move they have to come together they have to plot they asked herbs in a very short time what are they going to do can they do anything to stop us johnson yeah and earlier journalist actually asked for us johnson explicitly if he was trying to prevent parliamentary debate i just want to listen in to what he had to say and how the opposition labor leader chairing the carbon responded. that is completely untrue if you look at what we're doing we're bringing forward
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a new list of program croyde hospitals and making sure that we have the education funding that we need and there will be ample time on both sides of that crucial october the 17th summit and taught in parliament for m.p.'s to debate the e.u. debate pretty and who we are going to call them into is not acceptable it's not on the promises to is a sort of smash and grab on our democracy nor is a force true and no deal except for the european union what is so afraid all these suspend all of them to prevent part. discussing these matters so when parliament does meet on his timetable very briefly next week the 1st thing we'll do is attempt legislation to prevent what he's doing and secondly to challenge it most of conference at some point quite clear jeremy corbyn other lawmakers really not happy about this how likely though is that just suggested bear legislation to prevent
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boris johnson from shutting down parliament indeed possible. many m.p.'s have expressed their outrage they feel that they are being silenced they also reminding people that vote leave the campaign that boris johnson chad to leave the european union was all about taking back control for politicians and taking the powers from the e.u. and giving them back here to the british parliament and now they feel that was johnson is doing exactly the opposite he they're feeling it's an outrage even the speaker who is supposed to be neutral and political issues has expressed his outrage so in the polls opposition m.p.'s have found it very difficult to come together jeremy called in the opposition labor leader is not a popular figure they have found it difficult to unite behind him we have seen moves. just as recently as yesterday where they have expressed a stronger desire. to do something to prevent or is johnson. crushing out without
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any deal however how they're going to do it still they need to decide and it's really very very little time for them johnson's move has been very effective in making their life much more difficult take us through another scenario bear get out the chances of a no confidence vote. what are the chances there. well jeremy corbett and has said has signaled that he will try to push through a very to feel confidence i believe as an early as next week however is the same situation he does he would need conservative m.p.'s to come to his saw and in the pause conservative m.p.'s have been very reluctant to unite behind jeremy covance a vote against their own government however in this situation we have seen today many conservative m.p.'s have said that they was not except that they will not accept that parliament is silent and such
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a way by the government they say it's on them a crack to say we'll have to wait until next week to see whether this move a vote of no confidence will actually happen will it be successful if it is it's most likely to result in the general election period mass in london thank you. for let's get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world in mexico at least 23 people have been killed and 13 badly injured in an arson attack on a bar in a south eastern city local media have reported that shots were fired before the bar was tourist with molotov cocktails the country's president has blamed the fire on organized crime. a spokesman for brazil's government said that the country would accept foreign aid to help fight fires currently raging in the amazon as long as the government controls that cash that comes after presidential edible sonata originally turned down aid from g 7 countries saying that the money came with
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strings attached. and 2 people have been confirmed dead in japan as heavy rains pounded the southern island you should authorities told hundreds of thousands of residents to leave their homes midlands lives in flood warnings whether officials say that the rains are the region's worst in 50 years. to italy where it is crunch time for the anti establishment 5 star movement in the center left democratic party they have to agree to a coalition deal or risk fresh elections president. is currently meeting with leaders of the main parties on tuesday both 5 star and the democratic party expressed optimism after agreeing to keep counting who is an independent ally of 5 star as prime minister now a coalition deal would shut out far right leader who triggered the crisis when he withdrew his likud party from the governing coalition. let's bring in now
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journalist francesco who is at the parliament in rome and joins us now just walk us through what exactly is happening. well we are in the crucial moment right now because need the dedication of the democratic party just went to meet president not that a lot they could do that on it which is the office of the president of the republic and they say that their teacher to form a government supporting decepticons as a prime minister to get it would have 5 stars woman's dot main stuff basically elections option is no longer an up and option as we see because i mean if they say yes to support the prime minister which is supposed to be close to the 5 star secure as you were probably saying before that means that they're going to go in in it's order so now we're waiting to see what the 5 stars will say later on and then we wait for president that a lot on whether a moot point contest by ministers and what are the tactics that the party leaders
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are using at this hour and what exactly is not done in this role. that it lays a kind of a notary saudis dear and these is got to face to listen to what deaf or legal force to say and to realize whether or not they said majority which council old cold day to carry on with this government actually the party start just dealing they're trying to get more ministers or more senior positions in the new government which is going to come up even though a very interesting thing which is in sates a few minutes ago by nicole and saying that i thought it was their general secretary of the democratic party we want to have a government which she's in discontinued see compared to the previous one so even though the prime minister is the same want to do different things that have been done so far. if there is a coalition with the center left democratic party what changes could this mean for government policy there in rome. it's going to be quite
