people have travelled and traded for generations, is soon to be the site of a new into connector, allowing us directly to trade electricity. our countries are both accelerating the expansion of our hydrogen economy is the fuel which could transform a future. and i'm looking forward to seeing hamburg plans to use hydrogen in its efforts to become a fully sustainable port. these innovation these innovations of biking in combating the existential challenge of climate change and global warming which confronts as old and such. i was delighted to meet participants of the berlin energy transition dialogue yesterday to hear how countries are accelerating this transition. greg lamb since the

british 23rd shift british political german science communities have long been pioneering. in founding new technology startups, t s. bait and both our nations are leading in europe. take when it comes to this and between universities as research institutions, there's more cooperation than between any other 2 countries in europe to bring it in and by linna into name, thus in long a balloon must company in london saturday electricity, electric select retrofitted, electricity lanterns, till use them as charging stations for electric vehicles in berlin. taxi. you can

go through the city in a completely electric london taxi internet to la la la, on an international level as well. our nations work closely together. and sick last year at the glasgow climate conference. we energy he worked with, sued mid south africa to found the i just, i know j consortium publish organization in louisiana. and a similar partnership with indonesia resulted fun, intense cooperation. that is even pretty rain the german g 7 presidency mister president present. when mister edison judge, this essential partnership between our 2 countries is built of the expertise, dedication, and ingenuity of countless people in both germany and the united kingdom. to them all, i could only offer my sincere and heartfelt gotcha. tomorrow we will

once again stand with the people of germany in solemn, remembers. in hamburg, i will pay my respects at the memorial to the kinder chance which 85 years ago saved the lives of more than 10000 jewish children from naziism and gave them safe passage to new lives in britain. i will also join you mister president, and 1st mad gentian in remembering those who perished in the allied bombing of hamburg in 1943 as to the gang and height, zulu listening,

firmly pass is avenue our foremost duty or small, but it is only by working in a committed manner for a shared future. can we really do justice? davis duty must be a box together. we must remain alert, is better for the threat shuttle our values. if we must remain eager to treat resolute encountering these together. men, she does labor. we, my site is sure that our people can live in prosperity in a manner the longer that they deserve, and presented andrew security and should up by our long turbulent history. feler english lieberman typically has many blank laptops yet to write that as it was sure in a moody that we were not in a sudden sucrose towards a better future for these blank chapters between our nelson this winter deeper. hi,

susan was to remain south to cruise in milan for on looking at the past, but also pursuing a promising future which demands no less than this. the dominant feeling, ladies and gentlemen of many thanks are. yeah. and that was written king charles the 3rd speaking to the german parliament. there is of course, the 1st british monarch to address the bundle tag in the building in which the one

beside is itself housed was designed by british architects and norman foster. when it was re opened in 1999 so great symbolism there his speech was both personal and in so had a very, from focus on the strong, historical and present ties between britain and germany. standing ovation there, king charles, the 3rd who has just addressed mr. king tells the 3rd queen consort camilla with the german president from by the stain, maya followed by the gun chancellor being led out of the bundle after his address to german evans and

our correspondent emily gordon was listening to that speech by a king charles and emily a very warm welcome for king charles in the bonus tag, and then a speech by the king which he delivered in both german and english, saying what a great honor it is to be in germany for his 1st overseas taurus, king and how happy he is to be able to visit and, and reassert the friendship is the words that he use between a germany in the u. k. what, what stood out to you, emily from can tell the speech. well, i think for me, what stood out was his personal, thank you. and when it comes to the german reaction to his late mother, queen elizabeth steph. i think that was very heartwarming and very heartfelt. and, but i also like that the cheeky side on him was also felt in some ways or another when he was talking about the shared culture, the shared interest and literature music. he was also talking about and the 2

