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a pregnant south korean has added her unborn baby to a lawsuit over pollution. ah, i melissa chan, thanks for joining us. got to buy a roger pox. a has fled sri lanka and landed in the mall div after failing to escape to his 1st choice destination. due by the former present, resigned on wednesday, designating the prime minister renewal wick rems ago as the new acting president. he has declared a state of emergency a curfew and police have deploy tear gas to disperse crowds of protesters still out on the streets. people do not seem ready to embrace the country's new leader or your fight if one of the board would reside. and i've been growing new to do mr. carman bliss and i've been st augustine as a beginning. oh,

even if the prime minister becomes president, he has no mandate that the president had some the people support and i believe we grammy single does not have the support of the people at all. and we are not prepared to recognize him as the president out of the last. it may now be sure to realize the follow up with those months after storming other government buildings, protesters turned their attention to the prime minister's office. d. w many are chaudhry was at the scene in the sri lankan capital colombo. well, yes, i'm right on the same street where the prime minister's office is located. it just coming from there. they are all over the place. there are hundreds of people inside the premises. the prime minister of office, they're cheering their reasons logan's, they're raving the flag she lanka, they are sitting on the roof of the prime minister's office with their finally managed to force their way in sight that been to feel uncomfortable multiple times

. and every time of thumb, the situation has gotten worse. we have seen roles and hughes of people outside of fuel stations, outside looking gas station than all people to get anything. the prices of the medicine that short up the ambulance services have announced that they've gone to cater to every area because they are also out to fuel. so the crisis has only declined, but the thing is that economic crisis will not be stabilized till the time the country find some, some stability in the politics in the government. but that is what is remaining, right? joining us is on because that could not nathan former human rights commissioner of sri lanka, thanks for joining the program. thank you for having me. i'm because i'm cherry his . what happens next? is anyone really in charge? oh, yes. technically the president has still not resigned. and while he's out of the country, he has appointed the prime minister, ronald commits singer,

eyes acting president on the speaker is also announced dot the president has informed him back during the course of today. he will submit his resignation. so if and when the president submits his resignation, then automatically the prime minister job becomes the interior president. and they've already announced the day for the reconvening of parliament, which is the 15th and the nominations to be filed for parliament in parliament for the president to be chosen by parliament. that's on the 19th. and on the 20th they do vote to elect the president who will then serve out the rest of the tom. um, you know, the current on the current president. now among the protesters in terms of what they want, is there a consensus moving forward or there, or is there a diversity of opinions from people who've taken to the streets for for months?

well the protesters that so many different groups, and there is a group that has generally been, you know, for over 90 days, outgo toggle gama in colombo, then there are various other pro, just taking products in different parts of the taking place in different parts of the country and the only contents is that we can see until now is that they want the president to resign and they want the prime minister to resign at the moment that appears to be the only consensus on the main demise. so as the speak, there are housings of protesters outside the prime minister and well now acting president ronald baker, missing his office, demanding that he stepped down the police to have a use and the military had used a water cannons. they have used t a gas against them. i'm the situation there right now is quite quite

a fast develop a situation. i want to take a step back. i mean go to buy a raja pox. i was part of a political dynasty. we've talked about this before, his brother was the former finance minister, who is also a fleeing other than their exile. will there be any accountability from this family or do you think they have escaped the law? well, felucca doesn't have a good track record weight, accountability, where that is in relation to corruption, all in relation to war, time by violations and our cold weather in country. any members of this family will be held accountable is doubtful. i feel that particularly given the president involvement in boy time violations the allegations against him, that there is probably a higher likelihood of the president at least being held accountable outside the country that inside the country aps very interesting something to watch. in the

coming months, america 2nd, none of them. thank you so much for joining us. as always. thank you very much. the political crisis is heading citizens at the pump with record high prices in an effort to conserve feel. the government is asking people to work from home and has closed schools. restaurants have even switched to cooking, kneels with wood. here's a closer look at how people are enduring life in sri lanka. for 7 days as our mo, her dean has been waiting here in a kilometer long line for gas in sri lanka, capital colombo. he turned a new fuel delivery was coming, he spent day and night here since i did that on the gas in there is simply no more fueling. we have no more gas at home to cook. we used to have an income, but for weeks now the money has stopped coming to one. i mean,

we can't go on like this. life is hard. i similar to make matters worse. his wife is ill. he tries to spend a little time with her every day at lunch time, risking losing his place in line earlier than i keep calling him when he's there waiting. it's the tormenting. thank that have made me sick. i was even with met at a hospital. we didn't even have fuel for him to drive me there and according to it, many people in sri lanka face similar problems. inflation is soaring, and prices are skyrocketing, even for essentials like food. hardly any one can afford to buy what they need. oh, resembling other people used to have 3 meals a day most of the time. now it's either 2 or one. sometimes people are drinking water instead of eating. molly? no. more than that, we don't know what to do. what to give our children. they say they're hungry,

