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to cut through the noise to get to the truth. my dearest sara kelly and i work at the data. this is d.w. news live from berlin on the eve of an international climate summit in madrid 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 rise in global sea levels also coming out. germany's ruling coalition on a collision course with the social democrats alleged new leaders who want to change
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their coalition agreement with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives but the c.d.u. says no it will not cause government survive. thousands of people march on the streets of hong kong in a new wave of protests hoping to keep talking and mentum after the landslide victory also proved mark received candidates in the elections a week ago. and lewis hamilton puts the finishing touches on a not a dominant formula one season that left his rivals in a speech. i'm jarred great welcome the head of the un has taken the world's major economies to task for not pulling their white to reduce carbon emissions antonino good terrorist says the global push to stop climate change has been course actually an adequate
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and he describes a point of no return as foster approaching terrorist was speaking as a 2 week international climate summit gets underway in madrid on monday he is more of what he had to say. we hired in a deep hole and we are still digging soon it will be too deep to escape i welcome the voices of young activists so been meeting they understand that you are job providing their future that is why i will continue to push every the way to keep climate at the top of the international agenda or good terrorist state and follows the declaration of a climate emergency by e.u. lawmakers showing a heightened awareness of the impact of climate change for some people though in other parts of the world the issue is already a life changing one. abdul hadi a fisherman in java indonesia the climate crisis is stark reality flooding in his
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home village of town back is so bad that he's engaged in a constant battle against water it's a graphic reminder of the risks posed by those sinking coastline. it's always flooding my house is located to the lowest level lower than the road. 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.
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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 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 a tidal floods. for him the only way to confront the climate emergency is with a stoic fatalism. well the future of german chancellor i'm glad government has been cast in doubt after her coalition partner the social democrats elected new leaders who are critical of the of the partnership no but boy ends and
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saskia s. can have indicated they want to see some major changes and that could raise the prospect of an early election or a minority government if the coalition partners fail to reach a consensus. the social democrats have cast doubt on the future of the grand coalition but their partners in that coalition the christian democrats are attempting to shrug off any such suggestion for on a great car or it's business as usual. savior who is the c.d.u. one thing is clear we're going to stand by this coalition on the basis of what we've already negotiated. and we want to get back down to work quickly. but the new s.p.d. leaders norbit. are critical of the political partnership they have new demands on the minimum wage pensions and the climate that they want to be met. in the us. this is not possible if this is blocked then the party conference will have to think
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about how to overcome these differences photos policy is the most important thing and that is what will decide whether this coalition has a future there is in the s.p.d. want to prevent that party debate from happening. this was all about a person no change in the s.p.d. and it doesn't necessarily mean that the party is going to briefing policy is. exempt. the trade unions are urging the s.p.d. not to abandon the grand coalition. this country is in great need of modernization and we need an ambitious program of investment that is something this government must tackle in the 2nd half of its tenure. next week the social democrats will decide which of their demands will be tied to the survival of the grand coalition. well with the election of these new s.p. daily it is one of the big questions now is what will happen to government can it
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actually survive my colleague rebecca written spoke to g.w. political correspondent simon young a little bit early on well these 2 new leaders of the s.p.d. have said they want to renegotiate the coalition agreement that is the basis of the coalition government featuring the social democrats and chancellor merkel's conservatives they want more left left wing policies in there the conservatives for their part have say to repeated it again today no chill of renegotiation so one of the new leaders now know but it's a boy said to die well if that's going to be the sort of blockade as he calls it from the conservatives you know that's not a good sign and so ready heats of collision between these tea parties i think it's inevitable that in the coming weeks possibly months the s.p.d. will decide that it wants to pull out of its coalition arrangement with medical and
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conservatives that'll mean. elections it could mean a short period of minority governments. time will come to an end and elections will come earlier than planned currently the senate for 2021. now to some of the other stories making news around the world and in a televised address mulches prime minister joseph muscat has announced kill resign in january once his labor party has chosen a new leader calls for him to step down of growing after a prominent businessman with alleged ties to government ministers was charged as an accomplice in the murder of journalist. shelling by syrian government war planes on rebel forces in al hauraki village in the province has undermined the russian broad could cease fire agreement that went into effect in august 2 days of clashes in the country's last major opposition have reportedly killed nearly 70 on both sides. forces have
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deployed to the the presidential palace in an attempt to prevent clashes between pro and anti-government protest is the 2 sides disagree on whether the president. should now move to form a new government after the resignation of prime minister saad hariri in october. and at least 19 people have been killed and 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 40 passengers when one of its thai is and the driver lost control of the vehicle. well 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 see the need to carry after the landslide victory by pro-democracy candidates in district council elections away could guard once again police in riot gear were out
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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 heights her. remarkable achievement into district election approaches put how it is to exist now we are calling because i want to set up an investigation commission police brutality i think is very important for us to like. like come out of it all together and make sure we're on
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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. to formula one now and world champion there was hamilton has rounded off the season with victory at the abu dhabi grand prix how often started from pole position and was unchallenged as he cruise to his 11th win in $21.00 races this year. the biggest challenge lewis hamilton faced in this race was getting away cleanly with that mission accomplished all the drama took place behind him as hamilton not
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for the 1st time this season galloped off into the distance ferrari show mclaren had brief calls to celebrate the past max for staff and for 2nd place. but then another questionable pit stop from ferrari mcnair was called in early putting him right in the firing line mclaren valiantly tried to defend his position but he was effectively a sitting duck for the red bull driver and his fresher tires. at the front hamilton was going through the motions he's won more than half the races this season breaking records and doing donuts for fun but he still took time to praise his young. rivals to stop and the clan. you know really proud to be in a period of time where there is such such great youngsters young people coming through these guys have been doing a phenomenal job and i really feel privileged to be in a period of time where they're here and i'm looking forward to hopefully more close battles with us in the future i expect more scenes like this next season hamilton
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now just 7 race when shy of michael schumacher his all time records. well there's been some sad world news from the music world renowned latvian conductor americium anson's has died instant petersburg at the age of $76.00 he conducted some of the world's leading classical ensembles including the pittsburgh symphony orchestra and the royal concert good bow in amsterdam his career took him to germany where he led the bavarian radio symphony orchestra. a life devoted to music with passion and humility maurice young son strive to emotionally shape sound right down to the tiniest detail here performing beethoven in tokyo young sons was born in 1943 in riga when latvia was occupied by the nazis his father was a violinist and conductor his mother an opera singer they encourage their sons
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musical talent see saw or move through the again they got me to move in this direction without putting me under pressure so reasons and be. like a ray of sun that says go this way this is dissolved so i gave. the song studied violin piano and conducting in leningrad in vienna his big breakthrough came when he won the 1971 korean competition in berlin he later worked in oslo pittsburgh and amsterdam in 2003 he became chief conductor of the bavarian radio symphony orchestra in munich. was and 190 someone who really knows how to inspire people and infuses every note with in a passion that's a rare quality for it and this isn't his it inequality it. with
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young songs passing the music world has lost a great conductor. you're watching to governing us from berlin coming up it's a bonus make a show with all of the action from sunday's matches you can follow us on twitter at t w news or go to our website e.w. dot com i'm jarred for a fight. literature invites us to see people in particular. i like to see myself as the kids find strange grownup girl. might object to but is to share with a friend beautiful. he does the books on you to.
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