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>> no breakthrough understory shipments of ukraine ingrained to the world. let me says deliveries will not resume until the west stops blogging exports of russian food and fertilizer. germany's biggest date rocked by antisemitism scandal. despite admitting he carried an inflammatory leaflet.
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and africa's first climate summit kicks off in kenya. the continent could become a renewable energy powerhouse but will need financial support from the west. welcome, good to have you. talks aimed at reviving an international agreement have ended without a breakthrough. let me put it -- let put in is moscow was forced to pull out of the deal in july. he says it won't be renewed onto the west stops blocking exports of russian agricultural product.
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and at bringing a vital wartime great deal back to life. there was no agreement. with put in instead doubling down on his own demands. >> we are ready to consider the possibility of reviving greendale. we will do this as soon as agreement are fully implemented. >> ukraine and russia are major suppliers of wheat, barley, sunflower oil and other goods that developing nations rely on. a previous deal allowing safe passage through the black sea collapsed in july after moscow pulled out.
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the united nations worked to broker their agreement. present erdogan hopes they can do the same again. >> we believe the back initiative should be resumed. the shortcomings addressed. consultation with united nations will prepare a new package of proposals and significant progress. i believe it is possible to achieve results for the step process. this is due to the blasi blockade. putin sees a deal as close, allowing free grain. a wider agreement allowing millions of tons of grain to make it to the global market remains elusive. quick dorian jones spoke to us
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about present erdogan's chances of reviving the black sea green deal eventually. >> he did try to sound very optimistic. he did say he will be taking this package a proposal to the united nations. russia says it will not receive payments. they have presented russia with a workable alternative that addresses these concerns and adding to the concerns that russia is being cynical in its approach to this. litan added new demand.
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this will raise concerns that could possibly used for russian military equipment. this will feed into the believe that putin is trying to use his greendale to and most of the key sanctions russia is experiencing. it will difficult for erdogan to persuade. he believes he can achieve this. many others will say that is wishful thinking but what it means is erdogan his centerstage in the world. he will be very happy about that. >> why is this route so important? they were exported around the world.
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there is the belief that there won't be anymore grain exports from ukraine. they'll add to another growing food crisis. especially for a country like africa. >> put in has promised free grain to six african countries in the next few weeks. how does he plan to go about that? because this is a deal that will be working with turkey and qatar. they will supply she granted turkey. they will process it into flour and that will be distributed to six 80 african countries. they are expected to be countries in africa that are close to moscow. russia's african allies have been very concerned about the failure of this greendale. they are under a lot of pressure there. qatar will be the one that will
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be paying for the grain. african countries will not be paying for it. there will be a question about where his green comes from. will it be grand from ukraine? they will enter concerns over sanctions and they could put turkey in a very difficult position as part of this deal. >> we do want to return to the initial greendale we were talking about, the one between ukraine and russia. what would happen if the deal wasn't revived? what would it mean for the world? >> certainly, if this greendale does not have any hope of reviving, they will be growing pressure for possibly ukraine to step up its efforts to export fruit respect of of russian threats. he created a humanitarian corridor. a number of ships have started passing through the black and into international waters without incident. in one case, russia did stop a
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ship outside of turkish borders. ukrainian ships have not met any problems yet. if those exports continue to step up, the fear is that moscow could possibly attack the ships. that draws in other nato countries. >> many thanks. let's have a look at some of the other stories making news around the world today. ukraine's president says he is replacing the defense minister. he has a need for new approaches to interaction with the military. he has proposed an opposition politician as the new defense minister. foreign ministers of the southeast asian block have met in jakarta in the run-up to a
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full summit. the group is expected to discuss civil rights in myanmar and the tensions in the south china sea. emerson has been sworn in for a second term as zimbabwe and president. he vowed to revive his country's economy. and antisemitism scandal has rocked germany's biggest state. he has admitted to carrying an inflammatory leaflet as a teenager but denied writing it. he has apologized for mistakes made in his youth and has been allowed to keep his job. >> back to business. that is the message of the bavarian state premier here at this election rally. he decided to keep his deputy and office despite the accusations of anti-semitism leveled against him. there have been calls for the
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leader of germany's biggest state. in mid august a leading newspaper published a leaflet from the mid-80's full of mocking references to nazi concentration camps and the holocaust. he admitted he had it in a back at the time. the story caused a big stir. denying the holocaust is illegal in germany. that is because of the atrocities committed by the nazis during the second world war. he said he found the content disgusting and inhumane but initially brushed off accusations and did not offer a full explanation. the german chancellor stepped in. >> what has emerged so far is very distressing. every thing is to come to life. once that has happened, that is
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a first up and nothing has been, has covered up. the appropriate consequence will have to be drawn from it. >>'s older brother took responsibility as -- he himself answered questions from his boss. an influential figure on the international stage. and it does have been emerging from former classmates. >> from time to time, when the class was over the inside and he came in, he would do hitler's salute. he would very often imitate those hitler's speeches in a hitler's voice and he always wanted to get attention. >> they speak of youthful mistakes. >>, mistakes as a teenager. i deeply regret that feelings were hurt.
