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carry on fresh raids on an extreme right group, members of the so called iceberg were implicated in a fall plot last december to overthrow the german government and french president, a minimum i call, defends his decision to force through a rise of the retirement age, even as protest escalate across the country. class the human cost of last month's deadly ship break in italy, hob questions of the use asylum policy of the dozens of migrants drown just a few 100 meters from shore. ah, i'm glad elf has well come to the program. it is truly the life blood of humanity, but it is increasing in increasingly short supply. now a new un report has revealed scale of water scarcely across the world on world war

to day. especially united nations conference has just gotten underway in new york. the 1st and more than 4 decades to specifically focused on water being billed as a once in a generation chance to tackle a worsening crisis. as un figures reveal billions across the globe do not have reliable access to clean water. and urgent action is not taken. the situation could spiral further out of control, cracked, land and dried out trees. judge is becoming a devastating reality all over the world. increasing temperatures are having a major impact, making it more and more difficult for people to access clean water. we see people that needs to travel long distances to get access to some supplies. and of course the quality of the supplies is being also challenged. so we see people that cannot access safe order in many, many areas. currently, around 2000000000 people,

globally, quarter of the world's population do not have access to safe drinking water. it's a number that's likely to rise without a boost and international dave sanitation. so without water, there is absolutely no health and a lot of that actually is cause that water contamination if they are even able to get any sort of waters because of poor sanitation failing access to clean water and sanitation as a global problem according to experts. but it is the country's most vulnerable to climate change in africa and asia that are some of the worst impacted the you and the aims to ensure access to water and sanitation for all by 2030. but progress is falling behind. we would have to do 4 times as much as far as financial investments, infrastructure improvements and everything else. so clearly there is, you know, i would say, catastrophic neglect for water and sanitation. that's governments. me to discuss

the water crisis or to summit this week, the u. n will be looking to turn that neglect into commitments that flow into action. that report was filed by louise osborne from the w environments, which ones is now. here in the studio is a new york negotiated meeting for you when water conference clearly important. you mentioned it in the report of what's really at stake. yeah. okay. so i mean, as we talked about before, there are almost 2000000000 people or more than 2000000000 people who don't have access to water. that's a quarter of the population that can't have safer, like the water to drink from. just imagine what that must be like. then there are people who are almost half of the population that don't have access to safe sanitation. so no clean toilets to use. also hand washing, i mean, think of their cobit 19 pandemic. were washing hands with so important. think about not having water to be able to do that with these people are coming,

contact them with diseases. cholera, diarrhea that are killing over a 1000000 people a year actually die. people, i like to tell you exactly. and they, these are preventable deaths. this does not have to be happening. and that is obviously something that is going to continue to become a bigger problem as the population continues to grow. well, population growth is one thing, but why is it so difficult for many people to access it? or we would just ask on the report, i be issue of drought, which means obviously that the water isn't there. but there's also an issue when it comes to flooding as well, because the stomach is more at water infrastructure. so the don't intuitive, isn't it? well, it's flooding, there's less access to water. exactly. um yeah, you wouldn't really think about it, but you're talking about dirty water washing into clean water reservoirs and things like that and contaminating that water. meaning that you are not getting access to the, the safe water. the people need,

there are also issues of conflict for example, which is driving people away. displacing people in areas like ukraine, as we know about where people are, then not able to access safe water in their homes and things like that. this is a big problem, but something that experts really try to hammer home to me as i was talking to them, was that this is an issue, obviously in places that are vulnerable climate change protect melody, but also an issue in the global north and something that is really something we should be taking are thinking about globally as an issue. now that conference in new york, the 1st water conference in 40 years, clearly important. what are we going to see any real tangible effects outcomes? i mean, that's the, the question when it comes to any of these kinds of conferences, the u. n. is really trying to push some things through because the sustainable development goals that it's put in place for action by 2030 includes safe water

access and fun. taishan for all by, by 2030. at the moment they are feeling that we are not going to get there. so they are pushing for international cooperation. that is something that they've really talked about financing so that we can make financing for more investment and water infrastructure in different parts of the world. for example, one of the things that they have mentioned is, is so called water funds, which would see, you know, cities and businesses who are using water investing upstream to agricultural management and upstream habitat protection to protect the quality of the water results with that d, w environment. thank you louise. so looks like protecting the sources of water is a major priority. that's one project in the middle east or for an interesting solution. israel is now using these cell unaided sea water to replenish a dwindling fresh water lake. that's the sea of galilee to w's. becker it has went

