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the second largest criminal trading platform on thehe darkn. they arrest three of the suspected masterminds behind it. and -- in her last race before a controversial role change in track and field, she overwhelms the competition in the 800 meters. it's good to have you with us. we start with grassroots initiatives around the world that are putting climate change on top of the agenda. the environmental youth movement started by a 16-year-old swedish activist has inspired young people in many countries. more than one million students have taken part in school strikes to demand action against climate change. one group of students turned out today to pressure bosses at the annual shareholders meeting at

power generator rwe. >> these students are skipping school for climate protection. the try to record the pressure on german energy company rwe today. the protesters did not go unnoticed by the company's top management. > where adding a t topic to today's agenda making everyone aware of the issue but making demands also means doing something. unfortunately, it seems to me that feasible action gets short shrift in many debates. >> rwe's corporate leadership plans to restructure the company. it is supposed to purchase solar and wind-based energy provider eon this year. it is a step in the right direction but not enough. she was able to express her view in a speech given to top management and shareholders

during rwe's annual shareholders meeting. rwe has been saying it wants to be greener for a long time but has not been doing anything. instead, it is continuing to invest in coal-based energy and robbing people in villages of their likelihood. the young protesters are demanding that rwe completely exit coal-based energy by 2030 and shut down a quarter of its coal-powered energy stations. >> let's catch up on other stories making headlines around the world. results from britain's local council election show a dramatic fall into recent a's governing conservative party eerie conservatives have lost more than 1300 seats. main opposition labor party has lost more than 81. spain is refusing to hand over venezuelan opposition

politicians despite warrants to detain him. in 2014, he led the first major movement against president nicolas maduro. turkey's coast guard says nine people including five children died. the vessel reportedly carrying 17 people. at least five have been rescued. search and rescue crews are looking for others including a suspected people smuggler. one of the biggest storms to hit the region in decades has claimed at least three lives so far. the cyclone is also set to batter neighboring bangladesh where more tha2 million people are set to be moved to safety. >> they knew it was coming. india's coastal state was braced for the worst.

more than one million peoplele were evacuatated ahead of the storm, b but the coaoastal resot still suffered extensive damage. the storm brought down trees and power lines. in the ben linn energy state capitol, the streets were deserted. the storm left chaos behind it. although it is suspected to weaken in the coming hours, authorities are still warning people to be careful on the coastline. >> we encourage people not to go inside. we're urging local people and viewers not to go inside. ththat is dangerous. >> for now, it seems the evacuation plans have paid off. once the storm has died down, people will have to be ready for a lengthy cleanup operation.

>> the cyclone is headed with the city of calcutta where campaigning for the general election has been put on hold. the country is just over halfway through the six-week voting schedule in the world's biggest elementary election. numbers are staggering. 900 million are eligible to vote. it is a huge logistical operation. that's why there is not just one election date. instead, voting takes place in seven phases across different regions from april 11 through may 19. according to election guidelines, voters should have to travel no further than two kilometers to cast their vote, so one million polling stations are set up across the country to reach voters even in the most remote areas. results are due to be announced on may 23. more than half of india's population is under 25 so young voters will have an important voice. that might not bode well for the incumbent because the last few years have seen historically

we found out h how young voters feel about the government as it asks for a second term. >> he scored the highest grades in his underergraduate degree in sociology and received a g gold medal from the president of indidia for excelling. he went on to get a third degree which allows him to become a teacher. he's one of the most qualified young men in his small village, yet, he's been unemployed for two viewers. >> it's difficult to sit at home after studying so much. in the village, too, i hear jibes that despite my qualifications, i'm useless. there's no work in the village. the government is paying no attention to this. there's no advantage in earning a degree. it's a piece of paper lighting at home. >> and he's not at home.

