we have at the moment. this is it over in his life for berlin upping the ante it's not just climate change now the european parliament declares a climate emergency you lawmakers raising the stakes adding pressure on the incoming e.u. commission chief ursula van der leyen to keep her word and make the block climate neutral like 2050 also coming up china lashes out after u.s. president trump signs bills backing hong kong pro-democracy activists beijing 1000

it will take countermeasures condemning the u.s. for meddling in its domestic affairs. and it was britain's worst ever sporting tragedy that the police chief accused of being responsible for the deaths of $95.00 liverpool fans back in then 1989 in the hillsborough disaster is cleared of manslaughter. and they are thank you so much for your company everyone the european parliament has voted to declare a climate emergency the resolution was passed with a clear majority is strasburg lawmakers hope the move will send a powerful signal to the un climate summit which starts in madrid next week and also human 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 garrett marcus our correspondent in brussels good to see you gail how significant is this. it is of course symbolic gesture here that comes from the peace in strasbourg 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 richard 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 say hear 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. 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 buses 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 whatever brussels tries to do something on that scale regarding climate of but it is difficult so maybe it's also a message to a 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 affecting 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. natural clear to you. when i was a boy sure there was a lot of ice because you might have put in over 10 months years sometimes you hear

them a. lot in recent years still 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 maybe feet of sea level rise at a 50 or a 100 years it's going to have it 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 garrick have climate activists welcome face emergency declaration by the european parliament. environmental organizations lay low or quick of the mark such as greenpeace to say that they do well come 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 words that here are a phrase in the european parliament if if at the end of the day this remains an empty gesture and that is very much what what environmentalists agree on than. a declaration like that will be more damaging than doing good. reporting for you from

brussels thank you. when i bring up to speed now with 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 nasiriya as unrest continues to grip the country on wednesday demonstrators set fire to the iranian consulates in the city of new jobs out reach over perceived iranian influence has been fueling widespread anti-government protests. and vietnam the 1st funerals have taken place of some of the $39.00 people found dead in a truck in britain last month of the service was for an 18 year old and his 33 year old cousin the victims' bodies were flown to vietnam on wednesday. and very 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. u.s. president donald trump has signed a law backing democracy in hong kong well the legislation means still be an annual review of the favorable trait state is that washington grants hong kong and also threaten sanctions against chinese officials who commit human rights abuses in the territory china's foreign ministry has denounced the new law saying it seriously interferes with its internal affairs but it's been welcomed as a 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 lawmaker great to have you here on this said 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 ocracy 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 a deed is watching and they are not only watching they are also demanding that the the the risk the behavior of the chinese government must be responsible i think it was only because of the 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 stoking these protests this back fires 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 us 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 that the 2 i mean this comes off the back of a historic electoral 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 just realistic then 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 possibilities because i think nobody expected it i think china in my government in hong kong the cherry 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 for charles amar conquering pro-democracy law makers for coming and thank you. the police officer in charge during the $989.00 hillsborough stadium disaster has been found not guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence david duncan field was match commander where $96.00 liverpool fans were crushed to death at the stadium prosecution had argued the 75 year old bore a quote personal responsibility for it happened on the day but 2nd field was cleared by a majority verdict after a 7 week trial in northwest england he could have follows

a long campaign for justice by families of the victims. kills is the worst stadium disaster in british history 96 liverpool football fans lost their lives falling across the sheffield venue in 1909. in the wake of the tragedy as an entire city grieved authorities try to falsely blame supporters for overcrowding in the standing terrorists a front page story in the sun newspaper compounded the myth victims' families have been fighting for justice ever since. kenny darvish a told about that fateful day there are further ground and so. you know we all really went through a football match through what we were. going to. do with 24 hours worth of. disgraceful in fact police had opened

a gate to try to relieve overcrowding outside. but across then ensued inside an initial inquest said the deaths were accidental meaning criminal charges could not be brought but the families did not give up and kept pushing for a new inquest an independent panel was set up to review the evidence in 2012 it found police had tampered with witness statements a new inquest in 2016 ruled the deaths to be unlawful and police match commander david duncan failed seen here in the blue jacket was put on trial on charges of manslaughter by gross negligence the verdict ends a saga which shamed the british establishment. millions of people in the us are celebrating the things giving holiday and in new york perhaps the best way to get into the holiday spirit west to simply look up well or tens of thousands lined the streets to watch floating fan favorites snoopy grange and others stick to

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