and not just in thailand with unesco elevating the tradition to intangible cultural heritage its importance is now recognize the world over. you're watching news live from berlin coming up next world story it's russia and ukraine agreed to a ceasefire in the dumbass region but is it going to ease the tension more news at the top of the hour. was the speech of his life perhaps his best certainly his most difficult the speech by calling tristen on december 19th 1989. shortly after the fall of the of the chancellor addresses the people of east

germany. the mideast tense the crowd clamors for a german unity journalist peter lim borg was at the scene. 30 years later he looks back on the time interest and starts december 19th d.w. . this week on world stories. cracking down on pirates in the gulf of guinea. and the indian company converts garbage into bio gaps. we begin in eastern ukraine where a ceasefire between ukrainian troops and russian backed rebels is to be implemented by the end of the year.

or. close enough to see what the other side are having for lunch that's how these ukrainian troops have spent the last few years just 300 meters from the russian backed separatists facing them whole night without a single shot i don't remember a day like that maybe on the 1st night of the cease fire it's a strange and there's no fire at all you get all nervous we're used to the shooting at us and the conflict may have fallen out of the headlines but the shooting and the deck continues less than a 10 minute drive away a young woman out walking with her child was severely wounded by a stray bullet just last week our guide through the trenches on xander was in his 2nd year good at school in the conference room couch where he rolled he could hardly have imagined that he would soon find himself by 1000 kilometers from home fighting a trench war. everyone is tied off the war has parents wives warrant about them

back home but if the politicians can sort this out by talking why not if we withdraw from here it's not a disaster as long as the opponent just the same but then there's we thought it. but off camera many soldiers are more skeptical they don't want to give up territory regain from the separatists at the cost of many lives. president selenski government is convinced that only a buffer zone between the front lines can bring peace. it's a short drive from the trenches to one of the region's biggest crossing points between government and separatist held territory thousands make the journey every day spending hours out in the cold. we're hoping for peace after all this time we need to resolve this war it's been 6 years since it all began i'm convinced on buses part of ukraine selenski and putin should sit down together drink some fat kid together and put all this behind them. with the public 3. we need

a united ukraine and we need an end to all this. so people don't have to suffer in these queues anymore at the. back of the front line it's quiet at least during daylight hours silence allows time to think about the future this war needs to and i've lost so many comrades already. but they're giving the other side making peace and that's going to be tough. the repercussions of this war will be felt for years to come it's not just about the mines and grenades the litter this landscape it's about the war in people's heads. during the recent street demonstrations in hong kong the police have used tear gas against the protesters many who were sprayed with tear gas now complain of health problems and it's not just demonstrators.

and cathy jew and patricia levy rented their green room apartment in hong kong suburb of 2 months the 2 roommates felt it was a good deal price was reasonable and the building in good shape but now they wish they had never moved here come along by my nose off an itch is in my skin feels itchy and dry i feel very uncomfortable and i have diarrhea that usually lasts for a few days and had to go to the toilet a few times every night i hold hold hold out come out no kathy things that it is a consequence of the g. a gas to none has become one of the hot spots of hong kong's protests often clashes occur just below their window that night also that usually protesters would set up roadblocks here police would then come to remove them and they fired tear gas to try to catch the protesters so they could pull the steam coming out of it. since

june the police have fired more than $10000.00 canisters of tear gas chemical irritant that mainly affects the i use lungs and the skin it's use is prohibited as a chemical weapon in warfare with allowed in riot control although its effects are meant to be temporary to have been case reports of chronic eye diseases caused by the chemical. they were also some cases that they had no small to begin with but after exposure to tear gas some of the protesters actually developed a spy. like symptoms for 2 to 3 years and there there were also cases that people develop chronic eczema to give skin problems them a target for a number of years. while the highest risk lies with from plan protesters and join a list residents have little chance to escape the consequences of tear gas as many protests happening in densely populated areas is a magical call it i saw a doctor he asked me where i live and then he said i should consider moving away if

i could tell you some insight on that. both of them plan to stay with relatives for some time but moving home is out of question the landlord would not let them cancel their call. pirates have become a big problem in the gulf of guinea. a few days ago they kidnapped a tanker through and are holding them for ransom the nigerian government has promised to crack down on pirate activity. from the outside the beautiful wetlands of nigeria inside a problematic history we argued in the past creeks of the niger delta. and this is where pirates operate from a labyrinth of waterways but it's not only home to criminals lives near by the river the source of income transports goods and people he's careful since he was

attacked by pirates and. critics like misplaces when that drive down to the creeks. forest the armed man wanted to take the engine of his boat when they realized it wasn't good enough they let him go they took his money instead from then on the parrot peanuts stopped working after sunset we are very scared. when driving on the sea or in the river because you don't know when exactly the comps so sometimes if they are that you're on the way the. where with all your money so piracy. is a very big problem there's very little. they want to be there before pirates strike members of the nigerian navy are headed out on their legs headquarters to money

toward the sea here given rare access. to accompany them on their daily patrol warm it up good see what you got very good for quality is responsible for navigation and training on board there is only one vessel that money tours hundreds of not to come out of day but the navy doesn't have enough vessels and personnel to prevent piracy attacks funding is needed for more training in a position of more platform a position of mints to commit space for the vessels keeping the business off what is all this as you know it's always very difficult as in this pensive another challenge west african countries have different policies to protect their waters the movies of the order there are also. countries in the gulf of guinea to come together to effectively morning to you don't because even though there is india is

called the piracy and it never was a modi endeavor they'll find a loophole and they do what this navy vessel is monitoring one part of the gulf of guinea and attack is reported on the same day a few 100 miles down south and oil tanker similar to this one passing by us has been targeted the nigerian navy is not there maritime security should start here in the niger delta before an attack happens locals tell us they want to for at least to deploy more security to stop lawlessness in the creeks and to eradicate piracy altogether. india has a huge problem with garbage and how to get rid of it but a company in bangalore has found a way to convert garbage into vial gas so they help clean up the environment and earn some money. in the heart of

bangalore garbage is festering everywhere this neighborhood is drowning in it the population has grown rapidly the infrastructure hasn't kept pace entrepreneurs from enough he's teamed up with chemistry teacher padmashree battleground to encourage residents to separate their trash. he collects it is room material it has to be well suited for his operating costs go up. this is nearly 100 percent of. us and that means to. the floors in our language. i would rate this extremely good i mean this is now good enough ordered by a gas gas is in demand all over india for things like cooking and carbon lights brand has managed to establish itself well what we're producing as an end product is about 90 to 94 percent of meet him which means it's much better than

natural gas it can displace any fossil fuel. so at the end of the day we're creating. a clean clean then you will energy right. to potential for bio gases huge normally $5000.00 tons of trash a day end up in landfills salters it's not only a waste of raw materials. it's the most unscientific waste. causes diseases pollution. again which is. a source. that's. some maryon wants to see less garbage jenning up in landfills and more of it recycles it would certainly boost his business he already has several plants in operation. this one process is over 13 terms of food waste

a day from mighty and industrial parks under screen 870 jobs. to have. with. his business. some is already expanded into 2 for the states and has plans for more with investors getting on board the ways to feel business model could be a viable way for cities to finally clean up their act.

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