this is the news live from berlin tonight the consequences of violent protests in chile says it will not be able to host 2 major global summit chile's president is struggling to end days of unrest that have swept the country he says for the c o p 25 climate summit and apec trade summit can no longer take place in his country

also coming up tonight a damning indictment of the emergency response to the grim full tower inferno in london the fire brigade accused of serious shortcomings 72 people. plus policing online speech the german government announces new proposals to stop the spread of extremist views on the internet. i'm brinkerhoff it's good to have you with us tonight chile has called off 2 international summits and a new setback for the embattled president sebastian pinera and you have us says that he has no choice but to focus on restoring calm to the country which has seen days of deadly protests at least 18 people have died in the violence new venues now

have to be found for the c o p $25.00 climate summit and the apec trade self which was scheduled to bring together world leaders including u.s. president when trump and china's president xi jinping. days chile's capital santiago has resembled a war zone. protesters throwing rocks and stones at police. they responding in kind with water cannon. tear gas and more. it's against this backdrop that chile's embattled president has taken a decision he must regret. to cancel hosting not one but 2 upcoming international summits send the most 11 that will be deeply lament the problems and the inconvenience that this decision will have on apec as

well as for the cup $25.00 summit. that all of us in as president of all chileans have to always put the problems and interests of the chileans their necessities and their hopes 1st. the middles beloved. president pinera has already replaced a 3rd of his cabinet in his latest attempt to quell the on the rest. but should be in this continue to take to the streets. up to a 1000000 marching against inequality poor public services and a struggling economy. fewer bothered by the decision not to host either the apec summit in november or the un climate meeting a month later. reverend wright yes it's true these kinds of summits bring some

benefits but as long as there are no laws or a new constitution to distribute those benefits it's fine to counsel them you know buy from i guess if you spend it and so the mass protests go on as chileans to mond what they see as a brighter and fairer a future. or more you know let's go to santiago we're correspondent john bartlett is standing by good evening to you john i mean this is quite a climb down for the chilean government just a few days ago the president was insisting that these 2 high profile events that they have to take place and then of course the future. yeah i think it's it's interesting it's the more you kind of let it percolate and you sort of think about what this decision means the more it makes sense it seems that you only broke was about. i think if you look from a security point of view it's not safe at the moment and i think it's probably the last place you want to be sending

a load of world leaders and their own sororities and i think that from that point he said it makes sense you're right there it's a huge climbdown i think the other what the other way of looking at it is the kind of public relations side of things. a journalist to ask questions of a world leader who would come to either the apec with 25 summit what they thought the situation out there on the ground i think they would be unlikely to get a favorable answer from the chilean government but if you so i think this really was something that was being coming but it does still seem pretty dramatic looking at the number of people who spent a year of their life kind of putting the preparations in place and a number of volunteers and things that they've already had ready to hold at the event but it's also quite dramatic to be able to say that it's simply not safe to have people from around the world coming to chile what is driving these protests the violence that seemingly do not want to stop.

yeah i mean i don't have any doubt that the chilean government would have been able to would have been able to hold the i don't know if it's too dangerous for me to to do the group but it certainly seems at the moment the situation on the streets is pretty pretty desperate and it isn't going away you are right i was out last night and the demands are still the same it was a big protest and people are basically looking at these kind of entrenched socio economic inequalities and really wanting a kind of systemic change and a real change in the model which is i mean it's very hard to come by those demands it's not coalesced into a coup for a new constitution it is a movement from the opposition a plebiscite on a constitutional assembly or some kind of constitutional process which actually 2 ways of doing here in chad it. is very difficult to comment on at the moment whether it comes to anything and whether a new constitution is indeed live but anyway i think it's a different things i think those are the main concerns i think most of them can be can be kind of rooted in the constitution to some extent you know if you look

around the world there's once a protest going on we saw what happened this week with the government in lebanon and here you have the chilean president he's already replaced a 3rd of his cabinet but chileans continue to take to the streets how can he and his government survive or is the resignation of the government is going to have to happen in europe and. i don't know but i think it's difficult to depose a democratically elected president he said he is in his term about 2 years left and i would see people going to start coming sing and kind of kind of distilling down to the candidates within the next sort of year. so we're going to start to see a new kind of political side who take hope shortly i don't think it necessarily mean is necessarily a good thing to get rid of the president i saw a good analogy recently or someone was saying that if you're in a plane and it's and it's going down you don't necessarily attack the pilot made it

