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this is deja vu news live from her lab beijing summons the german ambassador over a visit by a hong kong democracy activist joshua wang met germany's foreign minister and girl end of meetings that has been partially criticized by china it accuses germany of meddling in its affairs. also coming up hundreds of nigerians back at home after a spate of attacks on foreigners in south africa but with chronic unemployment in
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their homeland what does the future hold for them. and could we be one step closer to finding i think an outer space the 1st time scientists have detected water on an earth like planet orbiting a distant star we ask what this discovery might need. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program china has formally some in the german ambassador to beijing after a meeting between the german foreign minister heikal mosse and the hong kong protest leader joshua walking in berlin earlier this week during his visit long called on the german government to publicly condemn police violence and abuse of power during the ongoing demonstrations in hong kong now in an unusually direct verbal attack on an important trade partner beijing is warning of negative
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consequences for relations between china and germany. it was just she was thursday in berlin he came to the german capital with a message for i'm going to mexico and other world leaders is a must for the chancellor pay attention to hong kong's protests and showed us a part to hong kong sort of high station safeguard hong kong is not only the responsibility of hong kong people but also the responsibility for world leaders preferred hong kong to face the next tenement square massacre happened for a decade ago on monday wong met german foreign minister heiko must prompting shop criticism from beijing it summons germany's ambassador accusing but then of interfering in china as a fads. go. and see what happens you know i'm fortunately have to say we'll have negative consequences on bilateral relations and china will have to react. to the. at berlin's home old
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university just one pack type 3 here to his message was one have to finance and a strong belief in the power of the protest movement in his home city no matter youngster or elderly all we stand as one with our determination to fight for a better future. joshua one signed many supporters in the german capital. i think it be that good if you like you didn't like to hear all is that you just hear hear swear on this about it that he is the facilitator and he let the nose of. the person he's very impressive very brave and he's still very young. and find him particularly admirable because he's risking his life and freedom with his activism. to dismiss the skillz josh i'm person. i think it's a huge motivation for people who are brought to concours are proud to. so be
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motivated and follow closely to what is happening in our home city. many here tell us that concerned about joshua wong and what will happen to him when he would chance to hong kong but 1st he's heading for the united states where he hopes to gain more support the hong kong's pro-democracy movement. and for more i am joined now by chief political correspondent belinda crane in berlin and our correspondent mathias ballinger in hong kong linda i'd like to begin with you because an extraordinary reaction from the chinese here how is the german government responding to beijing's harsh harsh criticism of this one visit of the foreign ministry rejected the criticism saying a bit earlier this week that it was perfectly normal procedure for the foreign minister to meet with a representative of civil society in another country the chancellor said in her speech to parliament yesterday that she had to taken care to remind china during
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her visit to beijing last week that human rights are absolutely crucial and that the german government views them as indispensable and she said that she also firmly stands by the principle of one land 2 systems when it comes to hong kong chinese relations on the other hand there's also a certain element of caution visible here in berlin the chancellor's spokesman said also earlier in this week that the chancellor had no plans to meet with joshua long and that meeting with the foreign minister actually took place on the margins of a private reception by the german newspaper that is hosting joshua long's visit so this is not in any way an official government government sponsored visit in that sense melinda wang also holding a press conference here in berlin yesterday just walk us through what he said. he had 3 clear messages for the german government 1st of all he'd like to see much stronger words condemning police violence and abuse of power secondly he said he'd
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like to see the german government stop exporting police equipment to hong kong as long as the police are using violence against the protesters and thirdly he called for germany to make links between trade and human rights saying perhaps it should suspend trade with china and think about sanctions or insert human rights clauses into trade agreements. mathias why is china so upset about this visit. the protests are no entering their 4th month and beijing is extremely nervous about what is happening here all their attempts to suppress all to pacify the movement have not worked so far if anything the protests have only escalated so these protests are probably going to overshadow the celebrations of the 70th anniversary off the people's republic of china that
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the government in beijing wants to celebrate with a big parade on october 1st so this is something they're very concerned about they're very concerned about losing control of this city and the other thing is that they have been trying to suppress voices that they do not want to hear abroad and they have been putting pressure on foreign governments who meet with criticize critics of the chinese government for many years know in 2005 the dalai lama on beijing has responded with diplomatic and i believe economic measures to make clear that they do not want to meet the dalai lama and this has worked he has not met the dalai lama ever since no other western leader has met the dalai lama in recent years so what they're trying to do now is to apply a policy is similar policy to joshua wong was at the moment one of the most vocal
