A close in india we look at the problems and possible solutions in a world where deserts are advancing. Plus the harsh consequences of demonstrating for democracy in hong kong we have a young man going on trial after clashes with police p. Places a daunting jail sentence guilty. Than the iranian fleet one of the best in the world who may seek asylum here in germany he defied a radian authorities by competing in the World Championships there were he was up against an israeli opponent g. W. Has the interview. Hello im terry martin good to have you with us Us Democratic president ial candidates have clashed over health care in a televised debate brought. Cast by a. B. C. News former Vice President joe biden challenge progressive Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders to explain how they would pay for a universal Health Care Plan last night was the 1st time all the top 10. 00 candidates were in front of the cameras together in a moment well have analysis from our washington correspondent at 1st the highlights of the debate the candidates began by laying out competing visions for the future of health care we all owe huge debt to president obama who fundamentally transformed health care in america and committed this country to health care for everybody. And now the question is how best can we improve on the i cannot question needing to bickering between moderates biden and leftwing benes on this youre forgetting that in the United States of america we are spending twice as much per capita on health care as the canadians or any other major country on earth this is America Europe and america so want to pay twice as much as other countries and they guarantee health care to all people personally doing all eyes on front runners biden Julian Castro went on the attack her. President Barack Obamas vision was not to leave 10000000 people on covered he wanted every Single Person in this country covered my plan would do that your plan would not do not have to buy you. Do not have to buy you just said that you just said that 2 minutes ago you just said 2 minutes ago that they would have to buy you or did you said they would have to write had to buy it if i holler fire you for getting what you said is magically paid for a while i was do what you said just 2 minutes ago i. Should have been me but i will leave change on this issue because i have seen what the corniche creates in communities like mine and in odessa i met the mother of a 15 Year Old Girl who was shot by an a r 15 and that mother watched her bleed to death over the course of an hour because so many other people were shot by that an ar 15 in odessa in midan there werent enough ambulances to get to them in time hell yes were going to take her a r 15 great k 47 you who was in the center they want to see the democrats agreed on their opposition to the president on trial and his audience seems. Alexandra phenomena was following the debate for us here is her assessment of the winners and losers for the 1st time in the 2020 race the top 10 Democratic Candidates shirt and single debate state she and Houston Texas they got more time to answer and the answers were better what we saw here was a heated intense and sometimes vicious discussion on many issues health care quickly emerged as a contentious topic the candidates also tangled over whenever a mandatory or voluntary Gun Buyback Program should be implemented following the latest Mass Shootings as in previous debates the fragile front runner joe biden came on the fire from other candidates but he stayed on message this time and defended his records and all the candidates made sure that they didnt just squabble among each other but increasingly focused their attacks on the real number one target President Donald Trump its obvious alexander phenomena reporting there now deserts are advancing their cross the world and the United Nations conference on how to turn the back has just ended in the indian capital delhi more countries than ever attended to find out how to combat the loss of fertile land which is threatening Food Supplies in many parts of the world and a farm near delhi d. W. Found out why the fields are drying up when preached seeing looks at the fields in his village tears come to his eyes here and how young they used to grow millet and make a good living from it today the land is bone dry in fact 30 percent of indias land is no longer usable why because of Climate Change and the leeching of fields by intensive agriculture. Yes i mean imagine talking to cheney years ago our soil was fertile but then there was less and less rain and we had to irrigate. Now the ground water has too Many Minerals in the soil is salty thats why farmers cant grow anything here anymore give me a. Prefixing visits his cousin arrest his family in a rush was a farmer and had taken out a loan for seeds but the harvest never came the bank would no longer accept his dry farmland as collateral then last year in arrest committed suicide now his family doesnt know how to make ends meet. You you know that is many partners have had to give up. Thousands of hectares of land have become infertile many families have met the state not just now russias all the farmers in the country are suffering but nobody cares. Every year 10000000 hectares of arable land are lost worldwide this is a global problem this years un conference against desert occasion was attended by more countries than ever before indias Prime MinisterNarendra Modi promised that by 2030 his country would make 26000000 hectares of land fertile again other countries want to follow suit and experts say its high time some countries can when really degrade. It is actually all food that we had to pay to at the same time land is the best security of the promise for many communities that dont have access other than land to any land to good vision would mean poverty would mean reducing income for for communities would mean the risks of the regular migration of. Reforestation irrigation intelligent land use the Global Community wants to reverse the earths desert a fixation by 2030 but this will cost billions. Investing. Distorting degraded land preventing further degradation from ecosystems because topping the bleeding and secondly healing the wounds and now preaching wants to started to certification project in his village he wants farmers to sow an old plant species there should at least be able to get the sole. Out of the soil and make the fields fertile again but it will take years. Lets take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today the European Central bank has unveiled a massive new stimulus plan aimed at boosting the eurozone economy the bank also cut Interest Rates to record a new low to stimulate growth and encourage banks to lend any of the euro zones biggest economies have been dragged down by close will trade these. C. E. O. s from 145. 