this could be the end of communism and then. the modern crisis and of course the start of an era that defines our remarks today. 1979 the big bang bang created today's cold starts december 23rd t.w. . we are pumping more not less carbon into the atmosphere global warming is exhilarating and the promises made in the paris climate accord to reverse this they're not being kept and they're not strong enough the next climate summit will be in scotland next year scientists say that we have about a decade to save the climate as we know it a decade and we just lost a year. berlin this is the day.

after many. hours. being asked. to the end of the comp. could be extended because pretty today is still a good look at the outcome it's pretty disappointing peace process ease facing the people on the planets this is a compromise we can leave with stop taking up space but you'll both. get out of our why we're terribly sorry madam chair but we can accept the spears and terrorists and i'm not a president we can't find the document it seems that we need to pieces again it's really a common thing. we need to stop the planet. also coming up to dissent and disappear in a dictatorship 20 years ago in the former soviet republic of belarus suspected

death squads silenced opposition politicians in a d.-w. news exclusive you'll meet a man who says he was one of the killers. yeah but in the phrase could use i open my sincere condolences i took part in the i can show you the burial site on a map the rest is up to use and better russa's law enforcement system. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and around the world at welcome we begin the day with the longest u.n. climate talks ever held and the shortest list of accomplishments to show for 2 weeks of marathon talks of madrid have ended and delegates are lamenting a wasted chance this appointment to coming from the un secretary general antonio good terrorists and the international community lost an important opportunity to tackle the climate crisis he tweeted and he added we must not give up and i will not give up scientists say we have until roughly 2030 to drastically

cut emissions that are fueling climate change urgent action is needed everyone agreed with that but they could not commit delegates say the u.s. announcement to leave the paris deal has resulted in other big polluters such as china australia and brazil pushing back against smaller countries a growing gap between big and small rich and poor and another crucial year last. it seems that he'll know needs to be easily. and we want to be and we. and that's what you want to have outlined by with 2050 and be nice us up and do some reading and not. because we won't so you can only unsustainable. still we may meet you need to understand that we

don't have a plan b. all right the european union committed to becoming carbon neutral what about the rest of the world to talk about that i'm joined tonight by helen ford from the world resources institute in washington she was in madrid at that climate conference it's good to see you again so how bad was it at the conference it was pretty bleak i have to say the negotiators really did not come forward with the kind of agreement and action that we need to see at this time so there is a big disconnect between what was happening in the negotiation room which was really going at a snail's place pace which did not deliver and what we're actually seeing from the science the demands in terms of the urgency of climate action and also from people on the streets asking their governments to step up and take action so there is a huge disconnect there and sadly the dread did not deliver what we need a in how do you explain that disconnect b.

because we report about this almost daily now it can't be that people don't know what's going on how do you explain. i think to some extent the negotiators are really stuck in the past they're stuck in their world 510 years ago where they're trying to defy and you know their national self interests without realizing that the world has actually moved on in the real economy what we're seeing is that businesses and investors are starting to step up and take action we have now something like almost 400 cities around the world which have committed to get to net 0 emissions by 2050 we have a number of businesses something like 78790 that have committed to the same the major businesses are doing so and we're seeing the finance sector is moving as well they're seeing that there are real risks of continuing to invest in the old polluting carbon intensive economy and in fact great opportunities from shifting to

a glean greener cleaner economy but often want to get into the negotiating rooms the negotiators are sort of stuck in the past and trying to get the best possible deal for each of their own countries rather than looking at how can we collectively move forward in the best possible way we are we heard that in madrid it was very obvious that the large emitters the big polluters over there have been bold in by the exit of the united states from the pyrenees climate accord is that what you saw as well. absolutely i think that's right i mean the major meadows were either absent in the discussion staying quiet or they were actually being obstructive in most cases not all but most cases on the contrary what we saw is that the smaller and medium sized economies particularly developing that countries that are most vulnerable to climate impacts those who are being hit the hardest now were really ambitious and came forward and tried their hardest to actually get a deal and themselves have stepped up we have 80 countries now mainly those small

economies that have said they are going to enhance their climate targets next year we're waiting now for the major mentors to follow their lead. and now we have to wait until the next climate meeting which takes place in glasgow next year why and i know i don't want to be pessimists here but why is there any reason to expect a better result in glasgow where we're going to get the leadership that's needed to pull these countries together expecting to see that from from boars johnson. i mean i think what this this climate negotiation was was actually a real wake up call to the world i think there's sort of shock waves going around about how little was delivered how frustrating and difficult the discussions were so as i said we've already got a number of the small or medium sized economies particularly developing one stepping up we have the european union which just slightly last week agreed that

