bonn youthm the movement. change is notte just one cause, not just the carbon emissions or cold, it is everything. it is nuclear power. destroyingay we are water all over the planet. the way our economic system is working for a few. >> ♪ i came from puerto rico to be here. part of the reason i may h heres puerto rico got hit with major hurricanes. we had unusually high activity of hurricanes, part of the effects of increased temperature due to climate change. while we are living and struggling through the effects of climate change, the decisions that are causing the are being made here. we're hoping by being here we can highlight the struggles we are going through, what climate change is doing in the now. this is not something to be preparing for in the future. we're dying at this moment. we lost power into medications. we lost drinking water. our economy is collapsing due to that. we need climate reparations. one of the things we're demanding, ending the jones act. in the colonial rule of promis of. what to

and fiji is hosting the un climate conference that's about to kick off in bonn that is a leader in the global fight against climate change. i'm sumi so much going to welcome to the show police in the u.s. are investigating a mass shooting that left dozens of people dead at a church in texas witnesses said the victims include a pregnant woman and children as young as five years old investigators have not yet commented on the gunman's motive but president trump has called the attacker a doraine just individual and said mental illness not guns were to blame for the assault. a candlelight vigil for the victims of the fatal shooting at the first baptist church of sutherland springs residents of the small texas community struggled to make sense of what happened. i'm going to. take. you to. take. my hearing. authorities say twenty six people were killed and about twenty others were wounded sunday after a man dressed all in black opened fire inside the church the attacker is believed to be a former member of the u.s. air force who received a court martial for assault after leaving the church t

the delegates here in bonn i mean obviously there are national delegations who. shall we say not very co-operative when it comes to fighting climate change and agreeing on the science that says that climate change is caused by man by humankind but you know most of the delegates here are committed to climate to fighting climate change so it definitely did resonate with them as the fijian president has resident resonated with them throughout these past two weeks. one one thing that the fijian bringing to the table obviously the perspective of a small island nation the first small island nation to preside over this kind of climate summit and that perspective is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change is giving. the people that they represent a very powerful voice in these negotiations are giving voice to the vulnerable there in bonn that's christopher spring date for us thanks so much well there's growing uncertainty about the situation in zimbabwe right now president robert mugabe is under house arrest the military appears to have seized power but de

climate summit here in bonn, germany. all this week, activists have beenen protesting against fossil fuels, especially coal. well, early this morning, we drove about 45 minutes outside of bonn to the forest o of westn germany. for years, activists there have been fighting against the largest open-pit coal mine in europe. the massive hambach mine is 33 -- extracts an extremely dirty fofo of coal called lignite, also knonown as brown n coal, wh causes the highest carbon dioxide emissions of any type of coal when burned. this morning we met a group of activists at the sindorf train station, and then followed them to their meeting place. >> keep it in the ground. amy: why are you doing this? to stop the company's from destroying our future. amy: why are you doing this? >> it is up to us to keep it in the ground. we are the use and we are respononsible for it. wit is our future. amy: we'rere about 45 minutetesm ththe n., summit in bonnnn. we're standing in f front of the largest openen pit coal mine in europe, of any kind in e

d w news live from berlin act now or else tonight a dire warning from the un climate conference in bonn germany the get the stuff effects of climate change on the bonds and the forests of smile and the island states that touch in the frontline of the impacts of climate change must be the voice of a song and world leaders say more action is needed to prevent catastrophic global warming also coming up. in zimbabwe tanks on the streets of harare and president robert mugabe under house arrest yet the army denies that it's a coup what is it then and is the rule of mugabi over. i'm broke off it's good to have you with us it is the defining threat of our time that is how the head of the u.n. and tonio gutierrez has described climate change he's one of a number of global leaders attending climate talks in the german city of bonn they are hoping to inject a sense of urgency into talks about the implementation of the twenty fifteen paris climate. world leaders joined discussions at the united nations climate conference in bonn germany today the session opened with a message from a very special re

