documentary. this is g.w. news live from berlin and after weeks of violent protest iraq's prime minister decides to take responsibility adopt almighty says he will offer his resignation so parliament can choose a new government more than 400 people have now died in the anti-corruption protests that started in october. a media report that prime minister joseph moscato plans to

resign immediately as the crisis sparked by a journalist's murder engulfs his close ally. also coming up fridays for future goes global again thousands of young people taking part in rallies around the world the call to action coming ahead of next week's un climate summit. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us so we start with some breaking news maltose a prime minister joseph has told his associates that he will resign his position had been threatened threatened by the political and legal crisis brought about by the probe into the murder of journalist stephanie cutter want to go who was investigating government corruption when she was killed in a car bomb attack 2 years ago angry protesters including a son have been demanding the prime minister's resignation although he has said he would. stay in post until the murder investigation was complete earlier this week

was cut former chief of staff keith tempering was arrested over alleged links to the case he was later released without charge. let's go right to malta capital the letter word of a soul is covering the latest for us hi barbara multis media report that we saw is that the prime minister just a must have plans to resign imminently what more can you tell us. we don't know yet what brought about this unexpected turn of events because last night after a 7 hour cabinet meeting in the middle of the night was all the media waiting. he is the prime minister had really put up a show of defiance he said again that he had nothing to do was the allegations reaching his government that he was completely innocent his hands were clean the government could carry on kids chamblee the his ex chief of staff would not get back into office but he didn't see any reason to sort of take any of the the

allegations that we're reaching him seriously enough to step down now in the morning he had a meeting with the president here and obviously that must have brought about a change of mind to maybe the president somehow made it clear to him that his situation had indeed become untenable this is a day where the leading newspaper off the island the malta times had written a furious editorial these sort of most angry in its history with wrote this like malta isn't the real live maffia film of the government immediately needed to step down because it was so implicated in corruption and the the scandal surrounding the murder of. so we'll wait a bit and see what reasons the prime minister's prime minister gives himself however it seems that people around him have managed to change his mind do you think this will the peace protesters. we're calling precisely for this that. it

will of course appease them because it was incredible fury i mean there was not many protesters out last night this was really already in the morning that was like 23 in the morning and people were very tired but there was palpable anger there and we saw the son of. a mass you really sort of screaming at the microphone is anger about the treatment of the death of his mother and that he thought this government was just really ready to go and step down but it will appease them of course but they will still one more they will still want an in-depth investigation into this leaves and corruption the money laundering the because even though the sort of. things going on on the island here that is that really top that really taint the image of malta and that really have created some sort of half criminal what they say mafia state in the mediterranean here and barbara what is the state of the

investigation right now into the murder of. the state of the investigation is somewhat stalled and that was everybody saw this as doing direct doing off the government because the middleman the guy who is ready to sort of thing or the man who had ordered who was behind the murder of. and he was supposed to appear in court today and then directionless lee that hearing was postponed till next week last night keyes chambery the ex cabinet minister who is deeply implicated in this whole scandal who had been on the telephone was the main suspect joran. when he was arrested by the police this man was sort of just disappeared from the surface he was just gone down into hiding and so nobody really you know he's not going to be investigated any further and nobody really knew where this was going but if of course muskat steps down. that is quite

clear that interim government will have to sort of really pick up the reins and look deeply into this city's and scandal sort of surrounding the silent. vessel for us there in malta thank you. now at some other stories making headlines around the world russia has test fired an intercontinental ballistic missile a video released by the country's defense ministry shows the total em being launched from the country's couple sinjar firing range the ministry says it successfully reached its target in kazakhstan. 3 men have been sentenced to decades in prison for plotting a terror attack in melbourne australia the trio had sworn allegiance to the so-called islamic state they plan to use homemade bombs and knives to attack a busy downtown area during christmas and 2016. u.s. president donald trump says he has restarted peace talks with the taliban 3 months after ending the goshi ations the announcement came during

