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we would have died of hunger on one of them. just this week. the be . the bad. this is do every news line from berlin a call to action the head of the e.u. commission or as of underlying tells globally there is gathered at the world economic forum as the window to fight climate change is closing she says europe should be leading the charge in creating a carbon neutral future also coming up anger boils over greece's crowded
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migrant camps thousands of protesters are demanding that the government shut down facilities on 3 greek islands the refugees are facing squalor desperation. plus a deadly virus scary new strain of corn a virus claims more lives in china and fuel fears of a global pandemic with no vaccine officials are scrambling to contain the outbreak the world health organization deciding whether to declare a global commercial saying. i am. on my ark and you so much for your company everyone european commission the president of honor a lion has told the world's business and political elite that time is running out to fight climate change in our keynote speech a day 2 of the world economic forum shoot birds. leaders gathered there to take
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action pointing to her european green deal as a model that they should follow it was a marked stark stark contrast rather to choose day speech from president trump who largely ignored the issue of climate change the u.s. president left davos today but not before taking a parting shot at the e.u. the world economic forum hosted in europe's highest town is hoping to encourage sustainable climate policy europe aims to become a pioneer says e.u. commission president funda lyon with her european green deal she wants to make the continent the 1st to achieve carbon neutrality. the novelty. and the difference. to our fossil fuel based model is. that we will fall still growth that is not extracting resources but that gives back to the planet more than it takes away from it just before his departure u.s.
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president trump surprised the participants with a different topic he called for a new trade agreement with the e.u. threatening to impose trade sanctions on car imports they have trade barriers where you can trade they have tariffs all over the place they make it impossible they are frankly more difficult to do business with than china following the trade agreement with china trump has his sights firmly sit on the e.u. . i want to say now with some of the other stories making news around the world harvey weinstein has attended the opening statements of his trial before a new york court in this trial the once powerful hollywood producer is facing 2 charges of rape and sexual assault weinstein faces further charges of similar crimes in los angeles if it is up to life in prison if convicted. there's no let up in lebanon's ongoing protest movements despite the formation of
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a new government that ended a power vacuum of protest has clashed with police in the capital beirut after a night of really are the new prime minister has said the country must tackle the twin challenges of the protest movement and nosediving economy. terry jones best known as a member of the british comedy team monte python has died his family says the 77 year old had fought a long always good humored battle against a rare form of dementia as well as being an actor jones was also a successful writer and director. large crowds of people are protesting on 3 greek islands to demand the immediate removal of thousands. asylum seekers the islands of les vos some most and she also states street demonstrations and a general strike shutting down public services some caps on those 3 islands house
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more than 10 times the number of people they were built for government plans to build bigger facilities there have met with protests among local officials and residents and didn't use the max zonder was at that demonstration for us on the island of last boss these people here behind me tell me they want their island back and they are mad at the government in athens a government that has vowed to tackle the refugee crisis through the partitions and transfers but so for none of these measures have taken effect and people are telling me they feel abandoned so europe is failing the norms are failing and the. civil and other legal and human and social pursuits is in this country are being raped totally because we're not facing only humanitarian immigrants from syria we're not facing humanitarian immigrants from elsewhere we're
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faced with a massive aggressive and unethical immigration from one of the we're going to be sitting in brussels and playing stumble what the the immigrants want and what we want is the same thing they want to leave and we want them to leave that's all we're asking. i think that's fair and that's the that's justice and that's the right thing they don't want to stay here ask them they know they want to leave so. we're here because we don't want this daily life that has been destroyed by migrants not by refugees i'm talking about the migrants who are committing crimes personally i'm not bothered by refugees or migrants i'm bothered by people who come to our country wanting to cause problems is the number of. this to me given the court reporter just a bit of we're here to resist a 2nd hot spot on the island. if we don't pray for the issue to be so as soon as possible. lives of the most for this storm and that was our correspondent sander
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interviewing local residents on the greek island of les boss now or to the death toll in the outbreak of a new corona virus outbreak in china that has jumped to 17 with more than $500.00 confirmed cases is growing fears now that the disease chris fred right now the world health organization is meeting in geneva to decide whether to declare a global public health emergency authorities in china meanwhile are battling to contain the virus ahead of the lunar new year holiday the world's largest annual human migration of it. it's possibly the worst time of the year to try to stop the spread of the virus in china. hundreds of millions of people are crisscrossing the country this week to celebrate the lunar new year with family. coming from abroad these passages are traveling to beijing from seattle where the 1st u.s.