climate talks there in bonn thank you so much for your contributions. well a reminder of our headline story this hour world leaders have been addressing the u.n. climate conference in the western german city of bonn we heard earlier from german chancellor angela merkel saying that the twenty fifteen paris accord is only the beginning and that the real work to limit global warming needs to start now we also heard from french president manuel mccrone calling for europe to take a more central leadership role now the cus has dropped out of the paris agreement. you're watching news coming to live from berlin our special coverage continues at the top of the hour in the meantime don't forget you can get all the latest information from the ball on climate conference on our website that address is t w dot com i'm sara harmon in berlin thanks for watching. my name he said i'm going to love about. a mexican conductor. come with me and meet great musicians and friends from all over the world. a conductor is always in motion is always learning and growing until the

climate talks in bonn, germany. the head of the u.s. energy association, barry worthington, appeared to be taken aback. take a look. >> ♪ proudly stand up until you ♪ brent: some 200 people there singing and anti-coal song to protest these of fossil fuels and the white house's moved to quit the paris climate accord. the meeting in bonn aims to work out the details of the paris accord, but today any report from climate scientists push a new report from climate scientists overshadow the session. here is more. reporter: as the climate conference enters its closing stretch, there was sobering news for the thousands of participants in bonn. climatologists say that co2 emissions increased all over the globe this year. the surge comes after three years of little change, which had generated measured optimism. >> a lot of people thought we were in safe territory. we had been on a plateau for the past leaves, so we thought, a problem, we don't have to do much on this. reporter: among the countries with significant emissions increases is india

this is d w doos live from berlin a stark warning from the un climate conference in bonn germany the catastrophic effects of climate change on the bonds and the forests of smile on the island states that touch in the frontline of the impacts of climate change must be the voice of us all. more leaders say more action is needed if the world is to me to global warming targets also coming up flash floods war through two towns near the greek capital athens taking residents by surprise and leaving a trail of destruction at least fifteen people are dead and tanks on the streets of harare and the veteran president robert mugabe under house arrest the army denies that it's staging a coup but uncertainty about what is going on is growing around the world concerning zimbabwe. i bring coffee it's good to have you with us it is the defining threat of our time that's how the head of the u.n. antonio would head us described. i'm it changed today he and other leaders are attending un climate talks in the german city of boggs now they're trying to build all the success of the paris talks from two tho

climate summit in bonn, germany. , andrday, people revolted we're urging you to go to the phone right now. here in bonn, germany, close to 200 countries are gathered. the u.s. says it is pulling out of the climate accord. on monday night, activists and democratic lawmakers staged a full-fledged revolt as the trump administration made its official debut at this year's cop. at a forum pushing coal, gas, nuclear power. the presentation was entitled "the role of cleaner and more efficient fossil fuels and nuclear power in climate mitigation." it included speakers from coal company peabody energy, nuclear engineerering firm nuscale powe, and a gas exporter. the panel was the only official appearance by the u.s. delegation during this year's u.n. climate summit. well, democracacy now! was there mondnday night as the u.s. delegation made its official debut. it didn't go too well -- at least, it did not begin well, with a weiss out -- white house consultant telling democracy now! we couldn't film him. >> i don't know what yo

climate talks in the german city of bonn. they are trying to build on the success of the paris talks from 2015. and that means agreeing on the rules which will take the 2015 paris climate accord from paper, into practice. reporter: world leaders joined discussions at the united nations climate conference in bonn, germany today. the session opened with a message from a very special representative of fiji, the country presiding over the conference. >> according to desmond tutu, he says, and i quote, 25 years ago people could be excused for not knowing or doing much about climate change. today, we have no excuses, end quote. the blaming and waiting days are over. we need to act now. reporter: german chancellor angela merkel added further urgency to those words, calling for europe to step up to its climate responsibilities. although she emphasized that even in rich countries, this could be a struggle. >> the next step is to find concrete ways to fulfill our obligations. to speak plainly, this is also difficult for germany. report

