30 years later he looks back on the time kristen. stewart's december 19th w. . this is due to a huge news live from berlin police identified the attacker who killed 2 people on london bridge they confirm had been convicted for involvement in a terrorist plot but later released from prison passers by tackled the man armed with a nice and wearing a fake suicide vest before officers arrived and shot him dead. protests street germany's populist a n d party is a prepares to elect

a new leadership and maybe shift further to the right we'll get the latest from our correspondent at the party congress. and their women in the male dominated by the world of kung fu is himalayan buddhist nuns are using their training to send a message. i'm nick spicer thanks for joining us police have identified the man who carried out friday stabbing attack in london they say it was 28 year old man can kill 2 people on london bridge he was later shot dead by police can had been convicted in 2012 for terrorism offenses and was released from prison about a year ago several on lookers captured friday's incident on their mobile phones some of those who intervened are being praised as heroes for disarming the attacker . members of the public pin the attacker to the ground one of them taking away

the knife used in the attack. police were called and arrives quickly there's been about 5 shots there's another one. and i phones me why. moments later the police shooting again. all my code. as you would expect gz of the nature of the incident we responded as though this was terrorist related i'm now in a position to confirm that it has been declared a terrorist incident. eyewitnesses were visibly shocked. it was extremely frightening yeah but if you don't know what to do you know you have done something just i don't want to do think twice gunshots going off and not to come again london's mayor denounce the attack terrorism is cowardly and evil

we must and we will stand united and resolute in the face of terror those who seek to attack us and divide us would never succeed and the british prime minister said he wants sentences for serious crimes to be more strongly enforced i have long argued that it's easy to mistake to allow serious and violent criminals to come out of prison and it is very important that we get out of that habit and that we enforce the appropriate sentences for dangerous criminals especially the terrorists that i think the public want to see. this is the 2nd terror attack in this part of london in a little over 2 years. and our correspondent joins us now from london

out of more details have emerged about the victims and the attacker what can you tell us. well we now know all the details of what has been unfolding on friday afternoon around london bridge the bridge leading into the financial heart of the city where banks and insurance companies are located the attacks started stabbing people at an event that was organized by cambridge university students with forma criminals with former prisoners and that's where he started stabbing people at the moment 3 of them still being treated at one of the hospitals here in london and 2 of them sadly have died as a result of this attack the attacker himself 28 year old khan he is a convicted terrorist he was convicted in 2012 for plotting a bomb attack on the london stock exchange and for plotting to set up a terrorist camp in kashmir terrorist training camps there now that attack

of course has been shot at the scene he was released he was in prison for several years he was released last december in december of 2018 and ever since and had been wearing and tagged and so the sorry to use at all times knew where he was and this is what authorities of course are looking at closely now if they knew where he was why why didn't they know what she was planning and at the moment this is an open question here's another question is what effect will this have now now that the united kingdom is in the middle of a general election campaign. exactly less than 2 weeks to go december 12th the british voters will have to the polls and of course terrorism will be one of the big topics now in this election and new topic prime minister boris johnson of the conservative party was very quick with a political message last night and he said he has been always in favor of not

releasing dangerous and violent criminals to so now already the calls for tougher sentencing from his side and from his cabinet the security minister reiterated that this morning and of course this comes at an emotional time for the country with breaks it already having divided this country polarized this country so now i guess it will take a backseat and there are 2 remaining weeks of the campaign and terrorism and tougher sentencing will take a front seat ok you know we corresponded with a party in london thanks for that. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world. in hong kong hundreds of young and elderly protesters have gathered to show that their demands haven't changed despite a landslide victory for the pro-democracy camp in local elections a week ago saturday's rally is organized by students and the so-called silver

