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this is deja vu news the line from berlin and good log at the un climate conference the final talks are now pushed into overtime the world leaders can't agree on funding or international rules climate activists are demanding concrete and immediate action to protect their future also coming out britain's boris johnson wants to wrap up directly quickly in valis united deeply divided country but some are calling for stronger opposition to his vision for the u.k. now that his conservatives hold an absolute government which will.
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be a michael good to have you with us talks at the u.n. climate summit in madrid have stalled as the world tries to find a unified response to the climate crisis the conference was due to wrap up on friday but disagreement among participants means it's now expected to drag on into saturday activists have been protesting at the conference calling for real action on climate change for the past 2 weeks representatives from almost 200 states have been trying to agree on new emissions targets ahead of crucial 2020 deadline set by the paris agreement. so what is behind the deadlock at the climate talks earlier i put that question today. correspondent in
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madrid when talks you have really hit a wall they've been dragging on the participants is still very far apart on key technical issues now one of the narrow aims of the summit has been to kind of hammer out the final rules on how to kind of implement the 2015 paris climate treaty which is set to take effect next year and the talks are very much bogged down in very deep technical rouses a lot of political wrangling that a nation's well being accused of just watching out for the national interests and not really looking at the bigger picture so what exactly can the delegates do at this point to move forward so there are 2 main sticking points that need to be resolved one revolves around global carbon markets now this carbon trading mechanism is important for some countries and how they plan to reduce. their greenhouse gas emissions but the problem is that you know these schemes are often seen as a scam because they can avoid making real cuts in missions the other kind of potential
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deal breaker. loss and damage that this is about providing compensation to countries that are affected by climate change impacts and destruction that cannot be prevented or adapted to and this is primarily a question of finance and we're hearing that the u.s. is kind of leading really leading on this in blocking progress on any kind of provisions that would hold it and other developed countries liable to kind of pay for losses that could run into billions of dollars that those of the 2 main kind of sticking points here so is this conference essentially a failure is too early to say. well at this stage we really don't know with the you know negotiators will keep at the table and wait till they have an accord or will they walk away without an argument that that is still unclear but you know there are many campaign groups and n.g.o.s who have been really piling on the pressure on delegates in recent days to take concrete action to move fast on these talks they've been holding protests and
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many of them are really angry and frustrated some of them all this summit to feel ready because they say it's still to reach its overarching goal of raising a bishan which is to you know get countries to to put more ambitious pledges on the table to further cut greenhouse gas emissions and reduce their reduce the greenhouse gas emissions which they say is absolutely required if the world is to avoid dangerous levels of warming. in madrid. now to some other stories making news around the world at least 9 afghan soldiers have been killed in the country's south eastern region of gaza afghanistan's interior ministry spoke of an insider attack at a military compound the taliban however claimed to have organized an insurgent assault. according to dunn has convicted the country's former dictator oma al bashir of corruption the man who grew old sudan for 30 years was sentenced to 2
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years in a community reform sent bashir was ousted in april amid a civil uprising. north korea claims to have conducted a new test at one of its satellite launch signs state media announce the results would help bolster a quote strategic nuclear deterrent without providing details north korea has ruled out further disarmament talks unless the u.s. lift sanctions it's. british prime minister boards john saying he's calling for an end to division in the u.k. after his conservatives won a sweeping victory in thursday's election johnson's conservatives now hold an absolute majority for the 1st time in over 3 decades the prime minister says bracks it will be settled quickly and the u.k. must begin healing after years of bitter division but some say stronger opposition to the conservative government not unity is exactly what the united kingdom needs most was skillfulness replaced at utilization from ellie on friday as
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anti conservative purchased is slowly outnumbered johnson supporters need downing street. that concerns a clear. because often the racism sexism is so jimmy the homophobia the poorest region has to go opposed you know we call get this big get a free run here in this country. just a few hours early. whole different scene was unfolding behind a door of 10 downing street after receiving a bone welcome biased off joseph said it was time to bring closure to break the debate and let the healing begin engineering if you ask yourselves what is this new government going to do what are you going to do with the extraordinary majority i will tell you that is what we are going to do we are going to unite and level up unite and level up bringing together the whole of this incredible united kingdom england scotland wales know now and together taking off food unleashing the