countries humor and how british production dinner for one, which is not very popular in the u. k. but is very popular in germany. and when you reference that and said, oh, go on again and james, i'm sorry i do it's, it's getting extremely loud here right now. as all the parliamentarians are leaving the bonus tag with ya, i think it was a very hot or felt speech. and i think at the center of it stood the historical ties and the present ties between the 2 countries. but also what i think and what he had very much highlighted is that in the face of the challenges um that, that asked that stand before us when it comes to climate change. but also in relation to the warn ukraine. he really emphasized unity and then taking and get and sort of taking courage and, and, and taking courage and sort of sorry and taking courage from that. you

know, that standing together being together is always better than being alone. and whether it comes to the weapons deliveries to ukraine, which he highlighted, but also when it comes to technological innovation to combat the climate crisis. that's right, he said in d, let's get courage in our unity in descending ukraine together. and he did talk about utrecht ukraine and praise germany's and support military support ukraine's efforts. and like you said, he also talks about climate change. renewable energy is obviously a very important topic for him personally. and he talked about visiting hamburg to morrow and looking at hamburg plans to use hydrogen to become a fully sustainable pores and charles when he was still. the prince of wales was sometimes ridiculed about his interest in, in, in nature and the environment. and yet now he's bang on topic, isn't he?

absolutely, i mean, as he said, it is the next essential challenge is, is the crisis of our generation and am with the work that he has done. he has highlighted that throughout his life, really. and even if he was maybe ridiculed for that in the u. k, i think in germany he struck a nerve with the environment. and the fact that he continues to do so also really highlights his, his is really an example of his dedication to the topic. and that when he is here, i mean he is not just visiting a hydrogen technologies. representatives are on our hydrogen technologies and hambrick. he's also visiting an organic farm here in berlin known as part of when a co village. and so his and yesterday night, he attended a sustainability reception at bellevue palace together with president frank. but as time maya says and hard visit is dotted with these events that are obviously have to do with the environments and sustainability. and i think that since

a strong signal to outside viewers, that this is important, that's why he's attending. it's a topic close to his heart. and it's something that concerns us all. now, in general, the welcome that he has received. he and queen consult camilla, have received has been, has been very warm. but of course there's criticism as well. a germany or germany's or leftist party equal de linker objected to a raining, not being allowed to speak and front of germany's elected legislator. was there any signs of disapproval in parliament during his address or was it received in her, in a purely positive way? no, your rights and the head of the left party, he did say that it is not appropriate for a democratic body to bow down to a monarch. another representative says, monarchies are basically dictatorships with more historical tensile. so very harsh

words. and i don't think these 2 representatives in particular attended the event. i think there was no, from what i could observe now outright or dissent to his speech. i'm speaking to other parliamentarians here. they responded to what the left party said by, you know, explaining that the monarchy as part of it is bound by the constitution in the u. k . and as such, they can't just act wilfully. and this is very much seen as a political am signal, and that's why it's being welcomed by the majority of the people and parliament or him. it tells of course, is a king is not a politician. so what kind of impact do you think this speech will realistically have? well, i mean, the u. k is on a charm offensive rights and the u. k is trying to strengthen its ties to germany. it is trying to repair some of the damages that were done over the last 2 years and

the fact that negotiations. so this speech is a step towards germany, is a step towards germans showing i mean in his speech or can charles really spoke of his gratitude to germany over the years. and he spoke of his gratitude for her being here. i'm. he emphasized the important ties between germany and, and, and the u. k. so it just em, it almost sets the own. so what's a, is yet to come maybe in terms of political decisions and, and this policy making from the u. k. sides. and i think wildest doesn't have any tangible effects, and i think it's sort of, it just sets the tone for where the british side is going a wants to go. and i think that is a good signal to germany. and i think as such as is received as well. the w correspondent, emily gordon, talking to us there about king charles the 3rd is it to germany. thanks so much,

