this is deja vu news to live from berlin young people keep up the pressure for action on the climate crisis. is to wake up we are doing this to get them just last. week to serve a safe. following huge global demonstration. and others are holding their 1st ever youth climate summit at the united nations. the german government gives its response its chancellor angela merkel's coalition agrees on

a $15000000000.00 euro climate protection pact but protesting students say the plan is disastrous and fails to fix the crisis. and we're scenes of protest in egypt crowds returning to tell their square the over claims of corruption against the president and the military it's the 1st sign of public outrage in years safdar crackdown on dissent. i'm michael okwu thanks for joining us protests to demand action on climate change have drawn huge crowds with an estimated $4000000.00 people taking to the streets in cities around the world a movement that started with children skipping school on fridays as grown into a global force uniting young and old and young people we keep up the pressure today

holding the 1st ever youth climate summit at the united nations in new york. they're the largest climate protests the world has ever seen that's what organizers have been calling friday's wave of strikes for the planet. student demonstrators took to the streets in well over a 100 countries some of the 1st rallies kicked off in australia. in the quarry run the front lines climate change you know it's already happening it's not waiting for it to happen or you know a matter of time it's already here. in new york thousands of students were permitted to skip school for the event. hello new york city. treated to the 16 year old swedish activists who seen as the initiator of the climate strikes movement addressed cheering crowds.

we will not just stand aside and watch we are united behind the science and we will do everything in our power to stop this crisis from getting worse of the. in thailand hundreds of young protesters stormed the environment ministry dropping to the ground to play dead. with africa among the continent's considered most vulnerable to climate change is the facts protesters in kenya highlighted their sense of urgency. climate change is real and it. doesn't matter. whether you are. isolated. young people in india join the rallies in the hope that adults in

power would listen to their appeals. 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 world i heard it will not be boiling over with dogs and stuff you know live fighting colquitt all wars which in which i will be able to breed. and not least in today's own country sweden thousands turned up in the capital stockholm to heed the young activists rallying cry which has now been heard around the world. cities across germany have also seen mass protest organizers said more than a 1000000 turned out to demand action on climate change meanwhile german chancellor angela merkel's government has responded by announcing a 50000000000 euro climate protection plan but the package is already facing fierce

criticism with activists saying it fails to adequately address c o 2 emissions the new measures include a charge on carbon dioxide emissions which may push up the price of petrol and oil heating but transport costs will be lowered for those using public transport and train well plane travel should become more expensive and green electricity development is to be stepped up. to talk more about this i'm joined by our chief political editor michaela couth no we can't i have to ask you sister kind of emergency action that millions of protesters around the world called for well this what is now a and we already got reactions for the climate fight it's the future movement here and many the base is said that this is not a break through these $22.00 pages that i have here of this axe of plan of the german government and also greenpeace and many actually condemned this accusing the so-called grand coalition because that's the product of this coalition that we have

here saying that they lack moral responsibility on the issue of climate so over sounding know from all climate activists here and me now under the plan germany wants to meet its goal of reducing greenhouse emissions by 2030 is that achievable well depends on who you ask the experts now or the climate x. inside say not with this plan it's too bitsy it's not the big breakthrough with as and. not enough bans on old technology in there and there's not enough the future to prove policy i'm going to magical also in a press conference said that whether you fulfill certain goals what actually those c o 2 emissions are in the end depends on so many fact is that it's simply not possible to pin it down right now so the both the short answer is yes it would be achievable but the big an open question still is whether this plan will be enough to do that germany was once

a front runner in climate action in fact it made headlines for it essentially coming up with a plan to completely reduce fossil fuel altogether chancellor merkel was even called the climate chancellor but it's clearly made a point of racketing down its ambitions why has it lost its lead. well there's a couple of fact is it's true i'm going to machall she's been in power for 14 years now almost and she framed herself right at the beginning she actually wrote a book about climate change being existential threat. and then the big question is well why didn't she work in that direction more. see is essentially somebody who tackles crises when they emerge there was the financial crisis there was the migration crisis and we shouldn't underestimate that the amount of political traction the issue of climate got just over these past 12 months because of greece or tune back and people actually taking this to the streets so what we're seeing

