i am. this is the news coming to you live from berlin young climate activists are returning to the streets great attorney reds of fridays for future movement stages another day of march is wrong the wads but you recon from the biggest mass protests in history and one leaders any closer to delivering on a sea change. coming up of gun song prepares for a presidential election overshadowed by a solid and taliban violence. threatening to disrupt the vote with suicide bombings

and rocket attacks. and the u.s. president abused his power and the white house covered it up accusations of a whistle blow up whistle blower by their very act of coming forward to show more dedication to country more of an understanding of the presence of oath of office. from the president himself. democrats work to build an impeachment case against donald trump and supporters it's a gorgeous to be called. hello and welcome to you i'm under. fridays have become have come to be linked with climate change demonstrations and more protests are being held around the wide tens of thousands of students have crowded into public spaces in new zealand and they've

been joined by parents and grandparents in what's being billed as the country's 1st intergenerational strike purchase always under way in south korea where hundreds of students boycotted their classes and rallies in the capital of seoul to demand what will lead that world leaders take immediate action on climate change. in germany almost one and a half a 1000000 people took to the streets across the country last recording for climate action today they are out in force again and because hans brand is at a protest right here in the german capitan welcome hans like you in the midst of the protests tell us what's happening there and how big are these protests today ah . well frankly here in berlin at the moment the protests on very big a troll if you compare it to the 270000 people that were on the streets last week this is a really a trickle it's. probably

a couple of 100 people have arrived so far here at the moment but i think what has happened here is that there has been a week of action climate action called for by this friday for future movement and in some countries the big day was a week ago last week friday in other countries the big there is today here in germany the big day was last week friday today there are protests planned in about 70 thirtieth's around germany but it looks like the number of people that are going to attend these demonstrations is going to be nowhere as large as a week ago and i guess the weather may have something to do with that as well but we know that a greater tearing birds passionate speech at the united nations a galvanized public opinion at the time do you think it's also added some amount of momentum to the way the fight is for future movement is going. it's i think what you can say is that the kind of anger that greater turn back and

expressed in her speeches are about the fact that previous generations current governments have not been doing very much at all or have been in the views of these young people not being doing enough at least to address the issue of climate change that anger can also be felt amongst people here in germany amongst demonstrators here in germany if you talk to the people that are attending this rally behind me there is a strong feeling that things need to move a lot faster that. this kind of sense of betrayal by the parent generation as you as you might call it is very present amongst the people here and i might say even our team we arrived here in a normal car and we was criticized for driving a car using petrol so. the pressure really is on i think you can say. obviously the the young are keeping a very close watch on what the older generation is doing exactly a week ago today on friday the german government presented

a climate package immediately you had environmentalist some of them say it was completely inadequate but how is this friday's for future one reaction to the proposes. very acting i think one can say with anger to those proposals you might even say with a kind of disdain saying that after many many years of talking about climate change and quite substantial announcements before this actual package was announced substantial promises as it were the packers comes nowhere close to meeting the demands of meeting the hopes of the younger generation but i can also see that reflected in the most recent opinion polls are much german voters which have shown that the green party is again almost the biggest party in germany pushing in the more established parties into the background cons found in the midst of a climate change protests in berlin thank you very much for that.

now staying with the environment in russia ranks as the world's 4th biggest polluter but the huge climate change protest scene globally last week well not matched in russia only a few 100 demonstrators took to the streets there and a handful of cities in the cabinet in moscow want to test it has been going it alone i reporter in the show and caught up with him. he may be part of the global movement but in russia he's often on his own shock mikey has been making his solo stands for climate awareness every friday since march his sign reads strike for climate the 25 year old wants more people to join russia's friday for future movement but he's up against 'd the authorities they regularly refuse his attempts to register mass rallies in moscow but his one man protests don't need a permit he says the police are never far away. so just the opening by i'm not

scared anymore. there are other fears. responsibility for what's happening and i'm more angry than scared now i'm angry that we can't take to the streets like the people in europe because it's really important for us to all go out together and i know that i can't change everything alone i am angry at the politicians who are infringing our right to protest but over. ashok says there's not much reporting about environmental issues in russia he tells people about climate change whenever he can but not everyone is concerned. they say it's getting more then sometimes it gets colder they say that's the same thing it's hard for me to understand when you will know it will be then used to be worried about an environmental issues but the new generation is more conscious and they want their children to grow up in a cleaner place. for the environment so that the planet doesn't drive and garbage.

