the food clothes food clothes . food clothing. food. clothing. this is p.w. news live from berlin the largest climate protest the world has ever seen so say organizers as millions mobilize to protect the environment marchers and more than 150 countries to call on world leaders to do more also coming out to. us doesn't marco. doesn't believe.

and after marathon talks german chancellor angela merkel coalition government makes a breakthrough on a 50000000000 euro climate protection package that will be enough to satisfy people in the street and environmental activist. loaf oh. waiter welcome to the program. a day of worldwide protest to demand action on climate change is continuing with hundreds of thousands taking to the streets the movement started with kids skipping school on fridays and has grown to become a global force uniting both young and old we begin our reporting here in the german capital where organizers say an estimated 270000 people have converged on the

landmark brandenburg gate. it is a measure of life and death nothing less this is how many of those demonstrating here in berlin see it when it comes to global warming these protesters us standing on melting ice blocks. you know what i want to demonstrate so that things get better now and won't be destroyed and yes. she does i want things to change i want us to do more and talk less. this time it's not only the young protesting for more climate protection some proud their parents and grandparents people of all ages are demonstrating here in the heart of l.a. and they are asking the german government to really take measures against global warming but many here doubt that things would really change for the better. the german branch of the world wide for ideas for future movement has organized

this protest they're asking the german government to completely switch to renewable energy by 2035 and sure respect the goals of the paris agreement they're getting support from hundreds of entrepreneurs. entrepreneurs have to promote climate protection it isn't right that become police work out or backroom climate that won't change things this is about our children our grandchildren about my life. if i did business better if we focused on humans and the environment and not just profit. demonstrators here do not only ask businesses and the german government to do more they see climate change as a global phenomenon that has to be tackled internationally in a joint effort so there's no distance in germany but all over the world many things are going very wrong the classes are melting there will be more floods. many here say that germany has a rich and technically advanced country has to take the lead we got. climate

protection. oh my god. as the mass climate protest was underway in berlin germany is governing parties finalized a deal on a major climate protection package after a marathon overnight to go she actions chancellor angela merkel announced the details of the deal between her conservatives and their social democrat partners the deal includes incentives for buying electric cars and measures to help households transition away from using heating oil let's turn now to our chief political correspondent linda crane she is standing by for us in front of the chancellor in berlin where the marathon talks took place throughout the night and into the morning so melinda this is a breakthrough that's been reached bring us up to date on the latest. well it's called a climate package for good reason and it actually spans some 70 different measures in the areas of transport and the building sector with a total of value of 54000000000 euros over the coming years and the overall

aim of this package the chancellor said we should not see it as 70 different separate measures in fact it was a package that is all united by its basic aim of trying to nudge people in the direction of reducing consumption of fossil fuels and shifting toward climate friendly technologies so one key means by which this new package wants to do that is through a c o $2.00 pricing mechanism it would basically function as a kind of emission trading system with certificates they would be priced pretty low in the beginning but that the price would rise over time making especially diesel and gasoline more and more expensive starting after 2025 and combined with that specific measures for example to support electric vehicles to invest more in rail also in wind to ban oil burning furnace is after 2026

to impose new road charges on diesel trucks and also to make flying more expensive all of that the chancellor says will enable germany to meet its climate goals by 2030 namely a reduction of 55 percent over 1990 c o 2 emission levels here so there is a lot in this to examine but this coalition struggled for more than 18 hours to get this through why did it take so long what was at risk. well it seems there was disagreement 1st of all on how to introduce a pricing mechanism and at what level the carbon price should initially be said experts had said it needed to essentially be $35.00 euro as a tonne right from the beginning to have any effect on behavior this new mechanism will not be anywhere near that high in the beginning but will slowly scale up to