they would go for net 0 emissions by 2050 so i expect the european union will really be stepping up on leadership we also have some other countries canada has set a target that it would like to reach net 0 by 2050 we're hoping they'll translate that into enhanced action next year south africa started putting forward some ambitious plans for what they'll do so we're starting to see some other leaders come forward but i think perhaps our best hope really is the people in the streets calling for action and the businesses and investors are saying look this is the only way to go i'm hoping they're going to be stepping up their voices strongly in the next few months to really inspire the governments themselves to show leadership and you know there is an irony here the european union committed to being carbon neutral and the next summit is going to take place in scotland in the u.k. which will of course have brakes and will be leaving the e.u. big i read there when it ends before we run out of time we just lost a valuable year to take action so i mean to say we've got about 12 years to really

take action now if we want to prevent disaster at the end of the century why isn't there more outrage. i think we are actually seeing a lot of that outrage in september alone we had 7000000 people 7000000 people in the streets in 185 countries calling on their governments to take action to take more action i think i think time is running out we are seeing movement but it's more what's happening in terms of technology right the cost of solar have come down we have developments around electric vehicles that nobody expected 4 or 5 years ago and again as i said you know the investors the businesses are starting to move so i think we are seeing that happening i think that has been something which hasn't been as prominent in the news or with governments and i'm hoping that sort of action and those calls to action will start getting through and reach the government leaders l m m for dinner washington tonight is always know where we

appreciate your time your insights thank you. thank you. when these swedish climate activists graded to travels she makes a point of doing so in a carbon neutral way instead of flying she's sailed across the atlantic ocean twice but it turns out gratitude greatest green transit challenge may have been finding a seat on a german train the 16 year old passed through germany by rail on her way home from the top 25 climate conference in madrid and she posted this picture she's sitting there on the floor in a crowded train surrounded by a pile of suitcases it's a familiar scene for many german travelers but apparently that tweet did not sit well with german train operator deutsche a bon 1st georgia bon wished her a safe journey and promised more trains connections and seats but then followed them saying it would have been even nicer if you had also reported how friendly and competent you were looked after by our team and your seat in 1st class as critics

pelz on this claiming that her original photo was staged but. later clarified saying that her original train from basel switzerland had been cancelled so she had to sit on the floor on 2 of her trains until she got a seat but that overcrowded trains are a quote great sign because it means the demand for train travel is high and it is now this is all being dubbed gretta gate on twitter but many have pointed out the real scandal here is the lack of political action in madrid not the lack of a seat on a german train. they dissented and disappeared in a dictatorship 20 years ago 3 opposition politicians in the former soviet republic of belarus vanished without a trace now there are allegations that those politicians were murdered by a death squad on orders from the highest level in bello roofs the alleged murders

occurred as president alexander lukashenko started consolidating his hold on power acquiring the label europe's last dictator. unicode of skiis living in a central european country and is seeking asylum that. in a dyche avella exclusive he tells us about his time in a regime death squad in belarus and reveals new details about a series of crimes. a number of opposition politicians in belarus disappeared 2 decades ago and it's still not known what happened to them on the evening of may the 7th 1909 yuri's a hot nko parked his car here near the old fire house in minsk and was never seen again at that time the former interior minister was a leading figure in the opposition. the harangue co and his supporters wanted to prevent the country descending into dictatorship and to remove president alexander look at shingle look at shingle had organized and won 2 controversial referendums

to expand his powers and neutralize parliament. since then has ruled the country alone. is considered the last dictatorship in europe. this reenactment of the murder of your is a harangue who is based on statements made exclusively to us t w by your acre of ski 4 members of a special military unit abducted and shots of her uncle dead in a forest gorecki tells us he was one of them and an accomplice to the crime and that as a member of the armed forces he had no choice 20 years later he has a message for the harang close family. here but. also my sincere condolences. i took part in the murder. i offer you my apologies. i can show you the burial site on a map the rest is up to you and bella ruth says law enforcement system.

is a her records family is living in exile in the german town of minister his eldest daughter yelena hears from us for the 1st time details of her father's abduction and murder she calls the informant a man without a conscience. if you knew on it you would get fit so it's not about him it's about the entire system of. motion and you just said one can't blame him people i dependent on the system i'm not but you must die if they post to connect bloody crimes in its name. every will to a vigil is held in minsk in honor of you resign and the other opposition politicians who disappeared. he says he also knows what happened to them so perhaps after 2 decades the truth about the regime death squads in belarus is about to come to light. or that story produced by my colleague here w.

news investigative reporter christiane christiane it's good to see you this is a fascinating story how did you run across it a couple of weeks ago mr gretzky wrote an e-mail to dodge of what is russian department is obviously a frequent use of our programs in russian and that mail he claims to have important insights into these disappearances cases 20 years ago in his home country and then we set up an investigative teams for team 4 of us russian natives with a strong knowledge of the country and of the region and me responsible for the t.v. production that's how we started working on it and obviously knowing the history just a ruse you know you have to go when suspicious and. what did you do to verify your story to make sure he was telling you the truth 1st of all we checked his identity is he really the person who pretends to be we did some database research on that and also some inquiries on the ground in his hometown minsk then we met him several

