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this is deja vu news live from berlin then as it prepares for a state of emergency as floodwaters rise the 2nd highest tide ever recorded has sent water gushing down the city's streets in alleyways the mayor blames climate change and is asking the government for help we'll go to venice for the latest. bolivia gets a new leader for the time being at least opposition senator to get it on yes declares herself interim president but former president is on what others accuses her and others of staging a coup. electric car maker tesla is set to build its new european gigafactory near
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berlin the facility will make vehicles power trains the batteries c.e.o. elon musk said germany had to chosen because of its engineering prowess. and we need an indian boy who has become the very definition of inspiration to country or swims competitively even though he lost his arms in an accident with his family support he's won 3 national trophies and is now aiming to the 2024th paralympics. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us one of europe's most important cultural landmarks is being threatened with catastrophe the highest tide in more than half a century has left much of venice under water the mayor is blaming climate change and preparing to declare the city a disaster zone. and storm surges and high winds battered the low lying venetian
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patchwork of islands and canals overnight the tide level picked up just under 2 meters leaving homes inundated boats stranded and tourists waiting to hit the historic state mark's square at despite a long history of flooding a city wide protection scheme that's been hit hard by soaring costs. and we can speak now to julio bauble he works at the venice institute for the study of the history of the resistance and contemporary society an institute that is now endangered by the floods julia thank you very much for joining us give us an idea of what you've been seeing there in venice how dramatic is the situation where the situation we were expecting a serious situation yesterday back to. weekly during the night when we got a storm right in the moment in which banks move tide was coming in so we can't we got this heavy storm moving. one more than $100.00 you know nikos per hour and that
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was the final straw. we got to the 2nd tide that kind of started that reportedly resorted to record the idea that it's going to be just looking really bad i can tell you perhaps you could stop it just in time because at some point the storm or karma downward between when it goes out of the water can go down otherwise i think it will have even exceeded the maximum of the 1965. and more rain is expected julio i worried are you about your institute and where you work could this be affected as well. i can tell you i didn't laugh last night because i was really afraid of what was the situation here because we don't have all of the library here but we have an archive who is a unique and he's talking about this the story of resistance in the 20th century in the brain he said you see there are no other cars like this one and he's in a cellar so as soon as the island where we are separated i thought
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i learned from the brain is useful judaica as soon as the primitive public transport was connected again they came to see and we were in iraqi. waters stop at just a few centimeter from where it was the interest of the archive but i can tell you it was a close call it is a metaphor of how dedicated these cities and how. how the situation was bad handled that not in the last 20 years but in the last 50 years nothing changes there by the 96 to 60 i can tell you that you said this is being handled poorly i mean what do you think of what the city what authorities there have done to prepare for situations like these. it is a bit difficult to summarize in few moments but i can tell you the project that the supposed to protect the brandy's that is called and oh i see it was broken the beginning because no one was grow there were a lot of a lot of doubts about that the city council of venice protested to the last moment
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in which it was possible to prepare to have an alternative to that and it was. any kind of objection with the paid by the federal government now what we got was a lot of corruption and the reason that it's not working that's what we got after 55 years all right julio baba from the venice institute's of the study of the history of the resistance and contemporary society thank you so much for joining us here on. in bolivia opposition senator on yes has declared herself the interim president after the former leader is a moralist resigned the constitutional court has endorsed and yes even though there were not enough lawmakers present in congress to appoint her what alice has gone into exile in mexico he's accusing anya as of instigating a coup. i. yes we could levy is opposition chants the presidential palace is finally there is after 14
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years but in the most controversial of circumstances. and yes has bitterly opposed the country's ruler since she entered politics over a decade ago now the senate vice president has declared herself the next in line to the presidency. thank you to everyone in bolivia fix heaping faith i promised her a tan democracy and stability to believe. but how as an onion has come to power democratically moments ago there she made her constitutional case bubbles put don't you think that you know. with the ruling party boycotting the national assembly she told opposition lawmakers that she had to step into the breach and take the president's job i actually i assume the state presidency immediately as specified in the constitution for me. but longtime leader evo morales