haired group to show that their calls for freedom and democracy are crossed generational. protesters have called on prime minister joseph cao to step down they're angry because his associate allegedly the mastermind of a journalist's murder was freed from jail investigative reporter daphne. was killed in a car bomb explosion 2 years ago. proves opposition leader keiko fujimori has walked free after more than a year in prison she's been held in pretrial detention pending an investigation into alleged money laundering the country's highest court ordered her release on monday but ruled the corruption case against her can still go ahead. it's been announced that berlin's new international airport will finally open at the end of october next year it was supposed to open 9 years ago but has been plagued by mismanagement corruption and structural problems the project to build the airport

is also billions of euros over budget. germany's far right populist party is about to elect new leaders at a conference in brown's fired it's said to be a stormy event as different factions within the party jostle for dominance and hundreds of protesters gather outside police expect more protests over the weekend folks fagen had had its name on the conference hall covered up to distance itself from what the car maker says promotes an ethnic and nationalist agenda the da is germany's largest opposition party and part of it. our correspondent in brown where the tea party congress is taking place of germany's far right populist party has been moving ever further to the right since it was founded 6 years ago will we see a shift further to run through the right this weekend. well f.t.v.

alexander galant wants to retire from that position does protest that are unanimous is that the continuously shifted to the right but he does protest a bit too much because the wing the extreme right wing of the party just gained some successes in regional elections picking eastern states and their figurehead. can according to court ruling be called a fascist in the so. has a rather large following but we've also heard from the stage behind me here to day concerns that the party could become less possible to particular west. if it continues on that very almost so it's absolutely decisive whether it's and a government gets his way and his favorite as his successor gets elected here today or what the somebody else potentially more further to the right gets voted in to lead this country into potential next elections 2021 and just

how strong is the more radical wing of the party. well certainly been for it by those recent elections that we saw in saxony into going in were become came the 2nd strongest force we also saw a couple of officials from angola macas conservative c.d.u. party rebel their own party line which means no cooperation with the far right if that is something they certainly felt in these individual voices was no longer sustainable and we heard from alexander garland something that could be seen as his legacy that the aim is that a weakened c.d.u. angela merkel's party would be so we can that has no other option than to cooperate and join a coalition with the far right if this is wishful thinking here but it's something that's already openly debated in some conservative c.d.u. circles and hence the direction that the party will take here is crucial. ok make

electricity to these chief political editor from the far right party congress. to iraq now where prime minister says he will resign after 40 people were killed in the latest clashes between security forces and anti-government protesters the death toll stands unrest broke out in october has now surpassed 400. i celebrate sions at baghdad's liberation square protesters traded stones for songs after the prime minister announced he would resign following months of deadly protests but his departure alone will not be enough. this is only the 1st step the 2nd will be parliament resigning we will not leave the square into the last corrupt person steps down but to the. demonstrators see the political class as puppets of outside forces especially iran.

south of the capital violence between protesters and security forces raged on. the clashes are the biggest challenge to the ruling elite since saddam hussein was ousted in 2003. poverty and unemployment have fueled the demonstrators anger parliament is due to meet on sunday. in the himalayan region the world of come through is traditionally a male one but these women behind me are nuns from a 1000 year old buddhist order spread across the pollin india and they're using their training to send out a message of a quality. like everybody was. the himalayan mountains the path upon. figures in an ancient discipline to come back centuries only approaches.

one of the. gender equality because there are not many nuns who have. not many girls i guess in the. like an example without. these nuns are part of a progressive school of tibetan buddhism that encourages its followers to find the patriarchy. p.i.m. is to lead by example in a region where girls are often seen as a burden. in all the. good the number but i think. it's a pain in the community that have left behind for many many more and being me. the women say the martial art goes hand in hand with the practice of buddhism. and is embolden them

to spread their empowerment they've now given self-defense workshops to most 400 girls across the region until then i'm. not gone there won't be approved and harmony because one thing person is always looking. for the nuns it's a graceful move for equality thanks i will take time and patience. thousands of activists have staged demonstrations in mexico city and santiago in chile protesting violence against women in mexico a feminist organization organized a frog friday demonstration with thousands of women joining the march against gender violence that's routine was performed simultaneously in the chilean capital santiago the chad was 1st created in chile for the global action day against violence against women and has spread through other countries including spain

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