there. the sea of galilee in northern israel. the lake has been a vital water source for millennia. fed by the jordan river, which continues down to the dead sea. it's a place of pilgrimage for christians and it israel's main fresh water reservoir. but climate change and years of over use have been threatening. its survival is red was after 4 or 5 consecutive years of drought. and we watched the level of the day a lake. i do lake near at sea of galilee drop every year, drop more and more until the level that we cannot pump from it any more. now in a world 1st project is round. hopes to make that problem a thing of the past, by using dsl a night had water to refill the fresh water lake. the water in varying here vary for membrane. we'd spoken out the big particle. okay. after

that, the water going through the reverse of north of membrane, which is the thick as that. and then the main process. israel has been desalination water for more than 2 decades. nearly all of its drinking water comes from the sea . so from the mediterranean sea, through that process, into this hybrid, into my cup in one and a half hour that's through, that's great. pretty good to in another one and a half hours, you can reach the galilee topping up this regional water source. water has been an issue in the middle east for hundreds of years and has often been a source of conflict many here. now hope that this program will not only show up water supply here in israel, but also be away for israel to build and strengthen ties with once enemy states like jordan water was an important part of the peace treaty between israel and

jordan, signed in the 1990s, that deal to supply 50000000 cubic meters of drinkable water, was doubled in 2021. water from the sea of galilee is brought downstream here through these grain pipes. you can say behind make it stored here in the last pumping station in israel before it makes its way through those pipes over into jordan. last year israel agreed to double the jordan water deal again in return for energy that made putting new water in the galilee even more crucial. this was a, an excellent win win situation. we can bring water back to the sea of galilee and improve its quality, raise their level, and find a solution for excess disseminated water. if the recess expert say this multi $1000000.00 project could make the galilee a sustainable water source figures to come in germany, police have carried out

a series of raids on properties linked to the so called i spoke a group. that's the extreme right network. that was implicated in an alleged floss last december to overthrow the german government. one police officer was shot and wounded in today's operation. locations were also searched melbury, switzerland, german authorities, estimate the extremists have about $23000.00 supporters. nationwide. our chief political correspondent, dina has had told me more about these rates today. police raided objects in several of the 16 german states this morning. all of them related to the rice book and seen that is a far right extreme as seen. you said it, so it is a very big rate and it is apparently a rate that was in a way of follow up of the big raid back in december last year. and apparently in december they are since december they have found links to more potential suspects. so they're now speaking of 5 more official suspects. and that is in addition to the

25 who are arrested in december and altogether they rated some 20 objects also in switzerland. by the way, not just in germany and the federal prosecutors office said that a member of the special forces was heard in southern germany because he was shot up by a person whose flat was searched. and that person had until then, not been known to authorities, was only being questioned as a witness, but then was detained on the spot for shooting at that special forces. member and authorities had been expecting that some of the people whose objects were searched that they would be carrying weapons because amongst them are police people and active soldiers. and they are members of subversive groups. now is some people say that iceberg? just a bunch of right wing loonies and other say they are closer to a terrorist organizations. can you tell us who are there? i speak a really well both is true because the circle heis burger consists of several different groups and not all of them are ready to use violins,

but some of them are now the so called guys burger that is literally translated as citizens of the right. they are a deeply anti democratic fall right extremist movement, where lots of different little groups gather under that umbrella. they do not recognize the authority of the gemini state. they reject democracy in the system, and many of them are willing to commit violent acts. and there are some 21000 people numbers differ. they're a force because it's difficult. and in december, police don't more than a 100 objects arrested 25 sub suffix and they are now awaiting their trial. at the time their network consisted of a political and a military unit, and they had planned to overthrow the government to enter the bonus tag by force. and at the german interior minister at the time spoke of a terrorist threat that's coming from the scene. and today's, he said it was vital that this movement gets disarmed and the justice. minnesota said that that was true. our chief, political correspondent,