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potential of the whole country. the prime minister's plans might not go as smoothly as he hopes the scottish national party make a significant gains and election and they feel empowered to push for a 2nd referendum on scottish independence. after breaks it that will be one of the next big challenges for the country. for more let's bring in correspondent a lot of pots in london for us to la to shortly after boards johnson celebrated his party's biggest election win in 30 years scuffles broke out in central london as you know didn't boris johnson want to ease frustration in divisions. well it's not that easy for boris johnson when i left downing street yesterday where i covered this election i ran into the protesters several 100 gathered in front of downing street holding signs boris johnson is not our prime minister are defying tory rule and yes occasional fights broke out with the police there i've
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talked to some of the protesters and they are pro european they see that boris johnson will now push through and that all hope is lost for the u.k. to stay in the european union and of course they are upset about it because that was their hope all along that the u.k. would remain in the european union now boris johnson there yesterday a very statesman like and for the 1st time since we know him as prime minister really reached out across the aisle saying he will try to heal those divisions and calling for a message of unity there shortly before christmas but he will have a very tough job on his hands to do that now the prime minister said he wants to bring a fast closure to the issue how likely to happen. well the bricks at issue is not going to be very quickly though on paper he can push it
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through now very quickly next week and will assemble again and he wants to approve the deal that he renegotiated with the european union as early as next friday which would mean that symbolically the day is finally going to come at the end of january january 31st the u.k. would officially the european union but that is just on paper its face so to say then we are looking at a transition period until the end of 2020 where johnson has to go back to the european union and. the future to trade. trade relations security relations and so on and that experts say is going to be the complicated part so he really has to reach out there to europeans and in the united kingdom and it's going to be very very tough for him to get it done with any yeah. reflecting on the political climate in his own country. to quote.
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incredible united kingdom by saying that. the unity of the u.k. and even. well you know what's at stake are these facing a very distant night at kingdom and that's what the election results showed yesterday for example the scottish national party made huge gains there calling for and other independence referendum to then as an independent nation stay and remain in the european union so these are just some of the challenges that boris johnson will face and has 5 years and office now he really needs to reach out to all kinds of different people across the aisle of the brics that divide. for us thank you so much. to washington d.c. now the u.s. house judiciary committee has approved impeachment articles against president donald trump charging him with abuse of power and obstructing congress the
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committee voted along party lines with democrats voting in favor and republicans against the house of representatives is now expected to vote next week on whether to impeach the president on the 2 charges the 1st abuse of power is based on trump's alleged attempt to pressure ukraine to investigate mr trump's political rival joe biden in exchange for aid to ukraine the 2nd charge obstructing congress alleges the president attempted to block investigations president trump denies any wrongdoing. the president of course was quick to react saying it sets a dangerous precedent democrats may 1 day regret it's a scam it's something that shouldn't be allowed it's a very bad thing for our country and you're trivializing impeachment and i tell you what someday they'll be a democrat president and be a republican house and i suspect they're going to remember it. our correspondent
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public is in washington incentives this. well as expected a very much divided house judiciary committee has voted along party lines and they've approved 2 articles of impeachment against president donald trump on friday now the 1st is for abuse of power over the ukraine scandal and the other is for obstructing congress's attempts to investigate him for it now democrats have said president trump active corruptly both the president defined as always said that the claims you know the whole process and the claims against him are just a witch hunt and that there are a sham now the articles of impeachment are likely to be voted on in the democratic controlled house of representatives sometime next week they are expected to be approved and once that happens the case then moves on to the senate where president donald trump senate trial will take place as early as january 2020.
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match day 15 in the bundesliga kicked off on friday night with champions league hopefuls hoffenheim suffering afford to home defeat against. the. 11 minute floor in. a simple tap and. drop themselves back into the game but were fine in the 85th minute. set up brazilian defender jago to make it 4 outs are now unbeaten in their last 5 games. liverpool coach has extended his contract with the club until 2024. 4 years ago after. he guided to the champions league title last season haven't won an english title in 30 years but this campaign the
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club is hoping can keep liverpool number one in the standings until the season. we will see what happened so the plan is to make it the best time of all i. could not be so let's try to make really the best of it. enjoy the journey. in women's football brazil colombia and japan have submitted formal bids to host the next women's world cup in 2023 with australia and new zealand already on the list in a joint bid it will be the 1st cup to feature $32.00 teams the most recent women's world cup in france enjoyed record t.v. audiences with high attendance is with the u.s. winning a record 4th title at the upcoming edition of the tournament had generated quote unprecedented interest from member countries the winning bid is to be announced in
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