he's the only one that can. can they can do anything about it i think if they need to be some kind of systemic change in the need to figurehead and whether he's somebody that represents all the things that are upset about in terms of the model or not it's something else i think that it would be wise for him from people's point of view and i think that the kind of the impeachment movement that was sort of nascent didn't really constant thing from the opposition against the president seems now is it going away and it's been replaced by something slightly more sensible which is a movement against the ex interior minister the president's cousin actually under his chadwick so i think that that's probably a better way of going about it whether the whether any of these things actually happen or not is again is another matter so i think we've got to wait and see what happens in terms of the next political cycle but i think really see the president resigning at any point all right correspondent john bartlett joining us tonight from santiago john thank you. thank you syria's civil war has

been raging for 8 years now and despite numerous initiatives aimed at ending the conflict one promising proposal that could pave the way to peace is now underway in geneva delegates from the syrian government opposition and civil society have started talks on a new constitution it is hoped that the process can build trust among the warring factions and create a solid foundation for a future peace. it's the 1st time the main rivals in syria's civil war have met to discuss a new constitution representatives of the aspect of an opposition groups and civil society have gathered in geneva for talks overseen by un special envoy get pages and he described it as a historic moment the fact that you are here today sitting together face to face ready to start a dialogue and negotiations. this i believe a pov or food sign of hope for syrians everywhere through to the talks of backed by russia and are aimed at finding a political settlement after 8 and

a half years of civil war although some kurds are involved a political delegation from the kurdish syrian democratic forces in north eastern syria was excluded the ass had government's chief representative expressed guarded optimism well of us this is a starting point for a political process to solve the crisis that has ravaged our homeland opposition and some civil society groups are advocating a constitution which would include a division of power and would be for all syrians including those living in exile or violent conflict. 3 in syria means achieving justice and peace not winning the war . for the out of no one is expecting the talks to the easy political analysts question whether the assoc government will be prepared to make concessions after recent military gains. or here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world the turkey's president. has condemned the u.s.

resolution that recognizes the mass killings of armenians by autumn and forces during the 1st world war as genocide he says turkey does not recognize the vote calling it worthless the u.s. house of representatives is also calling for sanctions against turkey for its military incursion into syria facebook says it has suspended 3 networks of russian accounts that were attempting to interfere in the politics of 8 african countries the announcement comes on the same day that facebook agreed to pay a 500000 pounds fine in the u.k. related to the use of data analytics for political purposes facebook did not admit any liability in that case. are staying in the u.k. the public inquiry into the grim full tower fire in london says that the emergency response had serious shortcomings 72 people died in the apartment block blaze more

than 2 years ago today's report only covers the emergency response which the judge led inquiry says had systemic failures and was quote gravely in adequate our london correspondent has more than a day to be. friends felt how inflame the fire lost it all night people jumped out of the windows in a desperate attempt to feed the blaze joe delaney live in film to talk just as he said the firemen couldn't get in because that key didn't fit and they seemed overwhelmed by the good ones it was just chaos because. you could just see that they thought they really that this was so they all sort of pause. and some of them when even without breathing apparatus. no breathing apparatus some of them didn't have helmet saving you see the chair delaney provided his video to the

inquiry he says he wants to see the people responsible for the safety lapses brought to account that i was. just getting inside the tower. people in handcuffs people in court rooms people in jail cells. you know people in print where it says what they're done wrong because what you say. the inquiry has had about a catalogue of failings that led to the fire spreading uncontrollably such as fire lifts for the emergency services not working but also that the building itself did not comply with fire safety regulations and the criminal convictions that the residency is so desperately want to see are not expected any time soon they can only come out of a separate investigation that's being led by the police they inquire report criticizes the fire brigade for a series of bad decisions on the night of the fire disastrous consequences but many

people blame the local council they say complaints made before the fire were ignored and that they didn't feel safe. in effect so neglected totally neglected for decades they had intention to sell it and therefore they were just probably waiting to phase out spent minimal money on it and gave it minimal attention because it was of minimal worth to them at the time as well we went for the cut in a context of cuts in the context of privatisation in a consists of deregulation and in a context of. we residents of social housing will not listen to. local people hope that there will be real change in the future and they want to see faults like those in grunfeld tower remedied in other buildings to avoid a repeat of the disaster. the discovery last week of 39 bodies in a truck trailer near london has turned the spotlight on security at european poort