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a big difference because mustn't forget that if a life form before was the center right where the rightist populist know to leak so there where the german. dax counts on the very liberal policy now we have the 5 stars getting together with the center left or legal force so i would suppose that there will be more kind of social policies but also a risk of increasing some taxes and what about the far right leader mattel's have been any because his plan was to force early elections how's that working out for him what is not has been if not happy at all i mean he's going to be president not that i like in a couple hours. has to be a real strong opponent in the parliament and i think with this huge number of members of the parliament he could do big opposition and hunt so we're going to
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have to see what is going to happen about to. turn left francesco a bunga at the parliament and ron thank you. you're watching news still to come on the program a $76.00 the venice film festival kicks off with a host of stars and directors we using the crowds but the event is attracting criticism too we'll tell you why. and as an international convention an endangered species wraps up in geneva we'll explain why this author could be at risk of becoming extinct a hint it is partially due to social media. a couple in russia ard risk of having their son taken away from them after taking him to an opposition rally in moscow prosecutors claim that the couple put the infant's life in danger the demonstration was pushing for the registration of independent candidates to become moscow parliament elections. upcoming scuse me moscow parliament elections in september it was
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a rally that was not officially authorized the couple's case is set to go on trial on monday. polgar and dimitri proc cause of could lose everything prosecutors are pushing to take away custody of the youngest of their 2 children. who are mostly too we love our children. and we just hope this where you break our family apart. you must shoot a little the family's lawyer says the case against her clients seems to have been put together very quickly. this is a case where they're trying to take away parental rights from people who have 2 children and who have always been exemplary parents it's hard to understand not just the rush but also this attempt to meddle in family business. the couple say the accusations against them are based on this footage which was aired on russian state t.v. the video seems to showed me cause of handing his young son to an activist
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prosecutors say the demonstrator used the child as a shield to avoid arrest. because of says he was just letting a close friend hold his baby. the legal case is one of many brought against protesters who took part in unauthorized rallies in recent weeks the already is accused demonstrators of inciting mouse on rest but critics say the cases are politically motivated police detained thousands of peaceful protesters during the opposition rallies in moscow the don't want to comment on their case before it goes to trial but earlier this month when they were 1st informed that prosecutors could try to take away their parental rights they said they were shocked that this is really horrible the public prosecutor's office had the chance to get in touch with us and find out what really happened but they didn't do that they went straight to court and on what grounds they case is based on a heavily edited video from an unknown source how is it possible in our country
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that. russia's children's rights commissioner has spoken out in support of the parents as their trial begins early next week the family hopes the law comes down on their side as well. after 14 days at sea swedish climate change activist gratitude has arrived in new york anchoring off the city's coney island she's headed to the u.n. climate summit sands wanted to travel without leaving a carbon footprint now the 16 year olds basically began this transatlantic journey from plymouth in the united kingdom and her journey across the atlantic was slightly delayed due to rough conditions. racing across the atlantic to fight climate change in the yachts that leaves no carbon footprint gated to him on a mission to change the world and get to the u.n. climate summit in new york without flying. but it's not all been plain sailing.
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we're doing we. love. love love there we're going to love the model live but go the wrong way. the 16 year old set off from the southwest of england 2 weeks ago some criticized what they saw as a publicist the stunt but to make no apology i mean i am not telling anyone what to do or what not to i'm just doing this because i want to do this myself and i am one of the very very few people in the world who actually can do this and then i think i should take that chance to do this. last year gretta to newburgh began fridays for a future each friday the swedish teenager would skip school in order to campaign against climate change from outside the country's parliament her school strike soon
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spread around the world. and so did her message she is now the young face of environmental activism. it's been quite a journey for 2 and back and with the united states now in his sights this is just the start. and our correspondent public is standing by in battery park in new york near the place where gratitude berg is due to dock so pablo what is she going to get there hi sarah well for anybody who knows new york i know you do sarah and she is currently actually i'm curious all of coney island and she tweeted to say that she should be arriving here in the marina behind me around a quarter to 3 local time but it does depend as well on the toilet so everyone is expecting her you know at some time this afternoon and also hoping that the rain
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stays away because so many storms have been predicted today to full here in the new york area so that's the latest that we have for the moment is there a sense of expectation there in the marina i mean to people in the united states they must be aware that she is coming right. they are certainly aware but you'd be perhaps surprised it's not getting as much coverage here in the united states as perhaps it's getting outside the united states now of course the younger generations have been very active on social media and you can see that if you go on twitter and facebook and instagram and they've been following her movements now down here in the park area there are a lot of media outlets surprisingly it seems the majority of us are actually from abroad and there are some local news organizations here covering the story and we do expect more and more people to come down here a lot of people are interested to see what we're doing who is at what time will
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there be a riving down here so there is a lot of expectation that she'll be giving of course a press conference after she sets foot on manhattan island and we'll be hearing from her some point in the afternoon and pablo once after that press conference with me we know for example that she is due to attend the united nations general assembly right. you're absolutely right so after the news conference today i'm sure she'll be wanting to get a good rest and recover from epic voyage across the atlantic we do know like you said that she will be attending the u.n. climate summit someone taking place here in new york next month and then of course another climate summit taking place in chile in december and how she'll get there is what many people are asking and of course how she will return back to europe is another question that many people have been asking but there is also talk that she put could perhaps be attending some of vents here in new york in the next couple of
