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it's november 6th on b w. this is d w news live from berlin thousands of anti-government demonstrators take to the streets across lebanon they're calling for the resignation of the country's president with more mass protests planned today we need one artist who's hoping for lasting change also coming up. the rise of right wing extremism in the eastern german city of dresden prompts the council to declare a nazi emergency. omarion
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i haven't seen it's good to have you with us. lebanon has seen another day of nationwide protests as demonstrators continue to demand reforms and political change thousands turned out in the northern city of tripoli calling for president michel own to step down one has meanwhile set a date for lawmakers to start the process of picking a new prime minister that's following the resignation of some earlier this week. protests have been less intense since his resignation bond they still so showed no sign of letting up completely. 26 year old artist ivan dead is expressing his outrage in a country where corruption is so widespread that there's no escaping it he portrays
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is view of lebannon in this painting the fire of the revolution killing the evil serpent. there corrupted it's a story the money we just want our money but we want we want a good future for us children. lebanon is in the grip of its worst ever financial crisis the country struggles with extreme social inequality as well as poor infrastructure power outages occur almost daily billions of euros are lost in the financial deals powerful factions and religious groups only add to the pressure on the government economists warn the country could soon face insolvency due to the spiraling national debt. many companies. and many people from the business and i do think time. this generation will be worth it for weeks now
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ivan has been taking part in protests in beirut along with thousands of other frustrated young lebanese they're demanding jobs equality and a new beginning promises of reforms and a government rich shuffle have cooled tensions on the streets but protesters say they're not going home yet. we started we're going to finish we're going to fight for our rights until the end mohamed coauthor of the ruling party amal dismisses talk of revolution he thinks a few reforms and fresh faces will smooth things over. there will be a few changes in the cabinet some in significant positions but we're not going to replace everyone. there are a few ministers in good standing in the current cabinet why should they be replaced . but ivan and his friends are holding out for fundamental change whether sunni
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shiite or christian they're unified in anger at the ruling class. for more we're joined by d.w. correspondent bustle r.a.d who's in the lebanese capital beirut hello to you basel so tell us what in the morning strangers are planning today. today we have. the 1st one the protestants in the main squares and all over the major cities and lebanon 18 days. it's true that the number declined after that is the mission of the government but today the asking all the people to join them in the squares a mass demonstration similar to the one in last sunday the 2nd. president president michel aoun and his son the minister of foreign affairs. movement which is the largest party and lebanon. march
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will reach it and. it's a. 10 kilometers to the east of the presidential palace look at that all right 2 different signs 2 different sets of goals tell us what each side i'm hoping is hoping to achieve. the 1st 1. 118 these even the last of the nation of the government. the day now these huge protests 1st of all to achieve to push hard on the authorities to form a. government made of experts and technocrats while the 2nd part. of the 2nd part of the scene. the. 2.
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minutes to forage going to see the negotiation for. the government. thank you very much. let's get a check now some of the other stories making news around the world leaders from southeast asia china japan and other regional powers are meeting in bangkok for the annual ozzie and summit participating nations are hoping to reach an agreement over an economic partnership and set a code of conduct regarding disputed waters in the south china sea. an indigenous land defender has been shot dead and another wounded by illegal longers in brazil's amazon paulo jaro was reportedly attacked and shot on friday he was part of a group that was formed to combat logging gangs the killing increases concerns
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about escalating violence against amazon forest protectors thousands of people have marched in buenos ira's annual gay pride parade participants called for an end to hate crime and violence argentina led the way for l g b t rights a lot america becoming the 1st country in the region to legalize gay marriage in 2010. the eastern german city of dresden has become known in recent years for anti islam protests well this week the city council passed a resolution stating that it was dealing with a nazi emergency it was proposed by a member of a satirical party but was it a serious initiative a symbolic stunt or dangerous that attempt to silence political opposition our next report has more. dresden capital of the state of saxony is famous for its cultural attractions but the city is also known for images like this. a far right racist
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organization called piggy has held protests here for the past 5 years attacks on foreigners and a mosque have prompted the debate about a so-called nazi emergency a satirical political group called simply the party has filed an official motion with the city council to address the situation. since every chance to address this problem even though they've known for years that it can't be denied. we say down with right wing extremist ideas we won't talk to nazi i say. that's out of the question. the initiative has been controversial in the city council many members agree with the motions intent but not the way it was formulated. only after the document was completely rewritten was accepted by a majority of political parties in the council but the heading not see