that the reason for that is many german manufacturers especially the auto industry and as you know that is a very major industry here in this country didn't want to see a high carbon price what they wanted to see was the support for climate friendly technologies like electric vehicles and those measures are also now included in this package and we're talking about 70 different measures what does this deal mean for your average german how is this going to affect everyday life no question germans will see prices of fossil fuels rise initially fairly gradually but nonetheless for those who drive a lot they will be feeling this in their in their household budgets and that's why all of those who introduced this new package today were very very clear in saying we are going to compensate those who bear the burden this is all about justice and we will for example give consumer computers extra tax breaks in order to compensate

for that our chief political correspondent melinda crane thank you so much. the day of action to protect the planet began in australia and the world of protests are still gaining momentum take a look. make love not plastic thousands tread the streets of warsaw as part of what's claimed to be the biggest global climate protest the world has ever seen. the global push to save the planet his history in the making with protesters demanding a better future for generations to come. in the irish capital dublin students skip school to join the global crisis change marching across the city in a unified call for action now. and

in sweden the same with parents allowing their children to step outside the school gates in stock home for a day of positive rather than climate change. this is the 1st time adults have joined the climate strikes on such a major scale with africa among those continent's most vulnerable to global warming climate change protests in kenya have an especially significant sense of urgency. climate change is real and it. doesn't matter. whether you're rich or. isolated. by. children in india have also had these heating teena activist latitude and it's running crying to take to the streets to fend off environmental disaster thank you but this is a fight this is going to impact every day for the rest of my life this is a fight i'm fighting for at the one i have had it will not be boiling over with

docs in stuff you know life i think your quit award which in which i will be able to be aided by things like millions of children around the world to the adults in power that calls when do we want to know what do we want. and let's hear more now from our correspondents who are reporting across the globe a one of the world's largest courted protests in history. it's colorful it's creative and it's huge this climate strike here in the german capital a felon organizers say that more than $80000.00 people have come to demonstrate in the streets of fairly when it kicked off with a huge concert just behind me in front of the brandenburg gate and now people are marching through the city what's different about today's strike is that there are

a lot of photos of you can see a lot of older faces as well because different actors from civil society churches trade unions even companies have called on their members and employees to join the strike today to urge the government to take action. on the people of cape town have been experiencing the impacts of climate change already last year cape town almost became the 1st big city in the world that ran dry because of a massive drop back then the water ration so we're down to 50 liters per person per day and although the situation has improved the down levels are now by about 80 percent of their capacity town planners in cape town are saying that also in the future there's going to be water scarcity is.

a lot of thousands of children teenagers and some parents have gathered it's a very loud a very positive vibrant atmosphere here lots of music not a fundie has made signs the message to the politicians is don't just focus on practice it's also focus on climate change. yeah i thought i was in capital a group of people including students who are skip classes out on the streets demanding action on climate change they're demonstrating in front of the ministry of open to face them housing and that's because this protest is intended to draw attention to india's rapidly growing cities which are reeling from extreme air pollution and heatwaves studies show that human induced climate activity please the big of all. the students here are demanding that policymakers take steps to cut

carbon emissions to move away from fossil fuels and police climate issues at the center of city planning policies to tackle what this is a climate to most of the. swedish teenager gratitude the founder of fridays for future is spearheading a rally in new york today to travel to the u.s. by sea for next week's un climate summit her efforts began as a one woman demonstration that has now energize young people around the world was by john doe why don't we wonder. why scientists environmentalism is asians and politicians have been trying for years to make the climate a matter of urgency in vain a 16 year old. has done it to him bird braved the open sea on a 2 week voyage of 40 yacht from europe to the u.s. to bring her message to the american president a self-proclaimed climate skeptic in person the media follow the trip closely. the

climate and ecological crisis is. crisis and the biggest crisis you minute he has had to face and if we don't manage to work together to cooperate and to work together despite our differences then we will fail so we need to. to stand together and support each other and to take action it all started about a year ago every friday connected to a protest in front of the swedish parliament and in so doing spark the fridays for future movement just a few months later the schoolgirl mobilized millions of people for the climate suddenly young people all over the world took to the streets like here in india. and mexico. or in australia. or in europe.

