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because g.w. news live from berlin boris johnson's parliamentary shutdown gets the 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's now given her go ahead dramatically cutting the time for the opposition to block a no deal brights it. also coming off the clock is ticking in the elite political party as much reach an agreement today on forming a new coalition government or the country will face fresh elections and the polls say that it is likely to put western europe's 1st far right government in power
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plus after 2 weeks at sea in a 0 emission sailboat teenage climate activists gratitude as an anchor in the waters off of new york city where she will attend the u.n. climate summit. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program brings 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 plans now for october 31st johnson says that the suspension is justified but opponents call the move undemocratic they say that it will give lawmakers less time to potentially pass legislation to stop a no deal brecht's it. mass who is in london with the very latest so we're get
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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 here is sitting and as such is limiting the time that parliament can do 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 no deal breaks it 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. i'm polman 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 their steps in a very short time what are they going to do can they do anything to stop or is
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johnson here 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 jeremy carbon responded. that is completely untrue if you look at what we're doing we're bringing forward 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 british and who. are going to is not accept it's not all the promises to it is a sort of smash and grab on our democracy nor as a force through a no deal exit from the european union what is so afraid of these suspend parliament to prevent part of the just. so he's practiced so when parliament does
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meet on his timetable very briefly next week the 1st thing we'll do is the term legislation to prevent what he's doing and secondly to challenge the motion of confidence at some point quite clear jeremy corbyn other lawmakers really not happy about this how likely though is that will corporon just suggested bear legislation to prevent 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 pollens 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 if the speaker who is supposed to be neutral and political issues has expressed his
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outrage so in the halls of position 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 strong desire. to do something to prevent or is johnson. crushing out without 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 better get the chances of a no confidence vote. what are the chances they're. well jeremy corbett and has has signaled that he will try to push through a very to feel confidence i believe as an early as next. however is the same
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situation needs he would need conservative m.p.'s to come to his side 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 in such a way by the government they say it's on them a crowd to. really 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 they are going to mass in london thank you. to italy where it is crunch time for the anti establishment 5 star movement and 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 five-star and the democratic party
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expressed optimism after agreeing to keep just epic content as prime minister counting is an independent ally a 5 star coalition deal would shut out far right leader material salvini who triggered the crisis when he withdrew his likud party from the governing coalition . i spoke with journalist francesco earlier today who was at the parliament in rome and i asked him what it would likely mean for government policy if there was a coalition between the 5 star movement and the center left democratic party. it's going to be quite a big difference because mustn't forget to be a life and be full was the center writes the righteous vocalist no 2 leaks so there where. that's counts of the very liberal policy now we have the 5 stars getting together with a center left or legal force so i would suppose that it would be more kind of
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social policies but also at risk of increasing some taxes. let's get a quick check now 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 the south eastern city of quotes a quote calls local media have reported that shots were fired before the bar was torched with molotov cocktails the country's president on the base manuel lopez obrador has flames the fire on organized crime. a spokesman for brazil's government says the country would accept foreign aid to help fight the fires currently breaking in the amazon as long as the government controls that cash that comes after president diane both sonata originally turned down aid from g 7 countries saying the money came with strings attached and 2 people have been confirmed dead in japan as heavy rains pounded the southern island you school authorities told
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hundreds of thousands of residents to leave their homes amid landslide and flood warnings weather officials say the rains are the region's worst in 50 years. 2 explosions have ripped through separate police checkpoints in gaza city killing 3 policemen and wounding passers by the hamas controlled interior ministry there declared a state of emergency there was no claim of responsibility but the blasts were reminiscent of previous rounds of infighting between hamas and other islamists. a couple in russia are at risk of having their son taken away from them after taking him to an opposition rally in moscow. prosecutors claim the couple put the infant's life in danger the demonstration was pushing for the registration of independent candidates to upcoming moscow parliament elections in september it was a rally that was not officially authorized the couple's case is set to go on trial on monday. and dimitri prac cause of could lose everything
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prosecutors are pushing to take away custody of the youngest of their 2 children. shooting mostly we love our children. and we just hope this won't break our family apart we. should 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 of handing his young son to an activist 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
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protesters who took part in unauthorized rallies in recent weeks. demonstrators of inciting mass on rest but critics say the cases are politically motivated police detained thousands of peaceful protesters during the opposition rallies in moscow. the practices of 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 this is really horrible the prosecutor's office had the chance to get in touch with this 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 that possible in our country. 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 is swedish climate change activists gratitude
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successfully cross the atlantic after a 2 week journey in his ear 0 emissions sailboat earlier on wednesday bret arrived in new york and is expected to soon step on dry land in lower manhattan she is headed to u.n. climate summit fused to take a plane in order to avoid be emissions from flying in the 16 year old set off from plymouth in the united kingdom her journey across the atlantic was slightly delayed due to rough conditions. racing across the atlantic to fight climate change in new york's that leaves no carbon footprint to go 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. we're doing believe in. love love love love love it we're the
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love we want to model slip up and go very wrong my way. the 16 year old set off from the southwest of england 2 weeks ago some criticized what they saw as a publicist stunt but to him burke made no apology i mean i'm not telling anyone what to do or what not to do 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 challenge 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 a school strike soon spread around the world. and so. message
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she's now the young face of environmental activism. it's been quite a journey for 2 in bag and with the united states now and has sights this is just the start. of the glitzy venice film festival kicked off on wednesday but the 11 days tell of ration of international sentiment 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 a film starring the french actress catherine to know the truth is directed by japan's hero costume koryta and is about a french film star whose decision to publish her memoirs prompted a fiery mother daughter brain union now the director won the top prize the palme d'or at the cannes film festival last year. for a quick reminder of the top stories we're following for you here indeed if you news for it was queen elizabeth has approved prime minister boris johnson's request to
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temporarily suspend the u.k. parliament johnson wants to shut down parliament until just 2 weeks before britain's exit from the european union opponents are calling the move outrageous any dark day for democracy. then facility has business africa coming up next i'm sara keling in berlin and thanks for watching say with us. sometimes books are more exciting than a real 1. 23. what if there's no escape. ritualised. street.
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