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climate talks in bonn germany the head of the u.s. energy association barry worthington appeared to be taken aback and take a look at the polls. about two hundred people there singing an anti coal industry song to protest the use of fossil fuels and the white house's move to quit the twenty fifteen paris climate accord. or the meeting in bonn aims to work out the details of the paris accord but today a new report from climate scientists overshadowed the session as the climate conference enters its closing stretch there was sobering news for the thousands of participants in bonn. climatologists a c o two emissions increased all over the globe this year the surge comes after three years of little change which had generated measured optimism. a lot of people thought we were in safe territory we've been on a plateau for the past three years so they saw no problem we don't have to do much on this thing and among the countries with significant emissions increases is india but its representatives in bowen are promoting their country as a lan

climate summit in bonn, germany. this is the first climate summit since president trump has vowed to pull the united states out of the landmark 2015 paris climate agreement, a process that takes four years. on monday, there was a revolt here at the u.n. climate summit as the trump administration made its official debut at a forum pushing coal, gas, and nuclear power. the panel was the only official appearance by the u.s. delegation during this year's u.n. climate summit, and it included speakers from coal company peabody energy, a nuclear engineering firm, and a gas exporter. it also included representatives of vice president mike pence's office and trump's climate adviser david banks, the white house special assistant for international energy and environment. on the panel, banks said he was very accessible to the press. although, he has repeatedly refused requests to come on democracy now! yesterday on democracy now! during our interview with kumi naidoo, david banks lingered just off set, waving to us, but declined

whole family of musicians his grandfather was the music director for the prince elector's court in bonn so we had the chance to meet all of the band's most important musicians through his family they were frequent guests in the beethoven home. and if course in a family that was so musical placed great value one would becoming a musical career. and it was the. next topic beatles and romance many of his compositions are dedicated to women for example to release it. to the kind of beethoven is known as a womanizer but women. play a role in his life and who exactly was ill easy. we don't know it for sure because the dedication on the original copy isn't specific. so there are different theories one of the most significant things about his life is that he devoted himself entirely to music and never married at some kind of. he looks pretty grumpy we got us ones you know you would too and his position in. that was modeled on a cast that was done live with a plaster mask. they would cover the entire face with plaster but first stick two straws into his nostrils so he could breathe. and in a sit

deeds let's go now to my colleague christopher spring gate he is covering the climate talks force in bonn good evening to you christopher i mean we had a lot of speeches today right we heard from the the german brezhnev the german chancellor we heard from the french president there are a lot of words what about actions. well. in concrete results from the speeches today i mean this is the first climate conference since president trump announced that the u.s. would be withdrawing from the paris agreement he did that last july so a lot of people at this conference have been very looking very carefully to see whether the commitment of the rest of the world to the paris agreement remains strong and that really is the most concrete result of all these speeches it does remain very strong you talked a lot about the united nations secretary general ted ish we also had the speeches from the german chancellor angela merkel the french president. both of them defining climate change and humanity central challenge both of them standing by the paris agreement very strongly and also calling for additiona

climate talks in the german city of bonn continue to close come to a close rather we'll see what was achieved and what still needs to be accomplished . i have a quote awesome good to have you with us time is running out for german chancellor angela merkel to form a new government another round of marathon overnight talks have failed to produce a breakthrough or. conservatives are seeking a coalition deal with the pro-business free democrats as well as the greens merkel originally said she wanted an agreement by thursday but now the parties have until sunday evening to settle their differences otherwise there could be fresh elections . after hours of wrangling chancellor merkel once again has little to show the day started optimistically enough merkel said it was just a matter of time until they can hammer out a deal but despite all of the difficulties in these negotiations i am determined to form a government as mandated by germany's voters it definitely won't be easy it'll definitely be hard but it's worth going into a second round of talks. that's why you know. there were still big