every day issues like trash management have made more people concerned about the environment in russia even outside the capital there have been large protests across the country against garbage dumps including near the northern city of. going to russian president vladimir putin has recently changed his rhetoric on climate change and finally signed the paris agreement to limit global warming. when it comes to the environment of the climate things keep getting worse if we don't do anything then fast paced technological development will only intensify the whole range of environmental challenges we're facing including climate change in the depletion of natural resources. a shock once more than just words from the russian government for global climate action week he has helped organize demonstrations around russia a handful of young people are taking turns striking in moscow thinks even small

protests are worth it. i know. but i'm fighting for my future as well for example what's the point of having children if it's not clear what the state of the planet will be and the nature around us is being destroyed if we don't fight now we won't have a future we don't have a choice. is convinced that the tide is turning in russia but until others join him he plans to keep up his lone protests for the planet. after months of delays and uncertainty afghanistan is set to vote in its 4th presidential election on saturday security is still a major concern amid threats by the taliban to disrupt the vote with surfside bombings and rocket attacks afghan officials say they've taken elaborate security measures deploying more than 100000 troops and police to guard polling stations but they're still fears that violence in this weekend's election could deepen political instability and undermine peace talks on the eve of the ballot let's take

a look at security precautions being put in place to safeguard the vote. it's scenes like this that the afghan government is desperate to avoid on election day the security plan to protect voters at polling stations was 8 months in the making but violence is just one of the challenges facing the officials organizing the elections 5 years ago allegations of systematic fraud marred the last one abdullah abdullah the man who lost to the current president ashraf ghani then is still his main contender now but. with all our strength we will prevent any kind of fraud in the selection at the last election i said we won't accept any government based on fraud but it happened because afghanistan was facing multiple threats time at the start of withdrawal of foreign troops the rise of islamic states and also the taliban have an upper hand. to fight electoral fraud around 100000 election

observers will monitor the nearly $5000.00 polling stations across the country but they will be allied to candidates. one 3rd of the afghan defense forces will be on hand but that is still not enough some polling stations will stay shut because the army cannot protect them voters are worried both about their personal safety and fair elections. we all participate in the elections and large numbers of iraqis the government that it will provide us with security and she was the terms parents of the election was. actually the taliban thrusting us all the time to stop us from participating in these elections that threaten us every day but despite this i believe most people will focus and the elections to defend democracy. but of a mix of. protecting both voters' lives and democracy is a tall order for a government in a country where violent militants control or are active in almost half of the

territory. joining me now from kabul is journalist. in the cost of gone voters were not deterred by threats of violence by the taliban will it be the same this time where people go out and vote tomorrow. so i've been time to a lot of people about this over the last few days and people in the major cities who like called a lot of wild in the east they're saying that if they feel safe in the city. they will go out there they will try to go out and vote those who are adamant vote. there thing we have to remember is that there are areas of the country where it's almost impossible for people to vote there even districts in kabul where it's just too risky there's too much of a taliban presence for people to be able to go safely to a polling station and cast a ballot so these kinds of questions are going to come up and the other issue is

that if you look at the election so far from literally the 1st day of the election right up until now there have been constant attacks on. election gatherings on candidates on. campaign events and so you know these sorts of things are really. adding to the fear amongst the people because the taliban have been very adamant this time that they will absolutely. you know sort of target this entire process and i think it will really come down to what it looks like across the country tomorrow so that elections are taking place in a very vague tense atmosphere is what he is saying now what the leading contender as is the president of gandhi lucky to be reelected or is it facing stiff opposition. he's definitely spacing a much more concerted opposition and i feel like his team would have imagined in the beginning of the election you know he's definitely seeing his chief executive