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critics of china and as part of those threats missy yes i mean the implication from beijing there is that there will be consequences to relations what could those consequences potentially be because well it starts with diplomatic snubs german diplomats not getting appointments with certain all fishel those german diplomats not being invited to celebrations or events that are organized by the foreign community in china it can go to economic sanctions it can go to inspections on on german companies. some of the trouble to the german business is in china it kind go as far we have seen this with other countries korea for example all japan boycotts by the chinese public incited by the government on foreign business is however at the moment i think china will china's response will rather be measured because in this conflict the trade conflict with america china is also
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relying on germany is not interested in deteriorating. relations with right many too much given that melinda you know the big question then is how worried should germany be about these chinese warnings certainly germany will be worried particularly the business community it has already seen a downturn in export sales over the course of this year because of reverberations from the us chinese trade conflict and one leading business newspaper here said today that the foreign ministers meeting with joshua wong had done maximum damage on the other thing and hand i think that mathias is right surely china will be cautious before starting a 2nd front in the trade tensions nonetheless certainly there will be concern here going forward melinda crane in berlin mathias bowling there in hong kong thank you
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so much to both of you. the 1st nigerians evacuated from south africa have arrived back in the country hundreds of nigerians signed up for free flights home following a wave of violence against foreigners in south africa but while there is relief at having escaped many say that they are uncertain about what the future holds for them our correspondent funny for char was on was one of the 1st international correspondents to meet the breach at the airport in lagos and she sent us this report slowly and with a long delay it finally arrives the airplane from johannesburg. and some officials are waiting for the passengers to disembark. this is the 1st machine from south africa with nigerian rhetoric the 1st since anti immigrant violence erupted in and around your hand last week now that the nigerians are back what is the future.
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to begin with but a lot of uncertainty to this woman left south africa after 7 years because of the xenophobic attacks she says she has brought her child with her. so. what's the plan for your future and what are you hoping to probably find a job because i'm a graduate. of. hours earlier and just outside of the airport the usual hustle in lagos nigeria is facing chronic unemployment especially among its youth just like south africa this young man studied to be an accountant but can only survive repairing cars he believes the future is bleak for the returning. few so sorry for them because.
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they don't have any. question that a senior assistant of president bihari is eager to answer the government has been criticised for not doing enough for the returning a private airline chose to volunteer to bring some of them home one of the major problems we see in this situation is communication so they're going to of sim cards with time that will last them for 2 months that is not what these people want to hear 189 people arrived on the 1st plane tired exhausted and confused expecting more from the government. for right so. school halls like electricity and water on good roads you understand me does what's. that to me asking the. very basic means to start
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a business like they had in south africa where they could make a living but where they no longer feel. you're watching news still to come on the program it is 111 light years away from earth and it's a plausible candidate for the search for an alien life more on what's being called a monkey diploma discovery coming up shortly. but 1st a quick check of some other stories making news around the world newly released british government documents warn of chaos and public disorder if there is a no deal bribes that in a worst case scenario the documents predict severe disruption to cross channel routes which could affect supplies and medicines and some foods the government was forced to release the files after a vote by lawmakers. catalan separatist protests in barcelona turned angry during the night after a largely peaceful demonstration to celebrate the catalan national day demonstrators descended on catalonia as parliament in an outpouring of pro
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separatist sentiment and dissatisfaction with the national government in madrid. and the us supreme court has approved president donald trump's plans to stop migrants claim asylum in the u.s. it overturned a lower court ruling that had blocked the policy that will states that migrants traveling overland must claim asylum in the 1st country they reach would prevent nearly all central american migrants from claiming asylum in the u.s. . scientists have made a major discovery in the search for life in outer space as this animation shows it's a massive planet orbiting a star more than 110 light years away and water vapor has been discovered on the planet's atmosphere now this suggests that it is the right distance from its star potentially to have temperatures that are suitable to sustain life researchers hope that newer and more powerful telescopes will be able to unlock more secrets on
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arcelor system. if you have more on this story i'm joined now by derrick williams from our science desk so what exactly were the researchers able to detect here the only way that we're able to detect these exoplanets at all as when they pass in front of the star that they that they orbit and as they pass in front of the star that they orbit that make it slightly darker on the side facing the earth and and and some of the light that's that's being emitted by the star passes then through that exoplanets atmosphere if it has one and as it passes through that atmosphere electromagnetic waves a very specific parts of the spectrum can be can kind of be weeded out and that creates of fingerprints these compounds that are in the atmosphere compan contain a thing or print that were then able to read and were able to read that particular book and in this particular moment we found water in the atmosphere or water vapor so water on a distant planet why is it such a big breakthrough well with with planets we're always looking for what we call the habitable zone the circumstance or habitable zone is also called the goldilocks