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a shadow still looms over events at home but alice is no in mexico where he was granted asylum after he resigned from there he is continuing to reel against his removal from power her out. on twitter morales quickly responded to and yes his declaration writing. the sneakiest and most nefarious coup in history has been completed a right wing coup mongering senator has proclaimed himself president of the senate and then interim president of bolivia a former president told the news that morales is a legit vote rigging was necessary in order to save democracy. and that i will leave you the lesson bolivia will learn is that a government that takes a step outside the rule of the law must be condemned by the bolivian people and the international community because when you allow the 1st violation the 2nd and 3rd
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come too and they grow they become a snowball. and yet morale is still has support especially among the countries poor indigenous communities. they've responded with anger and yes his declaration less than a month after contested presidential election plunged the country into chaos the battle for bolivia sold only seems to be escalating. let's get a round up now some other stories making headlines around the world violent protests have again broken out in the chilean capital santiago after the national currency the peso dropped to an historic low weeks of mass street protests have plunged the country into crisis protesters are demanding wide ranging social reforms and they want president sebastien pin yet to stand down. israeli tanks have moved in along the border with gaza tensions have risen since an israeli airstrike
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killed a palestinian militant leader officials in gaza say the death toll in the latest escalation has reached 12 a barrage of rockets has been fired into israel in retaliation. at least 7 people have been killed in a car bomb explosion near the interior ministry in the afghan capital kabul no group has yet claimed responsibility the blast comes a day after a prisoner exchange between the government and taliban insurgents that's ended disusing violence in afghanistan. students from mainland china are leaving hong kong saying they're being targeted in escalating protests against beijing's influence over the territory local students students at hong kong's chinese university are arming themselves with weapons in a bid to keep police off of their campus last night police and students fought for control of a bridge near the university of police chief has warned that hong kong society is on the brink of total breakdown. let's bring in correspondent he's at the bridge
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leading to chinese university where protesters have a set up barricades how much yes bring us up to date on what's been happening there where you are. whoa as you said this is the bridge that enters the compas and this is the bridge where police try to enter campus yesterday which led to these clashes protesters have set up barricades here they have barricaded all the entrances to this university now this university is different from other universities in other parts of town in that it is in a hilly area and there are very few access points to this university so it's very easy to block off now the campus is under the control of the protesters and they are preparing for the police to return so they have set up not only barricades but they've also prepared hundreds and hundreds of molotov cocktails and weapons to counter the police if they were to enter but i in my opinion it's all it would be
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very difficult for them already for the geographical layout of this university and there is also now an injunction in court pending where the student unions have asked an injunction that would prevent the police to enter university campuses without. permission from the university had ministration this is what has been the practice in hong kong and this is what the what why the east these these attempts yesterday to enter the university led to these clashes because they thought it was a breach of the rules that were at the throats of the students thought it was a breach of the rules that were existing but is there any efforts at the moment d. ask a late in the situation as it seems to grow ever more violent is there any and mediation happening between hong kong leadership and these protesters. not that i know yesterday there was an attempt by the president of the university in to negotiate with the police and the approach between the police and the
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protesters demanding the produce police to retreat from this bridge and then the protesters would have to promise that they would not throw anything. at the police in the direction not at the foot of the police but when he was still talking to protesters police advanced already and the protesters were continuously throwing stuff so then clashes erupted and this was by far the most violent clashes that i've witnessed since i have been here in hong kong reporting from the very beginning of this movement there were hundreds and hundreds what he said today 1500 rounds of tear gas fired in the whole city but a major part here in its seconds it was it was really a fire so this is of course leading to an escalation and the government has made clear it is not intending to give in to any demands now what negotiations can there be if the government says that all of that giving into the demands what would be
