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this is state of the news live from berlin and living with the effects of the climate crisis as the u.n. secretary general sounds the alarm for rising global temperatures we hear from an indonesian fish and waging his own personal battle with the resulting rise in global sea levels also coming out as vents are being held around the globe to mark world aids day much has changed since the discovery of the h.i.b. virus in 1993 we'll talk to an expert about the current situation and the prospects of finding a queue up and. shake up in one of germany's coalition party the social democrats
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elected new leadership. team who want to regenerate their party's coalition agreement with uncle americans conservatives will have government survive. i'm rebecca says welcome to the program u.n. secretary general antonio taro's has issued a stock warning about the threat of climate change and his call for immediate action an ounce at the bank of england governor mark carney would be taking up the role of a special envoy on climate action at the u.n. from early 2020. we hard in that the polls and we are still digging soon it will be too deep to escape. i welcome the voices of the younger active you so be meeting they understand that you are just providing their future
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if you fly i will continue to push every to keep climate at the top of the international agenda. to tears a statement follows the declaration of a climate emergency by a law makers showing a heightened awareness of the impact and implications of climate change for some people though in other parts of the world the issue is already a life changing one. abdulhadi 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 charters sinking coastline. it's always flooding my house is located to the lowest level lower than the road.
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and then 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. and there's land subsidence of around $10.00 to $20.00 centimeters every year due to extraction of underground water and on the other hand the seed ever has increased. due to problems have caused flooding and high tides. other than that climate change also caused other impacts like extreme weather. and that. 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
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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. today is world aids day much has changed since the discovery of the hiv virus in. 1983 over the last 2 decades the number of new infections has declined significantly and although there is still no cure a positive diagnosis is no longer a death sentence however hiv a remains a major concern the u.n. estimates that close to 38000000 people worldwide a 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
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the highest numbers of new infections and is related deaths well around the world events are being held to mock world aids day china has launched a national red ribbon alliance to better connect facilities medical facilities helping people living with the disease 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 aids held special events including a performance by this that we took last a while. that. the barrel. were for more we're joined from london by anton pas knack he's a doctor a researcher and president of the international aid society and tom thanks for joining me nearly 70 percent of people infected with hiv a worldwide live in sub-saharan africa what's behind the high infection right there
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. soon. this is. the reason it's the you see the sort of afraid i'm going to have to cut you off off they were having some technical issues there with that line and were unable to hear our guest anton pozen act president of the international aid society but thank you. now let's turn to some of the other stories making news around the world iraq's parliament has approved the resignation of prime minister.
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abdul must be made ongoing violence and anti-government demonstrations. has said this said that his government will stay on until a new one is chosen. protesters have a gang taking to the streets of multiple calling for the government to step down over the killing of an investigative journalist a businessman with ties to top government officials has been charged as an accomplice embattled prime minister joseph muscat has received a unanimous backing from his labor party. at least 19 people have been killed in another 18 injured after a bus plunged off a bridge in eastern siberia the vehicle landed upside down on a frozen river it was carrying 1414 excuse me passengers when one of its tires burst and the driver lost control of the vehicle. thousands of people have taken to the streets of hong kong in a fresh wave of pro-democracy protests there hoping to kape up pressure on city lay
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to carry land off to the landslide victory by pro-democracy candidates in district council elections a week ago once again police in riot gear wear out in 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. after their hearts heard all and a. remarkable achievement in the district as
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a larger and approaches court how it is to exist now we are calling to call forward to set up the investigation commission for police brutality i think it's very important for us to all like. like come of it all together and pressure we on the same page or say 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 leading social democrat leaders this weekend has cast doubts over the future of chancellor angela merkel's government saying a german conservatives today called on the esp a day not to abandon the grand coalition but they also rolled out renegotiating the
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governing agreement and winning norbit evolved to boyens and saskia s. can say they want to focus on issues closer to social democrat values such as social justice and climate policies and have indicated they would be prepared to exit the coalition if they don't get what they want speaking after her victory last night designit eschaton said the pair wanted to discuss the way ahead at an aesthete day conference this week. for the democrats who stick with a grand coalition is terrible for our democracy it has to be said we can also see that both big parties lost out in the grand coalition that means that we both have an interest in governing in other coalitions again. well joining me for more on this story is reporter painted sol paid a thanks for coming in the election of these 2 left plaiting choice a members of the party is new late as it is being described as something of a political earthquake here in germany tell us a little bit more about the reaction yeah right i mean i think this is one of the
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one of the bigger upsets in party in the social democrats party history and in recent history. these 2 fairly unknown left wing candidates. beating the establishment not many saw this coming that set though the animosity towards these doubtless men has been building. fairly quickly within the past couple years. that is you know as part of the grand coulee. many really believe that the s.b. kind of lost its edge. and it's basically become indistinguishable from its coalition partners chance i go merkel's conservative c.d.u. so this election in many ways was a clear message from the rank and file that they want to reboot they want returned to the party's fruits. which really put the social and social democrats right and so that's a decision that's received a lot of praise on the left including from the head of the left party benefits thing i says congratulate them and says the s.p.d.m.
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the country desperately need left wing policies instead of the uninspired meandering other grand coalitions. within the s.p.d. though that mean this has been fairly divisive. especially from the party establishment obviously we saw a former social democrat chance again still kind of a big figure when the party sharply criticized the outcome saying this would only worsen the party's problems and also from the center right from the free market f.t.p. we saw this criticisms from marco bushman who's the party whip is that the s.p. d.s. descending into chaos threatening to take the country down with it merkel most now clear clarify how she intends to continue costly giveaways to this body have been futile so far we need a new course free markets not bureaucracy investments not restrict redistribution so a very divisive and potentially you know
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a decision that could really up in the political landscape right now definitely and quite mixed reactions there now the big question though of course on everyone's lips is what is this going to maine for the current government and the grand coalition with. yeah that really is the $1000000.00 question i mean we saw these 2 candidates coming out there he clearly against the grand coalition there is as a broad consensus that the s.p.d. has suffered terribly. it like i said it's almost become indistinguishable from d.c. to you and so the big question now is where do they go now it is this political this is type growth that they're walking. can they what will they hang on to the grand coalition in the hopes of having a gradual you know improvement in polling numbers and then maybe. see it prove chance in 2021 when we have national elections where will they decide to blow everything up kind of in hopes of rising like
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a phoenix from the ashes. if they go with the latter that could spell the end of chance i think merkel's chancellorship ahead of time so it is very kind of all told situation right now yes all eyes will be on what's happening here paid out thanks very much for coming in to dissect things. well some sports news now in the formula one world champion lewis hamilton has rounded off the ses and with victory at the abu dhabi grand prey hamilton started from pole position and was unchallenged as he cruised to his 11th win in 21 races this year the brits a 6 time world champion now has 84 korea victories just 7 shy of the record held by german michelle schumacher. you're watching data use from berlin coming up world stories looks at how france is tackling femicide i'm rebecca rate as thanks for joining us i'll be back at the top of the hour with more news headlines.
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