nina houser. thank you, nina. in france, present immanuel mccoy has defended his decision to force through unpopular pension reforms, raising the retirement age from 62 to 64. in a television interview, mccall said he had no regrets about pushing through the bill without a vote, but added, he hopes to improve relations, labor unions, and involve them in any future. reform was also stressed. there was no way round the changes if france wants a balanced pension fund or memorial, but as i speak to you right now, please you think i enjoy doing this reform? no, no. if you think i could have done the same as many others before me, metropolis, and suite this under the copy. yes. but there may be me the hell, but there's one thing i regret or guide. it's that we weren't able to in the form of the need to undergo this reform is exec tamala necessity. the fact that i form doc, we so yes, there are 200 solutions. if we want the pension system to be balance proven no

longer is too big. either and the more we wait so many in the morning or get worse hulsey than so this reform is necessary enough. i would have preferred not to, but it's also because of a sense of responsibility was it was fresh president monro mccall speaking there now dw, correspondingly. lisa louis is joining us from paris. eliza, the higher of my calls, words are on television there been received in france. glen list of the unions here and of opposition parties has said that they felt he had this very arrogant attitude that he was saying, disdain that he was not, not listening to the people in the streets. obviously they have been asking for this reform to be withdrawn or other options such as the dissolution of parliament, or a re shuffle of the government or also the organization of a referendum. all these things in my, my, my car has include excluded all these things and said he,

his vision is to just move forward with things. but it was, the protesters are pace to that. now why has the reaction to raising the retirement age from $62.00 to just $64.00? that's 2 years been so strong and falls? well, 1st of all, it's the minimum retirement age. and many people here retire at a later age because you need to have worked for at least 42 years. so people like myself, for example, who have studied at university know that they and we'll probably retire much later . and also it's true that the friends consider the social security system. they have as a, you know, very important for their country. it's rather a question of identity for them. so any reform touching upon that is a very difficult reform to carry out. what's more, obviously, it's difficult times when you look around, over the france is no exception to high inflation to the energy crisis. people are

struggling, they're worried, they won't make may with they won't be able to make ends meet and they all proceed on top of all that unhappy, how the government is going about that. so this top down approach as they feel in my my call, we did not listen to the people in the streets, but he did not listen to the parliamentarians either. so where do you expect these protests to go from here? that's a very good question to lie. there is another nation wide to day of strikes and protests and all eyes will be on that day. or will there be more people that last week when there was the number, you know, the 8th such day since the beginning of the protest wave against the reform. and also people will be watching very closely what is happening outside these nationwide days of strike and, and protest. because since last thursday, when the government decided to use this exceptional constitutional power to push

the reform through with the fight without a final vote in the national assembly. every day, there have been protests here in paris, but also in other cities across the country. not orderly protests but rather violent ones, playing, catching mouse with the police and protests as attacking the police police then attacking was in the protest or defending themselves. and it's been, it's been rather a and may hand like situation. people who will be watching that. the government in my, my call, he's apparently betting on the protest this just, you know, going away on this movement fading away after why, but now it remains to be seen if that will happen. these lives then pose. thank you, lisa time, now to have a look at some of the other stories making headlines today. ukraine's president followed them as zalinski as paid an unannounced visit to the besieged eastern city of buckboard. he ordered medals to ukrainian soldiers and heard reports about the

state of operations. the heavily contested city. russia has recently made some gains in advance on bottles. and steve says, ukraine is determined to hold it and his 4 people have been killed off that russian drones struck a student dormitory, 80 kilometer south of the ukrainian capital, keith, the tactile place at dawn on wednesday, hours after the japanese prime minister left, he following an official visit a school and 2 dormitories were partially destroyed in the attack. china as president, she did ping has returned to begging, according to the state or costa, c g t n. following a summit with russian president vladimir putin. during their meetings, the leaders agreed a deal to expand bilateral trade and energy corporation. their strengthening of ties is widely seen as a show of unity against the west with if he appears

parliament has removed the tig wry people's liberation front or t p l. f. from the countries official list of terrorist organizations, the move is part of the implementation of the piece deal. the deal was reached last year, the hundreds of thousands were killed and a 2 year conflict in the tig region. now across the european union, the debate over migration is heating up again after last month shipwreck in southern italy. more than 80 people are known to have died after a boat carrying migrants broke apart just a few 100 meters from shore. our report, a rosie burge had visited the scene of the disaster near co tawna, where the search for victims and 4 answers continues. weeks after calamity struck the coast of calabria, strong wind spring, more bodies. you're sure. divers carry the remains to the coroner. a little girl is

