maldives. i don't know how many of you know about the maldives. it's remarkably pretty. it's an ocean island nation. tourist destination. the person who ruled there, guya and i didn't want to have a picture of him, because my wife said i'd have to have a gallery of all these dictators. he's for 30 years longest ruling dictator in asia. and accepting, well, maybe even the middle east when he was there, i don't think there was anybody from the middle east who had ruled as long. ruled until 2008 until he was ousted by a large democratic movement in the country. using islam, using nonviolent protests, and as a result they have the first democratic government in their history. and they're new president is nashed. he came to power, and in a remarkable history -- let me read this to you. june, 1990. after 18 months in solitary confinement, a political prisoner was finally sentence today a jail of almost three and a half years. by the time the sentence was handed down, the damage caused by the regular torture he had endured had had become overwhelming. his backbone was damaged,

still with us to find out why the maldives a third largest economy may be teetering on the brink of collapse. germany is seeing a rise and we are not ism as voters are eyes are eagerly turning towards hardline right wing parties after decades of a multicultural policy proved in effect of the ethnic communities of the country have only grown for their part and as tom part reports the worry is that the cultural divide will be. what do these two very different pieces of music have in common they're both performed in germany and they increasingly represent clashing forms of society here we want. the immigrants germany first the illegal ones yes and after that the other day i was told that's the view of the national democratic party or n p g here in germany they've supported many concerts attended by right wing supporters of their opponents argue they promote hatred they achieve that in some regions in east germany there are nearly no immigrants. it's not because of economy reasons but it's because nobody wants really to go there because it's they're always threatened one until nazi group recentl

stories this occupy wall street movement you know i see it sorcha paris maldives the i see the president's rhetoric of envy and inflaming the public and saying go get yours because rich people don't deserve it i see this inflaming this terrorist mob that i hope doesn't ultimately result in a lawless this where they say well gosh those nice i pads through the window should be mine and why don't i throw a brick through the window to get home because rich people don't deserve to have them when i can have one. of paris mob i think it's safe to say the rand is missing the point here this movement is about getting fair representation for the ninety nine percent of people who are working hard yet have nothing to show for it let's take a closer look at some of those people to these images and stories are come from the we are ninety nine percent where people are posting on their own for example this unemployed thirty eight year old survived cancer has been dropped from her health insurance all go looking for a job how about this mother of five she's been unemployed since two thousand and eight and

that way we have secured the future for our children and samoa and maldives. this lazy attitude of waiting for more developed countries to start this change and that we should be the ones to take it's to change first, to lead. so we should ask ourselves whether why they're more developed than us? is it because they use more carbon than us? why is it? and also how also we support the small man. i think that shuremember the small man in this. and how our ways it changing the carbon emissions will affect him. thank you very much. >> you have spoken before. >> yes. >> cdp. i would like to thank the lord speaker for giving me this chance to speak. after hearing all of the commons i would like to give my own -- to you to this debate. i would like to say that i think we need a balance between renewable and nonrenewable energy. since if one fails, we can always rely on the other. and as we've seen in libya a fuel-producing country which is now war-torn and especial loo in the uk, prices have definitely soared if a nonrenewable, in here in the uk, fueled cars and when

a country -- and also agree with me that we're a country with nations that are in the -- such as maldives and we need to take drastic measures as threatened by sea levels. and yes, lord speaker and honorable parliamentarians, we are the leaders and yes we're ambitious and also looking at the long-term effects and we'll do everything to ensure that we still survive after 2040 and probably have the chance to meet in here in 2050 because we might not be there after all. lord speaker and honorable parliamentarians, lord speaker and honorable parliamentarians, the differences that we have with the government on the motion are however small, we are a constructive party and we vote from the motion and however we still stress and maintain should be done earlier if we're to really combat climate change and achieve economic growth. honorable speaker, what we have of course witnessed here is a view that is popular with no one but the government. despite that goal, we also -- the position as taken by the -- as the opposite side. as if those measures are even worse. and not viable. in conclurkz lord s

that way we have secured the future for our children and samoa and maldives. this lazy attitude of waiting for more developed countries to start this change and that we should be the ones to take it's to change first, to lead. so we should ask ourselves whether why they're more developed than us? is it because they use more carbon than us? why is it? and also how also we support the small man. i think that shuremember the small man in this. and how our ways it changing the carbon emissions will affect him. thank you very much. >> you have spoken before. >> yes. >> cdp. i would like to thank the lord speaker for giving me this chance to speak. after hearing all of the commons i would like to give my own -- to you to this debate. i would like t say that i think we need a balance between renewable and nonrenewable energy. since if one fails, we can always rely on the other. and as we've seen in libya a fuel-procing country which is now war-torn and especial loo in the uk, prices have definitely soared if a nonrenewable, in here in the uk, fueled cars and when dis