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a merchant with a question mark could not be changed for legal reasons. it's provocative but our committee does take a clear stand to support people who are against racism and anti-semitism we don't want these far right agitators in our city any more. as of. early have something undesirable here. the protests come from the far right fringe and have an extremist background. that's all that concerns us. proved by the city council isn't going to change anything. the christian democrats reject the initiative as does the far right alternative for germany party both call for a condemnation of every kind of extremism including from the far left they say nazi
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emergency is an exaggerated term and they're not alone in this response the city's tours to says he says the declaration is a heavy blow to dresden. climate experts are warning that rising temperatures are rapidly melting the world's glaciers and threatening the world's water supply canadian ice climber will gad is using his skills to tell the world about this danger the united nations has dubbed him a mountain hero. will gad is on a mission ever since the canadian ice climber noticed that the world's biggest glaciers are melting he's been determined to spread the word from kenya's kilimanjaro to the ice sheets of greenland he's seeing the same trend. take people to the mountains and i show them on the map where the question should be and then we stand there and there's no glacier and it's really amazing to them
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and that's what we have to do is show people quite a change not just talk about graphs and the science which is very important but i think we need real in your face this is happening now. the united nations has designated will gather a mountain hero and his task and his passion is to show the world what he sees. he grew up near the athabaskan glacier in northwestern canada that's where he learned to climb so this was under a pole where 50 or more meters of ice on her where we are right now when i was a kid and his cronies and if they got it ice was right here 13 years ago now it's a desert it directly impacts both my profession as a guide and that also impacts my family and just the fact that my kids probably will not see this in the same way as they are at all if they're going to say oh dad remember it was wasn't too far of a hike from the parking lot now the glaciers god. gads outlook is bleak but he
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while comes the involvement of young activists like gratitude and back who are mobilizing against climate change even so no extreme winter or immediate course of action can stop the glaciers are melting he finds it hard to believe there are still climate change skeptics in abundance. don't think people are going to take climate change seriously until things like hurricanes are ripping through their place or it's just simply too hot to live there and then people get very interested in climate change but i think we're going to have some fairly cataclysmic events before people get to that point. these photographs that show how the ice has to be treated over the past century. in recent years the process has accelerated. this has given rise to a new form of tourism for those who believe the climate science we want to experience it before it's all gone. climate change and how much it's receded
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there's just a this is a wonderful resource and and for it to be to disappear and it's faster than it is is because something when i get up there and then you realize how fast it goes you know it's a shock when we are 70 years old it will be gone so it was until we were on the glacier that we said well it will be gone. so 1st it was a nice site and when we were on it and it was or. what was believed to be eternal ice is melting away i will gather says it's time to take this seriously everybody. and our environment is changing and just like the animals other animals here it will affect us this is not some kind of voters this is what really straight up that is that is happening i think we're going to have real problems and we're going to have real change we better start preparing for that. it's clear to we'll gather that our planet will look very different 50 years from now. whether future
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generations can withstand the effects of climate change or be doomed to suffer the consequences of our inaction he says is up to us. all right some sports news now and in formula one well terry botha's has taken pole position for sunday's u.s. grand prix the finn has to win to have any chance of staying in contention for the title or save these teammate lewis hamilton it was only 50 fastest but will secure his 6th world championship in austin with 2 races left if he finishes 8th or higher ferrari's sebastian vettel is on the front row of the grid with both us red bulls max 1st up and is 3rd and ferrari's charles look cleric lines up 4th. if you're watching d.w. news we'll have the latest in german soccer right after the break in our book as they go show but now we have some pictures from rio de janeiro in brazil where
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hundreds of people have been limping and growling their way around copacabana beach in a zombie walk as part of celebrations for the day of the dead omarion evans dean thanks for watching. but i. will go to the euro max you. know good morning story. with exclusive. the must see concerning part time culture to europe.
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