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security not rebuilding. at notrer one priority dame cathedral. welcome back to the news r room. first, ursula shouould find out whether her bid to become t the nextxt president of the eueuropn commission has b been successfu. she e has been addressining eurn parliament. her appointment has been heavily criticized by socialists. >> a a speech to convince lawmakers she e is the right choice to be the new f face of e union. to become the next president of thehe european commission.
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first, she needs at least 3 374 mep votes toto be confirmed. >> my belief in europe e has grt guided me -- has guided meme throughout my lifefe. >> she can count on 180 two vovotes from the conservative urine p -- the european people's party. controversially, the nationalists group says they will back her, too. she still needs to win over some european centrists and socialists. she has promised to make climame a priority. > i will put rwarard a greeen deal for europe in my first 100 days in office. i will put fororward the first
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ever european climate law, which will set the 2050 target. >> the trump administration applying a law specifically to the u.s. mexican border. the new rule is due to take effect this s tuesday. already been a lot of criticism these rules violate u.s. and i international asylum laws. lawye, , righon groups are saying they are asylum-seekers
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and would put them in harm's way. under the rules, the majority are coming from central america, fleeing persecution, torture, fear of death. what these laws would do is mostly central american asylum seekers to apply for asylum first and be denied asylum in one of the countries they passed. honduran or you are salvadoran, yoyou have to apply in and be d denied asylum guatemala or mexico. if you are guatemalan, you have to apply for and be denied asylum in mexico. protections tom
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those who cross from mexico andd by sea. even they would have to apply for asylum in neighboring countries from where they live. what is the problem with this? is congress and international law. human rights groups, lawyers say this violates u.s. domestic laws and interernational united natis convention laws.s. in the case of congress, they passed an immigration nationality act. in order to be able to demand asylum-seekers apply and be denied asylum and a country on the way to the u.s., it has to be a safe third country. the problem here is, neither salvador, honduras, el , mexico, they have not entered into safe third country agreements. sayt of human rights groups
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they should not be because they are not. agreementnly has that with canada. it would be the president rewriting the rules, going right over congress and i ignoring rus that have been eststablished. ace you were going to o force asylum-seekers -- if you were going to force asylum-seekers to seek asylum in another country, it has to be something s safe. have the other countries reacted? >> not well. theyey are treading a fine line. they do not want to get trump on their bad side.
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mexico's president does not agree with any measure that would limit access to asylum. he said it would be up to mexico's congress to designate mexico as a safe third country in order for other rules to take effect. president wasas scheduled to meet with donald inmp, canceled t the meeting opposition. of a lot of rights groups and opposisition it is not safesay
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to return themem to an immigrant country. they are n not signingng onto te rules by a longshot. >> theresa may was the first woworld leader to conondemn his commentsts. she was not the only politician toto do so. condemnation but no cries of raracism. >> a canadian is a canadian is a canadian. theresa m may called the u.s.
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president's words unacceptable. >> he was totally unexpected .ull -- totally unanacceptable it is not going to help the situation. >> another says she disagrgrees with dononald trump and welcomes diveversity in her pararliament. >> a four-story buililding has collapsed in mumbai, killing at least two people. several are believed to be trapapped in the rubble. a child is among at leaeast thre
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pulled out alive. facebook is facing a grilling about theieir plan n for its own currency. the project has raised coconcers for financial regulators. our business editor is here with momore on the story. it is.u us what >> the plan is for a new cucurrency thahat woul allow yoo store, send, or transfer money via facebook services. that could mean reduced speeds for ththings like sending money abroad. -- they want to run as a nonprofit foundation with the aim to have 100 partntners involved. by somell be babacked
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assets they hope will stop the prices from fluluctuating too much. questioions are facebook representatives likelyo o be asked d today? >> we have financial regulators expressing concern, could this currency be used for money laundering or for terrorist or criminal activities. central banks are worried about it. if it is popular, it could reduce the cenentral bank's abilityy to manage the economy, which h is what it't's job b is. areashihington, thehere concerns about whether or not it could be a risk to national security. >> the treasury dedepartment has thahatssed serious concerns it could be misused by moneyey lalaunderers and terrorists
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financiers. digitalnot allow service providers to operate in the shadows and we will not tolerate the use of cryptocurrency's in support off illicit activities. >> facebook has a lot to do too convince them that this projectt can go ahead. we w will hear from david marcu. hehe did say t the company was t planning t to compe wiwith any traditional currencies and t tht they would work with regulators before they launch it. we expected to be a fiery hearing. we can ask lots of questions about privacy, what data facebookok will collect,t, and facebook costs influence in general. >> thank you. three months on from a
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devaststing fire,, people would disagree that rebuilding notre dame is a part -- few people would disagree that rebuilding notre dame is a priority. >> three months after the firer, notre dame is baring her battle scars. a roof p protector protects her inteterior from the elements. ththere is a rereal risk k the buildi prorocess sealant -- buildings ceiling could collapse. they have to clelear up the toxc lead deposits in and aroround te cathedral. many questionsns surrounund the eventual recononstructionn effo.
