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just facades of fashion i was a place beyond the starts november 5th. place . blame . this is news live from berlin germany's foreign minister is an anchor up for what could be tense diplomatic talks on syria it's a monster comes amid tensions over turkey's offensive against kurds in northeastern syria. push for a durable cease fire in the region also coming out on president a mass protest in chile up to
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a 1000000 people take to the streets of the capital santiago. to the biggest rallies yet in a week of protests in which at least 19 people have died. plus in german soccer the bundesliga is fierce it's rivalry all the flames the passions of football fans and on saturday afternoon it's that time again all volunteers to take on board lead in the latest edition of the world dark. place. blame. i'm married to evanston welcome to the program. germany's foreign minister heiko moss is in ankara whereas he's been meeting with his turkish counterpart to show low moss' visit to the turkish capital comes amid tensions over the country's offensive in northern syria mosse is said to urge turkey to stick to the cease fire
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currently in place in the area also demand that the country complies with international law when dealing with refugees german turkish relations have again hit a low since germany condemned turkey's incursion and announced it would limit arms exports to the country. all right let's bring in turkey correspondent yulia han who joins us now from istanbul hello to you yulia so tell us what is the purpose of mosses trip today what is he hoping to achieve. right now we are waiting for the joint press conference which is about to start any moment now so i hope i can give you an update a little later but ahead of his visit the german foreign minister said he would press for a durable cease fire in the region now let me remind you turkey paused its military offensive against kurdish fighters in northeast is syria after a u.s.
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backed truth and a separate deal with russia earlier this week but the 2nd ceasefire agreement so to speak will end this coming tuesday so the time is ticking we're not sure what ankara plans to do next so this is probably something. to talk about and talked about in ankara today and then secondly he also said he would demand compliance with the international law when it comes to dealing with refugees and that concerns present edwin's plans to create a so-called safe zone in the area north and syria way he plans to resettle up to 2000000 syrian refugees who are currently living here in turkey now human rights organizations have accused the turkish government of forcibly sending back refugees to war torn syria in the months leading up to this military offensive denies such claims but there are serious concerns about how many refugees
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a would voluntarily return to such a safe zone and how safe would such as own really be how safe can it be so this is the 2nd main objective here of this is what he wants to talk about when you hear how likely is it that turkey will listen to these demands or recommendations by heiko mosse as especially given just how tense ties have been between the 2 countries. well yes tensions are running high and this is because the german foreign minister a very openly criticize turkey's a military offensive in syria as in our quote him here an invasion that is not in accordance with international law germany also said it will not issue any new permits for military equipment that could be used by turkey in syria now all of this didn't go down well with president add on his personally cold. and i quote him
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here a political amateur and the turkish foreign minister said ahead of masses visit today that he should not try to teach turkey a lesson so this gives you an idea of what the atmosphere today a might have been well yulia there's also been some disagreement within germany over a proposal by the german defense minister on a good come for an internationally controlled security zone in northern syria was that idea on the agenda and today's talks. well that's actually a problem the german coalition government does not have a coordinated or joint plan when it comes to turkey's military offensive and the safe so not plans that now this proposal came from the defense minister as you mentioned and she is from a different party than heikal ma ma said he did not back this proposal off a un controlled security zone there in syria the proposal has also received quite
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some domestic criticism in germany so it's unlikely that he is going to pitch that idea to his turkish counterparts today. is yulia han reporting from istanbul we thank you very much. craig. let's turn our attention now to some of the other stories making news around the world in iraq at least 50 people are dead after police fired at anti-government protesters at several protests across the country crowds gathered in cities including baghdad and basra and set fire to around 50 official buildings the protesters want the government to resign and they're calling for anti corruption reforms. british police are still trying to identify the $39.00 victims found dead in a truck in essex earlier this week at least 2 vietnamese families now say they fear
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their relatives are among the dead it was originally thought that all of the victims were chinese nationals. a russian woman jailed in the united states on spying charges has returned to moscow one day after her release from detention for every of the tina pleaded guilty last december to conspiring to act as an unregistered agent for russia the russian foreign ministry says she was the victim of anti russian attitudes in the us. a us federal judge has ruled that the impeachment inquiry against president donald trump by house democrats is lawful the judge ruled that a full unredacted copy of the molar report into russian election meddling should be handed over to members of congress the white house is expected to appeal that ruling. now across chile massive crowds have taken to the streets for a 7th day of anti-government protests demonstrators are calling for economic