other graduate students like him are applying for every job opening that comes up, however overqualified they may be, but they say there are no vacancies. seasonal farming is the main source of livelihood in the regigion. employment opportunities are few and far twtween. asas a resesult, many y migrateo cities like delhi and mumbai and some even go abroad to countries like the uae, afghanistan, and malaysia. every year, millions join the workforce in india. according to unreleased government data, unemployment is at a 45-year-. critics say while the rhetoric has focused on nationalismsm in the election, it hasas been silt on job creation. coalition of youth groups called the young india rights committee has come together expressly to campaign against the govovernme. they say they wiwill express and -- they will support any

candidates who stand against its policies on ededation andd employment. this meeeeting is in support ofa candidate from a communist party. the last five years havavbeen hohorrible for the youth of ind. there has been a very dangerous structural shift. when it comes to the youth and the students of the country, the youth is the future of the coununtry and they are not just fighting for themselves. they are also fighting for the countryy where you have the rigt toto hear the v voice of the citizen. > the governmnment needs t to ensure that young people are provided with secure jobs or they don't have to struggle to earn their livelihoods. i've been looking for a government job for three or four years, b but no luck h here.

>> being an education studedent, i'm also v very upset. >> even as night sets in, the crowd l listens witith rapt attention. the message is clear -- a vote against modi is a vote for their future. >> for more on their story, we speak to a journalist who covers southern india reporting on the impact of globalization on india. thank you very much for joining us. how important are these elections for the future of young people in india? >> i think every election is important. as you know, india has one of the youngest populations on the face of the planet.

unemployment has been an issue, but it's not as though this particular election offers a stark choices. if we are honest, the two main national parties, neither has really been able to come up with an answer to this persevevering problem, which is how do you create jobobs for the millions f young people who enter the workforce every year in india? >> where do you see this going? what does the youth vote mean to narendra modi and his chances of winning another term? >> it is enormously important. in 2014 when he first was elected, in large degree it was because the youth overwhelmingly supported him. the paradox is that even though he has not really delivered on the jobs front, he remains an extremely popular leader with a large section of india's youth. he has reached out to the demographic through his radio addresses and through other things, and i think for him to

come back to power again, which appears likely, he will need the continued support of young indians. >> if he has not delivered on the jobs front, how has he managed to remain so popular among the youth and other parts of india's population? >> that is a paradox. i think the short answer is that many of them admire him as a kind of strong figure, a poll leader. he plays to the idea that national security is his strong suit. we had recent tensions on the border between india and pakistan and india in and pakistani territory. all of that has bolstered his image as this very clean, incorruptible, strong leader, and that seems to be quite appealing to many young indians. >> let's talk about his record. he did come in promising to tackle unemployment, to deliver more on poverty, on jobs. what has he actually accomplished in the last five years?

>> extremely little. i think part of the problem is that he does not really have a good understanding of the economy. he was running a state in western india and he ran the state well but he is a top-down guy who tends to give orders to bureaucrats and gets them to follow things and he has not been able to create an environment in which the private sector could thrive because in the end it's the private sector that will create these jobs. >> the election just that it's halfway point. we will have to see how this plays out. thank you very much for your analysis. >> thanks for having me. >> today is world press freedom day, a day to honor the importance of the press and remind governments of their duty to uphold the right to communicate without fear. we are taking a look at slovakia , a country that was shaken by the murder of an investigative reporter and his girlfriend last year. the killings led to master menstruation's and forced the prime minister to step down, but

the journalists we spoke to say they still do not feel safe. >> these slovakian journalists visiting a memorial to their colleague. >> i still cannot believe that he is not here anymore. we will never forget him, and it's very sad. i think of him almost every day. >> the killing shook slovakia.a. in the newsroom m of the count's biggest newspaper, it is still one of the biggest stories, especially since a new development involving this man. in march, he was charged with ordering the murder of the journalists, who was investigating allegations of fraud against him. the tycoon was known for efforts to intimidate. one method was to spy on them. >> i suspected since last year that he was having me observed. that was when he suddenly released private things about me -- my childhood, my health --

