Skip to main content

tv   DW News  Deutsche Welle  September 21, 2019 10:00pm-10:16pm CEST

10:00 pm
live around the world. meeting urgent assistance and. family starts october on. this is day to be news live from delhi and young people gather at the united nations for a dialogue on climate change the making comes a day off to many who took to the streets to rally against global warming and on the same day as volunteers around the world take on plastic waste also coming out to. small protests flare up in hong kong police fired tear gas and angry crowds
10:01 pm
cheering and now the weekend of pro-democracy protests had killed almost also fly as passions resume launched know the train security forces and demonstrators and. libya's downs' flowing in munich has all tucker says 29 tame gets underway millions of visitors are expected to join the world's biggest failure during the next 2 weeks. i'm a backer is as welcome to the program. these leaders are gathering at the united nations in new york for an unprecedented crisis meeting on climate change on friday 4000000 people across the globe took part in the world's biggest ever rally calling for radical climate protection among them was greater to. the young woman who started
10:02 pm
the fridays for future demonstrations in her home country sweden even a year ago she was one of nearly 100 young people at the summit it's a chance for them to meet decision makers like u.n. leader antonio good tears and head of a major human meeting this monday to spoke at the opening of the summit and praised everyone who took part in the global protests yesterday millions of people across the globe. marched and demand those real climate action especially young people. we showed that we we are united and that we young people are unstoppable. alexander phenomena spoke with another one of these activists attending the climate summit at the un. we are here at the u.n. headquarters in new york and i have with me it's who is a claimant activist from germany thank you for being here with us so you're
10:03 pm
participating in this summit what are you trying hoping to achieve so i feel like the most important thing that we are hoping to achieve is to get the message out that we need to walk the talk and not just talk the talk like our government. the only do so we are gathered here with a 1000 young people we want to build a network who want to share inspiration for actions that can be taken but also ensure that we send out a huge masses to the climate summit on monday that we expect our leaders to to declare a climate emergency and act accordingly talking about leaders who are dealing with leaders such as donald trump who says that he doesn't believe that climate change is manmade and permanent so what can you do to press leaders like him to really act and tackle the issue vote accordingly i mean young people might not be the majority in the voting age groups but we still have an insane power if we all go to the
10:04 pm
polls if we and we've seen that in the european election right young people voting so green that our governments feel you know push to actually think about the topic and if not act accordingly so we need to vote we need to go to the streets we need to strike and we need to be vocal in the digital media and that's and i by then we can show how much we care about the issue and how much we expect our politicians to act accordingly. and while politicians and activists in new york discuss possible solutions to climate change volunteers around the world are cleaning up plastic waste as part of the global cleanup day volunteers have been removing plastic from parks beaches and rivers the organizers say the campaign not only helps the environment but also creates public awareness. even if you're in some of beijing's greenest places you'll still find garbage within a stone's throw of the mountains there's a large amount of plastic waste it's a huge problem everywhere but it's particularly acute in southeast asia. but.
10:05 pm
we want more people to understand that environmental protection concerns them directly they can take part through very small actions it doesn't take much. more in the case hanging. in vietnam thousands are also taking part in world cleanup day let's do it a global foundation organized the world wide event it especially wants to draw attention to the vast amounts of plastic pollution because the numbers are dramatic there are more than $8000000000.00 tons of plastic waste in the world most of which ends up in landfills and much of it in rivers and off towards the sea according to a u.n. report only 9 percent of plastic is recycled. the philippines is one of the worst polluters in terms of plastic waste but people are also cleaning up there today. really. of course it makes me feel awful to be here and see all this garbage but this is the result of filipinos.
10:06 pm
at least we're here now to correct all the mistakes from the past but. this is a global problem waste is often exported from industrial western countries to southeast asia for processing but until a long term global solution is found be it biodegradable or reusable packaging seems like this is set to continue despite the efforts of volunteers. as to hong kong now way. ashes broke out again on saturday during another weekend of pro-democracy protests police trying to disperse several 1000 people using tear gas and branching firearms the marches started pace fully missions soon broke out. the . scene such as these are becoming all too familiar tear gas fills the air as police and protesters clashed in hong kong streets road satellite the 2 sites have been facing off every weekend for 4 months what started as anger over
10:07 pm
a proposed extradition law has grown into a wider movement calling for greater democracy protesters were arrested outside a real we station in sight people were marking 2 months since activists were violently beaten in a more botak there the. month. after a largely peaceful march airlie or in the day clashes then drew a cage between police and a group of hardcore activists the day even strangers 3 petrol bombs from behind their barricades in a separate incident walls of antigovernment messages were torn by these so-called lenin walls have become something of an emblem for the demonstrations which have been held every weekend for the last 16 weeks. protests leaders have dubbed this hong kong summer of discontent and although the numbers at the protests are dwindling those attending are just as passionate as ever. because
