this is the news live from berlin the negotiations have ended at the u.n. climate conference and some critics are calling them a failure to overtime talks 2 days after the summit scheduled to end delegates did manage to reach agreement on some contentious points but they failed to agree on key issues such as regulating carbon markets. china and the united states step back from the brink of an all out trade war that could have hurt global economic growth if they put their plans for tariffs on hold just ahead of deadlock

. next bicester thanks for joining us marathon u.n. climate talks in madrid have ended with agreement on some key points but the most contentious issues remain unresolved after more than 2 weeks negotiators failed to deliver a firm agreement on how to handle carbon markets that's where big emitters of greenhouse gases can buy the right to pollute from countries that emit less than their quota or fair share so the delegates from almost 200 countries passed declarations calling for ambitious climate targets but the critical decision on rules for regulating carbon emissions was postponed until next year. they were the longest talks to date leaving representatives exhausted with little progress made

on how to limit global warming to under 2 degrees but there was agreement on one issue regretfully after all the hard work that you have all done we couldn't get our to an agreement it is my sincere regret that we were not able to reach an agreement we invested a lot of energy and find a very fresh. that. at the end of the day we were not able to arrive at a final agreement observers had hoped that cup $25.00 would end with a framework for a carbon certificate scheme imposing a tax on each tonne of greenhouse gas produced a condom is an environmental activists alike say it's a critical step if the world hopes to minimize the impending climate catastrophe but a deal couldn't be reached in part due to resistance from some of the world's worst polluters like the usa china india and australia. forcing delegates to only

pledge to do more to uphold the paris climate agreement. with leadership in short supply in madrid environmental activists saying it's time for the european union to step up i mean this conference in madrid is really a good point for. much of the on climate change and it's now up to the european union with the green deal to go ahead with a clear vision of carbon free. economy all eyes are now on next year's meeting in glasgow but while the world continues to drag its feet the worst predictions of climate scientists have already started to become a reality. and for more analysis on the situation i'm joined now by helen announcement from the world resources institute in washington helen thanks for joining us you just came back from madrid what's your report card on cost 25. i think if you look at the negotiations overall they've really failed to deliver

what we were looking for what we were expecting i think both those on the streets and what the science on the other hand there were a few small glimmers that came through. and do you get the feeling overall that there is a disconnect between what we're hearing from scientists and what the negotiators are willing to talk about. absolutely the negotiations through most of the 2 weeks when it is snail's pace i'm at the end it really ramped up and they tried to get a deal what we're hearing in contrast from the science is that the urgency the tackle climate change is greater than ever in addition to that we actually have better economics compared to when the pierce agreement was struck is cheaper renewal energy costs and fallen things are easier and cheaper to do and we have not just the use in people in the streets demanding action but also a lot of major business late so that's that's really a contrast to what we saw coming out of the negotiations where there was very little delivered on the paris rules of moving forward the one small glimmer of hope

was that over the last 2 days and intense negotiations they did manage to get some tax which really asked urged countries to come back next year with enhanced ambition recognising the urgency and the difference we have today in terms of emissions reductions compared to where we need to go so they are urging countries to come back next year with really enhanced version ok so a glimmer of hope a road map interesting they should say that costs are down this is more feasible economically and for these politicians of course there's pressure from the streets so why is it still so difficult to make these big decisions and are there any countries that are more to blame here than others. well if i can use that analogy it's like our house is on fire we have a number of countries with small hoses this is the small and medium sized countries that have turned their hoses on the water hoses on full blast they're trying to put out the fire but the ones who are really missing in action or even to destruction

that's where the major emitters the ones that are most responsible. i think i think the challenge is what they're doing is they're standing around the house saying no you turn on your has 1st you do yours 1st so they're arguing over these sorts of things what we have seen is that there's a little bit of a break through the european union last week agreed that they would endorse going to net 0 emissions by 2015 and without endorsement they were able to step up canada has come forward with a similar commitment that has to go through parliament but and hoping that will actually enable them to step up so we're starting to see some of the major emitters coming back to the table but to be frank a number of them were definitely not helpful in the discussions and you know to point to us. some of the ones that really did not help move for ok you answered my question i was going to ask you to name names who are those big emitters that are not willing to come around the table thanks for that hell not for it in washington

d.c. thank you. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world thousands of lebanese protesters rallied outside the parliament in beirut and clashed with police they're angry about a security crackdown they're calling for a new independent head of government one an affiliated with established political parties. the bodies of at least 50 people have been unearthed from a mass grave at a farm in western mexico the site was discovered just over 3 weeks ago at a farm outside the city of guadalajara a region hard hit by violence linked to organized crime. search crews on new zealand's of or white island have failed to find the bodies of the last 2 victims of an eruption that killed 15 people conditions forced recovery teams to call off the search just after an hour the crews will resume searching