00 companies have signed a letter urging the u. S. Senate passed new gun laws companies include twitter cooper and air b. N. B. Letter was drafted by genes maker levi strauss although walmart did not sign the letter it said earlier it would restrict gun sales in the wake of the shooting at one of its stores in el paso this summer. Italys new government says it has reached a deal with e. U. Countries to settle migrants currently aboard a French Charity ship in its waters the ocean viking ship is carrying 82 people rescued off the libyan coast this week the previous government closed the countrys ports to vessels carrying my case and the malaysian capital kuala lumpur is being blanketed by thick talks 6 small its blamed on smoke drifting from forest fires in neighboring indonesia several schools across malaysia have been forced to close due to hazardous air pollution index readings. Hong kongs chief executive kerry lamb has promised to prioritise housing to appease deep rooted discontent about the way the territory is governed as protesters geared up for fresh demonstrations lam used a Facebook Post to say her government would increase the supply of housing scores of people been arrested in the protests that have been taking place in hong kong for the last 3 months trials are due to begin soon and as the ws mathias pulling a reports some of those charged face daunting prison sentences. The shore new Hong Kong Legislature has been a hot spot of the antigovernment protests daniel chan has spent a lot of time here but that could change soon daniel not his real name was arrested and charged with rioting in july he faces up to 10 years behind bars now of ally of the moment i was arrested i was very calm i was thinking about what i needed to do in a situation but when i was told what the charges were it felt like i was entering another world hong kong has some of the most draconian Assembly Laws in the world some of them have rarely been applied until now but since the protests began authorities have brought the full force of these laws to bear daniel denies having been involved in any violence. Like too much of a coward to get into fighting i dont want to be beaten but i also dont want to stand there and do nothing so i went to the front line to help those who were tear gassed and i helped them wash their eyes out with saving solution 43. 00 others were arrested the day daniel was detained or have been charged with writing the most severe offense on the books it is the most people facing such charges since hong kong was returned to china in 1997 the British Government established the laws to quell anticolonial unrest but they remained in place after the handover then a squawk a lawmaker who represents the Legal Professions in the legislature says charges are politically motivated. If one is to look at these cases. Impartially i think im sure youll find that a lot of these charges are not supported by evidence and they were made up charges and done to scare people hoping that they would be deterred from going out. In a statement to the w. The department of justice denies Political Considerations it insists prosecutors would act fairly and impartially daniel chan is not convinced what about the u. K. And i try not to think too much about the possibility that i might go to prison for the next decade. And like i would rather focus on what i can do to support the movement. To worry about the sentence will just demoralize me. Something i thought this trial is scheduled for the end of this month but whatever the outcome might be the Government Strategy has already had an impact since july daniel hasnt taken part in any more protests. Correspondent is standing by for us in hong kong where tears are would be protesters now thinking twice about taking to the streets knowing that they too could face serious charges like daniel chan. Well the interesting thing is that all these strategies off deterrence speed these charges these harsh charges against the protesters be a threat to invade with the military police from china all these strategies of teachers have not worked in hong kong of course many hong kong do not dare to go to these are an authorised protests for fear of being arrested or having trouble but there is still a huge number of people who go and who know that they face a lot of trouble but who still go so deterrence is definitely not a strategy to end these protests what are the prospects mathias that daniel china and others will actually have to stand trial and if they do can they expect a fair trial. Well the courts in hong kong still the judges us do pretty independent the prosecution is under the department of justice so political abuse of the prosecution is much more likely then of the judges. Whether they can be convicted of rioting stands at question here because they say the judge the courts or the prosecution would need to prove that they had an intention to use violence and this is something that many experts here think is not easy to prove and we might not see all of these people convicted however of course once the procedure is in court there is a risk of being convicted and this is obviously what was intended since the controversial extradition law was withdrawn the protesters have focused on their demands for democratic reforms. Do they have any prospects of actually pushing those demands through against the will. Of mainland china. The interesting thing is that almost no protests the things that they have a chance to push and the of their demands or maybe at least to push leg political reform through this is something that is very unlikely and the reason why the protesters continue to protest is because there is a fear that once they stop there would be a revenge beijing would take its revenge more people would be charged so the protest basically is the protesters keep taking to the streets in order not to show weakness and to keep this going on hoping that there will not be a backlash but with little hope that they can through achieve their demands but yes thank you very much for filling us in the spelling out there in hong kong youre watching news still to come the body of zimbabwes former leader Robert Mugabe has taken to lie in state at ferrari stadium but where will he be laid to rest and with. Now the story of a former iranian judo World Champion who says he fears for his safety and out of his family after ignored orders to pull out of last months World Championships iranian authorities were concerned that saeed mulai might face an israeli opponent in the final israel is considered an arch enemy by the iranian leadership. Is now here in germany considering whether