emily. now just before we go, here is a reminder of the top stories that we're following for you today. the u commission president, also a fund alliance as future corporation will in china, will depend on how it responds to russia's war in ukraine. she says her upcoming trip to beijing presents a chance to hold a frank dialogue with europe's chinese partners on this and other issues. and britons king charles's address, german lawmakers in the buddhist tug alternating between english and german. the king gave a humorous speech. pressing the ties between the 2 countries, that's all we have time. ah. 5 o'clock in the morning, he thousands and cars drive through the sahara and mauritania. in the government has just opened up a new area for gold mining signaling the start of a fresh gold rush and

a n a oh, how mitchell am is placing all his hopes in the sand? he's one of the gold miners digging holes in the ground. when we go about dawn last night, i didn't see you. i wanted to get here 1st to get a good spot. what luck does lona to work too hard here? we'll find it soon. default we'll go down to 50 meters, then we'll find good gold on the surface there. a small nugget exhibit the go down to the bottom and your find the lot about can read a book with whom you sure this is him. why didn't i started in 2016 while i've been working with gold ever since. it's better than any other job. in north of private 0 was in a thought up yet. i say i'm from

a poor family. i came here to send my children to school for land, to be able to send money to my family. especially my mother and net abandon were met that woman. will you go out there either, kayla? have you seen this rock lover? i have to go and test it, the thought though, you yesenia it, bears clue. yes, that there is golden. it said good. listen, young among the 40000 gold miners here is no harm in handy. he's come to set up a store to live here. little dolly, see it's gold rush here. we'll shall see. people come here seeking money like wanting to find gold and all the way it could be s dot com. so under a while finding the gold increases, they're purchasing power long, and they buy more and more things from so on while it was in. that's why we're setting up a shop here. there's greater earning potential here than in town on because we can increase prices a lot more. yeah, shaughnessy. so let's get to it. lucy,

i'm going to tell you this on my g in mauritania. that's not the unemployment rate, is catastrophic. that's why you see a lot of people coming here to try their luck. chelsea nozzles, muhammad fall, has pitched his tend to way from every one else. he's confident he'll find a good vein by digging for gold wasn't his 1st choice of job. he fear. death underneath it. i did 2 years of university. ha, i study in our telecommunications, but it didn't work out a crew anthro, by here, it's very difficult to find a job here to live here. so you take a path and you keep going there for the land till you find it, and that in earth it gets you ra, quenching it is kind of there certainly yes, a year there. but yet, for quite i tried to leave and go abroad to continue my studies with activities. i applied for few visas for spain, for germany and for canada. but they all refused it to a thought it. it's more difficult and gold 50 there that finding

a visa is more difficult and finding gold really that i think that i have not done with fat philip, let's go not keep it on. look at these other places where we've been dicking. oh, we dig through, then we leave instead of what we work on one spot north and south. if we find something on cornell know where the gold vein is. and already out of the non the precious metal, the men are seeking is present in the form of underground gold veins geologist. l whose sane k bonnie explains how gold mining works is our back window shut the gold mine. just try to locate the vein, they follow it at depth. sometimes it goes off at an angle and sometimes it goes off vertically. it depends on how it's fractured. it was,

this is the surface and if you imagine there are vanes here, of course the minus will try to find the part of the vein closest to the surface. l . dig in here for example. but others who start their whole here, for example, they'll have to dig a lot to reach the vain. so it all depends on the depth of the strand. i mean, miners dig deep using their strength and the jack hammer with barely any protective gear with typically the holes are up to 60 meters deep. but some go down as far as 200 meters

in senior walk with his ankle. it's very a dylan garcia. feel working and suddenly it collapses before the sun forms on you . through everything changes in an instant, you're better, you can be in the rock. we'll start looking for yourself. we'll remove the sand until we find your. there's no oxygen to say, that's why we're made to me to lateral kfc. if the pit collapses, you can stay in there and wait with the oxygen until we come out and take the sand out and get you there for finance. why? we did little caves on both sides from salon, would reflect you though. there are a lot of fractures in the rocks. that's why, from a safety point of view is always bad. as soon as the minor takes down the rock changes, fractures and there are folds up in the rock is not that staples in this paul bazaar, both in the subject of a due

