germany's green wave the green party is surging in the polls thanks in part to its popular pair at the top because the greens eventually step into the american suits. and also in the show he goes to west africa to take a look at it and unusual projects former fighters in sierra leone are using yoga as a way of coping with the long term effects of the devastating civil war. omarion evans team it's good to have you with us the presidency of sri lanka is within the grasp of former defense minister go to biafra. who's opened up a strong lead over his main rival following saturday's election early results show russia ahead of government government minister. and we're getting reports saying. premadasa has conceded the race turnaround was time and the poll went off mainly peacefully security was a key issue in the election campaign the vote comes just 7 months after a series of terror attacks left more than 250 people dead over the easter holiday. well let's bring in just wall who's standing by in the sri lankan capital colombo let me show what more can you tell us about the vote count is the

water cannons and tear gas as fires and violence there and parents also coming up germany's green wave the green party is surging in the polls thanks in part to its popular pair of the top 10 the greens eventually step into the uncle americal shoes. and also in the show we go to west africa to take a look at an unusual project former fighters in sierra leone are using as a way of coping with the long term effects of the devastating civil. i'm call naslund welcome to the program a fiery anniversary today in france as yellow best protesters mark one year of their grassroots movement there were demonstrations today across france including in paris where violence flared police used water cannons and tear gas to disperse the crowds the movement's has waned recently with far fewer people turning turning turning up for the weekly marches but still one year on activist insists they won't give up. their numbers have dropped since they peaks last year but france's yellow vest protesters are still determined to take a stand against inequality and high living costs the movement's 1st anniversary saw the now famil

water cannons and tear gas as fires and violence erupt in paris also coming up germany's green wave the green party is surging in the polls thanks in part to its pay or at the top in the greens eventually step into uncle americal to shoes and in soccer battered and bruised but ready for battle germany's shorthanded men's team host fell roots in the euro 2020 qualifier in just a few hours away and could book their place in the chart. i'm called aspen welcome to the program a fiery anniversary today in france as yellow vest protesters mark one gear of their grassroots movement police turned water cannons on demonstrators in paris protesters also targeted a bank the yellow best actions peaked at the end of last year bringing hundreds of thousands of people into the streets to oppose high living costs and inequality the numbers have fallen since that. let's get more now from correspondent lisa lewis she's in paris for us following this story lisa we saw that some of those violent images of the demonstrations so far today i mean 1st just give us a sense what's the situation like right now i mean how big

water cannon and tear gas as fires and violence erupt in paris also coming up germany's green wave the green party is surging in the polls thanks in part to its popular player at the top and the greens eventually step into uncle americal shoes . i'm carl kasell and welcome to the program a fiery anniversary today in france as yellow vests protesters mark one year of their grassroots movement there were demonstrations today across france including in paris where violence flared police used water cannons and tear gas to disperse the crowds now the movement has waned recently with far fewer people turning up for the weekly marches but still one year on activists insist they won't give up. their numbers have dropped since they peach last year but france's yellow vest protesters are still determined to take a stand against inequality and high living costs the movement's 1st anniversaries. for the now familiar confrontation with riot police on the streets of paris. i couldn't even breathe there was some much tear gas if the guy from mcdonald's hadn't opened the door for me i'd be on my way to hospital t

and germany's green wave the green party is surging in the polls thanks in part to a popular pair at the top of the greens eventually step into on the mantle since. i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us we begin in hong kong where there have been fresh clashes between pro-democracy demonstrators and police protesters barricaded hong kong's polytechnic university as part of a week long campaign aimed at disrupting traffic and hitting the local economy riot police fired tear gas in a bid to clear the demonstrate. hers threw petrol bombs and started fires on the street chinese troops were deployed in the city for the 1st time since the protests began. well earlier i spoke to him and he is building a who's in hong kong and i asked him about the significance of the chinese soldiers being on the streets for the 1st time since the protests began. yet it was yesterday that they came out of a garrison to clear up some of the barricades they were wearing their sports outfit and they were marching and then clearing some of the debris there they said that was a voluntary action it