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in part, it is due to the question of what the cash will be spent on. emmanuel macron wants a daring reconstruction, but not e everye convinced. want thef the donors cathedral to look like it did before. there are opportunities around the cathedral, in the square, the gardens, to create something daring and inventive. >> as donors and architects wrangle over the future aesthetic, the government is working out how to get there. fund,eation of a national exemptions from certain planning regulations are key elements of their plan to eventually get notre dame back on her feet. for me for now.
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thank you for watching. stay tuned. >> in the east of greenland, it is 3:00 in the morning, the beginning of summer. the temperature is minus five degrees and these teenagers are not sleepy. in the frozen white of the night, they meet to listen to american pop music. group that has wi-fi to and they watch videos of famous people on youtube e and they try to be them. show off their skills
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dancing. >> their parents are whiling away the night. there steps are heavy with the free-flowing alcohol. we a are a world away from the wild and mystic c greenland ofoe postcacards. city is the onlnly t town in a region the size e of france. century ago, the inuit people here were self-sufficient, relying on hunting and fishing. danishnished when
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colonizers decided to settle the population and establish a town. roads, schools, dispensaries arrived at the same timime as te consumer society. with it, unemployment. inunuit's rerely not onn nature, but on handouts. at the start of each month, the same people gather at the cash dispensers, where we meet with benjamin, the nighttime dancer. >> t that is too much alcohol. that is going to be a lotot of alcocohol. >> drink is hidden behind the curtains to create -- to lessen consumption, which is creatingng havoc.
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torn betweenenradition and modedern life, the young are the most vulnenerable. hehe dreams of being a football. for r the moment, hehe racaced s time on n the streets. he does not have a job. he survives on his 150 euros a month allowance from denmamark. here.e.need more mamany of themem are drinkingg d they will not work and they are just drinking beers.. greenland winss t the prize every year for hopelessness, with a suicide rate the highest in the world. eight times higher than france. drunk and his -- so she angry and
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drunk and he go o home and he killed himselflf. i i was thinking iannot continue anymore.e. . think i am lost i cried every day. and cry and talk >> under thehe snow is ann area the s size of a football pipitch. on average, ththey bury one teenenager here everery month. >> i don't remember which one is his. i think this is one of them.
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>> some people are looking for ways to fight back. has c created a show which exposes things most p peoe would prefer to ignore. >> we can show it is hard for ..eryone people die, people killing themselves. it is hard. >> young people have a lot of problems of their life. i decided to help the young people. you see them crying.
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♪ >> these scenes reveal the country's greatest taboo. people andhildren arere this is the biggest problem. neaearly a third of young green landers arare a v victim of sexl aggressive and it takes place in the family home. reasons for the suicides. >> we are always a bit shy, but as a kid, it liberates us. stronger. i heard what my brother had done.. it left me all alone.
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it was terrible. i was inconsolable. it is a good thing i found to support. this is the youngest sister of the one who committed suicide last year. every afternoon, she meets her theater friends. they go where young people can be safe from the cold and their parents. >> when our parents drink, they say awful things, like e they dd nonot want us anymore. they were waiting for u us to d. when his girlfriend left him, my brother felt abandoned. >> it is terrible this way out
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by suicide has been tempting at times. the theater seeks to offer a different perspective. today, they are meeting at the group founder's house. rejected during childhood because of his feminine appearance, he fully accepepts s difference. in his bedroom, the amamerican stars who have in fired -- you have inspired his dreams to become an actor. >> it is my dream, my motivation. >>'s parents are the only one supporting the theater -- his parents are the only one supporting the theater project. >> they are very courageous to go back over all of these traumatic events. -- eachport each of the
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other. it is a good thing. >> the s support is crcrial as pspsychologigists here are e exy rarere. when a young person goes astray, he or she is taken in by this establishment. a dozen people attempt to help them. >> we have a a psychologist who comes each month, but he stays two or three days. it is not long. to reestablish t the parent-child relationship, which is often broken dodown. parents havave difficulty bringg up their children. when they are not drinking, they spoil them toooo much and they over protect them. as soon n as they start drinkin,
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♪ they say thank you. >> on the day of the show, the parents haha not turnened up. a few miminutes before curtain , the audidience is made upupf yog people a and their teachers. >> o our show is a bit differen. we decided to share with you the experiences we have been through. this is the first time we have spoken about t them. [applause] ♪
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campbell, voice-over: it's the world's oldest colony in the heart of the caribbean. [men n singing in spanish] it's been bankrupt for years and devavastated b by hurricaneses. so, why are rich investors stormining in? man: i think the two biggest priorities i have in life is to 1--live the most awesome life that i possibly can and 2--is to help as many people live the most awesome life that they can. campbell, voice-over: entrepreneurs say they can turn this ruined island into a hi-tech hub. are they exploiting disasaster? or cacan they save e enchanted isle?
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