to the informal nature of their work. many miners die in anonymity and a climate of general indifference in this area a week after filming this report to gold minors lost their lives in a landslide. mm hm. ah. trucks transport the sax of extracted rock to be processed in kami known as this the her and gold capital. the gold rush has swelled the population of this town, pushing it up 10 fold in recent years. generators and other essentials can all be found in kami, which is drawn with many young men from abroad looking for work the bags of stone are taken to a huge processing site known as the garage door. how many c d has been working here

for several years? and they all come here without a 3rd language process style, mercury in the machine with the rocks, you advocate extracting one key low of gold from the rock requires at least 1.3 kilos or mercury. this poses a significant risk to both the environmental and human health. exposure to large amounts of mercury can be fatal. even a small amount can inflict severe damage on the nervous system. with the white metal you see as mercury inside as gold. if we burnett, the mercury will evaporate, leaving us with just gold chain

. yeah. but with our there is a little cold here. last year and just one day, i found 545 grams of golden 15 killers of rock. this nugget has many carrots, usually a knocked at the size would only weigh one gram, but this weighs 2 and a half grams. once the gold is recovered, the rebel is stored next to the site. local in g o z warren, that the dust is spread by the wind which blow strongly on this side of the country . the sea is less than 30 kilometers from kami just like the bunk dug on national park and unesco world heritage site for more than 30 years famous for its unique biodiversity. the nature reserve is also one of the richest fishing grounds in western africa and an important nesting area . the impact of mercury on the parks ecosystem could be disastrous. local india

leaders said not alley by boot, sounded the alarm long ago. what have you? hm. mcdowell mechanically with her because of the extraction. sand filled with very dangerous metals is pulled into the soil. depending on the winds, which generally blow from the northeast to the southwest. the sanders carried to the bumped or gone in by the we stop using these metals. we make sure they're not put back into the sand. those carried here? yeah. hey. hey, maddie helmer, you're healthy. you wish i'll call you as journalist to may, moon a select has been warning for years. mercury poses a danger to the entire region. that that's, you know, you rick on demand in 2013 to 2016. the mercury level in the village of a week was 0.005 milligrams per kilo in 2021. mercury was measured at 0.5 milligrams per kilo. wow, that's $100.00 times more mercury and less than 10 years. oh, when did you go?

la macula said depose, solace mercury is deposited on fido plankton in the mud flats. it goes through the plankton is eaten by small fish, which are eaten by larger fish. it wasn't the mercury passes from animal to animal weights at the heart, it is transformed and at the end of the chain in humans, it becomes a methylmercury which is extremely toxic and dangerous it in macro. it kicks perma more. pacific common basel dilemma. cook law common this is a very, very heavy environmental cost to slide. has this phenomenon been studied enough to school? are we really thinking about it and what are we asking? the right questions a but for mohammad fall and all the other minors desperate to escape grinding poverty,

environmental concerns come 2nd to big dreams. why? i'm not sure we found the students here. yeah. it's not far it by the in a judge of i did. okay. my dad and i always watch documentary is africa. i used to watch netflix if you know the netflix up with it. oh, i see people who want to do something and they do it online because i, i saw a documentary about the 1st person from his country to climb mount everest after it didn't come. ok, because on, i want to do the same and it hopefully and the next 10 years. as soon as i find gold, i'm going to go that in shallow. and it's in

a, me ah, ah, with one tragedy to many vincent. so, luciano had been a fisherman in crow tony italy for 40 years. he was one of the 1st on the beach, when more than 80 people had drowned. since then he can no longer pursue his work.

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ah ah ah, this is the w news live from bun and britons king charles on a charm offensive in berlin, alternating between german and english. the king reminds lawmakers of the rich history of positive ty is between britain and germany during a trip aimed at reviving relations. after breakfast.