i. am. i am. this is e.w. news live from the bad weather disrupts the search for victims of the new zealand volcano disaster a week on from the eruption the prime minister and her cabinet observe a minute's silence for the dead emergency services stepped up the search for the bodies of the 2 victims still missing also coming up favorite shrouded in tear gas as security forces crackdown on anti-government protests opponents are demanding a new independent head of government the former prime minister looks set to a comeback. and widespread disappointment after martin u.n.

climate talks ended with a watered down deal activists say the compromise will achieve little to. the as. i have a home for glad you could join me search crews have so far failed to find the bodies of 2 victims still missing a week off the new zealand volcano disaster the cabinet lead the country in observing a minute's silence in memory of those killed in last monday's eruption the death toll has risen to 80 and another 20 people are in a critical condition suffering from severe burns. well bad weather forced recovery teams to call off the search for the 2 missing victims rescuers have vowed that they will press ahead with the search. hold on hold. old and new zealand's white

island rescue teams and protective gear landed where they believed one of the 2 remaining victims of the island's volcanic eruption would be found they were unsuccessful everyone went out there absolutely desperate to find bodies and return them to loved 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 always hopeful because we do this for a reason we want to make sure that we bring the right expertise to be it with regard to the task of paying that expertise including $24.00 person recovery teams toxic unstable conditions and air takes allowed the 2nd search on the island to 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 then confident as a bodyguard for the families that are still watching. the al-qaeda has been a popular tourist destination for daytrippers but it over upped it 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 teens face contaminated waters and poor visibility after one body was spotted in the water we knew there were the we saw them and they'll. there's talk of there and there are some what don't i want to have but support is an option that's just the top and it's. hard. current word to stop but it's the 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. as take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world scuffles have

broken out at anti-government protests in hong kong hundreds gathered in shopping malls across the city police made several arrests a vigil marked 6 months since the death of a protester who plunged in a window. at least 50 bodies have been on earth from a mass grave at a farm in western mexico the site was identified last month at a farm outside the city of portland hora a region blighted by drug cartel violence former bolivian president evo morales says that he is planning a political campaign from argentina where he was recently given asylum but on his fled libya following elections that international observers said would deeply flawed and he is interim president said and arrest warrant will soon be issued against moralists as. well clashes between riot police and anti-government protesters have left dozens wounded in beirut protesters rallied in the lebanese capital for a 2nd night despite

a fierce crackdown by security forces have been calling for a new independent head of government not connected with the established political parties former prime minister saad hariri resigned in october during a nationwide protests opponents accuse the political elite of corruption and mismanagement as lebanon suffers its worst economic crisis in decades and joining us now is. correspondent in beirut tell us more about exactly what the protesters are calling for. same demands from the very beginning we are now we until today the month of these protests in lebanon the protesters are asking for the taking down the old regime the sick tarion the gene now tomorrow we're going to have the parliamentary consultation in the presidential the presidential palace the main protestant and they were asking for the not to be named any person or any personality political person doesn't see it is related to the political corruption

or the economic corruption so these are. the main demands of the main thing that the us towards tonight during you told the clashes to place in beirut where we are right now as you mentioned on monday we will see that meeting between the president and parliamentary plucks how likely is it do you think that side had 80 could be renamed prime minister of lebanon it's obvious decide how he will be renamed as prime minister tomorrow but the main issue that it's not the only who is going to form the government but how the this government will be formed i mean in other words the political parties are going to. take part of this government was going to take but who's going to be and they see a government or his will is going to be the fault of the government because assad honey has mentioned today or some of his the sources mentioned today that he insists this government should be made specially from experts and technocrats

without any political parties this is the this thing that is refused completely by his will or the president michel and so the main issue the main the main the main difficulty that one aside how he's going to face off of tomato oh he's going to he's going to phone this government and the senate what then the case if that happens and side had 80 is confirmed once again what can we expect from the protests. it's all yes the protesters will go and stay in the squares and the streets of beirut and other major cities and lebanon because i mentioned before the protests of asking for new faces in the political life they're asking to take down the old regime not on the side how to lead not only that their president the old the sectarian the jeep they are asking for experts from for technocrats that will lead these the country to the safe but because freshly with the economic

