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this is the deputy news live from berlin and a targeted smash and grab bag yields a spectacular haul thieves break into the royal palace of the german city of dresden and make off with diamond jewelry of immeasurable cultural value museum authorities say it's a disaster but don't yet know exactly what's missing. also coming up. over the bank of the drums for reform we need the young activist who's become the
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face of the anti-government protest in georgia and making the best of bad news hong kong's leader kerry lamb thanks voters for in peaceful election but says the landslide results that went against her will dock change her mind she promises to review but no reform will go live to hong kong and germany's furious farmers advance on her land they want a stake in agricultural decision making and they resent being made scapegoats for environmental problems. i'm sarah kelly welcome to the program it reads like a hollywood movie script thieves have broken into one of europe's most renowned museums and made off with a haul of priceless 18th century jewelry police in the german city of tourists and are still looking for the robbers while devastated museum officials try and work
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out what they've lost. dresden screen vault museum home to one of europe's greatest collections of treasures now it's a crime scene after burglars snatched up to $95.00 pieces of early 18th century jewelry from these cabinets including diamonds and rubies this is one of the sets that was stolen exactly how many items were taken from this set is still unknown dresden police say the thieves entered through a window c.c.t.v. footage shows them heading straight to a display cabinet and smashing the glass with an axe before making off with the treasure by the time all thought is a rifle the burglars were long gone a nationwide hunt is now under way saxony state premier say security measures were considered adequate is an issue it is it's a shocking it's not just the state art collections that were problem but are saxons we now want to get
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a sense of the damage and the investigative work. at least over. the collection interest and was founded in the 18th century by augustus the strong elector of saxony and later king of poland the jewels here are priceless. because in this context and i know we can't put a value on these items as they are unmarketable kept therefore just simply isn't a value that we can work with there is no financial value we can work was with the jewelry to identifiable to sell in the open market the museum fears that the pieces might be broken up all melted down the stolen jewels survived the allied bombings in world war 2 were carted off as beauty by the soviet union and were returned here in 1958 now dresden is hoping for their return from the hands of the thieves who vanished without a trace. and reporter erin tilton is interested and sent us this update on the
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investigation which is just beginning. now forensics teams are still combing through those sunscreen vault that's the state art museum where earlier on monday a team of thieves managed to bypass security and make off potentially with dozens of priceless examples of german cultural art and history so far the police of a man and rather tight lipped regarding the motive or any clues behind their identity of the team of thief spada one thing remains certain the loss of these dozens of crisis works of art is a huge blow to the city a huge blow to the museum and represents an irreplaceable loss one that will be felt throughout german cultural life that was entitled to an address and now to georgia where demonstrators protesting against the country's voting system are still outside the parliament building despite riot police being deployed to clear some of them away from the entrances hundreds of officers moved in during the night and detained several opposition figures campaigners in the former soviet republic say the voting system unfairly favors the ruling georgian dream party the party
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agreed to change the system last summer and has so far failed to do so of 200 demonstrators were injured in those clashes with police back then and emily sure when has been to meet a young activist who has become one of the faces of the protest movement. michael mori wants to make noise. that's what i look at other times that i can put the things i can't say with words into music with a lot of outlets and with music helps me to control my feelings. i chose to learn the drums because they allow me to express my anger my resentment my happiness and my depression. marcos says she's always wanted to learn how to play but the 19 year old student only started less than its 2 months ago after she lost her left eye during demonstrations in the summer. in june thousands of protesters
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demanded the switch to a proportional electoral system in georgia when the police used rubber bullets and tear gas against demonstrators hundreds were injured including the government was pushed into promising change. since her injury the government has been paying marco's medical bills but now that the ruling party has gone back on its promise of electoral reform her frustration at what happened burns even stronger but. i'm still angry of course i've accepted the reality of what happened. i can't change that anymore. i've become the victim of injustice. my face all of me. and when i see that that injustice still hasn't ended and that we haven't won that all that just strengthens my anger that rage essentially takes over me. sammartino the track going straight as are determined to keep taking to the streets
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until the government concedes snap elections and changes to a proportional electoral system to many mako has become one of the faces of the ruling party's broken promise whether she wanted to or not but for now members of the georgian dream party are portraying the opposition protesters as an irrelevant minority. are you sure you know that. our support. for the georgia and much more. aggressive. supporters. marco is determined to get compensation for very very 5 months after the summer protests she's now finally been named as an official witness in an investigation into police violence at the demonstrations she hopes her loss won't have been for nothing. that i think voice of the people is very hard to ignore the voice of the people is the biggest governing force for
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a country not individual politicians and when a country is democratic you can get justice you just have to fight for it. while the artist. marco is taking her case to georgia's courts she doesn't plan to give up her fight and neither do the protesters. so let's get a quick check now some other stories making news around the world albania has been hit by its most powerful earthquake in decades the 6.4 magnitude quake was centered 30 kilometers northwest of the capital t. ronna causing damage to buildings and sending panicked residents out onto the streets it was the 2nd to hit the country in 2 months and was felt along. the un says the greenhouse gas levels in the earth's atmosphere had a record high in 2018 carbon dioxide methane and nitrous oxide are the 3 main gases that contribute to global warming the u.n.