that's where millions of tons of free pass every week and most of the victims in this disaster reportedly came from vietnam and their journey to the u.k. we understand took them through the belgian port of zabel it's where now questions are being raised about security procedures there are reporters on me in s.f. and mocks pick up the story from the. it's the end of a long work day. truckers prepared to spend the night in years able to port they'll be driving again tomorrow. they've been on edge since last week when 39 bodies were found in a truck that passes through here they worry that smugglers could use their containers to send migrants to the u.k. without their knowing truck or nickel that's going to claims that happened to one of his colleagues so 6 people got inside his truck yeah 6 people are now i'm a coronary portages coast guard. program but this hasn't happened to you i am

nonuse mean no no no you just shows us the seal that he attaches to the back of each container he moves. you know the back door can't be opened without destroying the bolt along still the gadget isn't foolproof and others at the truck park told us smugglers can always get around the security measures. as truckers settle in for the night dock workers continue to load the next ship bound for the u.k. . it's hard not to wonder whether one of these containers might be full of people. is able to get it is one of the busiest trucking container ports in the world with 40000000 tons of goods passing through here annually security here is tight but authorities say that with so many containers coming and going it's impossible to make sure that humans are not being smuggled across these waters to england. every truck delivering a container to the dock must pass through this kind of control point officials take

several photos of the truck as well as of the driver and the license plate they checked the photos but no one here checks the seals that's up to the shipping companies and only about one out of every $100.00 trucks is x. rayed to check the cargo harbormaster peter dakota says the port authority cannot have an overview of what the trucks are carrying was able to get the budget and personnel that would create massive delays he says. it's good if you would be able to scan every single continue but where do you do that if you don't in the port is that the only responsibility of the port or is the whole chain of logistic events involved in this i ask if he believes there are ways to stop the human smuggling and the deaths that often result but i think 1st of all we should do everything that is possible to avoid that's one main thing but of course we're dealing with criminal activity and criminal activity and they had always one step ahead

unfortunately and if you tighten controls in the port then they will move somewhere else the local and national police declined to comment on their role in enforcing security adds able to go. for now it seems that smugglers will continue to operate using this port as a key point in their clandestine and sometimes deadly industry. well the german government has drawn up a new proposals to get tougher on online speech follows a spike in far right attacks including the murder of a politician and the attempts by a heavily armed man to storm a synagogue earlier this month the government says there is a connection between violent ideas spread on the internet and violent acts carried out in real life. hate speech and challenge around the world across the web and one germany is taking seriously the country has reason to with officials pointing to one case out of many the murder of luka

a local politician shot dead earlier this year allegedly for his pro immigrant stance by a suspect found to have far right links he's believed to have carried out the crime alone but officials blame the hate filled web platforms he was part of for giving him the push to do so that they say makes online speech more dangerous than equivalent statements made in real life and under the cloud it carries a different weight depending on whether you are insulted at a bar well only you and maybe a few other people have it or if it's online where everyone in the well attends it like that. and the proposals agreed to by cabinet include giving authorities more power to control investigate and prosecute extremists online that would go beyond legislation passed in 2017 which compels internet companies to delete or block certain kinds of offensive content now they'd have to report it to german law enforcement politicians have been at odds for more

than a year over how to tighten regulations the government has also been frequently criticized for downplaying the far right threat but they say far right violence like the newcomer have given them a newfound awareness. i can't say it enough our eyes are fully open. it's imperative we step up our efforts to confront far right terrorism and extremism and anti-semitism because we haven't viewed this in the same way as islamist terror and other things. now it's up to the buddhists to turn their proposal into law they'll have to figure out how to enforce new rules against multinational companies and finance expanded law enforcement oversight of online hate. speech. and for moral does i'm joined now by our chief political correspondent linda greene good evening to you melinda germany already has legislation in place that puts the burden on internet companies to delete or block

offensive content how are these new and more stringent measures how are they going to take on online he speech well primarily by requiring the same online platforms to go a step further and to report any content that is either inciting violence containing death threats or otherwise part of that general category known as hate speech and they would also require the online platforms to disclose offenders ip addresses so that is a significant step further beyond that there were a number of other measures introduced today as well including the establishment of a new hate crime unit in the security authority and and also increased funding for dea radicalization and prevention as well as for protection of local politicians and tighter gun control measures and how is this being

