this is live from berlin young people keep up the pressure for action on the climate crisis doing this to wait. we are doing this to get them to act. we just south of cuba. following huge global demonstrations attended by millions. and other holding the 1st ever u.s. climate summit at the united nations. the german government gives its response from

chancellor angela merkel's coalition agrees on a 50000000000 euro climate protection package but protesting students say the plan is disastrous and fails to fix the crisis. and we're scenes of protests in egypt crowds returned to talk here square angry over claims of corruption against the president and military it's the 1st sign of public outrage. after a crackdown on dissent. thanks for joining us. protests to demand action on climate change and drawing huge crowds with an estimated $4000000.00 people taking part in demonstrations in almost every country around the world the movement started with children skipping school on friday and has grown into a global force uniting young and old and young people will 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 and well over a 100 countries some of the 1st rallies kicked off in australia. very run the front lines i mean change you know it's already happening it's not waiting for it to happen or you know a matter of if they're ready here. in new york thousands of students were permitted to skip school for the event. hello new york 6 sitting. seated 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. 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 changes the facts protesters in kenya highlighted their sense of urgency. climate change is real and it. doesn't matter. whether you reach.

that isolate. by. young people in india join the rallies in the hope that adults in power would listen to their appeals. that you know. this is a fight this is going to impact every day for the rest of my life this is a fight i'm fighting said the one i inherited will not be boiling over with dogs and stuff you know live fighting cooperate awards which in which i will be able to breed and not least in creative 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 merkel admitted the country will not

reach its climate goals in 2020 but said it will by 2030 the new measures include a charge on carbon dioxide emissions which may push up the price of petrol and oil the plane travel should become more expensive but transport costs will be lower for those using public transportation in train and green electricity development is to be stepped up. to talk more about this i'm joined by our chief political editor. we can i have to ask you sister kind of emergency action that millions of protesters around the world called for well this what i am we already got reactions for the climate fight is for future movement here and many basically said that this is not a breakthrough these $22.00 pages that i have here of this acts 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 coalesce and that we

have here saying that they lack moral responsibility on the issue of climate so resoundingly no 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 that climate x. inside say not with this plan it's too bitsy it's not the big breakthrough as in not enough bans on old technology in that and there's not enough the future to prove policy i'm going to machall also in that press conference said that whether you fulfill certain goals what x.e. those c.e.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 well 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 directing 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 cheshire both a book about climate change being existential threat. and then the big question is well why didn't she work in that direction more. she is essentially somebody who tackles crises when they emerged 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.

the 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 you also phase out nuclear power 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 targets for and that is an open question that we can answer right now debby's chief 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 is not planning to be telling it. 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 a political rival joe biden from says the allegations are partisan and unfounded. an unusual sight in egypt on friday night anti government 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 el-sisi who took power in 2013 the latest protests were prompted by allegations of corruption against and the military which the president has denied last night crowds gathered in cairo's tahrir square chanting leave sisi 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 with thanks 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 i've been factor and c.z. as well or in some cases paring down pictures or posters is easy. 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 on to the street risked a lot. to be clear again what specifically with

a protest. well we had chance against sisi personally demanding that he leave office as well as chance against his military led government you know what these protests are be hella geishas of corruption that you mentioned these came from a former military contractor called mohammad ali who is an exile in spain who incited people to protest to voice their feelings of frustration. you mention the fact that it's risky for these protesters so 2 part question here just how risky is aid and how did organizers get people on the streets. i'd suggest really risky people who in the past have been accused of organizing protests who seem to organize protests including known political activists who've been imprisoned for long periods allegations of torture and also imprisonment where they have no access

to their families or to the legal system in any way so the risks are extremely high for people. in terms of organization this was spurred by this contractor mohammed ali who's been. releasing the baby video for the past couple of weeks and then he recently for which to tell egyptians to call on egyptians to go out into the street after the end of a football match yesterday and he said peacefully make their voices heard and so the result was small groups of people seemingly unafraid to briefly express themselves despite the huge risk to going out into the streets for 1st time in many years. journalist michael seen in cairo thank you so much wolf. to the u.s. state of nevada now and a disappointment for people hoping to get a glimpse of extraterrestrial life a student had posted an event on facebook inviting people to storm the state

secretive area 51 military base which is long rumored to housed government secrets and u.f.o.'s and aliens well despite millions of facebook facebook and facebook indicating that they would join the raid the turnout didn't quite live up to the hype. there was some revelers a few outlandish costumes but just not many earthlings and definitely no flying sources at the perimeter fence of this remote military base after an overwhelming response on social media only a 100 people showed up there were true alien fire it's tough out there of that incredible you wouldn't believe it and if you. believe are there are only there are. but far from catching a glimpse of each seat the much hyped raid was what some call to go is wanted to see the most we came out to see the dumb people make

a run for it. why would you ever miss this a bunch of random people in weird costumes standing outside of a government base. why would you want to miss that that's a one more lifetime experience. the u.s. air force around top the security around area $51.00 ahead of the event it's the nevada test and training range where it tests spy planes and trains start the site was so secret that the u.s. government took until 2013 to admit it even existed. just a few people were detained and at the end of the night aliens were freed the secrets that area $51.00 holds all still. london raps scenes like the truth stand out back. this is g.w.

our top story millions of people around the world have taken part in rallies calling for governments to act on the climate crisis organizers described it as the largest climate protest the world has ever seen and action will continue today with the youth climate summit at the he went. meanwhile germany's coalition government has finalized 50000000000 euro climate pact protections package you're watching. it's time to take one step further and face the. time to search the house no matter for the 1st. time to overcome the triggers and connect the world it's time for him to tell him. coming up ahead of us.