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is warning that the world is not on course to meet its targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions and prevent catastrophic climate change. and a judge in the u.s. has ordered former white house counsel don mcgann to testify in the impeachment inquiry against donald trump it's a setback for the president who has tried to prevent his top aides from giving testimony to trumpet ministration plans to appeal the ruling. israel has expelled a high profile human rights activist accusing him of promoting a boycott of the country omar shop here is a regional director for human rights watch and a u.s. citizen he's the 1st activist to avi expelled for allegedly supporting boycotts of israel and its settlements. on kong's chief executive kerry lamb says the government will seriously reflect on the results of an election that saw pro-democracy candidates make massive gains during her 1st media briefing since local elections on sunday lamb also think citizens for voting peacefully in
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a volatile environment a former british colony has been rocked by 6 months of mass protest against beijing's rule which frequently descends into violent clashes with police the opposition's landslide victory is being seen as a clear rejection of labs handling of the breast voter turnout topped 70 percent higher than any poll in the territories history. correspondent joins us now live from hong kong so we have it there charlotte leader kerry lab making no concessions during her 1st briefing since these local elections how are protesters taking the. we've just been at another protest here another lunchtime protest in the shopping center just behind me minutes ago this was absolutely filled with people of all ages singing and singing some of the slogans the chants of these hong kong protests calling for the 5 dumond's the demands including universal suffrage and an
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independent investigation into the police to be met a lot of people who were here won't be surprised that carry lamb in that weekly address didn't offer any further concessions didn't meet any more of those 5 demands they've long lost faith in the fact that she might deliver those demands they say that she if she hasn't delivered them up and to this point almost 6 months now into this protest movement and they're not sure exactly when she will when she will do that people here now were just wanting to take to the streets to keep up momentum and she really proved that they are still willing to keep going now that they have had this boost these protesters from this election landslide you know this really was a landslide for those pro-democracy candidates on kerry lam in fact she acknowledged the results of the vote charlotte what else did she have to say.