but the police has only now officially confirmed it. >> despite the threats, he continued his investigation into dealings and alleged contacts within the police and judiciary, but the tycoon's reported efforts to suppress the truth represented a shocking new low. >> we knew he was crazy, but we always thought that he's, like -- he's dangerous but not deadly dangerous. we always thought it was all about money and business. >> the newspaper's editor is worried about the safety of her journalists, but she says the murder is a watershed not just for journalism but also for the future of the country. >> thiss was such a defining moment in slovakia's journalism because we realilized the county is at a crossroad. it's not only that this murder needs to be investigated but that we have to tell the story how he got -- how we got to the

point. >> she says despite the tragedy that there have also been advantages. she says many slovakian's value the work of reporters more and are prepared to spend money to support it. >> we sense support from the public. we do have readers who are willing to pay, who are sticking to us because they understand that this is important. >> despite all the political and financial pressures, the press in slovakia is alive and fighting on. journalists' message to the countries' -- the country's oligarchs is you can buy a newspaper or newsroom, but you cannot buy us, the people in it. >> facebook has taken some headline grabbing action, banning accounts from what he describes as far right figures, but the move is also reignitinin a debate about the role internet

companies play in regulating online speech and journalism. carl nasman has been looking into this for us. what and who is facebook banning? >> the ban applies to facebook and instagram, and these are people the company is calling dangerous individuals. they have repeatedly violated policies against promoting hate and violence on those platforms and there's a lot of big names you probably recognize from the far right media scene. we're talking about alex jones and his site info wars. paul joseph watson, just to name a few. facebook also banned a leader of the nation of islam religious group, louis farrakhan. it is unclear if a single event led to this widespread ban against these individuals, but we can get a clue by listening to what mark zuckerberg had to say monday at the facebook developers c conference. here's a bit of what he had to say. >> we are focused on making sure our recommendations and

discovery services are not highlighting groups where people are repeatedly sharing this information or harmful content and we are working hard to completely remove groups if they exist primarily to violate our policies or do things that are dangerous. >> as you mention, zuckerberg is facing criticism for not doing enough over the years to crack down on the issue, so maybe now he decided to act and act forcefully. >> what about the other side of the debate which is freedom of expression? a spoken be accused of suppressing conservative voices. >> we heard from congress, they were looking into if facebook had biases against conservative voices. attends a lot of these bands tend to disproportionately affect those on the far right and that's what a lot of these peoplele today were saying who were just banned by facebook. they are saying they are being targeted or censored because of their beliefs. one person, a british media figure, paul joseph watson posted a video on his youtube

account. he is still active there. he is essentially saying he is a victim. >> though i'm dangerous, someone who makes mean videos laughing as social justice warriors,s, someone who -- what is more dangerous? they put me onon a list with terrorists, human traffickers, and serial killers because i criticize modern art and modern architecture, because i dare criticize mess immigration, because idea criticize a belief system. legs interesting to unpack that a little bit. this will severely limit his ability to spread his ideas to a large audience, but he has not been banned because of his views on modern architecture, as he is insisting. he, along with info wars and these related sites have been banned for doing things like spreading fake news including this information about the safety of vaccines, about

instigating violence against minorities and women. they have even claimed that mass shootings were fak and that the victims, even children who were killed, were hired as crisis actors. that is what this band from facebook is about, not something like modern architecture. >> facebook in the past has been accused of not doing enough. now it is taking steps to move forward. is this enough? >> that is the question. can you simply ban something you don't like? freedom of speech, the first amendment, does not apply to private companies, so facebook or twitter can make up and enforce their own rules about what is allowed to say and do on facebook, so the first amendment argument does not apply here. but the question is -- you will not be able to change the minds of alex jones or paul joseph watson. you cannot stop them from the leaving or saying these things, so where will they go if you banned them from facebook? they might go to another part of the internet, a part that is darker, more difficult to regulate, and you and up with

situations like we have seen with these shootings in christchurch, the recent shooting in a synagogue in san diego. a lot of those shooters were inspired by what they were seeing and reading on places like 4chan and achan. that is the danger -- you cannot ban a problem out of existence. i think more investment needs to happen in terms of media literacy and education so that users do not believe these conspiracy theories in the first place. >> thank you so much. german authorities have shut down the second largest criminal trading platform on the so-called darknet. the wall street market, as it was called, dealt in narcotics and stolen data. the three suspected maststermins behihind at half a and arrested. -- behind it have been arrested. >> a big success for cyber cops. the web's largest trafficking platform is no more. those who allegedly operated the portal were arrested more than a week ago.

