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that defines our baggage today. 970 the big move into small steps december 23rd. this is deja vu news live from berlin new zealand's volcanic eruption claims another life taking the official death toll now to 15 rescuers are battling difficult conditions as they search for 2 people who are still missing 11 more are fighting for their lives in intensive care. united nations as authorities in chile are guilty of serious human rights violations for the treatment of protesters
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people taking to the streets again demanding changes from the government and investigations into police behavior. gridlock at the u.n. climate conference the final talks are now pushed into overtime world leaders can't agree on sunday or an international rules to kick start change time activists are demanding immediate action to protect their future. i'm sumi so misconducts good to have you with us 5 days after the rio eruption a volcano for carty in new zealand the death toll has now climbed to 151 of the injured died in the hospital on saturday due to severe burns meanwhile rescue workers and police divers have been trying to recover the last 2 missing bodies they are searching the contaminated water surrounding the white island a military team brought to 6 bodies. back from the island on friday until now only
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one of the deceased an australian woman has officially been identified. let's get the latest on the story with peter mckenzie he's a journalist in new zealand hi pete thank you for joining us well can you tell us about the ongoing recovery of the remaining 2 people who are missing as you mentioned sumi on friday morning a person new zealand defense force team recovered 6 bodies from god it was thought to more bodies 2 more people are missing as you did the location of one of those bodies is known to some extent a body was seen in the water surrounding the body wash harlem's immediately after the eruption police and navy divers who spent past 2 days searching for that body they still haven't been able to find the water and the area has visibility of between 0 and 2 meters as a result of the toxic gas and dust in the area and as a result of that toxicity the water is also almost poisonous meaning the navy
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divers are undergoing extreme griscom these operations the final body yet there's still a lot. ok santa credibly difficult operation there as have the bodies that have been retrieved from the island been identified. so one body has been identified the body of crystal problems 21 year old story liam for them it was all me it was silent but their father paul and it's just if a father colditz undergoing treatment for his but possible about them. is in an induced coma a mother who stayed on a cruise ship is at. the 5 other bodies that have been recovered by not been identified but police typically jumps times saying it would be unthinkable to get the fight but in patient purses were all but among the missing ata by the strike or australians want to see all of them we've talked
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a bit about the survivors said they are suffering from severe burns are being treated in hospitals in new zealand also australia what can you tell us about their condition yes in the immediate aftermath of the eruption those survivors are being helicoptered to hospitals around the country is in hospitals were on tour in tents trying so 13 australian patients being repatriated to australia hospitals leaving fifteen's lives in new zealand hospitals most of those are experiencing critical but all that is. up to 30 seems a disk in the area or more which is. incredibly troubling for the doctors trying to treat those words especially since small bones not only on the outside of the body but also the kind of the mobilization of toxic gas which was super easy on the inside of the body so the lungs as well. as a result new zealand has had to import over 1000000 square centimeter of skin from
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united states and is seeking donations from elsewhere as well as well n.p. tell us new zealand coping with this tragedy. it's been very rough for the country it reminds many of the christchurch mess of the of this year and a similar health and safety disaster $22.00 i quote of mine disaster as a result the prime minister has announced a minute it's a month to go to. the next actually a week but it's also a journalist pete mckenzie bringing us up to date there from new zealand thank you . now a new u.n. report is accusing security forces and she lay of serious human rights violations against protesters of the past 2 months including killings torture sexual abuse and use of excessive force on friday demonstrators went out on the streets again many of them protesting the police's use of lead bullets against demonstrators. but it's become
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a rallying symbol in chile the eyepatch hundreds of people have suffered eye injuries from police pellets during months of protests now a un report and joins human rights organizations in their condemnation but for the victims it means little. the one thing for them and they have already been 3 critical reports and there will be a 4th report what is already obvious a 4th report about the actions of the police it's not necessary we all know hold it at all same account to close the pool. or shot at you know and unfortunately one of the pellets hit my safety glasses and to my eyeglasses and that caused me to completely lose vision you know in my left eye. tensions are running high when the crisis started in october it was over a hike in metro fares but the protests have since escalated with people now calling
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for reforms to health care education and pensions. according to the report by the un human rights office the majority of demonstrators have protested peacefully but it found police to have used excessive force and i charmer is only the tip of the iceberg. a high number of serious human rights violations were committed in many cities throughout the country. human rights violations documented by c.a.g.r. include the excessive were unnecessary use of force that led to unlawful killings and injuries arbitrary detentions and torture and ill treatment. i actually and authorities have pushed back saying the allegations are premature since investigations into the alleged crimes are still on the way. the
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government has promised reforms to quell protesters demands including a higher minimum wage and pension hikes. let's catch up now on some other stories making news around the world a court in sudan has convicted the country's former dictator omar al bashir of corruption the man who ruled sudan for 30 years once the sentenced to 2 years of confinement bashir was ousted in april amid a civil uprising hong kong's political leader keri lamb has arrived in beijing during her 4 day trip she's expected to report to china's central government including president xi jinping lambs party suffer defeat in regional elections and ongoing pro-democracy protests have sparked speculation about the hong kong leader's political future. the u.s. and china have reached a truce in their long trade war washington has agreed to scrap new tariff song $160000000000.00 worth of chinese imports in exchange for china buying more u.s.