climate summit in bonn, germany. early saturday morning, officials representing nearly 200 nations ended and all night round of negotiations and and of implementation of the 2015 paris climate deal. many fear the u.s. would fully derail this year's talksks as ts year was thehe first cop is presidenent t trump vowed to pul the u.s. out of the landmark 2015 paris accord, a process which would take four years. fiji prime minister who presided over this year's cop, said there were notable achievements this year on the agreements around agriculture, ocean protection, indigenous people's rights, and a new climate insurance system for poorer nations. another achievement included the launch of the powering past coal alliance, a group of more than 20 nations who have committed to phasing out coal. the united states, along with germany, poland, australia, china, and india, refused to sign on to the pledge, although the u.s. states of washington and oregon bucked the federal government and did sign on. many environmental activi

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wonderful to have this in bonn i brought him along he comes from iran and i just wanted to show them the beethoven festival here but yes he gets like. it's was a really good i like. this in the guns should use ok. i think it's nice that you can bring along your camping chairs and enjoy the whole thing in a completely different atmosphere. as a beethoven fest media partner deutsch of the invited some prominent guests every year the beethoven fests to record their nico wagner spotlights a new slogan and twenty seventeen it was about unfulfilled desires. as everyone knows beethoven had a hard time when it came to love he never found happiness with a family of his own he had his long distance affairs with his aristocratic piano students and he was always unhappy. so the theme is biographical. but it also allows us to hold a festival under the general slogan of love. the perfect slogan to bring people closer to the music of beethoven at this year's public viewing of the beethoven fest. church is another setting off beatles these childhood it would have sounded something like this in the s

louise osborne joining us tonight from the german city of bonn helping us to put this latest u.n. climate change summit into perspective louise thank you very much. thank you. three out of some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world vietnam has been hit by heavy flooding after a powerful typhoon killed at least forty four people and left more than a dozen missing more than one hundred thousand homes in the country's south central region have been destroyed or damaged a consortium of journalists has unearthed millions of files implicating wealthy firms and individuals in large scale attacks of oil gets the documents dubbed the paradise papers expose illegal methods used to cut tax bills by diverting profits into tax havens like watson bergen the british virgin islands several heads of state are implicated in these as well zimbabwe's president robert mugabe has fired his vice president emerson god one now he had been a main contender in the leadership race to replace. the move opens the way for mugabe's wife grace to succeed him as president the government s

the un's latest climate summit has begun in bonn representatives from one hundred ninety seven countries will spend the next ten days discussing ways to tackle climate change the conference opened with a traditional phrygian welcome ceremony although the talks are being held in germany fiji is chair in the event. and it was invited to take the chair as one of the countries are suffering climate changes worst effects but the tiny island nation also lacks the resources to hold the event itself delegates are working to cap expected global temperature increases at one and a half degrees celsius or less. instead of taking their seats in class or taking to the streets these youths staged a demonstration near the climate conference center in bonn. they want the global community to limit greenhouse gas emissions. conference participants say the paris climate agreement of twenty fifteen was a step in the right direction countries have national climate targets now but they have to be solidified. this is an urgent moment and so i expect delegations to come here ready to do their jobs to get the rul

climate talks in the german city of bonn now they are trying to build on the success of the paris talks from two thousand and fifteen. and that means agreeing on the rules which will take the twenty fifteen paris climate accord from paper into practice. world leaders joined discussions at the united nations climate conference in bonn germany today the session opened with a message from a very special representative of fiji the country presiding over the conference. to desmond did do he says that and i quote thank you five years ago people to be excused for not knowing much about climate change today we have no excuses and quote the game days are over meaning. chairman chancellor angela merkel added further urgency to those words calling for europe to step up to its climate responsibilities there she emphasized that even in rich countries this could be a struggle. but at the next step is to find concrete ways to fulfill our obligations. to speak plainly this is also difficult for germany. in his speech french president emanuel not hall said that europe should make up for the shortfall in