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my apologies to all victims of the nazi regime, the survivors and others perform a valuable work of remembrance. the accusations go back 36 years. i stress that i did not read the pamphlet and i distance myself from the shocking words in it. >> he has been criticized for not showing enough remorse and instead, painting himself as a victim, being treated unfairly in a targeted campaign. the various are going to the polls for the next elections in october and they will play a role more than 80 years on. " this is the chair of the jewish student union here in germany. >> we do not accept as apologies. we believe he's apologies -- his
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apologies came too late and with a lot of political pressure. i would want to stress the point that it is not about what he wrote as a teenager but the discussion is more about the way he as an adult is dealing with his responsibility and the way we see him dealing with this responsibility is definitely not satisfying enough for us to forgive and forget everything. >> you started your own petition calling for the head of the bavarian government to suspend him until investigations by an independent committee. but exactly are your demands? quick to support -- to give him a pass and make him take a vacation until everything is clarified and we have all the details and we know exactly what happens when he was a teenager and also to see what kind of consequences he himself sees as important to take for now.
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besides this, we want bavaria to develop a sort of way to teach about anti-semitism not only connected but to teach anti-semitism with connection to the present and we also want to have certain prototype of how to deal with events like this should they appear in the future again. quincy called this is brilliant handling of the affair. what do you say to that? >> we don't believe this was a brilliant handling, the signal that was sent out to the world is that even if you are a high level politician in germany and you are accused of anti-semitism, you can get away without consequences. this is the signal that germany is sending out into the world right now. we as young dudes in germany cannot accept the signal.
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we believe that he should be suspended until we know more about how this scripture ended up in his bag and until we have more details about his connection to it. >> there are other members of the jewish community here in germany that say they do not accept his apology. much like you don't. but they still think it was the right decision clinically to keep them in office. do you disagree with that strongly? do you understand where that reasoning might come from? >> am i to understand the political decisions? but again, as those that want some sort of justice and want to send out the signal that it is not possible to do whatever people want with us and that is consequences after anti-semitism
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-- i believe they are keeping it in office. ? brother, looking at german society as a whole, the reactions to this and the scandal itself, what does all of this tell you about how anti-semitism is dealt with in germany? >> after the scandal, we can see something that we as young juice already saw many times but now we can see it another time. it was big about anti-semitism in germany, it is always the others. nobody wants to speak about anti-semitism within their own party. nobody wants to speak about anti-semitism within their own biography. nobody wants to see themselves responsible for being part of the anti-semitism in germany.
