room in time. travel now. this is news coming to you live from berlin forging new alliances in the fight against climate change a day after the u.s. confirmed its pullout from the paris accord france and china declared their intention to work together president to mount a woman called and she jinping say a landmark 2015 deal is irreversible also coming up a key witness in the impeachment inquiry against donald trump revises his testimony u.s. ambassador to europe gordon song confirms that aid was withheld until ukraine investigated

trumps democratic russia. has turned out for mass demonstrations in chile to windows people on the happy with the way that their country works look to new ways to channel their protests. and after a football faceoff between east berlin side the old west berlin side council last weekend we look back to the fall of the wall when fans were reunited after 28 years apart. oh i'm terry martin welcome to the program chinese president xi jinping and his french counterpart a man well michael are to sign a joint statement on climate change in beijing shortly has already said that cooperation between europe and china on reducing emissions. will be decisive as

follows the trump administration's move on tuesday to start the formal process of withdrawing the u.s. from the 2015 terrorist climate agreement. and mcauliffe have said the terrorist deal is irreversible. well with us for more now is tim schellenberg the w.'s environment reporter good to have you with us tim thank you good morning so we get to see french and chinese leaders about to sign in a court it's this a court apparently is going to say that the paris climate agreement is irreversible what is that supposed to me let me explain a bit china is the largest emitter. of carbon emissions so relying on coal as their primary angie source the country has so far agreed agreed not to emit more emissions from 2013 on for the more the paris in the pairs agreement china has only

its status as a developing country which is why the commitments china is making a not binding at all so far even less than the commitments of industrial countries and china also doesn't have to make any payments to the global climate fund which were set up by the paris agreement so signing a declaration if they do so calling the paras agreement irreversible would be another step to bind china further into the paris agreement which the u. by the way is trying for years already also with a lot of money so the e.u. is trying to take the lead here in policies and then he wants to see more action from china so far without success ok china's economy is also still developing potentially they could contribute a lot to mitigating climate change if china and the e.u. really pull together on this can they fill the gap. thats going to be left by the

u.s. pulling out of the climate of the paris climate so politically definitely it is a loss that the u.s. has been withdrawing all officially withdrew from the paris agreement so just remember the paris agreement aims to keep the global temperature below 2 degrees by the end of the century compared to pre-industrial levels so. of course as the biggest economy in which the us is a you and china they cannot compensate what the us is not doing but. this staving off today which is about to come up. is showing efforts to keep paris alive so of course as i just mentioned china is the big emitter and they can be an example for other developing countries and big industrial countries as well ok so very much a lot of encouragement there coming out of this exaggerated well china and the e.u. are keen to show that they are still committed to combating climate change

obviously but will current commitments be enough to save the planet well levon 1000 scientists have endorsed research says the world is facing a climate emergency and they say broader action is needed to avert disaster the research highlights 6 areas in need of urgent attention they are energy scientists recommend higher taxes on carbon a reduction in fossil fuel use and a focus on renewable energy secondly the scientists say shortlived pollutants such as methane and small must be reduced also the natural environment such as forests and grasslands must be restored next our diet should contain fewer animal products they say food waste should be reduced also they want a movement away from the constant pursuit of economic growth and there's a need to stabilize the world population growth keeping it to a sustainable $200000.00 per day. well those or

some of the demands of course there are more as well a lot of action concerted action in many different fields have to be has to be taken. i mean just ask you how realistic is it to expect that the scientists demands that we just saw laid out there will be met well we see that all these demands are somehow related to a more sustainable and climate friendly economy. there is a lot of pressure to do so to have this change of industry the e.u. has a goal of being c o 2 neutral to 2050 and is far ahead with that but of course that is not enough to meet the paris agreements target as i just said. of keeping the temperature below 2 degrees by the end of the century so there is a lot of pressure on the states for future extension of delhi and many like civil groups are calling for a change in this policy which is being taken but so far too slow if there is

further 6 being taken this we have to see on the. the united nations climate summit coming up in december in madrid then in the united nations member states of the period there is agreement will come together and discuss whether there will be more steps taken towards a more for climate friendly global community or not and so there's definitely a growing consciousness but again you do have you do have countries like the united states actually pulling out of the deal which is really quite disturbing the the u.s. is saying that technology and innovation can help combat climate change that's kind of the official u.s. position is that is there some truth and well definitely i mean renewable energies are technology there is a lot of. there's a lot to do so far i mean there is a lot of technology but what the u.s.