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wishful thinking so i don't see any effort by any side to solve this in negotiations and there's nobody no neutral instance who would be able to do this at the moment considering that also everything the government negotiates needs. to go from beijing. correspondent to ts telling our reporting there with the very latest from hong kong thank you tesla will build its 1st european factory on the outskirts of berlin c.e.o. elan musk says he chose germany because of the country's reputation for expertise in engineering here's more of the big announcement. the location couldn't have been more apt clutching his award for the tesla 3 he learned musk broke the news. good evening with the lawsuits like i have you here we've decided to put to the gate a fire crew europe in the burn area. the preventer was lost for words bill
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and. the new factory will create 10000 new jobs but when senator for economics was swift to express her delight those who have vision come to berlin welcome tesla tesla already has a gigafactory in shanghai shown here it's roughly the size of $120.00 football pitches soon around half a 1000000 vehicles will roll out of here each year the complex took just 12 months to build a record. the berlin plant will be a similar size it will specialize in the compact s.u.v. model y. and producing lithium batteries the factory itself will be close to the city's long planned new airport referring to the now 11 year construction period for that musk that tesla would certainly be stepping up the pace now donald trump is facing the biggest challenge yet of his presidency with potentially explosive public
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impeachment hearings due to open later today lawmakers will question 2 diplomats on whether trump's ukraine's help for his 2020 reelection campaign democrats are seeking to prove that trump abused his office by threatening to withhold millions of dollars in aid to ukraine unless its government investigated the son of his chief political rival joe biden trumpets call the process the scam a democrat leader say it's significant and serious. and with us here in studio is irwin collier u.s. analysts and professor at bard college furlan erwin thank you for joining us here this is a moment a lot of democrats we could should say have been waiting for the 1st hearings will start into this proceeding how important how impactful is this moment for trump well trump lives in his own bubble this is a narcissist who is convinced that he can handle any challenge so i would say he
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does not appreciate just how bad the cards are that he has to play right now right now he will not be able to determine what's going to be on the evening news for quite a while he has to react and he is someone who prefers to be proactive and i think that that will change the nature of his reactions once he realizes does not have control of the vertical and horizontal on the t.v. screen he will become more desperate who are we expecting to hear from in these hearings and what could we possibly hear ok in the democrats have structured this so that the very at the very beginning we will see professional diplomats country experts they're there i think to give this paint the picture give the narrative of what normal diplomatic business is all about otherwise one will just say well what giuliani does mob like kinds of behaviors going around corners cutting
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corners trying to play tricks with the rule of law that that's normal in diplomacy and the people that are lined up and we have testified we have their written testimony before us. we're clearly shocked that this had gone beyond the bounds of anything that they had encountered before and they were calling alarm in real time and they're going to stick with their stories there's no reason for them to to deviate now the truth will only set us free if we. listen to the truth and the question is it's not so much what they say is what the american public and their representatives hear what about the american public how could this impact the 2020 presidential race because these hearings will be put on public television was sure the fact that all the networks will be covering this is going to
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ruin the thanksgiving holidays for a lot of families people will be playing monday morning quarterback on what's going to happen for the election i think what we're going to see is a mobilization of the pro trump people to defend him even more but the anti trump movement what we saw in 2018 in the midterm elections what we saw most recently in the off year elections there is a huge reaction within the american population so there's going to be a very very it'll be very vocal on both wings and in the center the big question is sort of the suburban housewife. they have come out very strongly for democrats and i can hard it's very difficult for me to imagine that these hearings would bring them over to the trump side of the equation ok so what is the plan then for
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republicans who are hoping to defend the president in this case they have a couple of strategies that they're clearly using the one me is well the military was released. we did not observe the investigations no harm no foul that of course has the problem if i try to murder you it's attempted murder that's still a crime it's very much a crime the other thing is to fan the flames of the deep state conspiracy that it's the creatures from the swamp that trump was elected. to fight if. hunt and hunt down so they were are going to take all of these representatives of the solid diplomatic service the civil service who are now testifying against trump and trying to paint them into this deep state can conspiracy against the american people certainly something to watch today a roman collar u.s. analysts professor at bard college here in berlin thank you for your analysis
