probably means. starts december 13th on d w. i am. this news coming to you live from berlin jill news chancellor angela merkel remembers the victims of one of the worst crimes against humanity she makes a 1st official visit to the auschwitz death camp boss in belief that infamous slogan work makes you free the nazis modded more than a 1000000 people at auschwitz most of them jews also coming up. deserted stations

schools and hospitals as france faces a 2nd day of a nationwide strike sector workers are protesting against proposed pension reforms . and are they the dynamic duo who could topple. jilly's social democratic party confines its 2 new leaders and they're challenging the coalition divis r.t. has put him at those conservatives. own a warm welcome to you i'm. german johnson the american is on a 1st official visit to the former auschwitz death camp the site was the nazis large as death counted the 2nd world war america's visit marks the 10th anniversary of the foundation in charge of preserving. the memorial day the chance to be

a tribute to the victims of the camp and spoke of the necessity of remembering the atrocities committed there. let's listen to some of what she had to say. identify the perpetrators and to commemorate victims in a dignified manner that is our enduring responsibility it is not open to negotiation and it is an integral part and will forever be an integral part of our country acknowledging that crisp on civility is an integral part of our national identity our separate perception as an enlightened and liberal society as a democracy where rule of law great means. the correspondent thomas storrow is in auschwitz birkenau covering chancellor and americans visit there tell us what were your impressions of the memorial ceremonies today but typically the speech by uggla mackerel. i'm retired was a very powerful speech by the german chancellor one that was very appropriate to

mark the occasion to mark the very 1st time that i'm going to visits auschwitz in 14 years in government and the very 1st time that a german chancellor comes to this place in the early 25 years in that speech that i'm going to merkel gave right here in birkenau she stressed germany's historical responsibility she stressed how that historical responsibilities a fundamental part of germany's identity as a nation but she also stressed how there are lessons that can be drawn for the context that germany is leaving today and that explains also why i'm going to merkel is right here in birkenau now it's not only about the past but also about what lessons can be drawn in particular when germany and other countries in europe are facing a rise in anti semitism so that gives you an idea of what all this was about about recognizing germany's historical responsibility but also recognizing what lessons can be drawn in particular today and give us a sense then to almost from what you've said how significant is this visit by the

chance and today it is obviously very significant as i said already it's the 1st time that she's come here since she became john senate but it also has practical consequences if you will every time glamour color now and start germany will be donating $60000000.00 euros both from the federal on from regional governments to preserve this place those $60000000.00 will go to the auschwitz foundation which was built founded 10 years ago that's also one of the official reasons why angle of a call is here and we can listen in to a piece which explains a bit more what all this is about what those 60000000 will actually do to out it's birkenau. what sets you free the nazis and the tourist slogan looms above the entrance to the auschwitz memorial. horace were committed here now it has become an important tourist destination for visitors from around the

well it's over the past 10 years visited numbers have doubled more than 2000000 people now visit auschwitz every year. it's very moving through hard not to cry and we all feel on t.v. on freedom's many many times by the 1st time that you see in the 1st time in person that's pretty reset itself is really important like a place is giving greet people kind of impression about what happened what people went through and so on but i think that we are paying too much attention to the buildings to the place itself to the general names and films we've gotten too small attention to what was really important so where it all came from. the memorial site is set to add a new exhibition rooms to accommodate all the visitors pov a civic he says the an ending stream of guests says posed a real challenge the numbers of visitors that we're getting are already

overwhelming this is like just a clean difficult operation so we are also planning to build a completely new visitor center that will be slightly at the side of the historical . site of the comp and it will also help us from this very well just a cool point of view. even the better december cold doesn't stop people visiting the barracks in the canal concentration camp. here the nazis murdered more than 1000000 people mostly jews they died 3 man you tristian disease or in the gas chamber. now the barracks a crumbling but renovation work has started the goal is that they look like the original yes a sturdy enough to withstand hard winter is a task that may take decades to accomplish. this venue thongs stuff it's important to dismantle the barracks with very careful consideration for the