is argument in with is saying we do not need the paris agreement we do not need to reduce emissions we can solve climate change if it is if it is real by technology and i don't know i don't really know what they mean with this statement jim thank you so much vironment reporter tim shell about. this city is not livable that's what a growing number of people in the indian capital delhi are saying after weeks of choking small the air pollution crisis is increasing pressure on the government there to act and now even the supreme court has weighed in this is what it looks like when there turns to poison. in the a speaker's city trowed it in a hazardous haze. for days new delhi's 20000000 residents have been gasping through

the worst mark in years a tall order in a city already notorious for being one of the world's most polluted. with pollution levels up to 10 times worse than what's considered healthy hospitals have been filling up fast. and i have some problems breathing as well. to many here it feels like groundhog day. a blanket of smoke threatens to smother the city a pharmacy nearby regions fern left over crops to prepare for the sowing season. 7 pollution crisis is putting pressure on the government. central government's response or the state government's responsibility it's a collective it's a collective and they all. sat. in an attempt to lift the suffocating clouds the city government last week declared a public health emergency. in the day since schools have been ordered closed

flights have been diverted due to poor visibility and the use of private cars has been restricted still for some the problem so bad they no longer see a future for them in the city. and like they did in the a supreme court is now stepping in demanding long term solutions from lawmakers they have little time to lose if they want to keep the city from going up in smaug . some of the other stories making headlines around the world today gunman attacked a security checkpoint in southern thailand killing at least 15 local security volunteers police say they suspect muslim separatists it's the worst attack in years in a region where nearly 7000 people died an insurgency erupted 15 years ago. thousands

of people marched through the bolivian capital to protect to protest the reelection of president if. they claimed that elections held on october 20th were rigged supporters also help there. and republicans have suffered setbacks in say the lections in virginia and kentucky in the us democrats took control of both houses of virginia's legislature for the 1st time in more than 2 decades and in kentucky the democratic candidate for governor is projected to defeat the republican incumbent slim margin. in a significant development in the impeachment inquiry against president trump the u.s. ambassador to the european union has reversed his earlier testimony. says he didn't know that trump had threatened to withhold aid to ukraine if it didn't investigate trump's democratic rival joe biden in testimony on tuesday sunland said that by the

beginning of september quote in the absence of any credible explanation for the suspension of aid i presume that the aid suspension had become linked to the proposed anti corruption statement well earlier i spoke to correspond it fully ileus and i asked him what this means for the inquiry and the president through the president trying. well it's a blow to president trump another one this time coming from the u.s. ambassador to the european union gordon sunland who now remembers telling an aide to the ukrainian president devoted to me that selenski. warsaw meeting in september along with the u.s. vice president mike pence that u.s. military aid to ukraine would likely not occur until ukraine and an investigation into corruption that was part of this investigation included allegations against

the son of the former vice president and possible democratic presidential nominee for next year's 2020 at election here in the u.s. joe biden. testified on october 17th to 3 house committees and it lasted around 10 hours you can imagine the level of detail in his deposition now it transpires that the week after his deposition he returned with his lawyers to capitol hill here in washington to review what he had said so as you can imagine their reaction to this news has created quite a stir among democrats in particular and president meanwhile is still claiming that the inquiry is illegitimate and the republicans that are standing behind them the majority are standing behind them have been calling it that this is a very fast moving story and you know it's going to be

