up being the anti it's not just climate change now the european parliament has declared a claimant emergency in lawmakers raising the stakes adding pressure on the incoming commission chief person of underlined and her team to keep her word and make a bloc climate neutral 2050 also coming up china lashes out as after u.s. president donald trump signs bills backing hong kong pro-democracy activists beijing vows it will take countermeasures condemning the u.s. for meddling in its domestic affairs plus. vietnam the 1st funerals take place for some of the $39.00 trafficking victims found dead in a truck in britain last month. and

a medical come back and see by your logic of resistance super bugs are every doctor's nightmare on now there might be a way to have battled back and treat patients with bacteria hunting viruses used in the former soviet union. where the heart thank you so much for your company everyone the european parliament has voted to declare a climate emergency a resolution was passed with a clear majority in stroudsburg lawmakers hope the move will send a powerful signal to u.n. climate summit to the u.n. climate summit rather which starts in madrid next week they're also aiming to put pressure on the incoming e.u. executive to take a leading role in the global fight against climate change all right they're upping the ante let's take you now to gary marcus our correspondent in brussels good to

see you gail how significant is this. it is of course the symbolic gesture here that comes from the piece in strasburg and they're well aware of that there were some concerns that it could be a sign of panic and that is why. a number of conservative m.p.'s in particular voted against this motion but overall a lot of support for the idea or to say it's not just an urgency it is an emergency that is taking place regarding the climate and so europe has become the 1st continents to declare that state of emergency now but even even though this is largely symbolic as you've been reporting some say it doesn't go nearly far enough we spoke to our colleague spoke earlier with the green party lawmaker. who before the vote let's see here what he said and then we'll continue our conversation right after that the scientists are basically telling us that we wasted the last decade

in terms of climate action which means that now the measures that we need to take a much more stringent instead of political will to do that it's very nice to have a declaration on the climate emergency but if actions he's not following this is just hot air and when we have enough of hot air and enough hot air will we see this translate into action georg. well that very much depends on the head of the new european commissioner has a lot on the line and her team of new commissioners she has made very clear that she wants europe to lead the fight on climate change and that she wants to make it top of her agenda fighting climate change coming up with solutions improving new renewable energy or creating new infrastructure busses rather than cars which among the greatest emitters of of c o 2 in europe but it really depends to what extent she can fulfill that agenda because look if you look at. a directive from 2017 for instance on vacuum cleaners

back then the e.u. banned vacuum cleaners that were not efficient enough and the response from member states was that this is interference that is too much bureaucracy so whenever brussels tries to do something on that scale regarding climate in particular it is difficult so maybe it's also a message to member states here that they need to boost their efforts to fight climate change i care please stand by and we want to take a look now at what's exactly at stake when it comes to climate change and how rising sea levels are selecting the entire planet. beautiful but endangered greenland ice sheet is melting at record speed raising sea levels across the world global warming could redraw the world map as we know it. a little clearer to you. when i was a boy there was a lot of ice because you were 10 months years sometimes you hear them

a. lot in recent years stare only 4 to 5 months. in october everything used to be locked in ice but now only in december not before and. scientists are on a mission to predict just how much sea levels will rise globally if it happens at a rate where we're looking at 80 feet of sea level rise at x. 50 or a 100 years it's going to have a chip for cities all across the planet cities like alexandria in egypt are spending hundreds of millions of euros to hold back the water. in the netherlands billions of euros are being invested under water management innovations to keep the country above water. with rising sea levels are just one aspect of climate change with the future of the planet at stake activists across

the world are demanding radical action from governments while there's still time. and derek have climate activists welcomed these emergency declaration by the european parliament. environmental organizations lay low were quick off the mark such as greenpeace to say that they do welcome that as a sign that the politicians in europe have acknowledged that urgency is now required in fact emergency things really need to be pushed forward and that is why they now demand of course that concrete proposals are made how this can be put into action and it's not just was that here are a phrase in the european parliament if at the end of the day this remains an empty gesture and that is very much what the environmentalists agree on than. a declaration like that will be more damaging than doing good. reporting for you from brussels thank you next u.s.

