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this is due to previews live from berlin the final words in madrid negotiations wrap up at the un climate conference 2 days after the summit was scheduled to end delegates appear to have reached an agreement on some of the most contentious points but countries disagree on how to keep their commitment. to tensions learning again in hong kong pro-democracy demonstrators and police clash in shopping malls several protesters have been arrested our correspondent is on the scene with the latest and the bulgarian village that's better known in china than in its homeland
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the tiny how let's say missed reading and it's all thanks to the delicious local google. i'm sumi so misconducts good to have you with us marathon u.n. climate talks in madrid are ending a with agreement on some key points but the most contentious issues still on result after more than 2 weeks negotiators have failed to deliver a firm agreement on how to handle carbon markets delegates from almost 200 countries past declarations calling for ambitious climate protection targets but a decision on rules for regulating carbon emissions is now postponed to next year. and let's listen in to what the president of coc 25 catalina schmidt had to say in her closing remarks. course it is sad that we didn't reach
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a final agreement that we were this close. i appreciate all the effort and the long hours that we've invested trying to achieve it we were so close. but as many of you know today we have taken concrete steps forward with concrete resolutions that fill us with hope hope that we are now closer to establishing carbon market rules and. a base with ecological integrity that considers the needs of everyone the implementation we so desperately need and one that respects the different requirements of the countries. we have to move ahead faster and better. let's get the very latest from madrid our correspondent louise osborn is standing by for us hi louise so as we said we understand that the big points have been wrapped up at this point what can you tell us. so like you said the article
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6 rules on carbon markets have not yet been unfinished which is you know problematic in that they were hoping to get the rule book finished this year but now it's going to be pushed into next year which is when they'll be implementing the parse agreement so that's something that's really hanging over that they were hoping to to kind of get out of the way so that they can concentrate on looking at reducing carbon emissions one of the good things that's come out of this year and one thing that n.g.o.s were really worried about where is the language around increasing their ambitions when it came to reducing their carbon emissions. they have taken that they have said that they are going to enhance some positions next year which is a good sign. what does this mean in terms of what kind of a concrete action we could actually see. well it's it remains to be seen really that something that's going to be taken
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forward next year i mean this was the cop colt's time for action but there's been very little action and just lots of talk i mean this is the longest cop ever we're staying into to sunday afternoon that's never happened before and it means that we don't really know how countries are going to take their ambitions and make them into concrete plans but that is something that they really have to decide this here because they have to move forward the paris agreement comes into effect in 2020 and this is what they've been working for louise we spoke to an activist yesterday who was so disappointed by the level of disagreement there in madrid and what he called other lack of progress i mean why has this been such a contentious summit. well there have been big problems with some of the main is the u.s. even though that pulling out of the paris agreement have made things difficult that really trying to push their interests even though you know they won't be going into
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the parts agreement next year brazil has now been another contentious partner it's been very difficult for developed and developing countries to come to any kind of agreement over loss and damage. developing countries are suffering some of the worst impacts of climate change and they support with dealing with that and a lot of developed countries are just not willing to put the money forth for that so that's also another contentious issue that is going to be pushed into next year and possibly beyond who's given those disagreements is it too early to say whether this summit has been a success or failure. i mean i don't think anyone is now calling it a failure that's definitely something n.g.o.s were saying yesterday that were a group of activists here who had their own people's plenary to discuss the kind of act. that they were taking as civil society groups at that point they were saying
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that top $25.00 was sure to be a failure i don't think that they think that anymore but they are still disappointed with the outcomes here they want countries to take concrete action so that they can really bottle against climate change i'm really make a difference and going forward they've got a long way to go we have to have reduced by 7.6 percent carbon emissions every year over the next 10 years according to the un submissions scout. and obviously it's going to take a lot of work our correspondent louise reporting there for us in madrid thank you louise. let's check in now on some other stories making news around the world china is suspending plans to slap tariffs on u.s. goods after the 2 sides reached a truce in their long trade war beijing says it wants to promote stable relations washington has agreed to scrap plan tariffs in return for china buying more american foreign products a $6.00 magnitude earthquake has hit the southern philippine island of mindanao