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well you say no concession she said that she was willing to to listen she said that she would also accept that there were some deficiencies within her own government in the way that it's handled the violence the time it's taken to handle the violence as well that fire comes a day after a statement where she also acknowledged that this vote was a landslide victory let's take a listen to what she had to say just a short time ago in that media briefing we will where of the large number of voters coming out to cast a vote perhaps not only to select a preferred candidate to sit on the district council but also to express a view on many issues in society including i would readily a sub that including deficiencies in governance including unhappiness with the time taken to deal with the current unstable environment and of course to end its
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to and to violence charlotte what happens next. we are expecting process to continue over the coming days not only these lunchtime protests which have become something of a a daily thing in the week but more people taking to the streets last night in particular we saw hundreds of people gathered outside hong kong polytechnic universities are i'm sure your member that was the scene of major clashes over the last week here people students protesters still holed up inside there is unknown how many still left inside but we do know that conditions that really are deteriorating people unwilling to leave unwilling with the the whole campus surrounded fearing that they will be arrested and charged with rising which carries a sentence of up to 10 years in prison that really has become a rallying point for the protesters here they're calling for the days he was still inside that campus to be allowed to leave seek medical attention and to avoid
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arrest here as well in hong kong charlottes also impel in hong kong thank you. in peru there were cheers and anger on the streets of the capital after the constitutional court ordered the release of opposition leader mori she's set to walk free later this week after spending more than a year in pretrial detention but the corruption charges against her remain active she still faces a court battle to clear her name. a controversial court ruling that prompted hundreds to pour into the streets of proust capital lima and sparking clashes with police. the power of these protesters the decision to free opposition leader keiko fujimori is a slap in the face of justice you know i think that public opinion has become clear that the party of kaikohe fujimori has received large amounts of money from the
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main economic groups of the country. their frustration heightened by the court's emphasis that fujimori hasn't been clear. of the corruption charges against her release means she's still awaiting trial but on the other side of the prison bars. the fujimori supporters that's of course the celebration among them her husband who has been on hunger strike in a bid to get his wife freed. i want to thank these judges who are so brave so on are to leave politics aside despite the immediate pressure from the prosecutor and make a completely fair decision. the eldest daughter of disgraced former president out at the gym henri keiko is accused of accepting illicit party funding from brazilian construction giant brushed. once
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cories most popular politician fujimori could now theoretically campaign for presidential elections due in july 2021 but with her popularity hit hard by the corruption scandal she faces a tough challenge to win back of former supporters. now activists marching through turkey's biggest city against what they say is impunity for male violence against women face tear gas from police riot squads blocked and disperse the demonstration along istanbul's busiest shopping street around 2000 women took part to support the un's international day for the elimination of violence against women. is turkey correspondent yulia han was out on the streets with those protestors violence against women is one of the few issues here in turkey that finds common ground across political lines and this demonstration there right behind me is a room where show of public protest and anger in
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a country where the government has severely limited freedom of expression and assembly over the past years these people here. i have gathered to denounce violence against women and to decry and alarming number all femicide each year in turkey now the government does not keep official statistics on stand aside but activists do when they say last year 440 women have been murdered by men in this year this figure stands at more than 370 already this is according to a well known istanbul based women's rights group so people here took to the streets today they brought posters saying the names all of the victims they are shouting slogans like we won't stay silent and i'm sure as you can hear these people these women are really trying to make some noise to get their voices have and to get their message across. thousands of german farmers are gathering in berlin to
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protest what they say is too much red tape and being made scapegoats for environmental problems hundreds are driving to the capital of tractors they're calling for a say in agricultural planning and say that they are the ones who are the hardest hit by climate change. for these farmers to drive into berlin a cement us a demonstration of power in their own happy about government decisions of recent years of which they're now facing dire consequences one of those angry pharmacist clotheshorse on he's a farmer but also runs the vineyards on a buy a house plant and bought aria he's joined a demonstration to voice his discontent over the strict regulations concerning pesticides and the ever increasing he has to deal with. have been talking with n.g.o.s in the past couple of years but they've totally sidelined us farmers we want to take part in the talks as well. besides wanting to have