times and we did fall along for a very long interview was working even mine a contradiction contradictions in what he was telling us about these cases and we reworked it and we presented the final evidence to some experts there were a few of them in europe who are familiar. with these cases and then we decided to go public in so you were able to build up a level of trust why do you think he is telling this story now. yuri told us that he wanted to go clear that he wanted to remove a stone from his so fair enough but the whole time we were working with him we had the feeling that there might be more behind his motivation perhaps even someone a person in belarus who might have told him to flee his country to seek asylum in a western country and then go public but we this is mere speculation we never could

find could trace any facts we could have used in our reporting we don't say where he is but we know that he is somewhere here in western europe seeking asylum you know. these revelations if they are true what does that mean where is this story going to lead us the council of europe has already conducted an investigation years ago and in that 2000 fall report they speak about the investigators of a code conspiracy of high ranking below russian officials and i think it's possible that the general assembly of the council in strasburg now reopens the minsk file we have some information tonight that the those left behind the families of the victims are already created putting pressure on the politicians to reopen the file in what would you say because no what we're going to need the broader political implications for bill a ruse a ruse is somewhat of a pariah anyway i mean can it get worse for the country the country is pretty

isolated in your rope and in the past 23 years president look or single was working hard on breaking this chain and finding partners in europe again these efforts by this new evidence we have might know all be in jeopardy in the final do or could have been closed for him we will see christiane for there is always christiane thank you fascinating story. china's censorship machine is a fish and it's nothing out opposing voices especially when it comes to the hong kong pro-democracy protesters but those voices do exist our correspondent has the story of one man's mission to amplify those voices derry to dissent. after lunch i changed into a new set of clothes covered my face with a black mask and merged into the stream of black people. do i know why hong kong

people are protesting i'm very clear about that do i know the risk of participating in these protests as a mainland very clearly yes if i get arrested i would likely be sent back to the mainland where i might simply evaporate into thin air nobody would see me alive again and if i died nobody would ever see my body. the testimony from china's mainland in support of the hong kong protests one of the voices the chinese government is trying to silence this man who calls himself midway dude is trying to make them heard he was born on the mainland as well. i know that there are people in china who love democracy who love freedom and who support hong kong. but with the current situation they cannot speak out. because he's afraid of retribution and has relatives on the mainland midway dude cannot reveal his identity he grew up on the mainland and moved to hong kong at

a young age it was here he started questioning that nationalism he was raised with little by little he grew to support democracy movement. when you've gotten to know freedom it's very hard to go back to a situation where you don't have any freedom at all. mainlanders who support hong kong's protests might be a minority but midway do things they should be heard they can submit their story to him by an anonymous form then he posts them on twitter and his log even he himself does not know their identity he calls this project tree hole in chinese legend the place people whisper their secrets into. there's a trend in china in recent years that your colleagues your friends even your family members all students will report you to the or far as he's. they think you're not

nationalistic enough they think you're betraying your country. these past 10 years i've seen with my eyes wide open how my favorite comics t.v. shows and books were banned and have disappeared from the shelves in mainland china i saw how the best opinion leaders were arrested or silenced. i said nothing and i did nothing now i regret that i deeply regret that. that's why i cannot bear to see this happen again. this guy truly has courage he lives up to his words and he walks the talk i have great respect for this he has received over 200 messages so far 200 little signs of dissent from a country where it different opinion can be a crime. in the hit

film billy elliot a boy from a poor home in england ends up becoming an international ballet store well that story has become a real life plot in the far eastern russian city of what they've all stuck. with a christmas time story of hope and perseverance a young boy whose dream is coming true in the not crack. in the class schedule it's called dance classical dance. ringback but in reality it's work hard work and it comes with the unique language that only understood here . more now turn out at. tech in the belly shoulders down who in your tale. of is getting ready for his big performance in the nutcracker envied christmas ballet . he dances every morning for hours. being at ballet dances

beautiful but exhausting. especially if you come from the country and try to make it here here in front of us took an offshoot of the moscow academy of choreography also called the bolshoi school of ballet. and the great it is the 1st time i heard them say pulling your tail i thought what and how can i pull it in order to earn you a nice rotate that outboards. for over 100 years russia has been known as the place where the stars of classical ballet are trained at the competition is fierce some your needs more than strong legs he needs to have a strong character. for over 3 months the 11 year old has been living in a boarding school and there was talk he really sees his mother. today she traveled from their hometown of. 1000 kilometers away to see her son simone's big christmas

from near. the finish we miss him so much if you know we're also so proud of our boy. did you miss me to. move libya must look opera house posters last nutcracker rehearsals. simul is very excited he has a solo. news server instances i'm scared stiff this huge stage of ballet dancing it's that i don't want to embarrass myself you have to do what i would do this they laugh at me i'm a fright if that. and then the day comes simulants 1st performance on a real stage. the lot of us took opera house and sold out simone's family is sitting in the audience they came all the way from peter b.

john to be here. there. it. was. the fence that was my big chance and ballet school they said this was a chance of a lifetime and i was like really. bring it on.

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this is good news. and they disappear to death squads in the former soviet republic of silence of political opposition in news exclusive we'll hear from this man who says he was one of the killers why is he talking now and can we believe what he said also coming up.