a surprise thanksgiving visit to afghanistan where he met with president donnie and american troops trump also said he wants to draw down the number of u.s. soldiers in the country. and rescue crews in albania are winding down their operation to find survivors of tuesday's deadly earthquake the operation is now focused on a collapsed beachfront hotel in the port town of duress 49 people have been confirmed dead across the region rocked by the 6.4 magnitude quake. iraq's prime minister. says he will present his resignation to parliament so that lawmakers can choose a new government that move comes after weeks of anti-government protests the number of deaths in the unrest has now surpassed 400 demonstrators across the country have been taken to the streets since early october to protest government corruption and unemployment.

and for more on this story we can speak now to a journalist for the washington post in baghdad will stuff i thank you for joining us it seems like the prime minister was directly forced to resign because of these protests is that true. yes that's true thankfully he resigned because yesterday places more than 40 people died and. today the authority the marjayoun and the judge has issued a statement saying that the parliament. who would like voted for the government to take a stroll into what the people need then the prime minister statement saying based on the budget speech he's going to resign. or to the bottom line on sunday which decision will be holding people expecting that he will be accepted and then they will form a new government people with 3 right now if there is to quit has received this news with celebration with joy with tears i think that that is

a proof of that what they have been doing too long it has been the fruit of those people who died because of this because it doesn't square right now are saying not to fight with this horribly. and that square to keep demanding because they said we didn't come here only for this resignation we are here in order to change the whole system what more do they want to see changed. they want to change the whole system which it has been based on the sectarian sharing system they want to show you that any prime minister you know what or who he is should be a shia president about that who who he is should be kurdish they want to change that into a way that tool qualified to lead the country also they want to change it in a way that they can directly like the prime minister not by agreement with party that's why the right are demanding and to change the election law and to to change

the i have council and the stuff i can your mind that's what sparked these protests that began october in the 1st place what brought so many people out onto the streets. it broadened because i'm going to a lot of corruption corruption is the right thing to our government iranian backed militias controlling everything. there is no employment people with no jobs all sorts someplace if you want there is no under equal rights journalist speaking to us there from baghdad thank you very much for your analysis to brussels now where it is handover day a ceremony has taken place for the outgoing and incoming presidents of the european council current president on all tosk is handing over the reins to share on the show the former belgian prime minister will take up his new role on december 1st praised his predecessor saying have proved to be

a true fighter for europe. is also leaving his post as e.u. commission president here's what he had to say. they are not much of a one for goodbyes i'm sure enough 2 years i've had enough of that. with you. but i can tell you that i'm leaving my post at the head of the commission . with an amount of satisfaction both of those folks folks of the. summer immigrants various regrets. but i am happy to leave because being commission president is a task that is not particularly easy. so you remind me of the title of a book i received recently. the most difficult job of the work. more on the story now with max hoffman in brussels hi max it's really an end of an

era there in brussels with the both presidents of the european council and the commission adults are handing over the reins and you heard just held his very last briefing how did he sum up his time. there was some regret some satisfaction as we just heard in the sound bite but as usual with the public appearances there were also and there was laughter and of course we journalists we took advantage of the situation to also pay our respects to a man who has been shaping european politics now in various functions for 30 years and was very dedicated to that cause so apart from the laughter there was also a moment when i got very serious when he talked about the state of the rule of law in the european union saying that he was highly concerned and that he would ask his successor the german and to watch out for europe because europe needs watching out at the moment that's what he said and after that of course he went back to being

john crow don't go just guess what his last 2 words his last 2 words in this office were in front of all of the journalists of brussels you would expect something very high flying but it was i'm hungry. and elegant exit there. looking ahead what are the challenges facing the incoming president and was enough on the line. 2 different institutions so 2 different challenges michele will be the head of the european council so that's the institution where you have all the heads of state and governments of the member states gathering together it will be a little easier for him because he knows all these heads of state and governments all these leaders because he was one himself the belgian prime minister until recently so that transition should be rather smooth and that was enough underlined different story huge administration with the european commission and it'll take her a while to shape this administration in a way that it works for her and her goals and her goals are quite clear she told them to us this week in the european parliament at the beginning or the middle of

