ah, coming up next in dw news, asia more on the term old inter lanka, protestors on the streets, the president an exile. what's next for with my colleague melissa john, has that story and a lot more. coming up right off to a short break to stick around. got office in berlin from me and the new steam here in berlin. look ah, come mikes. how can miss passionate hatred of the people be? exclaimed, jo colton, go. a history of anti semitism is a history of stigmatization and exclusion of religious and political power.

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a lawsuit over pollution. ah, i melissa chan, thanks for joining us. got to by 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 rem, sega, 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 resign. and i've been going to do mr. carman bliss. and i think that's the longest bit of a beginning. 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're not prepared to recognize him as the president officer out of the stiffness. now before he should realize the follow up with those months after storming other government buildings, protestors 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 in just coming from there. they are all over the place. there are hundreds of people inside the premise of the prime minister's office. they're cheering their reasons. logan's, they're raving the plague felucca they are sitting on the roof of the prime minister's office with their finally managed to force their we're in site that been to show long thought to columbo multiple times. and every time of thumb, the situation has gotten worse. we have seen roles and hughes of people outside

a few was patients outside cooking gas station. they're not able to get anything. the prices of the medicine, the 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 deacon, but the thing is that economic crisis will not be stabilized till the time the country finds some, some stability in the politics in the government. but that is what is your meaning, 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 commissioner, as acting president on the speaker,

is also announced dot the president has informed him back during the course of the day he bo 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 say about the rest of the tom. um, you know, the car into 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 have so many different groups. i'm. 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 have a use and the military had used a water cannons. they have use your 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 roger 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 stem dot, 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 meals 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 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 and we love, 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 berlin. i keep calling him when he's there waiting. it's the tormenting thought that have made me sick. i was even 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 all, you know, the amount 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 without one on that 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 bucks a better times will finally come. yeah, mm hm. you got it. any of it, 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 we won't be allowing a dinner until then as our mo heading will spend another night in line, hoping that he will finally get a few liters of fuel ah, in south korea, environmentalists have taken in 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, helen 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, not it or not. oh oh, i see my baby on here we have on yet and hasn't missed a single gram of coddled outside into the world. i got here and i you for his, his, her, i'm so concerned about the world that my baby will face her course with. so many disasters also i joined. hello sir tanya. hi, kathy is fetuses 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 the perspective of the older generation, but also future generation should be fully considered on issues surrounding climate crisis. and that should be no problem room where they can participate and has a discussion coming. 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 blank nahant arnold beach. we need effect of leadership from the president to tackle climate change and to 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 is seen then. oh, conducting 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 in doors. 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. busy mixed feelings about the lawsuit, they also recognized that everyone needs to do more calling upon k townley to seek young name. a law suit might be a strong measure to deal with this issue to mercy at all, 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 to now on it. not that wasn't about, oh god, okay. and i believe the government needs to work on it, but it should go together with individual efforts. so nothing either expected mother or e. don't. yon admits her fetus is a bit of an unusual claimant. take on

a on the day, i 1st heard my baby's heartbeat. i went to the forest and saw would. okay. and i named my baby would pickering hurry and see the pond. just sight would pack as want to live safely in the forest. i want the world and the environment to be safe, where our babies will be born within a couple for he and her baby more than the clock is ticking. that's it for wednesday. thanks for watching. ah oh, casing danger? speed frenzied downward. 200 kilometers an hour with no breaks. why do extreme athletes risk their lives?

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