happening here right now is politicians responding to pressure from the streets and what we have in our hands right now is the political compromise that was possible that's what i'm going to machall stressed so essentially says she's somebody who responds to crisis she also phased out nuclear power much earlier than she wanted and that created another big problem in actually achieving goals the open question now is is this the attempt that will make germany's own targets for and that is an open question that we can answer right now. political editor mikhail accrue from the thanks so much you're welcome. now to some of the other stories making news around the world washington says it will deploy more troops and military equipment to saudi arabia following attacks on the country's oil infrastructure last weekend the u.s. and saudi governments are blaming iran for the strikes but tehran denies involvement

the u.s. says it will it is not planning to retaliate. but president donald trump has rejected u.s. media reports about his alleged misconduct and intelligence whistleblower reportedly claim that trump had pressured ukrainian authorities to investigate the son of political rival joe biden trump says the allegations are partisan and unfounded. afghanistan's president ghani has pledged security reforms to prevent civilian casualties in the war against militants it follows a taliban truck bomb attack on a hospital and a mystery at the u.s. drone strike that killed civilian workers in a field rather than the intended islamic state at least 69 people were killed in the incidents. an unusual sight in egypt on friday night antigovernment protesters taking to the streets of cairo alexandria and other cities such demonstrations have become very rare in egypt following

a crackdown on dissent under president a c.z. who took power in 2013 the latest protests were prompted by allegations of corruption against l.c.c. and the military which the president has denied last night crowds gathered in cairo's tahrir square chanting the c.z. police broke up the event with tear gas and made several arrests. with michael sam is a journalist covering the middle east from cairo and joins us now on the line rethinks for joining us what have you seen and heard about these protests. well we saw some evidence including video evidence of protests in downtown cairo in cairo as to her the square that you mentioned in the port cities of alexandria and suez and also rural areas like i'm yet to someone or hala that these protests took the form of small groups of people chanting for the fall of the regime and against

president of the faculty see as well as in some cases paring down pictures or posters assisi. and these were pretty small but quite significant protests given that demonstrations are essentially in legal in egypt and so those people that turned out onto the street risked a lot. to be clear again what specifically with a protest. well we heard chance against sisi personally demanding that she leave office as well as chance against his military led government you know what these protests are be allegations of corruption that you mentioned these came from a former military contractor called mohammed ali who is in exile in spain who incited people to protest to voice their feelings of frustration. you mention the fact that it's risky for these protests and so 2 part question here just how risky

is it and how did organizers get people on the streets. dreamy risky people who. have been used over i think protests were seen to organize protests including known political activists have been imprisoned for a long period allegations of torture and also imprisonment where they have no access to their family or to the legal system in any way to the we dream lehi for people. in the organization. by this contractor mohammed ali who has been releasing ukraine videos for the past week haven't he recently for which to cowichan to call on egyptians to go out into the street off to the end of the football match up today and he said peacefully make and. the result was small groups of people seemingly unafraid to briefly express themselves

despite the huge risk. going out into the streets the 1st time in many years. journalist michael seen in cairo thank you so much for that in football shaka kept up the revival of david wagner when they hosted mines in friday friday's been easily a game. put shaka ahead in the 1st half with his 2nd goal of the season kareem. replied for minds to make it 11 but had the last word i mean i read scored a late winner to chalk up shockers 3rd consecutive league victory. the rugby world cup has begun with a hard fought win for japan in tokyo they game was preceded by a spectacular opening ceremony but then russia threatened to upset the party by scoring an early try the who's had back though to record

a 3010 victory in the pool a clash saturday sees holders new zealand meet fellow heavyweights south africa. finally what said to be the crowning glory on one of the world's most famous churches the team working on barcelona sagada familia have unveiled at 4 pinnacles which will sit upon the central towers of the cathedral there are 4 of them one for each of the chief riders of the bible's new testament is scheduled to be installed by 2021 but the lotus of god familia has been under construction for over 130 years its current architects are aiming to finish it in the coming decade. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you millions of protesters around the world have rallied calling for action on climate change ahead of a key u.n. summit demonstrators in some 150 countries have demanded that the world leaders do

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