>> to express my gratitude to the representatives of the authorities involved for their support and cooperation, this was a good example of the fight against criminal activities in the digital world. >> the platform is said to have had a turnover of more than 40 million euros with one million of that ended up in the suspected operators' pockets. it did not offer weapons or child pornography. >> this extremely difficult investigation was a success and has provided a glimpse into how such marketplaces often conceal a complex infrastructure that is spread o over numerousus countrs and continents. >> items on wall street market were not purchased with real money but with so-called cryptocurrencies.

digital, seemingly anonymous currencies. getting access required great expertise on the part of investigators as well as patientsts and luck. >> i'm very appreciative of our german hosts and for all the international law enforcement partners represented here today. the investigation into wall street market was truly a collaborative effort between prosecutors in the united states, germany, and the netherlands. >> investigators in the u.s. have also brought charges against the suspected administrators. >> police in germany have stopped an illegal international high-speed car race involving more than 100 vehicles including luxury sports cars, racing from oslo to prague across countries including germany. racers are reported to have traveled more than 200 columbus -- 250 kilometers an hour. police received a tipoff.

it is thought to have an organized by a norwegian operation which is being investigated for running a prohibited car race and endangering road traffic. an olympic champion has won her last 800-meter race before the introduction of rules that limit testosterone levels in certain female track athletes. rules she had challenged in court but lost. this was the season opener of the professional track and field tour known as the diamond league and the south african was running in her favorite event. shshe let almostst from start to finishsh, but if she wants to continue running the 800 meters, the rules stipulate she must take drugs to reduce her naturally occurring testosterone levels. let's get more on the story. what do you take away from this race? >> it is addictive of how complex this entire topic is. what exactly makes a champion, you know? it's more than just having

higher testosterone levels. you also have to applaud her mental strength. she won a delhihi two days after losing her appeal at the court of arbitration for sport, and i cannot imagine what she's going through. as a woman, imagine if you are thrown into the spotlight and people are questioning your gender, you're very identity, your essence of who you think you are. for her, sadly, it will not get any easier because starting next week, if she wants to continue racing in the 800 meters, she will have to take testosterone reducing drugs. >> do you think this might have in her last race? >> there is so much uncertainty. after the race, she was asked if she will take the medications and she would not quite give a very serious answer. with a smile, she said, "hell no, that's an illegal method." yesterday, she posted this

cryptic tweet hinting at a possible retirement. "walking away with your head held high is dignity," but today after the race when asked about the tweet about early retirement, she said she's too young, only 28, and she sees herself raising for another 10 years. >> given that the rule does go into effect next week, what other options or she have? >> she is left with not a lot of options. she could take the drugs, but the drugug also have health risks. the world medical association made up of doctors from 114 national associations, even they are urging the associations not to implement these testosterone-limiting rules, so another option, of course, is that she could change events, meaning she could switch over to the 5000 meters where these rules do not apply. they only apply from the 400 meters to the one mile.

interestingly, athletics south africa might appeal. they have 30 days to decide i if they will take the matter to the swiss federal tribunal. >> a very complex story there. thank you so much. "star wars" fans around the world marking the passing of one of the brightest lights in that galaxy far far away. peter mayhew who played chewbacca in five of the films has died. the towering actor became an icon after director george lucas cast him in the sci-fi at -- sci-fi epic. we will be back in just a minute with "the day," taking a look at the health of the press around the world. stay with us.

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