a very busy few weeks in this ongoing impeachment inquiry into president trump. and there was a washington correspondent puppet fully aliya well authorities in chile say the number of people taking part in the protests there that have gone on for more than 2 weeks is falling the mayor of the capital santiago says only a couple of 1000 demonstrators turned out on tuesday but as our reporter nicole frolick discovered some chileans are abandoning the street protests to take a more intellectual approach to changing the nation's political and economic system it's another day of protests in santiago de chile but any ball isn't going he lives only a stone's throw away from plus the epicenter of the country's mass demonstrations but a couple of weeks ago he kicked off a different kind of mobilization a neighborhood gathering known as. one we called the 1st meeting we were

a rather small group. and we didn't think anyone would come. and we were a bit pessimistic about it. but the turnout exceeded all expectations. so we sat down to analyze what had happened. and what we hoped the chile of the 21st century should look like. even if. the meeting soon grew too big for the park so today the neighbors are meeting at a local hostel some 80 people from all walks of life united by the wish for change and a profound sadness regarding the country's status quo. we woke up and we were at war we were at war and once again we had the military against us history repeats itself that's how to break in for a country like ours so we're to do. this type of forum is not a new invention in latin america the open could build oh dates back to colonial

times as a communal gathering in response to emergencies or disasters and standing together in the face of adversity is still very much the essence of the could build or today . if we want a better future as much of a cliche as that might be we can't just think about ourselves we can't fall back into individualists him. we have to take care of each other this is bigger than ourselves for the builders are emerging all across chile these days but his grassroots assemblies they all have a common weakness. going on this ng many results are we focused on the idea of a constituent assembly and educating ourselves which i consider very positive going to win also aiming for results and that's often cause this problem mr regarding our functionality of every other we're going to go. an opinion shared by sociologists. he has studied the phenomenon and fears the democratic efforts might turn out to be

nothing but a cathartic exercise. the big problem with the company is that they generate hope and that they lead people to think they are determining their own destiny. but really they're only providing a platform for desires that can be taken into account but might as well not be and that's a problem because if they can't build those were in any way binding they would allow us to solve and overcome the crisis that like. but at this could build you know in santiago nobody wants to believe that they're just dreaming up their own version of utopia broken up in small task forces they draft a road map for their future work. the meeting ends late at night with a presentation of the group's coordinated objectives. is exhausted but pleased with the outcome. set up again on meant there is once again an exercise of getting to know the neighbors i had no idea there were so many people interested in this we

were able to narrow down our questions and answer them in a critical analytical and respectful manner. now it's our goal to push for a constituent process and a new constitution the physical that the n.t. and. in order to make any of this happen the neighbors will have to get the government to listen how they'll go about that will certainly be worth a discussion during the next. you're watching news still to come we'll look back at the historic football match after the fall of the berlin wall when parents from east and west were reunited for the 1st time in decades. well turning away from earth now and looking out into the universe a year ago the team in charge of nasa's voyager. missions announced that data indicated that voyager 2 had reached a milestone scientists have now confirmed that the probe has escaped the sun's

influence entirely and entered true interstellar states or if you're one of the it pulls its twin boys who want to become only the 2nd human made object to cross that boundary both probes were launched way back in 1977. well there it well in this room v.w. science is here to help us figure this out what just happened there derek very spacey news from the depths of space about the structure of our solar system i'm told we've learned something about that break it down force ok well what this is basically told us what. basically what the what it's what the pope has shown is that actually what's called the helio's fear actually exists now the heliosphere is this giant electromagnetic bubble that surrounds the solar system with the sun at its very center you can think of it as a giant basketball with the sun it's very center and there's

