this is g.w. newswire from berlin nato is turning 70 leaders gather in london to mark the military alliance is 7 decades is there reason to celebrate for its president emanuel mccrone is calling for solidarity and he's also standing by his morning of brain death at nato president trump says that is nasty language so will this round between leaders overshadow the summit and take you live to london also coming up tonight weather experts tell the u.n. climate summit in madrid is that the last decade has been the hottest on record we

look at what it means for one farmer in south africa and even as the world makes progress improving the lives of people with disabilities we'll take you to me where the disabled are still confronting huge challenges. i'm for in golf it's good to have you with it today's nato meeting in london has opened with national leaders seeking to paper over the cracks amid divisions in the allied it's right now as leaders are at buckingham palace for a reception hosted by the queen to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of nato and it follows a very public spat between french president emmanuel back wrong and u.s. president donald trump when the 2 leaders sat down together earlier today it was

hard to predict how that meeting would go. would you like. to give. everyone you want. not quite cordial combative tone pervaded the news conference with u.s. president donald trump and his french counterpart have manual mark on at the nato meeting in london on tuesday trump sharply rebuked mccraw for saying in an interview with the magazine the economist last month that quote what we are currently experiencing is the brain death of nato. it's a very tough statement to make when you have such difficulty in the press you look at what's happened with the best of you look at what's going on during certain parts of this exhibit year and you just can't go around making statements like that it's very disrespectful. micron however did not back down. use it in

my statement reads on the state leaders be a lot of people have done. that to leaders seem to have differing visions of the role of nato what he needs they don't want to write and frankly a lot of the benefits really the least is the united states would benefit the elite helping your. people. we are. well. another of the alliances big players german chancellor angela merkel remained upbeat about nato with all of the differences but of course we'll have to discuss them we have to talk about the future of nato and the strategic partnership i'm fairly optimistic about this meeting mr. optimism alone however it will not be enough to bridge the divide within the alliance. well

how good is the education that your children are receiving the answer to that could be in the latest piece a report that report published today compares academic performances of high school students around the world and students from a group of 4 chinese provinces they got the best school while 5th place a stone was the highest ranked european nation germany remains middle of the road as far as industrialized nations go right there you see it number 20 but the study found that students did worse than 3 years ago in all main areas reading saw you. mathematics new this time is a focus on reading literacy in the digital age the results show that only one in 10 students here in germany use able to distinguish facts from opinions or fiction and the german schools rarely use digital media in their teaching believe it or not we visited a school here in berlin that has integrated digital literacy into its timetables

but also knows about the struggles of the sun. itself today anamika aca months is using this report about going to turn back and to teach the schoolchildren how to recognize fake news the students are asked to critically analyze every detail of the text and its picture since each actor ok so you think they're also saying they did it yeah i also think it's that anyone can just write anything or say ok we are learning about democracy and one very important part is that you are a critical consumer and that you know ok not only are we fighting for the environment that is for future that is one part of it. but also that you learn ok what is what am i reading actually is this true is not true how do i deal

with it what are they trying to tell me is propaganda or not and there's a lot online it's i'm scared to see what the kids get on their phones i read the international and that's mandela school in berlin has received awards for its digital education at this great school classroom has 4 tablets and 3 computers making it better equipped than most other schools. that take credit and there will always be a march of knowledge and school technological inventions we don't want to wake up in 2030 and realize we got stuck. $29.00 t. it at and t. has 19. yet if we can scratch the surface of these subjects today then tomorrow we'll understand more sometimes the teachers themselves get in the way of learning many a skeptical of technology or don't want to admit that they don't understand something

so they don't integrate digital media into the educational process. and it doesn't rule out as teachers you know we are still very important i would say because we have to manage that we have to provide that material for them. we are sort of like the guide on the side not longer at the sage on the stage do the students integrate digital media into their lives after school of course lily and elaine can't wait until school is over to check their cell phones and see what they missed during the school day what's going on i use what's app a lot i like what snap chat and take talk because they're a lot of fun that. you can make your own videos but they should also learn how to correctly gauge the dangerous off the internet. or here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world in the sudanese capital khartoum an explosion inside a tile factory has killed at least $23.00 people police say more than 130 are being

treated for injuries officials say the blaze or what to do when a gas tanker exploded while learning cargo at the factory sudan has suffered a number of industrial accidents in recent months germany's defense minister has made an unannounced visit to afghanistan on the grid. also known as a k k says that natives mission to support afghan peace and stability should be extended beyond march of next year when it is scheduled to end. typhoon camorra has hit the philippines leaving at least 2 people dead the original rain and winds of more than 150 kilometers an hour brought down trees and electrical lines and forced hundreds of thousands to evacuated manila's international airport was shut down with hundreds of flights canceled. all the teenage climate activists gratitude has arrived in lisbon on her way to the u.n. climate summit in madrid and she was attending climate protests in the united