historical location. of the challenge is to integrate the necessary thorough honest and precision into the process. we document everything in advance in order to be able to restore the place accurately paths of. precision is also key when it comes to preparing items to go on display in this case conservation material used in the past has to be carefully removed because it's now understood to be damaging the exhibits. the goal is not to repair the objects but to preserve them. and you object of these objects reflect the history of this so there deformation contamination the fact that some objects are not complete at all this is testimony to what happened here. still there are plans to change the exhibition the present one was largely designed in 1058 by survivors who focused on

the fate of the victims pictures of the perpetrators behati bearable for them but in the future their history will be included as well. when we asked one of the most important educational questions about the story of options which is the question why does is not the story about the victims does is the story about people who accept a decidedly older g. chose to join the nazi party cho chose to join the s.s. and day where here and they were working and at the same time they were bringing up their children it's almost 75 years since auschwitz was liberated germany is now providing another $60000000.00 euros to support the memorial site in an attempt to ensure the horrors of the holocaust and not forgotten. and returning now to. thomas is quite clearly a case of huge historical and emotional significance not just americans visit comes at a time in which i dissented ism is on the rise in germany what did you say about this

and that explains i'm retired why i might actually be right here today to have just a why angular awaited for 14 years before coming to auschwitz birkenau and that has to in part with the takes that many of. them are having now but that rise in anti semitism and that's why i'm going to merkel to debate not only talk about the past not only spoke about that responsibility that germany has but also spoke about the. sims in particular refer to what i mentioning now is an anti semitism in germany what the country can do to deal with it dug a spiral in auschwitz birkenau thank you very much for that reporting on a somber and bitterly cold day and i apologize for the quality of the 911 have been up to date with some other stories making news around the world

a 6 story building has collapsed in kenya's capital nairobi authorities say some people could be trapped in the debris military personnel have arrived to assist with the search and rescue operation after locals pulled 10 survivors from the rubble with their bare hands. a huge fire is heading towards australia as largest city sydney authorities say the blaze formed out of a series of bushfires is burning out of control north of the city climate change is being blamed for the fires that have been raging for months in india 4 men accused of raping and killing a 27 year old woman have been shot dead by police authorities say the men were killed as they are trying to escape custody near the city of hyderabad the case has sparked nationwide protests over violence against women and some people have been celebrating the deaths of the suspects. a

hero's welcome hundreds gathered to shower police with gifts as news of the suspects death spread people across india have praised the actions of the police after years of anger over authorities slow response to rising sexual violence against women. on the beat of what we are all glad today the victim was the daughter of our societies that we have all gotten justice from now on whenever someone even thinks of doing such a thing they will think long and hard before doing it obviously let the imagery year authorities say the men were brought to the suspected crime scene to reenact their alleged killing police say the suspects then tried to seize their weapons and escape the officers responded by opening fire for the family of the victim who cannot be named for legal reasons justice has been served. i would like to thank and congratulate the regional government police and all those

who supported me i hurt my daughter so it's now in peace. with. the men were suspected of raping murdering and burning the body of a 27 year old woman last week she was found under a bridge the next day. but not everyone is celebrating the suspects deaths family members of the accused man were distraught at the news. the 4 men had not been formally charged with any crime opposition groups accuse police of taking the law into their own hands to pacify the public they are calling for a store investigation. france is facing more disruption as the country's largest strike in decades and its 2nd day public sector workers are protesting against president in modern across plans to reform the pension system bob the transport schools and hospitals are seriously destructed each union is deciding how long to

keep its members on strike babak sector workers join mass rallies across the country on thursday and further protests are expected on friday and in the days ahead. drew they're very loud very angry and united in their opposition to the policies of french president emanuel mccall. some cities saw heavy clashes between protesters and security forces in paris small groups of masked activists smashed store windows set fires and hurled flares and the earlier in the day one of france's largest mobilizations in decades looked a bit different thousands came to protest pension reforms or a strike is say for the rights of future generations for their pension as you can already barely afford to eat. who don't have enough to make ends meet and this reform will make things worse all the independent mission by my free time myself in

