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the as. i am. this is e w news lawyer from berlin in a 200 countries at the table for 2 weeks of talks with the un climate summit in madrid fails to draw up a comprehensive pre-print to protect the planet as negotiations drags on into overtime delegates did manage to reach agreement on some contentious points that big polluters pushed back on tougher action to fight global warming also coming up imagine the services step up the search for 2 missing victims of the new zealand volcano eruption toxic gases on hampering the operation the rescue is invalid to
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press on with that as. an tensions flare once again in hong kong for democracy demonstrators and police clashing luxury shopping malls across the city our correspondent on the scene assesses the latest developments. on her home for a glad you could join me marathon un climate talks in madrid have ended in a disappointment to see weeks of talks negotiators from more than 200 countries had to settle for some watered down declarations calling for him back ambitious climate protection targets big producers resisted calls for tougher action on global warming and a critical decision on rules regulating carbon emissions was pushed back to next year activists say what has been achieved will have little impact. they were the
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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 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 it very fresh. that. at the end of the day we were not able to arrive at a final agreement observers had hoped that cop $25.00 would end with a framework for a carbon certificate scheme imposing a tax on each tonne of greenhouse gas produced a con a miss and 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
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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 the entire module or to listen on 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 neutral 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. when id was fake she had him out of the world resources institute and we also what she made all of those thoughts in the street the negotiations through most of the 2 weeks when at a snail's pace at the end it really ramped up when they tried to get
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a deal. what we're hearing in contrast from the science is that the urgency to tackle climate change is greater than her in addition to that we actually have better economics compared. when the peerce agreement was struck is cheaper for normal energy costs the fallen things are easier and cheaper to do and we have not just the use of 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 are 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. urged countries to come back next year with enhanced ambition recognizing 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 and hard starvation and amount for that with the
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latest on those talks in madrid let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world at this hour and you have been in a thousands rallied outside parliament in the capital beirut to protest a security crackdown according for a new independent head of government not connected with the established political parties. at least 50 bodies have been through a mass grave in a farm in western mexico the site was identified last month at a farm outside the city of guadalajara a region lighted by drug cartel violence. more than 50000 people have been evacuated from the southern italian city of the daisy as experts diffuse a wall or 2 bomb presence living within one and a half kilometers have had to leave their homes police brought in a robot to dismantle the huge bomb dropped by the british after it's. well search crews on new zealand's white island who failed to find the bodies of 2
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missing victims of last week's volcano eruption conditions forced recovery teams to call off the search which will continue late so the death toll has now risen to 18 people. hold on hold a new zealand white island rescue teams and protective gear landed where they believe one of the 2 remaining victims of the island's volcanic eruption would be found they were unsuccessful everyone going to be absolutely desperate to find bodies and return them call up ones and tens of probability ideas we were we were probably thinking given that one was in the water that so i would tell you. but we were hopeful because 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 at hand that expertise including $24.00 person recovery teams toxic unstable conditions and air takes allowed the 2nd search on the island to
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last only 75 minutes the result was a setback but crews won't give up. started as a head as a body blow for us and others are going to be confident as a bodyguard for the families that are still watching. little kaito has been a popular tourist destination for day trippers but it abrupt 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 hospitalized most with severe burns on saturday. 10 states contaminated waters and poor visibility after one body was spotted in the water we knew there were the we saw them and they'll be not. there's talk of there and there are some we don't i want to have been supporters in the house and that's just the tangata and it's. hard. current word to stop but it's the
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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. he wastes and china appears to have averted a major escalation in a long running trade war sunday was the deadline for a new round of tyrus affecting hundreds of billions of dollars worth of products u.s. president donald trump suspended those and now china has said it will do the same for now a quantum this and investors welcome the deal but many questions remain. well anti-government protesters have once again rallied in hong kong police moved in after hundreds of demonstrators gathered in shopping malls across the city scuffles broke out between protesters and security forces meeting to several arrests a wave of pro-democracy demonstrations has swept the city over the past 6 months
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that ivan street has offers of singer gets police violence and calling for more autonomy from mainland china while correspondent mathias berninger is there for us and we also him what message the protestors are trying to send. 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 2 weeks ago protest. made a huge victory and local district elections and there is anxiety that once people stop protesting a crackdown from the government and from beijing will follow this is why they are out today again although it not in the same numbers as we've seen before. and his burning of that in hong kong will china stage broadcast
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a has pulled coverage of also as premier league match against manchester city on sunday this comes off to austin's john than i am as it says criticize beijing's mass crackdown on ethnic muslims had taken to social media to criticize china's treatment or its weak a community in the north west of the country he denounced authorities that burning korans closing mosques and killing religious scotus. at an inauguration ceremony on sunday japanese prime minister shinzo they opened tokyo's national stadium nearly constructed ahead of next year's olympic games and missed out a commended for the work of the construction team who faced an early setback during the project when he originally stadium design was scrapped off the public outcry over the spiraling costs the venue has a fixed capacity of $68000.00 spectators and will host football matches athletics events and the opening and closing ceremonies of the limbic games tokyo 2020 gets
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underway on the 24th of july. the us. now to bowl gary and a small village that's making a big name for itself in china the area has been to rural charm but there's one local product in particular which is putting it on the map. clear high mountains and no industry munch enough to see is a typical barbarian village except for the tourists munch enough to see attracts many from china where it's much better known than in both carrier itself and a good friend oh many people even though we're is launching off the boat we don't know what you'll see is in book book i reopened. 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
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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 private they do massive amounts of advertising because of the younger it so we expect a lot more people to come here to go through. 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
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festival is spreading munchen love skis fame across china. guerin's 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 authentic. china is helping the village to maintain its traditions and there are some things that the locals want to stay the same. now santa know when he delivers his presence by sleigh but in boston loaner a whole fleet of santas have been traveling on to wales to make sure they get the job done thousands of motorcyclists of taking to the streets dressed in santa claus costumes for an annual charity parade the tradition began in 2039 last year
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attracted a record 7000 participants while riding through the city they received gifts from onlookers which were later donated to 6 children by the local chapter of the red cross. mine and out the top story we're following for you more to down words in madrid talks and at the u.n. climate conference the delegates failed to agree on issues like how to regulate carbon markets 2 days off the summit was scheduled to end negotiators did manage to reach agreement on some contentious. coming up after the break it is the leader would cross harrington before leipzig leave from them on saturday bloodbath were in 1st place for 8 weeks now the foals were hoping to get back on top when they paid a visit to both spoke on saturday find out what happened and much will only print as they go.
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