the week one is the digitalization where you're briley lags behind you know and it states of america and china for example but her biggest goal by far is fighting climate change and establishing what she calls green deal for europe she wants to do that within the 1st $100.00 days at least lay out the plan that is a challenge of a tall order. max has been reporting for us there in brussels thank you max. now climate activists around the world are taking to the streets in the 4th fridays for future global climate strike they're demanding that governments step up their efforts to cut carbon emissions and they're sending a message as well to the u.n. climate change conference which begins in madrid next week organizers say more than 3000 strikes have been planned around the world today and you can really get a sense of the scale of these rallies on this map here as people call on politicians to do more to slash c o 2 emissions australians were among the 1st to take to the streets in sydney hundreds of young people skipped school to hold

a rally outside the city hall. our house is on fire part metaphor part call to arms of climate change activist as they seek to hama home a sense of urgency yet for some here in sydney it's been a painful reality already. by the right. i wasn't. really a foreign. resident here are living on the front lines of this crisis and the effects are everywhere if you saw the crowd or whatever the shape it was so some people could come out because of the smoke and it was for that long the outcome i'm not really really really telling people i'm out actually personally i

think because i'm in islamabad. in the philippines sisters were doing it for the planet leading a march of hundreds to demand action. it was a more subdued picture in seoul where the friday protests have struggled to capture the imagination. but in india the roots of this movement as an impassioned call to galvanize. the youth into something of a revolution are all too evident but we're going to. be feeling really really important for children to kick boxing not just right it's not new generation because it's all about the system change and it's about finally getting your voices heard or is about to be moving this is a reaction on environment religion had gone forward to nobody make. me turned out in south africa to have some living their bodies on the ground to make a statement about the impact that rampant consumerism of black friday sales is

having on a global equal system. and many of those striking for the climate have done today green friday in an attempt to take a stand against black friday the traditional day of bargain shopping after the american thanksgiving holiday that has spread around the world but in france it's resulted in protests these images are from outside the amazon warehouse in the southern city of new york where demonstrators have clashed with police climate activists want to send a message that the overconsumption synonymous with black friday is harmful to the environment. it's black friday in france and everything is on sale well almost everything there's a growing resistance to this foreign invader marching through french shopping precincts even some just creates mugabe. a minute some years i think we consume much more than we need to and it's not just shoppers who are questioning consumption patterns. consuming has

a real impact on our jobs on ecology on our health this must be taken into account black friday doesn't fit picture anymore. 3 years ago the green friday movement for responsible consumption was launched to make people aware of environmental problems related to mass consumerism. whether who have left when i see black friday it's unbearable when i see these low prices and i think about the people who are making real products in. very badly paid i think about the environment that's being attacked jordan they keep the hundreds of french companies and associations of join the movement they encourage people to reduce reuse recycle and repair their god it is so one will be that it to keep just get it fixed so last as long as possible you know especially that when a dishwasher doesn't work it's often not a big problem just. over consumption and waste our hot topics all the way to the top next month the french government is to debate the future of black friday.

china has reacted angrily to president trump's approval of measures backing pro-democracy activists in hong kong beijing says it will take firm countermeasures against the u.s. if it continues to meddle in its domestic affairs new u.s. legislation mandates an annual review of the favorable trade status and grandson kong the pro-democracy camp welcome the move celebrating what it called a major boost to its push for more long local political control and more autonomy from china. and we can speak to a correspondent sherry chan she is in hong kong for us hi cherry have there been any updates on the china's response to this u.s. legislation. so the foreign ministry reacted fear is that yesterday actually their officers also released a similar statement the hong kong and macau affairs office and also the liaison officers who usually the language affairs between hong kong and china they also