10 years time and i'm not sure i'll be able to survive on what my car is proposing is that simple. the protests shut down public schools nationwide subway stations across paris were closed and 9 out of 10 high speed trains were canceled. many of the capital's most famous tourist attractions was shot leaving tourists frustrated but strike supporters say the measures are necessary due to the frustration they feel with the french government. they give off that is the good news is they want to say honey it's always the one class who pay the price of the cuts on acceptable the fact that there's money there the people in power the capitalists have to pay they know how to find money for not to make deals that turn the world upside down and they want us to pay but we don't agree with you that no one in the political trade unions called a strike of the government's pension plans many fear the proposals would increase

their work time and reduce their pensions polls have seen high public support for the strikes of. several forces united to death it's really big there are a students nurses and doctors lawyers and yellow vests like me. you needn't say they might extend the strike as far as monday. politically shakeup in the social democratic party is prompting speculation that the governing coalition which is conservatives could be honest last legs the social democrats confirm the new leadership at their party conference and they're calling for changes that chancellor angela merkel might find unpalatable let's hear what the new s.p.d. co-leader. had to say. if i was and am still skeptical about the future of the grand coalition money value my opinion on that hasn't changed do you

see where this proposal lead we are giving the coalition a realistic chance of continuing nothing more and nothing less may all about michigan. that we see from the lead attorney is following the s.p.d. sparty conference for us in berlin and she joins me now michelle or we could try saskia as can what do you make of that comment giving the coalition a realistic chance of continuing. it basically means that the revolution which was the ticket they ran their campaign on please change in the social democrats giving the book was a hard time potentially leaving it seems to be cooled off but now the social democrats resoundingly voted. nobody but a boy into office over the after more narrow grassroots vote that was boyd by the youth wing of the social democrats and even that youth wing with the leader kevin

not openly call for no clothes no ground coalition even when his own party went to do those talks he's sounding a lot more tame today. to michelle acoustic political editor thank you very much for that update from the s.p.d. party conference under way right now. the social democrats also the main focus of the latest poll by german research are in for a test to map it's awesome journalism with this whole newly elected leader saskia s. can and no but boy runs could give the s.p.d. a much needed boost 22 percent of germans said yes but an overwhelming majority 70 percent said they did not believe they could help the s.p.d. gain more support among voters. the executive director of in fact as dimapur reinhart's think it is in bonn and joins me now from there this is think of what

that is a very decisive outcome why jaylen so skeptical that nothing will change under the new leaders of the social democrats. jabbers have seen quite a few leaders of social democrats after before the election 27 teen you know mr schultz was elected with 100 percent but they have seen that it's not a question of the leaders it's a question of the contents and since the ruling yesterday ruling it's pretty in the grand coalition has not put through all the great ideas they have that's why many people thought they should they should come to an end and that's where so skeptical because nothing is happening now you organization in front does the math also as jim was if this support a continuation of the grand coalition of just the americans conservatives and the social democrats a clear majority 64 percent said yes while only 32 percent said no and even more

interesting the majority of s.p.d. supporters also said they want their party to stay in the grand coalition that was distinct at that is fascinating why did they keep wanting to why did they want to keep the grand coalition going is a because of johnson love america. well it is uncle and it is the question of instability because we have more than half of the population and also more than half of the s. believe it is who feel that if the grand coalition comes to an end this was lead to instability in germany and it's only a quarter because quarter of the s.p.d. voters who say new elections would be better than to continue the grand coalition they know what would happen if we had new coalitions germany wants stability. let's take a closer look at the s.p.d. it's not it's is it not somewhat contradictory to elect leaders with clear reservations about the grand coalition and yet at the same time to want the