a very sharply defined boundaries between the helio spear and what we call interstellar space that's what these 2 probes as shown back in 1977 so over 40 years ago they sent these 2 probes with over the space of a couple of weeks out into space they flew past the gas giants they eventually ended up at this very what we now know is a very sharply defined border now space is permeated with what's known as with what's known as a plasma that's that's charged particles and and gases that very thinly spread this thin haze of gas and it's very hot and it's very and it's very. dry it's very hot and it's very and less dense inside of the year than it is outside of the heliosphere and there's this very sharply defined border called the he o. pas which they both of these probes have crossed and so in the process of doing that we really can say there's this sharply defined border that really says this is where solar space space ends and interstellar space begins well so what happens

next then with the voyager probes well the batteries that they that they run on i mean as i said it's astonishing they've really built things to last back in the 1970 s. it's astonishing that they're still working over 40 years later but the batteries will run out of venture early in the next 5 to 10 years and. they're going to continue then on their joint on their voyage off into the depths of space moving away from the solar system and they'll continue moving through the galaxy for the next for billions and billions of years to come in the vastness of space the few 1st human artifacts to ever make it into interstellar space seeing billions and billions of stars to i'm sure derek williams from d.w. science thanks so much. now the fall of the berlin wall 30 years ago changed things around the world but especially the lives of east berliners who were suddenly permitted to travel to the west football fans from the east came by the thousands to see the western club in action on nov 11th 1989 it was the 1st time in decades

that east and west berlin had been reunited. the 1st weekend after the fall of the berlin wall hundreds of thousands of people from east berlin streamed into the west many to olympic stadium fans using their newfound freedom to finally see. on that november 11th they faced a direct rival for promotion to the bun just league remember the game well. to the stadium you could see something was happening was that back then we usually had a crowd of 5 or 10000 now all of a sudden there were masses of people everywhere. since the masses of people from the suburbs in east berlin coming to the game and you could see cars literally the track. the fans from the east got in free they just had to show their id many

were here for the 1st time others could hardly believe they were finally about to see a game in person again. a dream. we've been waiting for this for 28 years. there were 45250000 spectators in the stadium once in a lifetime and. fans from the west and fans from the east were together again their friendship had outlasted the. players will remember this game forever. this was a very special day. and try to bring that power. city of energy out on the pitch lot sibling. time we mainly wanted to win the game it was only often the fact that we appreciated the historic day we had experience together. but was. this day was

particularly special for 18 year old span catch my scored the goal that sealed a one all draw for. me about that go as well as i was the most difficult it was an amazing experience. the 2 players are still involved in berlin football tayo greece works for one yawn and spend christmas for head to those teams are in the blood just league get together for the 1st time ever 30 years after the fall of the wall. and champions league football dortmund have overcome a 2 nil deficit to pull off a come from behind win against inter milan $32.00 the final score there and earlier rb lamps they beat russian sides in it to nail diego deming opened the scoring at the end of the 1st half then marcel netted another in the 63rd minute with the win life's a cement their place at the top of group g. . this is t

w news and these are our top stories chinese president xi jinping and french president emmanuel mccall have reaffirmed their commitment to the paris climate accord their statement in beijing came a day after the u.s. formally announced its withdrawal from the agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions. american diplomat gordon song has reversed his testimony to the impeachment inquiry into president donald trump in el says he did know that the trumpet ministration withheld military aid to ukraine to push it to investigate democratic presidential candidate joe biden. police and protesters have again clashed in the chilean capital santiago after president sebastiaan piniella has ruled out stepping down mass demonstrations over economic inequality have rocked chile for more than 2 weeks. scientists have confirmed that the space probe voyager 2 has escaped the sun's influence entirely

and entered true interstellar space the probe is now almost 18000000000 kilometers from our sun it is still transmitting data. this is t w news from berlin for war paul us on twitter at t w news or visit our website that's d w dot com. you can always get the news only 'd go just download our from google play or from the apple store that'll give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you're also used to v.w. app to send us photos and videos. you are watching is coming up next we've got business for you no other city embodies china's economic explosion then chen said powered by its many small businesses hoping to make it big so what happens when chinese elite move in and try them out.

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