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it is something the green party has built itself on. the green waved it has been cascading across britain with our two best—ever election results in green party history. and other parties are also trying to muscle in. a country that leads the way with clean, green technology. the climate emergency is an existential threat. scotland will be a net—zero emissions nation. to tackle the climate emergency. not tackling the climate emergency could be a political liability. not all the partyies' manifestos are out yet, so we don't know their policies in detail. but they are already making moves to prove they care about the environment. this week, the government banned fracking, a kind of gas mining that can cause minor earthquakes. that was a change of tune from a government whose prime minister once wrote, "let's leave no stone un—fracked". and jeremy corbyn thinks the timing of the fracking ban is a bit too convenient. i think it sounds like fracking can come back on 13 december, if they were elected back into office. seems to me like an election stunt. ok,

streets demanding more democracy they're calling for the resignation of prime minister andre bobbish we go live to prague. germany's green wave to green party is surging in the polls thanks in part to its popular player at the top but can the greens eventually step into angela merkel's shoes. and way of glucose welcome to the program a fiery anniversary today across france as the gallo vest movement marks one year of their grassroots movement in paris police used water cannon and tear gas to disperse at times violent crowds the protest movement which has been accused of tolerating anti-semitism and nationalist views in its ranks is attracting fewer people these days it activists say they'll keep up the pressure on the government to improve the lives of regular workers. then numbers have dropped since they peaks last year but france's you know best protesters are. still determined to take a stand against inequality and high living costs the movement's 1st anniversary saw the now familiar confrontation with riot police on the streets of paris. i couldn't even breathe there was so much tear gas if the guy from mcdonalds hadn't opened the door

it is something the green party has built itself on. the green waveuntry that leads the way with clean, green technology. the climate emergency is an existential threat. scotland will be a net zero emissions nation. to tackle the climate emergency. not tackling the climate emergency can bea tackling the climate emergency can be a political liability. not all the party's manifestos are out yet, so we the party's manifestos are out yet, so we don't know their policies in detail. but they are already making moves to prove they care about the environment. this week, the government banned fracking, a kind of gas mining that can cause minor earthquakes. that was a change of tune from a government whose prime minister once wrote, "let's leave no stone on for act". and jeremy corbyn thinks the timing of the fracking band is a bit too convenient. thinks the timing of the fracking band is a bit too convenientlj think band is a bit too convenient.” think it sounds like fracking can come back on 13 december, if they we re come back on 13 december, if they were el

her term >> you can see where the next wave of strong productivity growth could come from in germany, certainly in the green sector it's not an accident that the green partys, of course, polling very well. all the other major parties are trying to appeal on the same grounds. on the electric car thing, it's clear that there is going to be a compete revolution in the way that we drive the cars we drive and that will involve massive investment and no doubt that german car makers will be at the forefront of that. it's a different question how quickly it will happen talking about million charging points by 2030 that's probably the sort of time frame that you're looking at it's not something that will kick in on a big scale next year electric vehicles are still only 2% of the german market. even if they're going really, really quickly they'll have a modest impact in the short-term. >> still only 2% we shouldn't get overly excited at this point in time. do you think german will is the sick man of europe next year >> we do we have a mild recession in germany. we think they avoided it in q3 widely expected but the data suggests it's not going to happen then but we

green wave has been sweeping the globe and it has been sweeping the globe and it has been sweeping the globe and it has been cascading across britain with our two best election result in a green party history. other parties are also trying to muscle in. country which leads the way. climate emergency is an existential... we need to tackle the climate emergency. not having a climate policy... not all their manifestos are out yet but we don't know them in detail but they are making moves to show they care about the environment. this week, the government banned fracking, a kind ofa government banned fracking, a kind of a gas mining that can cause minor earthquakes. that is a change of tune from a prime minister who said let's leave no stone untracked. i think it sounds like fracking can come back on 13 december, if they were elected back into office. seems to me like an election stunt. ok, let's forget about what was said in the past. what are the parties saying now? we are seeing an election going greenr the world. what this is all about is how rapidly the country should reduce its carbon emissions to zero. the green party want to do that by 2030 and spend £100 billion a year doing it. the conservatives say their target date of 2050 is much more realistic but labour, snp, lib dems and others say that's way too late, they want to act much more rapidly. the brexit party has not come out with a policy get. all the major parties are fighting to be the political green giant. but actions speak louder than words, so let's look at the data we actually have. the guardian did a study and gave each mp a score on how they voted in parliament on climate issues. each dot represents an mp‘s voting record. the guardian's findings say conservatives, in blue, generally voted against pro—climate issues, getting worse scores, they say, than other parties. that being said, lib dem leader jo swinson's score was 50%, even though the lib dems have criticised the tories for not taking climate change seriousl