states you may remember and she made the entire transatlantic crossing by boat 2 refused to fly back to europe because the carbon footprint flying would create. the final moments of a nearly 3 week journey across the atlantic ocean from the united states to lisbon portugal great its own bug look tired and happy to be back on dry land the 16 year old swede said she took the transatlantic voyage by boat to prove a point. i'm not travelling like this because i want everyone to do so i'm doing this to sort of send the message that it is. even possible. that it is impossible to live sustainable today and that means seeing these become much easier. said europe as the un's cup $25.00 climate summit is in full swing

representatives and delegates from some $200.00 countries have got the damager at spain to try and find a way to reduce the world's emissions of greenhouse gases their arrival also coincided with the release of a bleak report from the world meteorological organization predicting that the past decade will most likely be the hottest in recorded history. to unplug says many don't realize the power of the popular movement that may be unleashed. i think people underestimate the force of angry kids. should be meeting with activists in lisbon people making their way to the climate summit on friday. and to discuss that report from the world media wrong school organization i'm joined here at the big table by professor. he is director at the

institute of meteorology at the free university here in berlin professor it's good to see you this report that came out today what in your opinion is the most troubling about it should we be a lot more well the good part also says apart from what we observed that there is mechanisms that could enhance that development that your county facing and there is not only the atmospheric temperature all people talk about but there is also for example the acidity of the oceans which may affect the marines life it could kill lots of species it could yes because if they are not adept that to that they cannot adapt like that quickly to that situation you are a meteorologist you deal with the weather do you think that science is as well as

journalists are we doing a good job at educating the public about how whether climate and climate change or connected. well i'm not quite sure that it is really optimal how how we are communicating things because there is the issue of likelihoods that is greatly underestimated so in my opinion it is a very good development that we are now pushing politics to do something but the background of it is may be a chance that we had really extremely hot weather. in germany while the general global average temperature is on the rise and so the part where there was part says is not unexpected still is basically the world is getting hotter in the weather is getting more extreme you know everyone likes to talk of and complain about the weather but they usually say you can't do anything about it

is that is it true that when you're i mean have we reached a point where we have to do something to impact the weather in the climb well. weather is what we have in the moment and the climate is the aggregate of all weather and the climate is changing so the likelihood of certain extreme weather which is most relevant of course to us is that is changing and so we are facing more extremes in certain aspects of cause and others not code spells for example become less unlikely. when weather gets warmer but with her going to present they climb. if you have. a different reference it changes a bit i think most people will perceive the weather has become more extreme how confident are you that what's happening in madrid the climate agreement that those

agreements are going to be successful at slowing down climate change is going to work well i think that the 1st steps now but there is the need of moss that's to come and the what is most important is that politics and able to people to follow climate neutral pathway and this is count lead not sufficiently down i think people want to do something about it but often there they do not feel there is ethic quit possibility to do that yeah i know i hear a lot of people saying they feel helpless maybe that they don't know what they could do. just that the for university here in berlin 1st we appreciate your time and insights tonight thank you thank you. here are some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world and we're going to stick with the weather

typhoon amaury has lashed the philippines brita ridge rains and winds topping 150 kilometers per hour more than 200000 people have fled to safety and at least 3 people have been killed organizers of the southeast asian games have had to cancel something that has finland prime minister has resigned over his government's handling of a 2 week postal strike the social democrat quit after one of his coalition partners said that it had lost confidence in him the current administration will stay on until a new book is for. all stacks of modern art currently stored in basements are to get a new home right here in berlin and today's all the groundbreaking ceremony for a national museum of modern art the museum of the 20th century was designed by the architects behind london's tate modern. priceless works of art waiting to be displayed darlene picasso back man warhol

4000 pieces of state and modern art stored in a basement. now plans to build the museum of the 20th century have been finalized the star architects behind hamburg elfie nominee concert all designed it after years of delay construction is now set to begin it's going to and now we can finally present 20th century are appropriately culture ministers have to accept very expensive construction is these days especially if we are to build the right kind of museums for sophisticated art. building costs have already doubled to about $450000000.00 euros before ground was even broken in the 1st draft design the museum was too close to a protected historic church now it's supposed to be build narrow and deep or another story below the water level the architect says the costs are no surprise. that this works cost billions you have to realize you can't just make

a building that's little more than a tin cover. for the prestigious project has long been controversial loved by some mocked by others but many agree that berlin needs a modern art museum and the empty space at the cultural forum is a chance to prove that the german capital can build a beacon of the art world. the government has approved about 364000000 euros for the project but not everyone supports it going in for a careful economist the pain threshold has already been surpassed that's why the f.t.p. did not vote with the other parliamentary groups we have to accept the majority of our solution but costs will need to be tracked very closely all sides have agreed to have the budget and the construction work checked twice a year because interest or of course ready to convince the critics that this is a great building that the science is. necessary to present the works properly but given the amount that's been approved it's clear that we and especially those in