of a lot of the law gain a lot of momentum. but of course they're both saddled with this idea of the unity government they both agreed to you know that the package before me to allusion to all of the problems of the last election and the fact that they reach a unity government which led to the creation of the chief executive office and president and even declared the president without official numbers actually being published these are issues that they'll have to keep facing right up until that hand and these are things that you know they really have to try and answer for and to try and correct against and weeks seen that with dr after lot of the chief executive by specially basing his campaign on insulting the president and accusing him of any number of things as a way of trying to distance himself from him and we've seen the president stay away from dipping it's you know there are 2 debates so far he hasn't shown up to a single one of the kind of these elections also come shortly after peace talks between the u.s. and taliban a broke off one of the that is that

a factor in these elections. it was a huge factor because because you know if you talk to anybody up until september 8th so up until it's a september 7th anybody in the country they would ask is there going to be an election. and as soon as donald trump went on his sort of like twitter tirade saying he absolutely refuses to talk with all of our that was when it became clear to the avalon people and to all of the candidates you know starting on september 8th is when each candidate really pushed their election campaign into overdrive posters started going up in more places banners went up advertisements were all over the television they started traveling to the provinces and making a parents and as i said staging debates and in giving interviews and things like that whereas before it was relatively quiet was actually very quiet and it was very quiet compared to previous elections so it sort of peace talks the cancellation of them made sure that there would be an election. in kabul on the eve of presidential

elections in afghanistan thank you very much you. let me have bring you up to date with some other stories making news around the wild the british oil tanker seized by iran in the strait of hormuz 2 months ago has left the iranian ports where it and its crew were being detained the stand not in peril was taken by iran's revolutionary guard to reeks after an iranian tanker was seized by britain that ship was released in august. saudi arabia says it is to start offering turns to visas for the 1st time as part of the leadership's push to diversify its oil based economy the ultra conservative kingdom will initially allow holiday makers from $49.00 countries. previously only granted for short term business trips religious pilgrimage for travelers with family in the country. hewas president or a tramp as lashed out at the democrats impeachment inquiry describing it as

a disgrace and seeking ways to end it the whistleblower complaint against him has now been released in it an unnamed intelligence officer alleges that donald trump urged ukraine's president to investigate joe biden mr trump's leading democratic rival in next year's election and the complaint goes on to accuse the white house of suppressing the details of that phone call. defiant as ever u.s. president donald trump slams team pietschmann inquiry as another attempt by democrats to get him. it's a disgrace to our country it's another which charge here we go again what these guys are doing democrats are doing to this country isn't a straight and it shouldn't be allowed they should be a way of stopping it may be legally through the courts now video has emerged of trump discussing the whistleblower leading to how spies used to be executed by the

us critics have blasted there are marks as witness intimidation. these are the reasons. we need to be. more. interested. in. a phone call between trump and ukrainian president blow them is that is what triggered the whistleblowers complained it's accuse trump of pushing selenski to investigate his leading democratic rival in the 2020 us presidential election joe biden and his son things live this monday house intelligence committee chair adam schiff subpoenaed u.s. spy chief joseph mcgwire to make him explain why he initially hadn't passed the whistle blower's letter to the committee that whistleblower by their very act of coming forward and showing more dedication to country more of an understanding of the president's oath of office than the president himself. in the tense committee

hearing mcguire defended consulting the white house before releasing the whistleblowers reports the director of national intelligence according to the complaint senior white house officials try to lock down all details of the phone call between trump and selenski democrats said this reeks of a cover up the complaint reports a quote repeated abuse of an electronic records system designed to store a classified sensitive national security information which the white house used to hide information of a political nature this is a cover up. that is a cover up. away from the theory in congress at the white house president trump met with police sheriffs' he was that a highlight his credentials on crime as the us again debates whether the president himself has broken the law. so you can see it's of

a big story in the u.s. but how is ukraine reacting to it joining me now is the ws nick connelly he is in the ukrainian capital of kiev welcome nic now why is that ukrainian media reacting to this story and covering it. it off never to well all that outrage all those heights and political passions do seem a very long way away here in kiev it is obviously being covered but the main reaction you get especially when you look at the comments is the museum and suddenly ukraine is being dragged into the center of this internal us partisan battle on capitol hill and i think there is growing understanding of the dangers of this for ukraine tourney ukraine into a toxic issue. in the u.s. for the u.s. political elites but i think there's very little surprise or shock at the idea that a president could mix diplomatic government business with his own party political interests that is something that people here in ukraine are used to from their own