received i mean are these new proposals are they popular well there is a commendation both from civil society groups from n.g.o.s and also from some members of the opposition saying this is a necessary step in the right direction but that mild praise is mixed with a lot of concern about whether this goes far enough and also about the feasibility of implementation particularly when it comes to holding those online platforms to account you know and held in the authorities ensure that social media platforms are going to cooperate. well that's the central issue obviously by imposing fines german law does already impose fines on companies that don't take hate speech down when they encounter it the opposition is saying and the fines that are imposed are not large enough and don't contain strict enough measures and the fact

is it will be very very difficult for the authorities to really oversee to what degree the online platforms are complying and let's say they do comply again a huge burden on the authorities which presumably then would be swamped with their e s notifications that they would have to pursue and many many experts say the authorities absolutely are not equipped to comply with the likely mass of of notifications they would then receive now in the past we know that platforms like facebook have taken some measures to comply with german law and they were very quick to say today that they plan to process any requests from the authorities here in germany much more quickly than in the past that being said however in the past they've taken up to a month to process such such requests so there is

a lot of room for improvement here. in the green on the story for us you're in berlin melinda thank you the indian government is planning to formally split up. kashmir state into 2 separate territories no after imposing direct rule on the majority muslim kashmir delhi detained thousands of political leaders and imposed a communications blackout in this week's edition of conflict zone a top official from india's governing b j p party does not like the move being characterized as a lockdown. 1st of all i think it's wrong to call it a lockdown people in germany are free to move around they visit other parts of india people from other parts a lot of thousands of arrested. let me tell you i'm free to do anything let me come to the detention part 99 percent of the area of human kashmir does not have any restraints now regarding the human rights issues there are 42000 people that have

been killed in jammu and kashmir because of terrorists operating with the support of a country to our west and this doesn't get adequate attention and the people who were shot by indian forces by the way indian forces have not killed any civilians in the recent past the people who are carrying a k 47 it's the people who are carrying grenades are terrorists mr pounder 3 years ago 20165 investigations were launched by your government to exchange judicial executions but to this day no information has been received why would that be the indian government takes very seriously any such allegations and while there may have been mistakes decades ago about 2016. you can catch conflict zone c.t.m. sebastian's entire interview there with the vice president of india's governing b j p party right after this news program or you can watch it online at the w dot com slash conflict zob. this is news and these are

our top stories chile's president has withdrawn his country from hosting the apec trade summit and the cop 25 climate meeting. yet as decision comes after days of violent street protests for greater economic equality they have left at least 18 people dead. the german government has approved measures to fight right wing political violence including tougher rules on gun ownership and stricter monitoring of speech online officials believe hate speech on social media leads to an increase in violent crime. talks have begun in geneva between the rival factions in syria's civil war and they're aimed at drafting a new constitution and delegations include the syrian government various opposition groups and civil society it's hoped the process can help work towards a peace deal in the country. the public inquiry into the

disaster in london has condemned a serious shortcomings in the emergency response 72 people were killed in the blaze the report says lives could have been saved if the fire service had evacuated the building early this is the news from berlin for more you can follow us on twitter at g.w. news or visit our website w dot com. you're watching e.w. news i'll be back at the top of the hour with more news followed by the day i have to see them.

to the conflict so extensive a steep cliff just 3 months since india decided that it'll have to change in kashmir my guess is this week here in the book is jay thomas

a national vice president and one of the chief spokesman of the ruling. congress he also the charges of widespread human rights violations in kashmir conflict. i wanted to show you when i arrived here i slept with 6 people in a room there's a 9th in there and it was hard i was fair. i even got white hair is that. benjamin language head nodding off this keeps me and could help us to maybe to entrap let's say you want to know their story to my friends who are fighting and reliable information for margaret's. luxury behind the mirror humans are

exploited and animals cruelly slaughtered big brands have committed to fair working conditions and sustainable production but who is monitoring the subcontractors and investigative documentary goes to cali and china and looks behind the glamorous facades of fashion houses luxury behind the mirror starts november 5th on d w. 00 information silent so it's hard not to see this as a play to cover up why the silence by the media in general in kashmir we are facing an undeclared war from across the western border is just 3 months since india decided that it all had to change in kashmir it tore up the region's special status and imposed direct route from delhi thousands of people were arrested and the

communications blackout imposed my guest this week here in london is jay pond the national vice president and one of the.