charge have an extreme of legation to manage costs very very carefully getting guns guns and it's cost management to fix a few and. the museum of the 20th century is expected to open its doors in 7 years time and the develop is at least believe the current budget is to be only steak. well today is the united nations international day of persons with disabilities is there are $1000000000.00 people living with disabilities worldwide and that's about 15 percent of the total population now according to the world health organization 80 percent of disabled people live in what is known as the global self often under poor medical and social conditions in some countries up to a quarter of disability result from injuries in violence here in germany many see inclusion as the main challenge their goal is for people with disabilities to be completely integrated into society but tonight we're here we're going to take you to a country where most disabled people don't have jobs and they don't even go to school

they've grown of oh has more on the challenges that disabled people face in the south east asian country of me and more. calero soso gets the tables ready for a banquet or yangon hotel she has difficulty walking and is one of 13 disabled workers at this hotel. including this cook who is deaf and a floor through as a perspective left leg below the knee and locally i know when i got this job i felt encouraged that i can do something and that i can help support my family. that. this situation is all too rare miramar were 85 percent of adults with moderate to severe disabilities are unemployed. and about 2 out of every 3 disabled children are not in school vicki bowman the director of the myanmar center for responsible business says the disabled in myanmar face adversity from many directions so the

main problem is that people disabilities face in mammo is that there is next to no government support for them there are very few government institutions supporting them and within the school system does no established way to help children so as a result discrimination starts from a very early age children disabilities are stated from school and then this goes on to have an impact on their ability to get jobs and later in life may have to win is one of the most visible advocates for the disabled i mean i am are from his appearances on local television in meetings across the country with disabled people to discuss ways to improve their lives. we have a physician to create a 0 discrimination environment for education jobs i'm all ears. owners say we're sure he knows many of the challenges firsthand. and you have to win has cerebral palsy and needs help with basic things whether it's just taking

a seat or eating dinner. but that is not stop this married father of 2 sons he has a university degree and owns a real estate agency as well as a printing company he also started a foundation to help that is save all but me as to when acknowledges that throughout his life he has had resources that most disabled people ma'am are do not have his family could afford to hire people to accompany him to school as a child and his professional success and nails and to have assistance by his side today but he's fighting alongside other advocates to help the disabled in this impoverished country get more support progress in recent years includes more job training programs strengthening relationships with businesses so more of them hire disabled workers and spreading the word across the country to try to inform all families and educators that disabled children have a legal right to go to school and that they belong there step by step advocates for the disabled are chipping away at the barriers in this country but they say

continued progress requires changing the attitudes of the general public. we have to stop people from making any judgments so they don't think that a disabled person doesn't really need schooling because even if they graduate they won't be able to get a job we have to change the of life they deserve. and for more i'm joined by constantine graw she is a local politician and an activist for more inclusion here in germany it's good to have you on the show i want to ask you are people with disabilities are they seen primarily as exactly that people with disabilities and not as citizens students art is. i guess oh yes particularly in the media we only showed these able people in populate when it's about disabled policies about disability we don't show them in other contexts like and attainment

or sports so i think we have a difficulty in germany and overall in the world to show and disobey to disabled people and normal people who have a normal job. and what about the way we describe people with disabilities you know we say for example we don't say that someone is blind we say that maybe they have vision disability is how important is the link which for improving inclusion or does it actually work to hinder more inclusion. and i think words to describe our realities so it's very important to use the words correctly and them if i look in look in the in the situation in john when we have a big problem that we miss. are people who really needs because we describe them

wrong we describe that the problem is the body of the a bird we have quite a perspective that's really medicine or really into the biology situation of a body but we have to see that these people get this able by society and so on the question is who is responsible for the problems that he is able people. to be in society used to grow in a recent interview used you said there are no television news anchors with visible handicaps. why do you think that's the case. i think we have a structural problem on the one side we have so big problems in the education area that disabled people can't qualify themselves for these type of jobs on the other

side i think we have problems with the perspective off disabled people we don't think that they have the skids they don't. mean the norm of society don't want to see them on television and i think that's wrong we have to show them a picture of these people. that it's norm of that to have a disability is your main stream and that we can see that everywhere because it's gross we appreciate your time your insights tonight thank you thank you. well this is the w. news and these are our top stories french president emanuel says that he's standing by his remarks questioning the help of nato he previously described the military alliance as brain dead earning a rebuke today from u.s. president donald trump nato leaders are meeting in london to mark 70 years since neda was found. the teenage climate activists gratitude has

arrived back in europe after crossing the atlantic by boat she'll be attending the u.n. climate summit in madrid on friday at that summit meteorologist announced the last decade is almost certain to have been the hottest decade on record. typhoon come already has barreled over the philippines rains and winds of more than 150 kilometers per hour at least 2 people have killed more than $200000.00 fled to safety the mill is international airport was forced to suspend operations. in the sudanese capital khartoum an explosion inside a tile factory has killed at least $23.00 people police say more than $130.00 are being treated for injuries officials say the blaze erupted when a gas tanker exploded while unloading cargo with effect. this is d.w. news from berlin for more you can follow us on twitter at news or you can visit our website. www dot com. you're watching the w.

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