but we don't have anything for them. we don't wanna let vieira molina but we can't drink tea with milk anymore. we have no milk powder. we just about managed to buy rice, but even that is very expensive. another day has gone by in the line for gas and for as armoire dean, it's again been fruitless. his one hope that after the resignation of president go to buy a roger pucks are better times will finally come. yeah, madame, you got it on the are we only when we get problems like the fuel crisis solved? can we live a life worth living? i haven't lost faith yet that a new government will give us fresh hope and change will finally happen again, but wouldn't be allowing it dental. until then, as i'm or her dean will spend another night in line, hoping that he will finally get a few liters of fuel ah.

in south korea, environmentalists have taken an innovative approach to try to reduce emissions. they filed a lawsuit on behalf of their children. parents are suing the government, saying the country needs to reduce pollution for the well being of the next generation. even the yet to be born are represented in this legal battle. as dw reports. e dawn yun is pregnant and worried, worried the planet will be too hot and her unborn child won't have clean air to breathe. she so concerned she joined her feet as to a lawsuit, demanding the south korean government do more to protect the environment. thank in and i to pill nazi to i left for oh i see my baby on here we had on yet and hasn't emitted a single gram of coddled. i'll hide into the world. i got here when i you for his his her, i'm so concerned about the world that my baby will face her closely. so many disasters. also i joined. there's a loss here. time. yeah,

i get there through that. he's fetus is one of about 60 co plaintiffs under 11 years old, who are mounting a collective legal campaign. lawyers say may take years, e says her unborn baby offers a strong symbol. it all, i believe not only to present to the older generation, but also future generation should be fully considered on issues surrounding the climate crisis. and that should be an open platform where they can participate in as discussion. commuter, south korean environmental us are also pushing for a shift in behavior. across from new president use of y'all's office, greenpeace recently demanded high honor, his campaign clerk, to ben internal combustion cars by 2035 blanking nahant on the beach. now we need effect of leadership from the president to tackle climate change and transition the domestic car industry into eco friendly cars are changing. our cars is the most significant way to cut down on greenhouse gas emission. you seen them?

oh, dancing up. i'm going either pollution effects more than just warming the planet. the issue of air quality had become a regular concern with bad air days, prompting the government to warn people to try to stay indoors. as coven 19 declines and factories ramp up production with more traffic. it's expected people will see more read on their air quality. young people have mixed feelings about the lawsuit. they also recognize that everyone needs to do more. calling upon k tanica seek young they a lawsuit might be a strong measure to deal with this issue. congress total, but it seems better to have more campaigns to change behaviors. don't cornell. ok, so they should take legal action only as a last resort. so now on the not that wasn't about, oh god look at it. i believe the government needs to work on it, but it should go together with individual efforts. so we don't expect in mother or

e don't young admit her fetus is a bit of an unusual claimant take on it on the day. i 1st had my baby's hot beat, i went to the forest and so i would, i guess, and i made my baby wood paneling hurry and see the pond just like woodpeckers want to live safely in the forest. i want the world and the environment to be safe, where our babies will be born. working a couple for e and her baby more than the clock is ticking. that's it for wednesday. thanks for watching. ah sh, unsecure letter. i think that's hard. and in the end is a me, you are not a lot of to you anymore. we will send you back. are you familiar with this with the

smudges reliance of the what's your story. ready i mean, wasn't, i was women, especially, and victims of violence, seen a lot of them take part and send us your story. we are trying always to understand this new culture. so you are not a visitor, not the guests. you want to become move in so migrants your platform for reliable information ah, energy prices continued their torrid rise in germany. new inflation figures are likely to intensify a growing debate in the country over whether workers should press for considerably higher wages. also on the show, chinese exports beat expectations again giving markets

a much needed jolt of good news. blown welcome to the show. i'm from beardsley in berlin. a prices for gas and oil continued to dr. joe, german consumer prices upward in june. that's even as government relief efforts started to show some effect, household energy cost jumping almost 41 percent from a year earlier. they were also up from the previous month. natural gas heating, oil and electricity prices also continued their rise over all your all your inflation actually fell slightly in june to 7.6 percent. that's thanks to government measures such as subsidized trained fairs of the new figures will likely prompt more calls for wage hikes among workers. despite fears that could drive prices higher, the head of germany's trade union confederation disagrees. does in the debt siding in the current situation, the discussion about a wage price spiral is wrong. it's one sided and it simply doesn't reflect the facts.