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zone that means it's it's not too hot it's not too cold it's just right the problem is of the planet is too close to its star and it heats up and you get this sort of runaway greenhouse effect or or water can just boil off into space if it's if it's too far away and it's too cold and all of the water leaves the atmosphere and ends up as ice on the surface what you want to something in between so we've discovered this that this water vapor is actually there in the atmosphere that indicates some kind of the a water cycle even something approaching weather and that is a key and fundamental aspect of life as we know it the the the presence of water of liquid water could humans live there i mean that's the big question that everybody wants to know right you know if at some date in the distant future we were actually able to get there could it sustain our life well we're entering the realms definitely of science fiction when we talk and that directions assuming that some very distant day we were actually able to overcome the tremendous vast challenges of interstellar travel this would actually not be one of the planets that we would
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be interested in going to simply because of the fact that it's 9 times the mass of the earth which means you would be 90. times heavier there than you are here there are also a number of of other questions with these super ers exactly how they're made up of the iraqi court of they have the sort of really thick layer of gas around them it wouldn't be earth like conditions at all but that said it doesn't make it impossible it might be not conducive to human life but that doesn't make it impossible to imagine other life forms developing there eric williams from our science desk fascinating stuff thank you. vaccination is one of the greatest successes of public health saving an estimated $2500000.00 lives every year a bax a nation rates are in decline leading to outbreaks of preventable diseases around the world it's a problem that will be addressed sedate by the global vaccination summit in brussels hosted by the european commission and the world health organization. not too long ago laughter filled this fisherman's family home in madagascar. but now
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the family is trying to cope with their grief they lost 3 children in january due to a measles infection they couldn't afford to vaccinate them. they had corn and it was all goes we'll but we didn't expect that they might die if they didn't get vaccinated that the fact that they were not vaccinated would kill them. madagascar is struggling to contain its worst outbreak of measles in decades amid a desperate shortage of vaccines the highly contagious illness increases susceptibility to other diseases and can cause blindness brain swelling and death so far over 1200 people have died in the epidemic most of them children. and madagascar is not alone worldwide many countries are reporting an unprecedented rise of measles many of these cases could have been easily prevented with vaccination but like madagascar are some countries simply don't have access to the
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vaccines they need. and in high income countries where they are available some people opt to not vaccinate themselves and their children. they wrongly believe that vaccines are harmful there are absolutely families communities people who are subject to misinformation they have the wrong information about not only the disease severity and the risks of disease they don't understand the truth of the matter but they also have misinformation about the effectiveness of vaccines and the safety of vaccines and we do see misinformation as an increasing threat. the so-called anti vax movement fears that vaccines are unsafe ineffective and produce serious side effects saying that they
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can even cause autism scientists say there is no evidence for any of that. yet the misinformation is gaining momentum on social media now health professionals and governments are looking for solutions including making vaccinations mandatory and imposing fines on parents who refuse in madagascar are over 7000000 children have been vaccinated in an emergency response parents here are happy that vaccinations are available again many know what losing a child to measles feels like and hope they never have to endure such grief ever again. and i am joined now by peter salaam of the deputy director of the world health organization he is at the global vaccination summit in brussels thank you for being with us and welcome to the program we've just heard that access to vaccinations is still a very big issue why can't access be guaranteed for everyone what are the
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challenges. but there are a range of challenges around $20000000.00 children we believe now missed out on lifesaving vaccinations around the world every year and of course in europe we talk a lot about vaccines hesitancy and vaccine misinformation and that's certainly a big issue here in europe and it's the reason why even european countries are seeing life threatening diseases like measles completely on this is fairly but around the world it goes beyond misinformation it's really about access to services basic services and we know that in countries for example affected by conflict people just don't have that access to basic services and that's one of the biggest reasons to day why we have these huge global disparities. we also have an increasing number of people who have access they decide against vaccination and we've seen the rise of the so-called anti backs movement for example just walk us through why this is happening. yeah well it's
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a range of issues i think it's it's really part of a much broader distrust that we see around the world in authority figures a distrust in science it is distrust in facts i don't really now having crucial consequences for children's lives before countries in europe for example last month would be classified as having eliminated measles greece. czech republic and also the u.k. because partly because of this movement so it's really a blind us to use the tools that we have for example working with social media companies such as pinterest and facebook and instagram to really make sure people have the right facts and are able to make informed decisions. and so now you have this summit the goal there to propel global action against the spread of vaccination misinformation how do you plan to do that.