later on sunday. hold on hold a new zealand's white island rescue teams and protective gear landed where they believe one of the 2 remaining victims of the island's volcanic eruption could be found they were unsuccessful. absolutely desperate to find bodies and return them to loved ones and tens of probability ideas we wish we were probably thinking given that one was in the water so i would tell you. that we were as hopeful as we do this for a reason we want to make sure that we bring the right expertise to be here with regard to the task of that expertise including $24.00 person recovery teams toxic unstable conditions and air tanks allow the 2nd search on the island to last only 75 minutes the result was a setback but crews won't give up. for us and then

there's a body blow for the families that are still watching. little kaito has been a popular tourist destination for day trippers but interrupted on monday spewing ash and gas 47 people and their guides were exploring the island when it happened the death toll has reached double digits and is expected to rise as more than 2 dozen people are still constant lies most with severe burns on saturday teens face contaminated waters and poor visibility after one body was spotted in the water we knew that with the. current. conditions on the island are still volatile but military and police crews will continue searching land and water and the hopes of allowing loved ones to bury their dead. the u.s.

china trade war was set to escalate in a big way today instead the 2 sides have agreed to a partial truce sunday was the deadline for a new round of tariffs affecting hundreds of billions of dollars worth of products but u.s. president donald trump suspended his plan taxes on certain chinese imports and now china has said it will reciprocate many economists and investors welcome the partial cease fire but there are still big questions to be asked about what's being called phase one of a trade deal between the world's 2 largest economies. william blue croft has more on this thanks for joining us william. what is the effect likely to be of this big deal i mean mostly right now it's relief and a lot of wait and see often the most instant reaction we get for how investors are thinking about any potential changes in trade deals is the markets and friday we saw it was u.s. markets or rather mixed they were unimpressed all the way told markets open on

monday to see if this new announcement today from china has any big impact but everyone is pretty much on the same page that anytime there's a reduction in tariffs or in something in this case the removal of tariffs is only a good thing in a much longer path towards a more substantive trade deal between the u.s. and china well that's been next question they're calling this phase one where does this fit into the overall picture how many faces what's happening i mean it's unknown how many faces there might be in phase one is not even really set yet i mean it's not even any announcement when it's really going to be signed it's just been agreed to so far maybe the end of january looking at for just this so-called phase one is not even really a trade deal with the unit. well it's really more of a purchase agreement in exchange for the us removing some tariffs and lowering some tariffs china agrees to buy more agricultural products and other products from the u.s. so it's a long way to go on anything comprehensive between between the u.s.

and china and also the u.s. is big right donald trump's big gripe with china without it that china is overly subsidizing and really controlling its economy centrally which makes it really hard possible for us and companies all around the world to compete with with china that this so-called phase one doesn't address at all and how much does domestic politics in china but especially the united states play into this announcement and its timing of course it's all about timing all about politics in china not so much politically but economically because their economy has been struggling has been sluggish and the tariffs have a lot to do with that the u.s. side a lot of these tariffs have hurt traditional republican and trump areas especially in the farming in the ranching sector agribusiness has donated already in the 2020 campaign 730000 dollars to the trump campaign that's twice as much as the next closest democratic candidate receiving ag agribusiness donations and farmers want

to see progress on trade in progress on competitiveness with china be able to go back to where they were before all these tariffs came in which was china as the 2nd largest market for agricultural products the united states now down to the 5th largest they want to see that either come back or at least see that that they're what they're hurting from as having some long term effect for their business and their farms ok and we'll just have to see as is often the case i think with the white house who really is really is what effects kind of a long way to go ok thanks for that study did these women know of their craft. thunder sports now in sunday's been this league games are in the can so let's take a look at all the results so far shaka got a win against frankfurt wolfsburg beat glod back leipsic have their way with distal dorf byron demolished braman her to berlin snuck past freiburg dortmund took down minds cologne upset leverkusen powder born drew with very lean on friday night out

spurred beat hoffenheim and now let's check out what all that means for the bundesliga standings rb leipzig have not glad back out of 1st place after 8 match days buyer nick and wolfsburg are also in advancing in the bottom half of her to berlin and out spurs move up in cologne to leap frog powder born who are now dead last once again. and you're of course watching t w news live from berlin coming up next world stories that we can reports but 1st we leave you with some spectacular scenes of surfers battling giant waves at the jaws big wave championship on the hawaiian island of maui 1st up as a wipeout by jamie mitchell of australia from the incredible height of 15 meters thanks for watching. eh.

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