president donald trump has signed a law backing democracy in hong kong the legislation means there will be an annual review of the favorable trade status that washington grants the territory well it also threatens sanctions against chinese officials who commit human rights abuses in the territory and china's foreign ministry has announced a new law saying it seriously interferes with its internal affairs but it's been welcomed as victory by hong kong's pro-democracy movement. i'd like to welcome now here on the set mr charles mock he is a hong kong pro-democracy a lawmaker great to have you here on this set well what is a momentous day for the pro-democracy movement of the territory what does it mean president donald trump signing the hong kong human rights and democracy act does it make a difference to the pro-democracy movement well i think for most of the supporters of the pro-democracy movement this is a great moral support

a boost in the moral now i do not expect that there would be immediate action taken by the administration but i think it does send a very strong message from the united states and i hope actually from the international community to china that the world is watching and they are not only watching they are also demanding that the the the risk of behavior of the chinese government must be responsible i think it was only because of these international attention so far in the last half year that hong kong situation hasn't become even worse the p.o. aid has been moved into hong kong i think it has a lot to do with the international attention that we got this particular attention and now by the passing of these 2 bills could this backfire i wonder because of course china from the get no has said you know this is all due to foreign

interference particularly by the u.s. and the u.k. they are still going at these protests this backfires well they always say that i mean any time that they think the chinese government is facing a situation where they cannot find a better reason to for a policy failure. they would blame foreign interference so i don't think that really changes the picture i think the more important thing is that hopefully it will buy as a little bit more boggling chip and a little bit more time in order for us to really tell the chinese government and the hong kong government that they really need to start a true dialogue they really need to start to investigate all of the wrongdoings including the police and so on and not let's discontinue. but of course both sides are so entrenched in their positions i mean how i mean how optimistic are you or realistic are you that the 2 i mean this comes off the back of a historic alec toral win last weekend nothing really changed i mean kerry

lamb is still dug in so i mean is this going to do anything except for moral support as you're just i realistically than i am optimistic so i think part of the reason why nothing has changed since the sunday vote of great victory in terms of the module for camp pozza bit is because i think nobody expected it i think china in my government in hong kong gerry lamb executive i think they were all surprised by the result in the way we were also surprised at the margin and in the strong support of the people so i think that the right now i do not expect any immediate response from them i think they are still trying to figure out what the options are and i hope that over the coming weeks we would buy a little bit of peace in hong kong so because of the fact that i think many of the protesters are feeling that they of indicated they are supportive so in

a sense they would not hopefully go into even more drastic action so hopefully we will buy some time for the government to react to sit down and talk to sit down and talk thank you so much to charles amar konkan pro-democracy lawmaker for coming and thank you. i want to tell you now about some of the other stories making news around the world medical sources say iraqi forces have shot dead at least 25 protesters in the southern city of nestle as an arrest continues to grip the country on wednesday demonstrators set fire to the iranian consulate in the city of new jobs outrage over perceived iranian influence has been fueling widespread anti-government protests. north korea has test fired 2 short range missiles that's according to south korea and japan observers say the move could be an attempt by pyongyang to pressure the u.s. over a deadlocked nuclear talks the north has set an end of year deadline for negotiations

. on garion the prosecutors have charged the captain of a cruise liner in connection with a deadly boat collision on the danube back in may the ukrainian national was charged with misconduct leading to mass casualties and $35.00 counts of failing to provide help 27 people died nearly all of them tourists from south korea. britain's prime minister boris johnson is heading for a big majority in next month's general election that's the least according to a major poll in the u.k. the you gov polling analysis which accurately predict at the $27.00 election suggests that the pro brags that johnson would win a comfortable $68.00 seat majority or the conservatives that could grab

a good portion of those seats in england's central and northern regions a constituency there is bishop auckland and our correspondent there good mass has visited the town that has traditionally been a labor hotspot but frustration over breaks it and years of decline appear to have many locals ready to switch allegiance. the town of bishop oakland used to be a train building hard today the factory halls and which carriages were once built empty. the unemployment rate is above the british average and a clear majority of the population voted in favor of leaving the e.u. . bishop oakland was once a bustling market town with a shrive ing nightlife now there is a sense that towns like these former mining and manufacturing communities in the north of england have been forgotten. and people want to change a large number of shops on the high street have closed down there is money