accuse the us of interfering in china's internal affairs and also as being the culprit of instability in hong kong while china has mentioned that it would react with countermeasures yesterday and the u.s. would have to bear all the consequences they haven't mentioned what these content measures will be so it's do do you know what china is planning to do next what about hong kong or a search area do the protesters there feel emboldened by recent support. right hong kong protesters are really happy about the passage of this bill for them this is a huge victory because actually for the past few months activists have been campaigning for this being a prominent activist like just for a while and then this whole they even went to the u.s. to campaign to ask for the u.s. government for their support and actually airfares leslye fake tree pro-democracy

these trick councillors last week and those fear in hong kong has remained quite calm and relaxed saying people are still celebrating but there is also a small group of protesters who are quite cautious because they are saying that this is not true for them and this should not be the end of the movement so many are now discussing actually what they put to make ok so things have been calm this week but there are more protests expected this evening as well as over the weekend what can we expect. actually protests this evening has already ended and people were gathering outside. britain. consulate in hong kong to ask for support from the u.k. government because one of its former employees he was detained in china for 15 days and he recently talked to media about being tortured during detention so protesters

were asking for support from the u.k. but after several hours after they have had a letter to the representative they left peacefully but this is not the only protest this weekend and they also for other protests planned to fall that we can so we're seeing that hong kong people are going on with this movement to diffuse ceri chen reporting there in hong kong thank you now where does the human body end the digital self begin that is a question posed by artist louisa clement whose work is making its way on to the must have lists of international museums and galleries clement currently has a solo exhibition in the western german city of aachen where her photos videos and sculptures seem to come from a future that has already begun. aesthetic beguiling and confusing luisa clements work asks the question of where we are right

now still in reality or in a virtual world and what defines people in the digital age. the artist gets her inspiration in city centers where she takes nap shots with her cell phone camera mostly a faceless shop window dummy she photographs shapes and abstractions a reference to the digitalisation that's changing daily life. that phrase for and others because of course there are changes in terminology conventions of speech forms of speech interpersonal relations always have had something to do with localization but with digitalisation space is no longer so directly defined it and yet. where does the human body end and the digital self begin 1st series heads luisa claimants assemble cell phone photos into

a series of portraits of mannequin. in this wordless way she demonstrates the loss of personality in modern society. cutting yourself off from real surroundings can be done in analog too like with mirrored sunglasses the human disappears and it's unclear whether there's anything behind the reflection covering some reflection symbolizing an imaginary world. munich have a facial expression which have a lot to do with communication and we generally get a lot of information through eye contact if someone looks away if that's totally bored because we now communicate so much. 3 whatsapp through instagram facebook telegram whatever they're really cool we no longer have the real essence of a conversation because it's much easier now to dip in and out of a conversation and ultimately a commitment and that's what i find so interesting about the change taking place in

society. with monotonic something like. this cyber works mannequins and avatars and luisa claimants photographs and videos are loud and aggressive her work makes the man machine system seem beautifully unsettling. i can see that it's digital existence these avatars that we're currently building is something highly abstract art. i can simply depict myself in the digital world by leaving out all my flaws and quirks. so there's a kind of abstraction that's taking place from the phone from the heart so when you start hello i am here to meet some other bots and you with this roundtable i am bot 01 luisa claimants' ideas are clearly hitting a nerve several international museums have started acquiring her work.

now we have some of breaking news coming into us a british police say they are dealing with an incident at a london bridge now the bridge in the center of the british capital is not far from the u.k. houses of parliament and a local media reports say that 2 shots were heard images posted on social media appear to show a truck lying across the bridge with multiple police cars in attendance and no we will gather more details on this story for you and bring you an update at the top of the hour. let's get a recap now of our top stories here on d w iraq's prime minister i do says he will resign and allow parliament to choose a new government the move comes as the number of deaths and weeks of aggressor comes $400.00 demonstrate. across the country have been taking to the streets since early october to protest government corruption and unemployment. and in multiple media reports that prime minister joseph most got plans to resign immediately as a crisis sparked by a journalist's murder and also his close ally writes. coming up next on d

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