marks today. 979 the big bang created. december 23rd b.t.w. . this is news live from berlin living with the effects of the climate crisis as the u.n. secretary general sounds the alarm on rising global temperatures we hear from an indonesian fisherman waging his own personal battle with the resulting rising global sea levels also coming up. thousands of people marched on the streets of hong kong in a new wave of protests hoping to keep up their momentum after the landslide victory of pro-democracy candidates in elections a week ago. and events are being held around the globe to mark world aids day

much has changed since the discovery of the virus and $983.00 talk to an expert about the situation in germany and the rest of the world. thanks for joining. us secretary-general antonio terrace has issued a stark warning about the threat of climate change and he's called for immediate action he announced at the bank of england governor mark carney would be taking up the role of special envoy on climate action at the un from early 2020 we have even the pull and the. soon it will be too deep to escape. i welcome the voices of young activists so be meeting they understand that you have job revising their future if you fly i will continue to push every to keep climate

at the top of the international gym. statement follows the declaration of a climate emergency by e.u. lawmakers showing a heightened awareness of the impact implications of climate change for some people though in other parts of the world the issue is already a life change. for abdul hadi a fisherman in java indonesia the climate crisis is stark reality flooding in his home village of time back is so bad that he's engaged in a constant battle against water it's a graphic reminder of the risks posed by the sinking coastline. it's always flooding my house is located to the lowest level lower than the road. there every few years hardy has to elevate his house the flooding is aggravated by

the ground level sinking caused by extraction of underground water and coupled with extreme weather and rising tides associated with climate change. land subsidence around $10.00 to $20.00 centimeters every year due to extraction of underground water and on the other hand the seed of it has increased. due to problems have caused flooding and high tides. and that climate change also caused other impacts like extreme weather. and. indonesia is particularly vulnerable to climate change the polluted capital jakarta is drowning because of rising sea levels because of this alarming situation the country's authorities have taken a controversial decision to move the capital which will cost 33 $1000000000.00 hardy though can't afford to follow his government's example.

it's impossible for us to move we can't pay for it so even though there are title floods stay. for him the only way to confront the climate emergency is with a stoic fatalism. maltese prosecutors have charged one of multis wealthiest people as an accomplice to the murder of investigative journalist stephanie. you're going fenech pleaded not guilty to his alleged involvement in the . police arrested him 10 days ago while he was trying to leave malta on his luxury yacht. i was investigating government corruption when she was killed in a car bomb attack 2 years ago you spoke to her sister shortly after fenech appeared in a courtroom i will be content when every when full justice is finally delivered for everybody involved. and everybody she ever exposed and everybody involved in her murder possibly has not been identified yet which is why we're expecting the prime

minister to leave office and parliament. and be investigated along with his chief of staff. because they may have very well have been involved in the plot. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world. new orleans police say 11 people were shot in the city's famed french order early sunday morning 2 of the victims are in critical condition police detained a person of interest motive for the shooting is still unclear as well as whether there was one or multiple gunmen involved. dutch police say there is no evidence that the suspect in the hague the stabbing had a terrorist motive 3 teenagers were injured in the attack on friday night in a busy shopping street police are questioning a homeless man in connection with the incident. and iraq's parliament has approved the resignation of prime minister adel abdul mahdi amid ongoing violence and anti-government demonstrations. he has said his government will stay on until

a new one is chosen. the. at least 900 people have been killed and another 18 injured after a bus plunged off a bridge in eastern siberia a vehicle landed upside down on a frozen river it was carrying 40 passengers when one of its tires burst and the driver lost control of the. thousands of people have taken to the streets of hong kong in a fresh wave of pro-democracy protests there hoping to keep up the pressure on city leader kerry lam after the landslide victory by pro-democracy candidates in district council elections a week ago once again police in riot gear were out in full force. taking aim with pepper spray at protesters rallying to decry precisely this kind of police response hong kong's pro-democracy movement was back out in force with thousands on the streets chanting revolution of our time and liberate hong kong.