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a say in decisions that concerned a lifeline hood many farmers want their image for storage they say they're being unfairly blamed for saying. like groundwater contamination and a decline in insect populations. no farmer wants to destroy nature or polluted water is the 1st ones to feel environmental changes. the farmers are frustrated. with the scapegoats in this country some people say we poison the environment but we want to be able to live a. proud to be a farmer but i'm starting to feel differently. the producers are concerned about the future of their farms and livestock to drive into the signal the time is up and even those who could only join local protests with that tractors have promised to go to berlin by train or by bus i'm confident there will be a significant turnout. scores of tractors have been making their way to the
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demonstration in berlin for days the bavarian farmers will be among those converging at the present burg gate. treating cancer in the gaza strip the best option is to go to israel for the right there a pay but that means leaving home and family and jumping through administrative hoops it's a system of a sense of excuse me of how decades long conflict the decades long conflict there in the region affects the most personal stories all we heard to follow to one teenager who had to leave everything he knew in order to get a shot at the future. mahmood is 13 years old he was diagnosed with bone cancer 18 months ago before that he was a talented soccer player who loved singing. his father manages to keep the family going with odd jobs but he has no idea how he'll ever manage to pay for his son's treatment in the to imagine what it's like you have
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a son he's happy healthy boy he plays soccer he's always having fun even one of the best players then comes the shock of your life. my dad was standing outside our house when i found out that i had cancer he didn't want to come in i saw him crying and i said to him dad you mustn't give up i don't want to see a single tear fall. but it's hard to find hope here in the overcrowded oncology unit at the hospital in gaza city there's a shortage of most things medicines painkillers and medical equipment a diagnosis like mark moods can resemble a death sentence. doctor knew immediately he wouldn't be able to help mahmoud under such conditions and that his best chance for survival would be through treatment outside of the gaza strip. the doctor referred him to a clinic in east jerusalem she knows that will mean an unpredictable journey for
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mahmoud because even a sick palestinian child cannot easily enter israel. mahmoud has become quieter over the course of his illness he hasn't been to school for a year his father doesn't want him to lose contact with his friends so as often as possible he takes them to an aid organization that has afternoon care for kids. meanwhile mahmoud's father has to apply for his son's travel to east jerusalem hundreds of relatives of seriously ill patients are waiting for the travel permit 1st the palestinian national authority has to agree to the trip and then the israeli government has to approve it. the permit finally arrives and the trip is set to begin in the early morning. but locke who doesn't want to leave he doesn't want to be away from his siblings or his parents. he wants to stay at
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home and he's terrified of dying. finally his parents managed to convince him to go with his grandmother at his side . then at the border there's another surprise his grandmother is not allowed to leave gaza and no reason is given instead mahmoud's mother will now accompany her son but they have to leave immediately. then it finally happens mahmoud and his mother enter israel together. the a goose to victoria hospital is on the mount of olives in east jerusalem. mahmoud's treatment this time lasts 4 hours. of course i think about dying. we read verses from the koran we pray more we ask god to help
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us on the run. now over the course of several months mahmud has had 30 chemo sessions in east jerusalem. and he's doing well. the doctors say he's cured and that one day he may even be able to play soccer again. and let's hope for the. now scientists from stanford university in california have measured the heart rate of the world's largest animal for the 1st time using a combination of daring and dexterity check this out this is a really tricky maneuver here the team is hatched a sensor packed to a blue well the data collected gave valuable insights into the beast's feeding habits and it also suggested that a blue whales heart is working to its limits now that in fact it could explain why no animal has ever evolved to be bigger than these majestic marine creatures.
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this is the news and these are our top stories a cultural disaster in germany after a smash and grab a raid on the royal palace in the german city of dresden the thieves made off with diamond jewelry of a measurable cultural value is e of authorities are still working out exactly what's missing. on kong chief executive kerry lamb says that the government will reflect on the results of a ballot which saw pro-democracy candidates win massive gains but lam offered no concessions during her 1st media briefing since sunday's elections. albania has been hit by its most powerful earthquake in decades the 6.4 magnitude quake was centered 30 kilometers northwest of the capital causing damage to buildings and panicking residents. the u.n. says the greenhouse guy. us levels in the earth's atmosphere hit a record high in 28 t.v.
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carbon dioxide methane and nitrous oxide are the 3 main gases that contribute to global warming. this is news from berlin for more you can follow us at g.w. news or visit our website that is at the dot com. well now the bitcoin is crashing now for the 1st time the cryptocurrency has shown high volatility monica jones has the latest behind this room we'll have the latest in business bulletin which follows right after the show because sarah bit conversely volatility isn't new it's been volatile before which may is part of its appeal that's why people invested it but this time the tumbling of the big concrete have something to do with china because apparently they're working on their own kind of crypto currency the e.u. one if you like and while they're doing that then also keen on other cryptocurrency has been too successful what exactly is behind all of that we'll find out from an expert because we'll talk to an expert about it and obviously i'll share it with
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