coalition to continue. nevertheless but for me it's yes do go ahead sorry. so for me it's not a surprise because you know if you look at the you know the s.p.d. had their members gave the members the possibility to vote for the new leaders but the 2nd row it was only hof of the party members of the s.p.d. the voted half of them voted for the new leaders so it's a quarter of the s.p.d. members and the fellow was who said yes we want to have this leader so for me it's not at all surprising because also when we look at the popularity of s.p.d. politicians right no we have the the mr. minister of finance mr schultz at the very top of the list of the politicians here in germany and he was the other the opposition he was in opposition to the new duty elected

leaders of the yesterday but quite clearly according to you all pull people in germany a dissatisfied with the government in general elections ahead the next sunday the results would look like this according to your poll just america's conservative bloc would get just 25 percent of the vote that's down one percentage point from last month the social democrats. methods coalition partners would get 13 percent down one point and the far right if it would be one percentage point at at 15 percent the business friendly f.t.p. would also win a point coming in at 9 percent the left body would be at it percent down one point and the greens would gain one percent disappoint leaving them at 23 percent. let's just think what do you make of these figures do you think that after the next election which is in 2021 we could see a coalition of the conservatives and the greens. why do you know we don't far away

from the river ryan and here in germany we say there's a lot of water going down the river rhine before it comes to this election in 2021 we had already the situation in the eastern part of germany that 2 thirds of the population said no the greens are overdoing it it's climate for direction so let's wait and see what's going to happen as long as we have 84 percent in east and west germany i like to say my own financial situation is good and fine i think as long as nothing has been decided yet but of course at the moment the coalition between the c.d.u. and the green party what have a lot. of followers. right like that slink it head off to in fact as dean at putting organize this in thank you very much was good to talk to you pleasure. that in now to some other news in saudi arabia state

owned oil company aramco has completed the biggest share of sales of all time the sale raised more than $25000000000.00 for just 1.5 percent of the aramco is now confirmed as the most valuable company in the. clashes broke out between police and social justice protesters in chile's capital of santiago de but the number of demonstrators was noticeably lower than in the past 2 months of social unrest some said violence was scaring people away. now to animal conservation and the mountain gorillas of rwanda while on the brink of extinction but after a concerted campaign then numbers are rising again a decade ago they were just $680.00 but now they are more than a 1000 their status has changed from critically endangered to just endangered so how did that happen let's take. a very rare sight

this mountain gorilla as one of just over a 1000 left in the mountain forests spreading across congo uganda and rwanda their numbers have increased significantly in only one decade thanks to close trekking and constant monitoring health births wound every movement of every single guerrillas recorded. to there's a baby aren't but i've been to be named. for . every baby girl is named in an annual ceremony in one of the villages bordering the forests. these ceremonies have become hugely popular. under invited celebrities to spotlight conservation work and help people in the villages to learn about gorillas. and.

we don't want the protect the park with guns. protected of course of this park with people who understand. that its possibilities as well and that is. really. sustainable conservation strictly regulated guerrilla tourism has created a sustainable income with tourists paying a $1500.00 u.s. dollars per visit the government still has 10 percent of tourism revenue from volcanoes national park to build infrastructure and surrounding villages including health clinics and schools to date about $2000000.00 u.s. dollars have gone into funding village projects 21 year old. loves the gorillas in his free time he works as a porter accompanying tourist to the guerrillas were once i'm done with my

study i want to become a god i want to make money so i can look after my family. conservationists praise run for its concerted efforts to save mountain gorillas from becoming extinct but they also warn that off the roll gorillas are still considered endangered. news here's a recap of our top story german chancellor angela merkel is on a 1st official visit to the former death camp it marks the 10th anniversary of the foundation in charge of preserving the memorial there auschwitz was the nazis the largest death count in the 2nd law of war. coming up next on the w.'s. a gift to the gods or a cruel custom animal rights activists battled religious beliefs in the body.

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