crisis that it can be the county very hardly right d.w. bureau chief and correspondent beth beirut thanks a lot. i missed opportunity that is how antonio tatters the u.n. secretary general described the outcome of marathon un climate talks and after 2 weeks of discussions negotiations for more than $200.00 countries could only agree on a watch it down set a declarations calling for ambitious climate protection targets big polluters 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 is achieved will have little impact. 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 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 trading. 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 say it's time for the european union to

step up i mean this conference in madrid is really a good point for the entire much of that 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 an army of a cyber warriors has mobilized in lithuania to fight a tide of online distance from a shoe flowing out of russia the volunteers call themselves the elves and their mission is to take on russian trolls who poor out fake news and online propaganda the elves already number more than 1000 and everyday for a battle. this is falcon as he calls

himself on the internet. he doesn't want to reveal his true identity because he has formidable enemies in the digital world. in his free time he fights russian trolls peddling to see information and fake news on the net. the online activist is part of a wider community trying to counter russian online propaganda they call themselves the elves when they're often read in a way that ukraine and at the worst time to do something not just to watch the movie and discuss what to do and do some practical things on the the beginning it was a bit of simple. evidence that every pause of the fight the girl on the news for us was followed by the hundreds of negative comments of the what was about lithium the need to or europe you know and i would assume it was from her simple just through or through crowds of them with important of course. the baltic

states have been targeted by just information campaigns arguably orchestrated by the kremlin. falcon shows us an example of this on a news site in lithuanian which claims that german nato members desecrated a jewish cemetery in lithuania is made right for for a procedure month on the ground this is the jewish cemetery and coldness it's thought the liquor is a procreation. rather how they were upset means. 30 years ago lithuania gained independence and people there know that the fact that the former soviet republic has since joined the e.u. and nato is not welcomed by moscow lithuanians now live in constant fear of their powerful neighbor. order to get a grip but the one you just need to open a history book to understand russia's true nature then and now. about the quote from you know very little most of the world and i would say that russia poses a threat to us though i can't say what kind. of good use for these crimes that

country's national cybersecurity center meanwhile warns that russian internet propaganda poses a danger it believes that if left unchallenged it could increase the possibility of war. we believe are smart she will be influenced by a russian or i would say crammed is even more our propaganda campaign i was smart she will be here you can gross are so much more to the soldiers there would be to do something against us are doing so if you know all the rollergames 3 of us i'm going to do so for us it would be removed but it was thought to have a possibility to darker were for our russian citizens the falcon to thinks it would be helpful to team up with like minded russians to counter-propaganda he speaks russian well because he served in the former soviet army now together with more than a 1000 other elves from around europe he spends his evenings fighting just information spread by internet trolls that we do think doesn't like we don't fight we fighting

for the liberal democracy dollars. it should be treated very professional over the danger or that they're all fucked it is. billed as vs trolls. the outcome remains uncertain. for humans often lights you live near nature of it in one israeli city one animal in particular is getting a little too close for comfort now haifa is divided over its wild population a ban on culling the pics was introduced last year and they have since multiplied now they dig up public gardens blocked traffic and overturned waste bins some residents call the floor a nightmare but the mess says it just part of nature. never boring at least well coming up after the break it is the biggest leak with chris harrington before leipsic leapfrogs them on saturday clad back were in 1st place for 8 weeks of foals were hoping to get back on top when they paid

a visit to voice work on saturday find out what happened and much more on the when to speak of. that coming up in just a moment on humphrey and valentines your company while news at the top of the ousted leader. i'm nothing out of the germans because some come down but mostly i love him with the german thinks deep into the german culture of. nudity we take from this grandma day oh you go it's all out there no time rachel join me to meet the gem from the host. of climate change. the pseudonyms.