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so really by by taking a really inclusive approach to this issue and starting with the consequences of not getting vaccinated this is nothing short of a life threatening. issue for children people tend to be very complacent. o.e.c.d. and western countries about vaccines because they haven't seen a lot of people dying but we know around the world in developing countries people are complacent because they know people that have died so really it's about ensuring that people have the right information and then very practical things so for example last week we announced a partnership with facebook instagram and interests so that when people look up information about vaccines they immediately link into world health organization information that's really based on science and facts and then globally really understanding that if most of the mortality and morbidity is concentrated in fragile states most of the deaths most of the onus we really have to focus on those
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countries where we have the least coverage of human ization so there are countries such as south sudan somalia central african republic nigeria see and if you take the sea for example despite all of the huge interest which is quite rightfully there we know that more children have actually died from aids was rather than from ebola in that country peter salama from the world health organization thank you so much. thanks for having me. when you're proud of what you have achieved in life sometimes you just want to shout it out from the rooftops and that's precisely what sound whole new home owners are doing in india's punjab state here's more on their crowning glory. a larger than life a bit bizarre and a little showy in this village in the indian state of punk job there are all kinds of statues including a tank. i can't group and there are many many arabs lines and it seems the bigger
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they are the better. the largest he rents it out as a party venue. he's loved plains ever since he migrated to england at the age of 16 . there he worked in a factory to earn enough money to build a villa back in punjab. we've been jobbies a famous for working hard. no matter where in the world we happened to be we're always successful and we like to show it everyone here is me for my success. those who still live here anyhow but there aren't too many left almost every rooftop statue represents a story of migration their owners left to look for a better life elsewhere and europe in the usa or for example
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many here dream of traveling hence the local love of their planes most people living in punjab are followers of the sikh religion even in the sikh temples there are plenty of model planes the faithful here pray for safety while travelling for family members already overseas. that what's the point of all these statues when no one's around anymore to see them send talks things wife by shan would rather be with their grandchildren in england. my husband has always done what he wanted to. i've always just followed his wishes. we come out here for a month or so twice a year. when the children and i say let's just stay in england he just doesn't listen. in a few days' time some talk sing will border a real airplane and head back to birmingham his rooftop plane will be empty again but remain a symbol of his financial success and of a life lived on 2 continents. a quick reminder of the top stories we've been
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following for you here on news beijing has summoned the german ambassador after the hong kong democracy activist joshua want met germany's foreign minister and bergland aging is accusing germany of meddling in its affairs and has warned that the meeting in berlin will her chinese german relations. up next it is complex zone with tim sebastian you're up to date on t w news i'm sarah kelly thanks for watching.
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the for. him to the conflict zone with tim sebastian. here in london it's still all about bricks of course johnson shut down the fractious and i. great column of my guest to this week is andrew bridge a conservative m.p. and leading critics are supposed to do boris johnson the amount of brave the loyal the condiment has put in front of him look so. he doesn't.
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turn a toxic. glyphosate person and damage claims were civilian law clinton they are known when they bought months out of. the agricultural giant from the us has a bad reputation and it's rubbed off on. conveyor months on a merger what are they still hiding. in 45 minutes on v.w. . it's time. to take one step further. and face the council. here on this side of love really time to search
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the unknown place and find for the true self the odd. time to overcome boundaries. and connect the world comes time for putting. the job it is coming up ahead. for minds. you like it that way the country divided from think she knows it to no not at all a ship of the european union to change its reason may have to deal wasn't perfect but it would have to live it perhaps and what will the sex tension a change what is another 3 months going to achieve here in london it's still all about bricks at 1st johnson has shut down a fractious and angry parliament but not before m.p.'s managed to do him.

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