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arm products. from. talks at the un climate summit in madrid have stalled as the world tries to find a unified response to the climate crisis the conference was supposed to wrap up on friday but disagreement among participants participants means it's now dragging on into saturday for the past 2 weeks representatives have been trying to agree on new emissions targets ahead of crucial 2020 deadline set by the paris agreement activists have been protesting at the conference calling for real action on climate change. and correspondent sonia found the car spoke to uncoupling from friends of the earth germany on the sidelines of the talks. would you say the summit is is a failure on some levels like what i would really say is we haven't seen any countries stepping up here like there's the climate crisis outside i mean. in
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california forests are burning people are losing their homes people are losing their lives because of the impact of climate change and here it seems for the last 2 weeks we see governments talking about details talking about systems talking about measures but small steps what there may be a ready to do in the next 10 years so the level of urgency that a lot of people in the world have understood has not been understood and is not being reflected in the talks here one of the key issues here has been the bout how to kind of compensate countries you know facing or reeling from climate change impacts do you think we're going to see any progress there so no because what we need is more money we need new money we need more money for countries that need to rebuild their infrastructure for example after cycle or after a fire or after a lot of destruction has happened or even those countries like the low lying island
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states where they have to remove they have to displace their population because they can't live in coastal cities anymore so who's going to pay for that and even in that field and the financial assistance for those who suffer the most from climate impacts like we haven't seen progress here nobody wants to put money on the table. and who do you think is to blame for those of these the main the big polluters who are we talking about so i think it was interesting to see at this conference how it's really countries like india south africa and brazil for example they have come to the european union they have come to the u.s. to japan to. i have said here historically the big emitters you need to do your job 1st you need to do your emission reductions and need to put finances on the table for the most affected countries and you haven't done so
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and be blame you for not having done so and then there who are now becoming very big emitters like india china brazil south africa as saying we don't want to move in the future we don't want to do more because you your old economies haven't done your part in the past but this is really a stalemate at the moment because nobody's moving and everybody's blaming the others for not moving. football now match day 15 in the bonus they got kicked off on friday night champions league hopefuls hoffenheim suffered a 42 home defeat against spurs the away team took the lead just a leavened minutes in when. they're teed up max for a simple tap in there. and i brought themselves back into the game but they were finally killed off in the 85th minute when need to set up brazilian defender la
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goal to make it 4 outs for now and beat them in their last 5 gates. in women's football brazil colombia and japan have submitted formal bids to host the next women's world cup in 2023 australia new zealand are already on the list in a joint bid it will be the 1st cup to feature 32 teams the most recent women's world cup in france enjoyed record t.v. audiences and high attendance and with the u.s. winning a record 4th title the upcoming edition of the tournament had generated unprecedented interest from member countries the winning bid will be announced in june 2020. 1 now christmas is just around the corner and very soon. santa claus will be doling out presents to millions of children but before santa and his reindeer take flight it appears that old st nick has been spotted in rio de janeiro he's moonlighting as a biologist at the city's aquarium where he's been feeding the sharks and raising
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awareness about protecting marine life. we all know santa way has a special suit but this one lets him swim underwater. and we because it's very important to do this sort of thing because our lives are very dependent on animals knowing that santa claus is here to give the children a better idea of why it's important to preserve nature why it's necessary to take care of the environment and what we need to improve. he doesn't have to travel around the world and one night and whether the sharks have been naughty or nice doesn't matter if the santa jewels that his visit ahead of christmas eve was still at that if a surprise was this nice got out it was very nice we want expecting that to happen what did you think of finding some to close here was it nice. nice. mean is that out it was unexpected to find him inside the aquarium it was very nice that you know i think the children are having
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a lot of fun. with christmas just days away it will soon be time for santa to give up scuba diving and get back to his survey. all right coming up next our music show nice groups features germany skill of foreign and the canadian a full band a strong balance that's in just a few minutes don't go away. the church of the famous naturalist and explorer. to sit in the racial politics on the phone while its 250th birthday were embarking on a voyage of discovery. expedition voyage on t.w.
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