after her arrival in new york at the end of august 2 and back made it clear at a meeting with un general assembly president mary espinosa the she hoped the upcoming climate gathering would lead to concrete action. coming to be some kind of break. and. where people saw actual real life. and. so we have high expectations. and my mistakes. now turn back is counting on the support of her fellow campaigners all over the world and we'll continue to fight it out. and as we heard earlier the claim situation in africa is particularly urgent our correspondent adrienne crease caught up with some of the young protesters in the south african city of cape town . so we're here with the right no one south african students who came to a spot of the organizers of today's protests in cape town i ask why you today thank

you today because you're protesting for climate change you want climate action in south africa to stop when the governments you hear our voices wanting to take action against climate change do you think the government so far as we acknowledged the problem and done enough and he is not is the problem of. him doing to the strike cancer you think gave us a shout out but now it's kind of disappointing to see that he's not actually going to go to new you. for the united nations emergency climate emergency that just tells us that he does not care about this problem and it doesn't really care how much is affecting the people of south africa so the so not just one explanation of the speech of the nation address and you're talking of the president for some considerable post they gave us a sound out of the tsunami but is not going to anything since the south africa has been affected by this climate disaster we had a serious drought here in capetown do you think it's going to be worse in the future yes it's definitely going to be worse and the poor will be affected and they'll get even more when the vulnerable in our societies have become even more civilian effected by climate change generally speaking this continent is one of the most affected one we've seen a lot of climate disasters and was

a bigger cyclons for example yet we don't see such a massive crowd compared to other countries why do you think more people are going on the streets to protest i feel like most people don't understand climate change you don't really know if it's true or not and people who are people of color who live in poor disadvantaged communities they don't want to be here but they called because it's so far probably did live and the particular train is not really say so to test the funds to actually come in and support us when we know that they're also putting us back home thank you very much thank you. and that will bring you some of the other stories making news around the world at least 11 people have died in severe flooding in cambodia more than 10000 families were also forced to evacuate due to high waters days of heavy rain caused the new kong river to overflow submerging homes and crops officials say 11 provinces remain at risk of flooding as heavy rainfall is forecast until next week. british brags it minister stephen barclay says talks with the european union have gained momentum the e.u.

has demanded that britain put forward a written proposals on how it intends to avoid costly and time consuming checks at the irish border once northern ireland leaves the bloc along with the rest of the u.k. on october 31st. a court and moscow has ordered the release of an actor who was convicted for injuring in a police officer at an opposition protest. is one of several people who were jailed over a series of political protests but his arrest sparked public outcry in russia hundreds of people wrote open letters calling for his release. in the central african republic life for children has been shockingly difficult for years all too many have been forced to fight as child soldiers but there are some signs of hope in some parts of the country our next report looks at one effort to reach out to young people traumatized by violence. football training as a form of therapy john is just 13 years old but he's lived through terrible times.

i felt my father and mother and i can learn something here. john isn't his real name we won't identify him for his protection he was once a soldier obviously was called a child soldier and a project run by the aid group veld hunger literally world hunger help aims to help him and children like him. coaches and looks after the children not just during football practice he also visits them at home at 1st he said john constantly got into fights for john violence was normal based on his life as a child soldier. i didn't feel right unless i had a rifle in my hands sometimes we had to fight and sometimes only the older ones went to fight and we guarded our base when they returned we gave them food and water. and gave them drugs cannabis illegal substances so

they were prepared to do anything. john sr helped him escape the violence of his pre-teen years and i hope that his life changes now and that he gets back on the right path. well john embarks on a new life the circumstances of his younger days rage on in this part of banky the capital of the central african republic heavily armed u.n. peacekeepers patrolled the streets while most of the city is considered relatively safe this part of town is still controlled by a defiant militia. the conflict in the central african republic escalated more than 6 years ago and some 100000 christian and muslim rebels remain in the country the peace deal that was brokered remains fragile. people say it's a religious conflict muslims versus christians but really it's about politics. and children are living in the midst of this conflict ben is another struggling