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south of the city of devour one child has been killed during the tremor dozens of people were injured and several buildings have been damaged experts say there is no threat of a tsunami. flooding in southern france has left thousands of homes and businesses without power emergency services carried out rescue operations as water levels rose by 30 centimeters an hour at least one person has been killed and several others injured by a falling tree. and authorities in southern italy have evacuated 54000 people in order to defuse a world war 2 bomb residents living within a 1.5 kilometer radius around the explosive device have to leave their homes police brought in a special robot to dismantle the $200.00 kilo bomb that was dropped by the british army. anti-government protesters are once again rallying in hong kong police officers moved in after hundreds of demonstrators gathered in shopping malls across the city scuffles broke out between protesters and security forces several
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people were arrested a wave of pro-democracy demonstrations has been sweeping the city for more than 6 months now the protesters are denouncing police violence and calling for more autonomy from mainland china. it's let's go right to the scene where our correspondent mathias bellinger is standing by in hong kong with the latest time that if they can see that you're in a shopping mall there and there have been scuffles taking place what more can you tell us about what's been happening today. these shopping mall protests we've seen them several times before protesters gather in several shopping malls throughout the city each in their own neighborhood and they start chanting slogans singing the anthem of the protest movement sometimes they start spray painting or vandalizing shops that police moves in and crashes in this shopping mall where i am now police have we have moved in earlier you know nothing was
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destroyed here but police came in and arrested people and now the protesters have called the manager and they are discussing with him they have been discussing actually for quite some time now with him asking him to a cone whether he has allowed to the police to come in whether he has called the police and this is still going on at the moment we are right in pre-holiday shopping season betty as is this part of the strategy of protesters. yeah we are in the holiday shopping season and apart from these points where the protesters gather it's pretty much christmas shopping like everywhere in the world but i think what is important here for the protesters is that they want to make a sign that these protests are going on to wreak sicko protest. made a huge victory and local district elections and there is anxiety that once people
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stop protesting a crackdown from the government and from beijing will follow this is why they are out today again although new not in the same numbers as we've seen before but is this all coming as hong kong's leader kerry lamb is actually in beijing right now for talks. the 1st time she's been in there since pro-democracy at candidates and one in local elections as you were just mentioning what do you think we can expect from these talks. it's her annual meeting in beijing it's she delivers a report to the central government and the central government discusses future policies with her because this year this will be about the protests and want to do about what we've heard so far from beijing from officials in beijing and from the propaganda organs of the communist party. does not let as expect a change in her approach to protesters have a set of demands one of them has been met that's the withdrawal of this extradition
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bill that would have a lot extraditions to mainland china that was at the beginning of the protests but beijing does not seem to be wanting to compromise on any of the other demands including an investigation into the police look aging house unknowns is that they want to. there they want more severe laws being passed on a separate trip to islam for example and national security and that they want to enhance patriotic education the propaganda efforts in order to control the population all right our correspondent much as filling up with the very latest there in hong kong thank you. not a bulgarian a small village that's making a big name for itself in china the area has plenty of world charm but there's one local product in particular that's putting the countryside village on the map. clear how the mountains and no industry munch enough to see is
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a typical bowl garion village except for the tourists luncheon of the attracts many from china where it's much better known than in both carrier itself i think i read that all men people even know. we don't know what you'll see is. 10 years ago a chinese firm bought the bacteria found in local yogurt to develop a mass market brand commercials like this have put the village on the bucket list of many chinese tourists traveling to europe maria tzfat kovar may not dress in 1st costume like a typical garion innkeeper but she does speak a bit of chinese and the yogurts growing popularity means visitor numbers are soaring. to profit they do massive amounts of advertising because of the
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younger it so we expect a lot more people to come here to go to. there may not be many sheep or cows but mum to love to see sells itself on yoga's tourism is now more important for the local economy than agriculture the region suffers from poor infrastructure and gets more help from china than the european union a big new yogurt factory is planned the yogurt festival is a colorful spectacle for the delighted visitors and their cameras maria says the festival is spreading munchen love skis fame across china. bulk ariens have also started coming. we hope others will join the chinese visitors here everyone is welcome it is cause we welcome foreign investment but we don't want too much the village has to stay
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authentic. china is helping the village to maintain its traditions and there are some things that the locals want to stay the same. all right hunters from across kazakhstan have met in the region for the annual national falconry competition let's get an actual bird's eye view although a falconry was banned in the soviet era era ethnic because acts of china and mongolia kept her to tradition alive it's now seen as a symbol of the country's nomadic past. all right let's get a reminder now of our top story here and activists criticize the lack of progress at the u.n. climate summit in madrid the meeting was supposed to end on friday but negotiations dragged on and just sunday with representatives of more than 200 nations
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