and taiwan might not be part of the cop twenty three tours currently underway in bonn but the country says it will stick to the paris agreement anyway the country's environment minister joins me in the studio. this is your business update on how the home free and good to have you with us crunch time for venezuela a year foreign ministers have approved economic sanctions on the cash strapped country including an arms now the e.u. said in a statement that the measures can be reversed depending on how president will do it reacts to the moms for more democracy the country's already feeling the heat with c. major meetings on the agenda the first in the capital caracas focusing on restructuring the country's crippling day the second a meeting of bondholders in new york that could result in an official announced. the country has defaulted on that debt we're talking about a debt pile from the government currently amounting to one hundred and fifty billion dollars certainly a thorn in the side of the socialist leadership now last week the country's state owned oil company p t v s a reportedly

climate talks in the german city of bonn world leaders and heads of state have joined the meeting which is aimed moving forward the twenty fifteen paris climate accord they're hoping to inject the sense of urgency into these talks which are due to end on friday germany's president had this to say earlier. so one fact is clear the historic climate of two thousand and fifty users must remain. and the path we've taken until now must remain reversible. and we all have the obligation now to act in more specific terms terrorists will only be issues break through. if the equipment's will be followed. and that was the german president from steinmeyer speaking a little earlier i'm joined now by christopher spring gate in bonn christopher as we stand by waiting for uncle americal to begin her address let me get your take on steinmeier is words there he said this agreement needs to be followed up with deeds is there an expectation there in bonn that's going to happen. well that's what this climate summit is about interpretating the twenty fifteen paris agreement writing the rulebook or the code if

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for no shots an acre is no newcomer to environmental activism but in bonn he said environmentalist's need to find ways to get their point across more effectively i can do the best action movie in the world but if i don't know how to communicate to the people to get them into the movies going to the box office it's going to go in the toilet. so this is why it is so important if you start communicating it's time that we wake up it's time that we wake up and talk about would really matters here is what matters the twenty five thousand people are dying every day because of pollution spots an acre believes fighting climate change begins with a regional approach and many in the us are taking a similar view after president trump backed away from the paris climate accord. more than two hundred u.s. politicians and celebrities voiced support for the accords two degree target in bonn we are still in here's what they're saying despite trump and now more than ever. in football sweats event have qualified for the well cup finals in russia next summer after holding northern ireland scored a stroll

one leaders have arrived at the global climate summit in the german city of bonn the a bid to add a final push to negotiations aimed at implementing the paris climate accord delegates and politicians from more than one hundred ninety countries have been meeting to move ahead with the implementation the balance accord commits countries to curb greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel burning environmental campaigners have called in german chancellor angela merkel to freeze the use of coal by two thousand and thirty. let me now join up political correspondent charlotte is tracking that story for us shot of the chancellor merkel had one point was described as a climate chancellor but now some environmentalists are saying she has failed why. well she is a climate chancellor still on the one hand i would say she's a trailblazer in the fight against climate change internationally on an international level we shouldn't forget the scientist by profession a physicist to be exact and as such she's been trying to reduce emissions since she first started since she first took office we remember the g

fixing the planet — world leader's gather in bonn to try to stitch together the climate accord after donald trump's pledge to pull the us out of the paris agreement. japan's economy growing faster than expected. a third quarter points to strong exports as the country posts the longest period of uninterrupted growth in more than a decade. and on the markets, a bit of slippage on the hang seng as hong kong follows wall street with a bit of a sell—off. that's a picture across asia, as investors just cash in on the recent rallies. all ordinaries down 0.3% and completing our red sea — the dow dropping a little — that's partly on continuing uncertainties over the tax reform proposals of president trump. will they get through the senate? world leaders meet in bonn today for the first big international environmental meeting since donald trump pledged to pull the us out of the paris climate agreement. projections for 2017 suggest levels of carbon dioxide will actually rise for the first time in four years, with the big global economies having a major impact. the main cause for the rise