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threat be here. there watching d.w. news still to come on our show we need an indian boy who wins swimming competitions even though he lost his arms in an accident with his family support is now aiming for the 2024th paralympics. the 1st kenya's president who has pledged to end female genital mutilation by 2022 kenya and other african leaders attending a un conference on population and development are also calling for an end to trial marriage the 3 day summit in the kenyan capital nairobi brings together more than $6000.00 participants from $160.00 nations to discuss sexual and reproductive health and women's rights. fees and new buildings on the edge of nairobi's biggest the city is busting at the seams especially in the poorest areas nairobi's population has grown by 40 percent in the last 10 years budgets for improving water
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supplies or education aren't keeping up with the rapid population growth bringing problems that particularly affect young women those attending this population conference in nairobi agree improving women's rights is the key a vision of full equality for women and girls of reproductive rights for all that vision is still far from reality 25 years ago un member states agreed that rather than trying to influence the size of their populations countries should instead focus on improving the lives of individuals particularly women. this project in nairobi supports go through vocational training and sex education. it's run by a german nonprofit with the backing of the german government to do more than you'll fall into is really young women have a child and by the way girls aged $15.00 to $19.00 have 21000000 unwanted
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pregnancies every year in africa often their lives are almost over because they don't have any chance. to further educate themselves. germany says it'll up its contribution to un population research from 22 to 33000000 euros a year the conference organizers in nairobi hope that by the time it wraps up on thursday more countries will follow suit. sports news now in tennis austria's dominant team booked an early semifinal spot at the a.t.p. finals with a stunning group stage victory over world number one novak djokovic joke of it took the 1st set 76 but the 5 time champion could not hold team offs longer the 26 year old won the next 2 sets and called this the best match he has ever played he has now beaten roger federer and novak djokovic back to back to move on to the semifinals of the procedures tournament in london features the top 8 men's players in the world.
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in american football the n.f.l. has arranged a trial workout for quarterback collin capper nick this saturday with all 32 teams invited capron it hasn't played since 2016 when he started kneeling during the national anthem to protest racial injustice in the u.s. the 32 year old reached a settlement with the n.f.l. in february after filing a grievance claim because he said team owners were conspiring not to hire him the league says several teams have asked about cap or knicks readiness to play he is eager to return to football. and indian boy as become the very definition of inspiration after repeated successes in the sport of swimming but what makes eyeball qadeer is story remarkable is that he has been winning despite having no arms. the water is after all could tear in dorry's happy place. swimming has helped
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a young boy overcome big obstacles and made him an inspiration for many in his native india at the age of 7 up to cody a lost both of his arms after an accident but he refused to let his life be ruled by it. so. when he was 7 years old my son accidentally touched a high voltage electric wire. we took him to a hospital in mumbai and doctors treated him for almost a week but they said the infection was spreading fast and that they had to amputate both his arms were saving his life with the priority but he had to lose his arms. since the accident abdul qadeer has adjusted and all sorts of ways he does as homework using his feet and he is a smartphone that way too. but it's clear that where he truly excels is in the water. and he set his eyes on
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a big goal. there but the odds over the mistake when i lost my arms when i was in 2nd grade i had an infection that spread to both arms when i was in hospital. but i love to swim. or i get bored and i want to win a gold medal for india in the olympics. it's more than just a day dream abdul qadeer is already a 3 time national swimming champion and she's got the medals to prove it but it required hard work and determination from everyone involved. in the beginning we were really at a loss about how to teach amiss when. we didn't know how to support him unlike other kids we couldn't hold him by his shoulders if we could drop them into the water but taking him out was a challenge. but abdul qadeer was determined and nothing could stop him
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he started to swim in just 10 to 12 days and learned how to climb up the ladder on his own. little what they used to fall and get hurt. but in just a month he became independent in the pool. because he's got positive negative will reportedly be. up till cadia is hoping to soon join an elite swimming institute and trying to qualify for the 2024 summer paralympics. it's going to matter not our top stories. the mayor of venice is blaming climate change for the highest tide in more than half a century flooded much of the city tourist spots including st marks where are submerged a flood protection scheme has been hit hard by spiraling costs and bolivia has a new interim leader opposition senator again on yes proclaimed herself president
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hours after the former head of state is on what i just flew to exile in mexico is accusing her of instigating a coup. coming up how much does your name or your background affect whether you get a trough we'll be looking into that on our business show made in germany state of.
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