available for urban redevelopment but many feel it has been put to wrong cues they blame the labor party which has been the dominant party in the area for almost 100 years. and if you anyone here with. the referendum you. can shift it and can i ask you you know me the most conservative know why you don't come because i don't trust the labor party i don't. think in general politicians have been the right direction the bush both in france labor's strategy to draw attention to the conservative party's policies that they say are to blame for the city's money. this is not about brakes it's only it's about the policies of the past we've lost a quarter 1000000000 pounds from our county council through austerity through tory cuts. davis and this the conservative party candidate. john kerry the movement the message labor has not done enough for the area and it

must finally be implemented so that other things can be dealt with again. obviously people are worried about. here on the ground it's about stuff today and the biggest issue we have is on our local health. as an evening event in a pub hockey anyone says they will vote for labor even if they have done so in the past yes they all want to leave the e.u. and believe that only a tory government will deliver that to the north of england has always been a liver for the work. where the conservative party. richer people the more affluent people and with. genuinely think the spanish huge shift in people's. i strongly believe the conservative party is going to win. the people of bishop oakland almost all agree they voted for granted and know they want their

voices heard too long. by petitions in london. all right let's go now to london to our charlotte pos she is covering this story for us charlotte now you go of predicting a big win for the conservatives mr boris johnson's election gamble is paying off. it does seem like boris johnson's strategy is paying off for sure and his strategy is very blunt to be honest be cautious and the austerity politics of the past tory of the pots conservative governments throw money left and right for example into schooling or healthcare or streets repairing the streets that is his strategy it but 1st and foremost of course he is promising to get breaks it done by january 2020 and then negotiate a trade deal with the european union and he is counting on that voters are tired of

the standstill of the past years are tired of breck's it and hopes that the strategy pays off all right now what is that labor strategy because they're not doing really well. they are not doing really well and they need to refocus their energy because as we've just heard in the report they are losing votes as in the midlands their core constituency those who have been voting labor for over 100 years and they are losing them over bricks it because that is labour's big weakness and not very clear on the issue they say they want to renegotiate a deal with the european union and then put that to the people again and have the people have a 2nd referendum a 2nd vote on the issue of that but jeremy called the labor labor official the labor leader doesn't say where he himself stands on the issue he's staying neutral and that doesn't go down well with labor vote has no time to be a neutral brigs it obviously be

a big issue but are there any other bread and butter issues that people in great britain care about most. i mean 1st and foremost this election is really about brecht's it and i think everybody mirah something into the topic of bracks that a lot of constituencies a lot of communities feel that they have been left alone that they haven't received any money on many issues especially the topic of health care is really important to a lot of voters here but what it comes down to on december 12th it looks like people are voting on this very important issue of breck's it and whether they indeed want to leave the european union are not. reporting from london thank you. and i'm very sad story in vietnam where the 1st funerals have taken place for some of the $39.00 people found dead in a truck and britain last month but felice investigating the deaths have arrested several people including the driver of the truck who has pleaded guilty to

conspiring to assist illegal immigration the victim's bodies were flown to vietnam on wednesday. 2 families paralyzed with grief finally though able to lay their loved ones to rest. cousins when and whine the previous day scores a villager helped as their coffins arrived in rural vietnam in an emotionally charged and grim homecoming. that kept an agonizing wait for the bereaved families who kept vigil for weeks. after a month of waiting the family has been so sad we couldn't eat we couldn't sleep. the younger of the men was just 18 years old he had joined his cousin to embark on

a shared dream together. he went to work abroad with the hope that he could earn money for a better future for him and to help the family but it's devastating that he's died it's really painful. the pair traveled to britain in search of jobs but their journey ended in tragedy inside this lorry among 39 people to suffocate at the hands of human traffickers. as the procession made its way to their final resting place the focus was not on justice or the nature of the deaths but on a community mourning together. the whole village and the people from other neighborhoods came to bid farewell to them holding white roses and that i hold of them might comfort the families