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case was confirmed on tuesday i think what i can do is to wear a mask wash my hands and stay away from the problem. since it's outbreak in the city of the deadly virus has jumped a number of international borders prompting large scale screening measures at airports and railway stations. containing the virus is an absolute priority as quickly as possible because they are fears that the virus could mutate. the evidence shows that the disease is currently transmitted through the respondent retract and there is the possibility of a viral mutation. qualify in an attempt to minimize the risk of contagion during the current travel rush a number of airlines and violate companies have announced they will waive cancellation fees for trips to and from with on. the city's mayor. has also warned against travel to the epicenter of the outbreak and the people who are already
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there to stay. some people have canceled their trips due to the current situation but it's unlikely to stop the majority from traveling. for many chinese the lunar new year holiday is the only chance they get to see their relatives all year. dozens of heads of states are gathering in jerusalem to mark the 75th anniversary tomorrow of the liberation of the auschwitz death camp but they'll also be talking about a resurgence of anti semitism jewish people and institutions have been attacked around the world including in new york city which is a thriving center of jewish life and culture and he does his best to heart and filed this report. this is a tense time for the city g.'s of crown heights a neighborhood in. brooklyn. who community has become the target of an
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increased number of attacks in recent months. and now there's more police on the streets protecting synagogues and other jewish institutions. and his friends his students at local yeshiva a jewish religious school. anti semitism is always been an issue in this ethnically diverse neighborhood but the recent string of attacks has hit unprofitably close to home. the tax was on someone threw a chair at someone else i was screaming kill jews there's different attacks that have a son that pointed a gun. so in that put out i have friend they got punched by the middle central crown heights where everyone walks. the see they're not afraid but the attacks have made them more weary they want to walk their selves especially at night. just
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yet thing obviously because of the increase of the fear in the community because of the recent attacks. the family that had it in that apartment had a feeling that you know you have to be more careful. with the ghauts jews become targets of anti semitic hate crimes because they're doing this is plainly visible. only colin is a rabbi in the community he knows being recognizable is a risk but he says hiding is not an option never be afraid never be afraid to show who we are never afraid to to remain and or run away never to the idea what kind of running away somewhere else this is this is our community and we're going to take whatever it takes to stay here and be strong but not to be afraid or to hide out of fear but it's not only the orthodox community that's feeling uneasy and all feldman is jewish too and as with many of new york's jews you can't really tell from his looks born in israel he's been in the u.s.
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since the age of 3 you know lives in manhattan here too he says the mood in the community has changed since the attacks. people are talking about getting armed and carrying guns mace weapons and learning self-defense worry wasn't even a subject for. roughly one in 8 new york city residents is jews for centuries has been a refuge to jesus from the world and this city is home to the biggest jewish community outside of israel that's why rising anti semitism here is particularly unsettling jewish advocacy groups are saying the phenomenon is as surprising as it is complex because the sources of these recent semitic attacks here in the united states are multiple but they're not all coming from white supremacists or white nationalists they're also coming from street attacks in new york. by young african-americans they're coming from black hebrews what seems to be constant is
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a sense that there's a copycat phenomenon now it's become sort of more involved. to go after jews who are identifiable on the streets. back in town heights and his friends say they won't back down the chance that the heat is stronger than the heechee tempers. one of germany's top referees has criticized soccer's video assistant referee technology known as var off for not adapting to meet the needs of the game the technology was supposed to make the game more fair and accurate but it has caused more controversy than expected the generator of reason so sasha says it may look to american football for changes. making speed 2nd decisions is what makes just one of the toughest jobs in football but the fast paced sport also makes it difficult for referees to always make the right cards the introduction of the
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a are a video assistant referee was supposed to help eliminate human mistakes but has it cost more. infusion then clarity is. when you look at how many wrong calls we've already prevented and it's fine but there are always things we can continue to improve. i predict say they still way too much movement interpretation that the costs are inconsistent and that they did nice take the punch out of goal celebrations. one of germany's elite referees mom would prefer who was in charge of the doj month versus out spoke match on the weekend is pushing for an n.f.l. like system where the coaches have 2 challenges per game and referees can explain their decisions to fans in the media it's an idea that is slowly gaining some ground in the bundesliga. we're working on how far we can integrate the referees to communicate directly on the feels they may even sometime in the future explain
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their decision and clarify the process. just. that clarification could go a long way in appeasing the system's critics. are that does it for us up next is it every business our protection or statement for that you can always do a head to our web site as do we all not for our news on demand rather i like a rocket of us here tomorrow. to. take personally us with a little bit wonderful place to make the game show special. true for. more than football.
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