among the dead. haseb survived. he tells us he left afghanistan because his life was in danger. but more peril. lay ahead. with other got you was about a month if the good luck that i will never forget that day in all my life it was he conditions were even worse than they are now as he got on. but i thank god that i received, and i am alive with all of your baltimore or the one was the owner of the world. although i was able to save myself by groping and holding on to a piece of root from the ship. fellas, them with the earth over us cuz she brought all my life in the sand objects outlived their owners. the shore here is still strewn with destroyed clothing, shoes, and even parts of the boat, so many hoped would carry them to a safer or a better life. in state, dozens droned before ever reaching italy and now what's left, are these broken bits and pieces of lives lost down the

coast? we meet fishermen vincenzo, after witnessing the wreck, he's been advising search teams on the waters. he knows well, but his nets no lie empty and his boat hasn't budged from dry land. when you'll, london, i cannot go back out to sea. i can't handle it. images and those dead bodies keep coming to my mind and i can't bring myself to cost on my fishing net. i just can't insure such some say this tragedy was all too predictable. local volunteer francesca spends her evening serving up food to undocumented migrants and people in neat. she thinks the shipwreck shed light on failed policy. and a lack of legal pathways into the european union will go by no built by law. the government really needs to get better unwelcoming migraines. clia didn't view immigration as a positive thing mythical. now they say they need to

a couple down migration flows instead of helping people arise on ada. gotcha, benita. in the cold light of day, italy's government says its conscience is clear. rome is forging ahead with controversial plans to restrict rescue ships operated by non profit groups. authorities here blaine's smugglers for deaths at sea and insist more you support is needed. westhal blair, my dear soldier, what this problem must at least become european problem. the idea that all italy alone cannot bear all of this. i took it. it's true. italy lends itself more than other nations to boat arrivals on it. but it's clear that all these people do not want to stay in italy. that was, they want to move to other countries like germany, williard will does to the injured body. hussy has come to this makeshift morgue in the local sports whole to pay his respects. his future remains uncertain, but he says he's lucky just to have one. calabria wants to draw

a line in the sand under this catastrophe. but more migrant boats have already arrived since the wreck. and some fear that before long these waves may once again carry death and destruction to shore. to w, rosie budget filed that report, and also earlier what the you commissioner responsible for migration meant when saying tragedies like this can best be prevented by creating legal migration routes to europe. olga hards, what's important to know is that migration on a silent policy is one of the most toxic political issues here in brussels. all the years i've been covering it, e u countries have been failing to agree on reforms that many say are urgently needed and that was even there were years of disagreement before that. no, none of this issue is the current setup, a new law under which people have to claim asylum in the country where they arrive . so has seep, who we met and not report he wants to live in germany,

but he has to follow the documents a documentation procedure in italy. no dot does put a lot of pressure on countries like italy, but also other external e u countries including greece and cyprus and they say a more can distributive model shouldn't be put in place nitrates against that politically device. it backdrop that the use home affairs commissioner is pointing to legal pathways. she's basically saying that people will keep getting on to boat putting their lives at risk until there are easier ways to enter the european union through residents permits through legal, a work schemes. now work a's own going to that effect have spoken to so many you officials who say there is some kind of momentum there in our move movement around this topic and was almost 1000000 asylum applications to the europe in the european union and norway in switzerland. last year they are on the ra east. however, don't hold your breath for a deal. most that i've spoken to say that this reforms won't be agreed until at least 2024 and be while of course,

campaigner said they are urgently needed. now many countries have been hardening their stance on migration policy has the this most recent ship, right. i'm going to change that briefly. if you can. there has been a change in italy, of course italian prime minister, george maloney from the brothers of italy, party considered by many as far right. she was elected on promises to clump don't on a regular arrivals. she plans to tighten the punishment to increase the punishment for smugglers who she accuses, essentially, of trading aden, misery, but she's also pursuing some other policies which are seen as more controversial that include restricting the activities of search teams, led by non profit groups in the seas. around italy, no, she says they essentially encourage people to make these perilous journeys. but critics say they could in fact cause more debts, etc. who w's rosie at that. thank you very much, rosie watching t w news,

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