with his own traumatic memories and 2013 rebels overran his district and burned down his home. ben's father was killed the residents didn't have the money to rebuild their houses. when i go to bed i still think about my dad he was a police officer well. his mother has to look after him and the children of relatives alone. it's very difficult you have to buy some things to survive but how can you when you have nothing. but ben is getting some help now not just football lessons the aid project also provides school lessons schools here were closed for a long time because of the conflict some still are coach rashad golic is trying to

build bridges between the mixed feed children he has received training in special therapy to help him. it's up to play football and the christians can do that just as well as the muslims we want to instill a sense of team spirit of solidarity among the children. that team spirit a normal life with laughter i am a life without my last. several. well here in berlin it's been a busy day aside from the climate protests writers from around the world are in the german capital for its international literature festival it's a chance for authors to give readings hold workshops and of course meet their biggest fans. celebration literature the international literature festival is happening now in the german capital can not only listen to those reading from their works but discuss all manner of topics with literature fans from all over the world

. there are 200 authors from 59 countries and someone from our team counted them when there are very many languages being spoken. there are also cross disciplinary events inspired by young adult literature. french author clementine birthday's coming of age story people it's for example gets a magical transformation courtesy of pupils from the berlin ballet school. to film i've never seen all the different chapters of the novel dance before brilliant. much travelled market martin is here with a very important book dissidents who wish to try some 20 leading dissidents who offered resistance against dictatorships of the right hand of the lift they told me about what happened without any sense of self-righteousness and they were also with

these stories and stories but rather the ones that continue on today in conflicts in which democracy is again under attack before strong messages and a lively stimulating atmosphere this is the international literature festival. and elsewhere in germany it's october fest various the biggest party starts on saturday the opening happens to coincide with byron munich hosting cologne in the bundesliga byron hope a party atmosphere will help them pick up the points cologne meanwhile are planning to head for a few beers at. after the game and some fans are not pleased. it wouldn't be october 1st without brian munich's obligatory pretty festival photo shoot it's an important time for the club as well as being a novelty for recent signings like felipe continue buy ins proud october 1st record previously on beating since 2010 was shattered last season with 2 defeats. factions hoping to rectify that and it wasn't using begin when it took

a fair start several on gets in the mood. you can't promise everything in life try to improve on last season. so for bass and it shouldn't be too difficult to do better than a draw and 2 losses c. but they were at school got the legendary beer festival actually starts in september to catch some warmer nights this year cologne are in town the carnival club no stranger to parties themselves their coach says they'll be joining in the october 1st. when news. does months in the. ask can you do something like play by this and then afterwards go to october 1st i say yes because it's a team event she's good at football. it can only be positive i will take the responsibility if it backfires in the end was that's raise some

eyebrows among clone fans but if their team can crash the bye and party with an away win and surely it would be deserving of. the rugby world cup has begun with a hard fought win for hosts japan in tokyo the game was preceded by a spectacular opening ceremony and russia threatened to upset the party by scoring an early try japan hit back though to record a 3010 victory in the pool a clash title holders new zealand meet fellow heavyweight south africa tomorrow. and a reminder of the top stories we're following for you rallies and strikes are taking place across the globe to call for a climate action demonstrators in some 150 countries want world leaders to do more to combat climate change ahead of a key u.n. summit next week. in berlin thousands have been demonstrating as chancellor merkel's coalition government works on a major package of climate protection initiatives they are expected to include

measures for a 0 emission electric vehicles and public transport. to washington news coming up next is g.w. news asia the problem of sexual abuse in bangladesh even trust says many students feel immense pressure not to report. and modeling in a grow to the world some chinese kids are being forced to leave their childhoods behind their pursuit of riches. all that and more coming up next with your best friend r.g. statement i thank you for sure. the

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