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days but as yet nothing confirmed and we could be we should find out a little bit more when she speaks to the press later this afternoon looks like she has made it on the short it short a stretch of the journey. with the latest from new york thank you. humans are exploiting the planet's animal and plant species and that's putting them at risk of extinction that's the message from the convention on international trade in endangered species representatives from 100 maybe countries have spent 2 weeks forging an agreement on how to regulate the buying and the selling of species under threat now take the bacco shark for in saying example it's the fastest shark in the world but human appetite for its flushing fins means that it is quickly disappearing from our oceans the convention delegates agreed to better protect it from trade in commercial fishing they've also voted to protect some species you
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might not think are under threat like 2 kinds of otter here's more. they may be really adorable but they use cheeky little creatures are endangered conservationists oughta numbers are declining and the species could one day be extinct one of the main culprits social media images such as these that generate a demand for offices as pits. and striving and acceptability of having a pet when someone creates a false narrative on their instagram accounts about how great it is to have a pet by showing cute videos cute photos. glamorizing what is one fact it's the animal suffering animals you might not even imagine could be endangered in fact giraffes for instance particularly in parts of west central and east africa they're threatened by habitat loss drought and the tried in body parts for the 1st time countries have agreed to regulate the stright not ban it. and that means all
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international trade in giraffes will now be regulated by the treaty to make sure any trade whether it's trophies or products is sustainable and legal but when it comes to elephant ivory and rhino horns global trying to drive the legal and it will stand out why some southern african nations had wanted to sell government owned ivory stockpiles but others successfully argued that triggered fuel demand and illegal poaching the un has warned over a 1000000 animal and plant species face extinction environmentalist believe much more needs to be done to stop the decline in biodiversity that they say is unprecedented. but glitzy in venice film festival kicked off on wednesday but the 11 day celebration of international cinema got off to a shaky start with criticism about a lack of women directors in the running for its top prize the festival opens with
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a film starring the french actress catherine have been. truth is directed by japan's hero kazu corey and is about a french film star whose decision to publish her memoirs prompts a fiery mother daughter be union now he will the top prize at the hall door. never seen the top prize being the door at the cannes film festival last year. as since the turn of the century the number of people over the age of 100 has risen markedly the u.n. counts more than half a 1000000 at present but how do you get old and stay young one berliner is $102.00 and so giving some lessons. luke you find it maybe there won't hold the same teacher at the grand old age of 100 into his still given classes every week at the school in burnie. swimming is special.
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to me doing sports is one of the biggest joys in life. was created for. keeping fit has certainly helped to keep leo young. the full metal worker who wanted to stay active when you talk about 40 years ago. he could have fired as a swimming instructor and has been teaching children ever since. i just love being with the kids i do it all for free. not. more than a 1000 children have taken to the war to the. kids each doesn't bother them. so. how old is leona. and how they're going to.
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he's really. and very patient. if you believe it to happen t.j. that one thing. you. can be sure that. you. are full of. fish goes over very proud to have her with you so. there's a great sense of humor is wonderful with children that keeps them young and does their new look. i'm not that young anymore. but. yes watch i can do pretty much anything if i want to get a little bit older i'm not in october just yet and it's huge and expect to see him diving in every thursday we don't fail.
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now you come and. pick up a conduit through you know the days i used to die from the 5 minutes aboard. the bar. and you can do anything at any age. of the top stories that we're following for you here and here news for his queen elizabeth as approved by mr forrest johnson's request to temporarily suspend the u.k. parliament johnson it wants to shut down parliament until just 2 weeks before britain's exit from the european union opponents are calling the move outrageous and a dark day for democracy. italy's president has told the main parties that they must reach agreement today on forming a new governing coalition if they fail he will call new elections the move comes after a far right interior minister but it was holding interest with the collapse of the
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government by the strongest support. after a short break we'll have the following story. the president of the philippines is on a collision course with china recall to tear tank is visiting beijing with a clear task to come back all to stand up to his hosts over their aggression in the south china sea. all that more is coming up on t.w. news asia i'm sorry kelly in berlin thank you so much for watching another great. odds.
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look at the bigger picture. india. a country that faces many challenges the center people are striving to create a sustainable future. clever projects from europe and. the cope india on t.w. . as so west europe. is in crisis. it's the future that will make champions young champions are going to involve some this. spirit now for a long time i took pieces of the things we valued out of europe for granted but now i sense this need be something that we don't people in particular need to fight like oh my god oh my god it's a tie it comes to. me for activists from for a new country the flayers for the dream of the united church
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played to the can they say to european idea the flame wars but i'm going to stand up to you right here than most and contribute to something important to know that should come up see in. the future as europe starts september 2nd on d w. play. this if he doesn't use coming up to chair to gears up for a fight with china the filipino president is it's taking he's under pressure to confront xi jinping over chinese aggression in the south china sea plus. some fellow test in the streets to have a planned speech at the un pakistan is crying foul over india's decision to change the status quo on kashmir but is anyone.
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