10:08 pm
you know i'm happy to have my. face of the national power and north pole in charge we did not bring these markets back to africa but the right. approach and more chrissy activists are looking for a show of solidarity from the west's and are calling for the international community to support them and stand with hong kong. correspondent mathias billing is in hong kong and sent us this update on the latest round of clashes. both sides are really on the brink of the nerves we are seeing the police getting provoked easily and the protesters expecting something to happen so some of them come prepared with petrol bombs and other gear to the demonstrations and
10:09 pm
anything that happens then a warning by the police an announcement to disperse the crowd inevitably leads to violence. now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world in the netherlands parachutists have taken center stage at a ceremony commemorating one of the biggest allied operations of the 2nd world war in september 19th 443-5000 paratroopers landed in on their goal was to try to capture key roads and bridges from the nazis. the so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility for a bomb blast on a minibus in iraq that killed 12 people and wounded 5 others the explosion near the shiite shrine city of karbala was one of the biggest since the iraqi government declared highest defeated in the country 2 years ago. foreman is in president of the d.n.a. ben ali has been buried in the saudi holy city of medina and ben ali was the 1st leader to be toppled by the arab spring protests in 2011 he said to saudi arabia
10:10 pm
where he lives in exile until his death on thursday. security forces have been deployed to central cairo after a rare anti-government protests broke out friday evening in the egyptian capital as well as other cities demonstrators called on president abdel fattah el-sisi to step down amid allegations of widespread corruption. thank you yeah yeah she's saying don't be scared she has to go the message from hundreds of protesters in and around tahrir square in cairo egypt calling on president abdel fattah el-sisi to step down. that that yeah. these demonstrations are a rarity in today's egypt sparked by appeals shared on social media to take to the streets in opposition to government corruption and oppression i think that since l.c.c. was elected he's consolidated his power and acted an unprecedented crackdown imprisoning
10:11 pm
fountains of political islamists secular opposition figures and popular bloggers this is the 1st major protest against l.c.c. in. which demonstrators have defied a ban on public protest. according to reports security forces have been quick to disperse crowds with tear gas 55 people have so far been officially arrested but reports suggest the initial mention is not abating . and some sports now and in german football shell could kept up their revival under new coach david wagner as they beat months 21 in friday's bundesliga game the pick of the goals came in the 89th minute i mean i read curling the ball home to see the points that strike it home to certainly victory in a row and continues their ascent to worlds the top of the table. now let's take a look at the win as a result so far this weekend leipzig got an easy win against braman new nick waltz
10:12 pm
past cologne leave it who's in between you and then well her to believe defeated possible on friday. the spoils in those shelters win against mines on friday on sunday battle dusseldorf well frankfurt face dortmund and monday sees vols take on hoffenheim. and out for a quick look at the bundesliga standings after saturday's results leipzig hangs on to into 1st on the 1st place followed now by by in munich at least until dortmund play tomorrow in the bottom half had to jump from dead last out of the relegation zone which is now occupied by cologne lines and had a ball on. well one of the world's biggest parties is now underway in new nick more than 6000000 people are expected to attend october fest during the next 2 weeks level as began arriving on saturday morning to get one of the few states. to dash
10:13 pm
for the tents when the doors opened at this year's october fest just minutes later 120000 seats have been filled among those gearing up for the festivities protesters fresh from friday's for future work generation that's taking to the streets we're not afraid to make our voices heard and i think we can also sit down and enjoy a beer that's a vision thing. but only after a 3 hour way use the 1st keg wasn't tapped until midday as is the tradition every year. alternatives to munich america hosting to a peaceful festival climates also on the agenda as october fest which has been powered by green energy since 2012 and more and more tents are becoming climate neutral every year. so to get there we have a point system to decide which businesses are allowed to take part in october 1st and we work a lot of points to businesses focused on sustainability. when it comes to food old
10:14 pm
classics are still on the menu roast chicken sausages and. but me for you alternatives are increasingly popular. reasons to put the superfood theme is in especially salads with nuts flowers and forage greens that will definitely be the trend this year. until washed down with a vegan bear the way it has been brewed for over 500 years under the german beer purity law. oh fans of the cape crusader have been celebrating batman say by watching the bat signal being beamed into night skies around the world like here in tokyo. the iconic signal summons the superhero in the comic book series which is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year batman since going into
10:15 pm
a multi $1000000000.00 global franchise with characters like catwoman and the joker getting their own successful spin offs you're watching deja vu news live from berlin next in world stories more than 1000000 row hinges lives in camps in bangladesh with smugglers and desperation force women into prostitution we'll have more news headlines coming for you at the top of the hour i'm rebecca rate is in berlin thanks for to. be adventurous of the famous naturalist and explorer. too soon to bring to public some dough from him books for 250. discovery. expedition one boy. the fall of the
10:16 pm
berlin wall began long before nov 19th a time. we visit the heroes of eastern.

25 Views

info Stream Only

Uploaded by TV Archive on