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reforms and the resignation of president sebastian pinera the signs of the largest demonstration by far was in the capital santiago. a march such to go down in the history books as possibly the largest ever seen in chile an estimated 1000000 demonstrators converged on downtown santiago bringing traffic to a standstill as crowds made their way to central plaza italia. protesters vented anger over low wages and pensions inequality and the rising cost of education and health care their fury has been fanned by president sebastian pinera response to a week of unrest imposing a state of emergency and night time curfews protesters called on him to listen up or resign i. did in a few minutes the 1st thing the president has to do is get the military off the streets and change the cabinet and he needs to ensure that there are conscious people making statements to the country that are consistent with what people want
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you to listen to the people lots all. president pinera has already promised social reform measures and in the face of friday's record breaking rally he took to twitter stating we have all listened to the message we have all changed. but his post is unlikely to quell public anger as night fell violence erupted once again with demonstrators fighting pitched battles against police on the streets of santiago. journalist john bartlett has been covering the demonstrations for us from the capital santiago and he told us more about the protesters demands it's incredible to think that just a week ago people were obviously all kind of harboring these feelings and nobody had really kind of nice to kind of put them into any kind of coherent form said it's really kind of come out. and say anything to be in this kind of on us as we're seeing at the moment. the main demand at the moment for
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a lot of people i saw this evening was for a new constitution whether that's likely or a constituent assembly is realistic i think is the base of. people also demanding kind of political casualties as well the interior minister andres chadwick the cousin of the president is going to talk at a lot of people sitting saying that they want to see the preston. to be to resign i think. that's perhaps a little. it's a 4 day think that's going to happen as a democratically elected president in less than 2 years and the election so i think it's i think that people really want to see profound change not a kind of is it completely across the board people are kind of sick of the model. that chile has been laboring under for such a long time not so it would say exactly the kind of the one thing the people want to see but i think that it's just kind of profound change across across so many different areas and administrating that listens to people and truly feels and
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there's a true feeling about she wants to talk to inequality here in china. some sports news now and the rugby world com has its 1st finalist after england sensationally beat new zealand in the last 4 the all blacks were defending champions and favorites for the tournament but england stifled their attack to go 10 mil up by half time england stranglehold continued after the break and they ran out of $19.00 to $7.00 winners to reach their 4th world cup final they play the winner of sunday's semi final between wales and south africa. to soccer now and saturday's bundesliga action sees shall the host for us at dortmund in what is germany's fears this game between 2 local rivals just one point separates them in the table but ahead of the encounter in dortmund coach the stand father is under pressure after a string of underwhelming results. this match is being billed as lucy in the fall for his date with destiny if some reports are to be believed that defeat against
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bitter rivals shall co would spell the end of his reign is dortmund coach is the rising on the. far right says not as his efforts darby is a very special game i have known that since the moment i arrived it's very important but there is pressure for every game and it's no different for shell shock at this darby and it's very special. a special match but one with bad recent memories for dortmund fans a $42.00 home defeat at the end of last season top their title chances but form and posterity results will come from nothing according to the man preparing for his 1st row darby. does when the automatic i don't think you can automatically draw any advantages or disadvantages not even from the latest results and especially not darby results for the business what happens in the days or weeks before it doesn't
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matter. it's completely irrelevant extremes or maybe just. and so it's all down to one game nothing less than local bragging rights through up for grabs and for some jobs are on the line too. to nigeria now and a group of children who spend their afternoons in unusual activity they're part of the g. k. b. unicycle academy is a place where kids can go after school to hone some skills that help them to self fund their extracurricular activities. a revamped bike wheel and pedals and the driveway of a suburban home in lagos that's all it takes to produce homemade circus performers . plus a good sense of balance and plenty of practice of course 14 year old kind of going to go and has been juggling clubs and spinning on
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a unicycle for 4 years now. i like the new sport the world i'll tell you so you know if you win the seat before. they come to practice straight after school. coach or let me call could jory has trained dozens of children since he founded the unicycle academy in 2014. the daily rehearsals keep the children from hanging out on the streets and getting up to no good he says. he gets a lot of kids out on the streets. is a. you'll be. it's where you find you not. use the off under streets so it is charlie what i do know is. productive is that of. the uni cyclists at the self funded academy
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put on impromptu shows at places like parks and markets sometimes they even get booked for paid performances at corporate events and festivals the money helps maintain the $800.00 unicycles and keeps the wheels turning. you're up to date now on news up next is reporter omarion and steen and the entire team here thanks for watching. hijacking the news. where i come from the news is being hijacked journalism itself has become a scripted reality show it's not just good 1st is evil us versus them black and white. in countries like russia china churchy people are told it's that simple and if you're a journalist figure and you try to get beyond this you are facing scare tactics
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intimidation. and i wonder is that where we're headed as well. my reason.

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