a bit. this loss is amends but the compassion i see here would help ease this terrible pain but no. humor. in it and these deaths may yet carry meaning the priest asked the children to let this be a lesson not to risk their own lives by leaving. antibiotic resistant bacteria pose a grave threat to our health they kill tens of thousands of people each year but there is hope now scientists say a class of powerful tiny viruses called bacteriophages may be able to reverse the trend and bacteria phages are plentiful in the environment they kill off bacteria by get this getting inside their outer cell cells and making them explode while the viruses have long been cultivated in eastern europe as an alternative to antibiotics bacteria phage cocktails can be bought today in pharmacies in some

countries like georgia belgium now is one country that started to offer phage treatment but it's not widely available in the that means that some patients have to go abroad to get hold of the medicine. tan you did have a cannot remember when she was last pain free antibiotics stopped working against her skin disease which she contract it 30 years ago so she found a different treatment bacteriophages that because they're only allowed in special cases in the netherlands she had to travel to tbilisi georgia and spend thousands of euros of her savings to buy them. and i started going to georgia i was extremely nervous but also i was very exciting and also very disappointed in the treatment in holland because holland does not allow the phage years so i had to go all the way to georgia only for this page is to get there are many different types of bacteria phages viruses which target

a specific type of bacteria tan you drinks 2 different ones each day and also put on a cream it's difficult for people to go to georgia also it's very expensive to go in there and to have the treatment how much did you pay for your. treatment and georgia was pretty 1900 euros i paid when i need new features when they go send me new ones i must pay 500 euros. to get new features for 3 months. so it's a lot of money in neighboring belgium feeds researchers jump up and they created a legal model for prescribing features for patients. critical mass of people interested and threats to repeat on different levels you have. to research local. authorities also in hospitals. i think the. belgian solution is slowly spreading i

think other countries sort of getting interested in support belgium is the only western european country where features are easily prescribed to patients peyronie's says that lives have been saved with the feed is made in his lab a thing that fitch therapy is getting more and more important because. i think so or more and more fearing. people are actually dying because their infection cannot be treated with antibiotics features are more expensive to create than antibiotics but penny thinks they will be a useful therapy for the future 10 years hoping that the rest of europe will open itself up to feed sterile soon next to could only happen in france or cullen ery court battle has begun after a renowned chef lost a covert at michelin starred a mark of a house denies allegations that he used the wrong cheese in his souffles and claims

a downgrade has left him depressed. the knives around after a round over a return to the mitchell in style reached a boiling point decorated french chef mark fayed are was demoted to stars in january less than a year after being awarded the highest accolade in the colony walt. my me for that they gave me 3 stars and then they take one away i want to know the reason why. restaurants la maison de paulo are in the french alps was demoted after a mitchell inspector snow souffles the celebrity chef was accused of using the humble cheddar cheese instead of french fries his there are claims he used saffron in the dish which made it appear yellow like the color of cooked chatter. chatter kates by restaurants inside it's it's the 1st time a chef has sued the priest to just guide mitchell and has bitten back branding vera

a narcissistic diva suffering from pathological egotism. the mitchell and guide has just said that misha is excellent but not a genius mr r. does not accept this because he him no one has a right to say that he's not a genius it's not because roe. if feta wins this case it will set a precedence for other disgruntled chefs the outcome could see him become the toast of the food world once more only the bitter taste in his mouth. coming up next indeed every news asia. over $10000.00 tear gas canisters have been fired in hong kong since the start of the protests there presidents exposed to the gas say it's making them sick. and our bangkok volunteers are turning to optical illusions to help make drivers respect from the extremes. those

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abstruse guests. welcome to. the week double. it was the speech of his life perhaps his fast certainly his most difficult the speech by calling dresden on december 19th 1909. shortly after the fall of the chancellor addresses the people of east germany and the mideast tense the crowd clamors for german unity journalist peter limbo because

at the scene. 30 years later he looks back on the time low interest and. starts december 19th d w. this is the the after news asia coming up $10000.00 telegraph rounds in just 6 months that's what funk and police have fired into protesters but what effect is the gas having on the residents we speak to a mother who says it's the children but out of the fighting plus. 2 ways of making life the pedestrian safe singapore's entally now have a smart system that makes crossing the street less stressful. and in bangkok a creative way to make the traffic stop as if drug crossings.