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grandma. that's all that. i might show join me to meet the japanese sunday. post. this is the news live from berlin police identify the attacker who killed 2 people on london bridge they confirm he'd been convicted for involvement in a terrorist plot but later released from prison passers by the men armed with a knife and wearing a fake suicide vest for officers arrived and shot him dead. young and old come
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together in a new hong kong protest aimed at showing authorities the pro-democracy movement has support across all generations. and it's not the same old song and thousands of activists in mexico and chile aim to open people's eyes to violence against. 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 who killed 2 people in london bridge he was later shot dead by police can was convicted in 2012 of 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
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. 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. as another 1. 10 i phones me why. moments later the police shooting can. get all my course. as you would expect due to 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. i witness is 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 once i was going off and
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not to come again london's mayor to announce 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 in the stake 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 for 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 correspondents tell us apos joins us now
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from london i shall have 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 attack 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 are still being treated at one of the hospitals here in london and 2 of them sadly have died as a result of this attack now 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
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a terrorist camp in kashmir or 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 a sari 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 he was planning and at the moment this is an open question i guess 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
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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 too 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 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 correspondent show us apart thanks for that. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world. peru's 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
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monday but ruled a corruption case against her can still go ahead. in malta protesters have called on prime minister joseph to step down they're angry because his associate allegedly the mastermind of a journalist's murder was freed from jail investigative reporter. that was killed in a car bomb explosion 2 years. hundreds of environmental activists in eastern germany have occupied coal mines calling for an immediate end to the use of the fossil fuel much of the rust belt region depends on the mines for jobs and painters say the government's plans to phase out coal by 2038 don't go far enough. 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 project to build the airport is
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also billions of euros over but. activists in hong kong are celebrating a landslide victory for the pro-democracy camp in local elections a week ago the candidates took control of 17 out of 18 district councils earlier on saturday secondary school students and the so-called silver haired group organized a peaceful rally to show that their calls for freedom and democracy are cross generational the call comes after police ended their siege of the polytechnic university which was the scene of clashes between radical protesters and riot officers. and for more cherry chan joins me now from hong kong cherry protesters are celebrating last week's election results but there's. demonstrating what do they want know. right so hundreds of protesters are gathering in his district where all the seats were taken by program officer candidates and they are celebrating this huge fake tree
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last weekend but they also here actually to remind each other and wolfman has not and these protesters here they were shouting to slow her as they have michelle's a front of house 6 months to 5 the months not one less slogan and also there were also so for new in the elected district councillors they were speaking on stage and they were talking about how they could make changes inside the system and so they said that most nation is not only about celebration but also about how they could move forward with the movement. here yesterday the police lifted their siege of the polytechnic university how significant is that move. right so yes that they. have officially left the campus and they head to the campus back to the school administration they said that they have. 10000 petro bombs inside the campus and also they have made 1100 arrests but then
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the police also said that they hope after the siege all right that the end of the siege of the campus at peace and rest and then the tea can return to the society but there are a lot of protesters who are very cautious about this move they have been saying that they don't want this to be at the end of movement and actually they have been handing out the protests fault tomorrow and also for next monday ok and from the chanting there behind you it doesn't sound like those protests are going to end anytime soon church and in hong kong thanks for that all over. to iraq now where prime minister i know abdul mahdi says he will resign after 40 people were killed in the latest clashes between security forces and anti-government protesters the death toll since unrest broke out in october has now surpassed 400 dead. celebrations at
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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 anough. this is only the 1st step the 2nd will be parliament resigning we will not leave the square into less corrupt person steps down the budget 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. we turn to football now and shell have climbed to
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2nd in the bundesliga table after a 21 win at home to. shock open the scoring midway through the 1st half thanks to a thunderbolt by benito. this was his 2nd goal of the season. marcus inverts an equaliser for on your own above with a penalty before half time match was heading for a draw until germany's shot the story shelters germany international see what serdar popped up with the winner with 4 minutes remaining giving the hosts there it is a deserved victory. a protest chat and dance is becoming popular among women in latin america looking to raise their voices against violence and impunity it was created by a chilean collective but it's universal message and catchy rhythm have made it easy to repeat from one country to another. yes. it was not my fault my clothes were not why i was raped lines from the feminist dance making
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waves across latin america and beyond. and we are so angry we want to be heard and we want to be recognized as women a little people and citizen like most of us. it was created by a chilean collective for the never 25th close day protesting violence against women and has spread to spain france and to mexico the rhythm and universal lyrics make the song easy to repeat its message to transcends borders. but in america and everywhere in latin america there are very high rates of femicide rates of infertility for rapists murderers for the disappearance and women for many. to start with this chant and their fury the fight for women's safety can maintain today's momentum.
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and before we go a look at one of nature's most remarkable annual spectacles millions of monarch butterflies have begun arriving in central mexico to spend the winter mass migration is one of the insect world's most fantastic feats the monarchs flutter thousands of kilometers from canada and the u.s. west coast to escape the cold but a 5 population has suffered major losses over recent decades but scientists say this latest migration is double last. and a reminder of the top stories we're following for you police have identified the man who carried out friday's stabbing attack on the london bridge killing 2 people the 28 year old had been previously convicted on terrorism charges and released from prison a year ago. and school children have come together with the elderly in new hong
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kong protests aimed at showing authorities the pro-democracy movement support across the generations. and you are of course watching the news live from berlin coming up next the latest edition of world stories dealing with how france is tackling femicide don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our website and state of utah com click spicer thanks for joining us i see the. show and this is you speaking like come to the show with the. hottest concerts with the least risky.

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