once again police made arrests and used tear gas to push demonstrators back even as a separate rally was being staged elsewhere in the city to protest the toll the tear gas is taking on residents health but the movement seeking greater autonomy from beijing is eager to keep up momentum after its candidates landslide victory in district voting a week ago. off to their high school and all and a remarkable achievement in that district. would not let these do exist now we are calling to call for to set up an investigation commission called police brutality i think it's very important for us to all like. like come out of it all together make sure we're on the same page here so you support what we're doing. at a 3rd rally a wave of american flags relayed protesters gratitude for this week's show of support from donald trump. the u.s. president

a hero for protesters after he signed legislation that could sanction hong kong and chinese officials for human rights abuses in the city. spelling out appeals for more help their banners underlined the sense that their struggle is far from over. the election of 2 new left leaning social democrat leaders has cast doubt of the over the future of chancellor angela merkel's government senior german conservatives today called on the s.p.d. not to abandon the grand coalition but they also ruled out renegotiating the governing agreement the winning jewel boy. say they want to focus on issues closer to social democratic values such as social justice and climate policies and they have indicated that they would be prepared to exit the coalition if they don't get what they want speaking after her victory last night co-leader designit esque instead the pair wanted to discuss the way ahead at an s.t.d. conference this week due to makati stick with a grand coalition is terrible for our democracy it has to be said we can also see

that the big parties lost out in the grand coalition that means that we both have an interest in governing in other coalitions again. today marks world aids day much has changed since the discovery of the hiv virus in 1903 over the last 2 decades the number of new infections has declined significantly and although there is still no cure a positive diagnostic this is no longer a death sentence however hiv remains a major concern and un estimates that close to $38000000.00 people worldwide are living with the virus about 6 percent of infected people live in western and central europe and north america 15 percent are in the asia pacific region and nearly 70 percent of hiv infected people live in sub-saharan africa which also has the highest numbers of new infections and aids related deaths. around the world events are being held to mark world aids day china has launched

a national red ribbon alliance to better connect medical facilities helping people living with the disease and a hospital in brazil released thousands of red balloons to draw attention to the ongoing epidemic. and in south africa an organization that supports mothers and children living with hiv he held special events including a performance by this always a choir. and to talk about the situation here in germany i'm joined by whole gift of george aids hiv a charity that helps raise awareness about aids what is the situation in germany as far as h.l.v. people goes well we have declining numbers of infections 2 in germany that's really good news that's because of the effectiveness of the medication the therapy under effective under effective therapy it carries not transmittable anymore and that's really good news because it also helps to remove fears people are not afraid

anymore if they know transmission is impossible and that is the case today but there's still stick while there are still discrimination against like people judging other people saying well why didn't you protect yourself you have done prong or are seeing a danger in other people like moving a little bit back wards or maybe it's still a problem maybe i could get infected that's not true of course in everyday life transmission is impossible with an effective therapy it's absolutely impossible but that's that's good news not everybody knows it but why doesn't everybody know it are young people forgetting i mean i can remember you know how princess diana at the end of the 980 s. shook the hand of an aids patient yeah really shocked people and but raised awareness and made it clear that you don't die by it she she showed people you can touch people with h.l.v. that pose a sensation and there was just so much panic and fear and today the situation has

changed so much and and we can tell people you can even sleep with people living with hiv show read as long as you choose one of 3 possible ways to protect yourself one is still condoms the other. one is the the the therapy because under effective therapy transmission is impossible and the 3rd one is actually prophylaxis as a negative it's everything you get to of person you can take a medication to if you have a high risk and you won't contract it to be then let's get back to the stigma you're talking about let's say i had h i.v. in germany what kind of obstacles and sort of rejections are problems that i face in society the 1st thing you should know is that you can go on living a regular life in all areas like burke family's sexuality everything still possible because of the effectiveness of each of you therapy but you never know how other people who are react you will get a lot of support people will be supporting you. there are always some people

judging you or maybe you will you have some problems of birth maybe because your boss things you're not in affective employee anymore and stuff like that it's not true there's still a lot of lot to do to tell people that people with a job we can live like anybody else ok thanks so much that was a victim of aids hiv here in germany thank you to formula one now and world champion lewis hamilton has rounded off the season with victory at the abu dhabi grand prix hamilton started from pole position and was unchallenged as he cruised to his 11th win in $21.00 races this year the brit a 6 time world champion now has 84 career victories just 7 shy of the record held by michael schumacher. to football now and the draw for the euro 2020 group stage has taken place with germany in given a very tough assignment the german side will have to face both the reigning world

champions france and the reigning european champions portugal in group af the outlook appears slightly less troublesome for fellow turn and hosts england who will have to face croatia and the czech republic in group d. the 4th opponent in each of these groups is yet to be decided. behind berlin valencia is regarded as one of the best marathon cities thanks to its even flat course and mild winter plot. today's events yielded some fast times in both the men's and women's categories 2nd fastest men turkey's. violent broke the european record previously held by for ah ahead of him the ethiopian runner you won with a time of 2 hours 3 minutes and 52 seconds fellow ethiopia that rose berridge a claim the women's crown setting a new course. and

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