well it is a day two of those talks in bonn in the landmark paris treaty the delegates are trying to move forward aims to keep climate change manageable by limiting global warming but many places are already seeing the effects of rising temperatures among them the u.s. state of alaska where glaciers are melting at an alarming rate. the juno ice field in alaska is the fifth largest in the world. spending almost four thousand square kilometers the landscape here seems made for eternity. but iran hood knows better the ice is melting. the scientist works on the mendenhall glacier and his measuring equipment has revealed that the ice is shrinking while most ten meters a year. but distant washington is not interested in whose research in fact president trump intends to cut funding for climate research by billions here and whose work is under threat when they start to cut funding for earth science that's going to have a big impact on our ability to study you know things like this flood that's going on here and to study the changes that we see in mendenhall in the juno ice field and so that'

climate conference in bonn the get the stuff effects of climate change on the back . and the forests of smiler of the island states that dug in the frontline of the effects of climate change must be the voice of those old. world leaders saying more action is needed if the world is to meet global warming targets also coming up. flash floods roared through two towns near the greek capital athens taking residents by surprise a living a trail of destruction at least fourteen people are dead. tanks on the streets of horror and veteran leader robert mugabe under house arrest the army denies it staging a coup but uncertainty about the situation is growing. plus a resoundingly yes in australia to marriage equality of belief in the gay and lesbian community as more than sixty percent of poll respondents vote to legalize same sex marriage the prime minister is pledging to make it wall by christmas will he succeed. and the biggest airplane deal in history has just been. at the dubai air show i'll bring you up with all the details in our business segment. and sarah harmon welcome

the not phone books of climate change experts in activism almost two hundred nations are gathering in bonn to figure out how to make the paris climate change a chord book. i know and welcome i'm. a spanish judge is expected to issue an international arrest warrant for asif catalan leader. only she jailed nine members of the deposed scotland government after they responded to questions at the national court in madrid one was later released on bail they may all be charged with physician meanwhile crude you know is still in brussels i'll be talking to our correspondent there as well as in barcelona in a moment but first this report. they used whatever they cute to make noise and bustle loner. the protests came after a spanish judge ordered past members of the deposed cuts and one cabinet detained pending a potential trial the former government figures turned up in madrid to answer questions about cuts alone has pushed for independence. after receiving the news the former had the site cataloging president calloused pushed a moment called the jailing a serious mistake and demands at their relea

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and how to limit the effects of climate change experts and activists gathered in the german city of bonn to work out how to implement the paris climate accord we find out what's at stake. hello i'm on with achievement great to have your company a spanish judge is expected to issue an international arrest warrant for ousted got a dandy deprived disputable and today earlier she joined eight members of the deposed counted on government after they responded to questions at the national court in madrid they may be charged with sedition mean want to do while still in brussels we talk to our correspondents there and in barcelona in just a bit but first this update. they use whatever they cute to make noise and bustle lonna. the protests came after a spanish judge ordered past members of the deposed catalan cabinet detained pending a potential trial the former government figures turned up in madrid to answer questions about catalonia push for independence. after receiving the news that former had the site catalan president calloused pushed more and called the jailing a serious mistake and demand

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climate summit here in bonn, germany. we begin today's show with zimbabwe, where long-time leader robert mugabe remains under house arrest and is reportedly refusing to resign as president after zimbabwe's military seized parliament, courts, government offices, and the main airport in the capital harari. the apparent through came a week after president mugabe said his vice president emmerson mnangagwa, who fled the country only to return wednesday. the military says it has appointed him as interim president. residents reported an uneasy calm today after tuesday night's coup, which saw armored vehicles rumble through the streets, with explosions and heavy gunfire reported in harare's northern suburbs, where a number of government officials live. this is major general s.b. moyo speaking wednesday morning on zimbabwean state tv after mugabe's arrest. >> security is guaranteed. we are only targeting criminals who are committing crimes that are causing social and economic suffering in the country in order to bring them to just