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and this is exactly what we can see in this case again. he is victimizing herself. he speaks about the campaign against him. instead of admitting he is part of the problem. >> thank you so much for your time. america's first climate summit has opened in kenya's capital of nairobi. africa is only responsible for a fraction of global missions but bears the brunt of the effects of climate change. lying starving and struggling for survival in hospital. years of drought have devastated the lives of these children in the communities they come from. water is becoming increasingly
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scarce. it is killing livestock and destroying crops and driving people from their homes. in somalia were almost half the population remains hungry, the people are afforded little relief. this drought would not have happened without human driven climate change say scientists. temperatures have risen by 1.23 degrees celsius compared with preindustrial levels and africa is one of the fastest warming continents. responsible for less than 4% global carbon dioxide emissions annually, more than four times less than your, africa is being disproportionately affected by climate change. that is coming largely in the form of extreme heat but also in heavy rain and flooding. financial offices were found to be four times higher than in other countries. three years after extreme
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weather events. across the globe, experts have called on debt relief to help these nations but african states are hoping to turn it around. leaders from across the continent are hoping to encourage investment in claimant -- climate solutions. renewable energy and mineral resources essential for green transition. king is already a sustainability leader. so is a rare 90% of electricity for renewables. rather than being seen just as victims of global warming, leaders want to switch the narrative to bring and desperately needed funding and let africa become its own salvation.
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>> how climate change is affecting the daily lives of the indigenous communities in africa. >> one of the biggest things we have faced in the last few years, we had a drought that has seen families lose their livestock. they are not just losing their livelihoods but the sense of identity and culture. it is economical, cultural, who you are as a person. the second one is just the distance people have to go. we have always been able to have a very clear model of movement so we move from place to place. it is very clear by greatly. we find ourselves without water. it is forcing us to move into other countries. sometimes it creates a lot of conflict. at the same time, a lot of bands from the government if they feel
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we are exceeding our stay there. we are seeing an increase in animal diseases but we do not understand -- this is -- apart from the loss, we are seeing an increase loss due to new animal diseases we don't know of. we are seeing that, increased conflict amongst communities and definitely this. we are seeing an ability to produce crops, even when given some seeds. nothing really comes out of the ground. >> they are suffering all these things. are they present at the summit? >> these are relative
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participation. we have your voice at the center of it. one of the biggest challenges is why is this an african agenda? we are seeing a huge participation of almost 64% of the big organizations. this is something we are questioning in terms of the space and the potential that we can actually come together and identify african challenges. without that space, it creates a situation where we get a series of property solutions.
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>> do you have the sense that you are not being heard at the summit? >> in my personal opinion, i do not think the summit has the real african agenda. you cannot create a problem and come back and be the one shaping the solutions to the problem well my participation as an african is very minimal. i do not fear -- fill our voices are being heard as part of the summit. >> how can these kinds of events be better? how can they include indigenous voices, listen to them and shape solutions that are actually tailored to the acute needs that are there right now? will that emerge in the future? >> as we will say by the commentary of the interview, the focus of this is looking for carbon storage.
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that allows a lot of american oil companies to continue with the permits. allowing african governments to provide for the carbon storage. africa continues to be left behind. it does not necessarily address the need to walk away from fossil fuels. that is one of the things. as indigenous people, the fact that what is brought on the table as a solution that is being discussed is working against our needs. it really has to come from a clean place. we have to see how we start to address the problem. the issue has always been seen as we need to use this as
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climate finance. local farmers and all other people are being left behind. this illusion is not what they would want. it is much different for a lot of this community. >> thank you so much for your time and your insights. at least three people have been killed by flooding in spain. record rainfall has swept away vehicles and brought down bridges. some high-speed valence had to close. people were told to stay at home and now been allowed out. >> attorneys advised residents to stay off the road and shelter indoors. but the storm soon arrived at their doorstep. >> i was nervous, scared, anxious and sad. i did know when it was going to end. it was a shock.
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people in affected areas say they barely have time to react as the muddy waters gushed through. forcing them to flee their flooded homes. >> suddenly, we heard a noise and saw a mass of water coming toward us like a tsunami. >> we wanted to get out. then we had no choice but to climb over the fence. otherwise, the water would sweep us away. >> helicopter was deployed to rescue people from rooftops. emergency services responded to more than a thousand incidents overnight. by monday morning, the rain
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calmed and the water disc -- water receded. the search for the missing continues. >> here is a reminder of our top story today. let me put in says he has held constructive talks with turkish leader on reviving an agreement allowing ukrainian grain exports. he says moscow was forced to withdraw from the deal in july and will not know it. you're watching to w news from berlin. stay with us now. i will be back to take you through the day and i hope to see you there.
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>> world news editor analysis. these are the headlines. he faces no personal charges. the leader of a military coup has been sworn in.

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