politicians i can only your know about and kind of you know kind of awesome selves where this is going to go and what this really means for ukraine according to the mantel of the phone call between trump and. several times to investigate joe biden and his son do we know whether any investigations of a guy john are ongoing gone. well in which as far as we understand there are no official investigations yet but that doesn't have to be the full picture there may be informal investigations informal contacts going on i think it's difficult to imagine this conversation on its own i think it forms part of a big dialogue between the lenski and mr ation and trump and his team more specifically rudy giuliani the former new york mayor and trump's personal lawyer who it's understood met with people from zilinskas team indirectly or directly several times. i think one thing that the ukraine side will be very careful to try

to push for and i think he said that in that call he it would be in his interests if the u.s. made an official request for information or for an investigation that would then allow him to put it through to be wrecked bureaucratic machinery and not create the impression of taking sides or doing some underhand favor for the trump ministration that congress has accused the trump administration of delaying a 250000000 military aid package how important is the u.s. and the aid it's providing for ukraine. or that u.s. help the ukraine is crucial especially since in recent times the u.s. has begun to seoul become begun to sell ukraine lethal weapons javelin missiles which are you would be used as a kind of final defense protect ukraine the case of a russian intervention there not being used car in so that the military side is the financial side and special time where lots of european countries notably france all

thinking out loud about. relations with putin's russia maybe easing sanctions that steadfast u.s. support is crucial i think that explains why you had that token kind of flattery and phoning you saw in the cold selenski telling trump that he agreed with him not just 100 percent but a 1000 percent saying he too wants to drain the swamp here in kiev and also point out that he had stated a trump hotel when he was in new york so that really is his job to make the best relations he can with trump and as we've seen with trump in recent years that is based on personal friendship and flattery and that kind of falling nicolas connelly in care thank you very much. hong kong's chief executive carrie lamas met with for democracy activists for the 1st time since mass protests erupted in june and faced a barrage of criticism citizens accused her of ignoring months of protests calling for democratic reforms in the same

e autonomy's chinese territory. after 4 months of being ideologically opposed on different sides of the same city carry law marched forward to face a small selection of the protesters inside the sign or the tory. no matter how difficult it is my colleagues and i think that it's time to start a direct dialogue you know i need someone because in the last 3 months i'm sure no matter what political stance you hold. you must be feeling very sad a worried or angry. a tightly regulated town hall style of in seoul $150.00 protesters selected at random to be in the audience a further 30 were selected to take the mike and personally addressed the c.e.o. despite the filtration of the audience a common thread floaters. but yeah i like i will say go go on that

you know younger that it is because you are useless at governing my dear so i know you are responsible for what has happened in the protests they don't want anything to our thanks i wonder without them you must step down i am guardedly let the thought i had part. single of the whole issue started when the government proposed to amend the bill therefore if we want to walk away from the difficulty and find a way out on the government has to take the biggest responsibility to do so. i can sing for. it despite the close proximity of this event the 2 sides remain far apart with another round of protests to follow on the streets this week. this is the job in news and these are our top stories the global youth climate movement of fright is a futures holding another set of international demonstrations in new zealand tens of thousands of students crowded public spaces in more than 40 locations tertius

are also on the right in south korea where hundreds of students related in the capital in syria to demand action on climate change. u.s. president donald trump has lashed out at the democrats impeachment inquiry describing it as a disgrace this comes after the acting intelligence chief joseph acquire testified to congress about his handling of a whistleblower complaint trump is accused of abusing his powers by pushing ukraine to investigate joe biden his main political rival. hussen a iran's president has a real high and he has called on the u.s. to end its pressure on his country urging washington to return to what he called dialogue logic and reason speaking a day after he addressed the united nations president rouhani also said he'd be to bear to hold talks if president trump lifted sanctions against iran this

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