to seek asylum d. W. Spoke with him at an undisclosed location about his athletic political. Saeed mulai arrived at the 2019 world Judo Championships in tokyo with nothing but glory on his mind but after he reached the semifinals in his Weight Division things turned sour. Mulai claims his coach then received 2 calls from iranian or thirtys instructing him to withdraw his fighter from the tournament to avoid meeting an israeli judoka in the final. However he did contest the semifinal and he says purposefully last showing disappointment at the time was now at a secret location in germany he told the w what happened that day but you see much ice i mean the best of all my career i beat the olympic champion and the bronze medalist i beat many of the best but then came the semifinal in order to comply with the laws of my country i lost the fight and the much for bronze to add to what it will. Mulai says his family was being threatened now hes being kept in a safe location but fears for his and his familys future in the age issue which at this new life ive begun could have consequences for me not just could he definitely will 100 percent i cant return to iran. That. Its uncertain whether im alive he will be able to stay in germany or compete at becoming a lympics from now sport is not his priority. Oliva tuckey from v. W. Sports is here to tell us more about this story good morning alina so what does this case tell us about irans approach to International Sporting competition i think it gives us the i think it just basically tells us that sports in iran is still highly highly politicized and that iranian politics before Everything Else that that reigned supreme but more now use case is very typical of that of many other ukrainian athletes who have been told not to compete against opposition and the main reason for that is of course because iran does not recognize the state of east for a while and sometimes theyll even offer an athlete money to say dont compete and in return well give you compensation but theres also a huge element of inequality in uranian sports we see that with the ban on women in terms of when it comes to attending put on matches and that was highlighted by the tragic event events earlier this week by the glue. Who ended up dying after burning herself for protesting a prison sentence for attending a football match and of course iranian women as well they told to compete in the hit job and if they dont then they no longer part of the National Team and even Something Like the International Marathon and to run the men and women run separately its segregated ok i want to get back to. The for a moment his particular case he says that his family are being threatened back in iran what sort of recriminations could they face so in the past other ukrainian athletes for example this is a threat stance intimidation this harassment and weve seen that its very similar to what often a hearing in political dissidents a political activists say so what sometimes theyll do is the iranian government will get the family to denounce the feet on state media of course its just and sometimes theyll also tell the family to put pressure on the app and tell your son no you have. Auda to withdraw and of course in a worst Case Scenario we have to watch. Can you tell us why mr morley in that match in tokyo apparently the semifinal why he felt of bloodshed why its apparently that is the standard in these cases for that why he felt obliged to lose the match against israeli opponent so weve found out that and as the report showed that he received instructions from iranian authorities to not compete and its an edge that these iranian authorities thought one of them was the iranian deputy sports minister and the other one was during an Olympic Committee president that day told him that Iranian Security services are at your parents house so they were putting pressure on the family that dad to get his son not so the i mean and if you have that kind intimidation whats your family and of course youre going to give up a match of course youre going to lose it all withdraw ok finally just briefly. Mr miller you getting any support from the sporting world outside of iran so the International Judo federation have publicly supported him they have even set that go try to make it make his dream come true of competing at the tokyo games perhaps under a neutral all of refugees flack would just have to see but his sporting dream might not be over yet alina thank you so much a limo talking from v. W. Sports and you find out much more about the former judo World Champion and his standoff with tehran on our website w thought call. For time tennis grand slam champion Kim Clijsters is coming out of retirement again shes 36 now and hasnt played competitively for 7 years but feister says she is ready to challenge yourself to become one of the best in the world clijsters 1st quit tennis at the age of 23. 00 having already won a u. S. Open championship after starting a family the belgian returned to win 3 more grand slams and retired once more she plans to restart her career early next year. Relatives of zimbabwes former leader Robert Mugabe have snubbed a government plan to have him buried at a National Monument called the heros acres they want to give him a private burial instead of coral has even thrown into doubt the date of mogambo his funeral currently its due to take place on saturday. Robert mugabes body being carried into harare is rafah a stadium to lie in state his black clad widow grace who is at her late husbands side his final journey several people were injured when mourners broke through the Police Cordon around his coffin. Thousands of come to pay their last respects here in harare many had emotional words of tribute. Everything ended with this katie at home the man deeply touched. Who like this has affected me and its what a little bit it she i dont even know how to express it. In a 2nd letter changes kurtzs was exceptional that he he provided us with shelter and learned my lengthy saleratus with a big food yeah good thing to do and that i did that whole messy. This is where the government of president emerson man and cargo are once mugabe buried zimbabwes National Heroes acre for many it would be a fitting resting place for the former colonial era guerrilla fighter. We wanted the old man to go to heros acre where his other comrades are since he was our real founding father. So this is what we want for him to go to heros acre. But analysts say there is still deep rancor between grace mugabe and amisom the man who 1st tried to sideline her and then seized power from a husband in 2017 the mcgavock family has accused the man or government of trying to strong arm them into a state burial. The family is the one that makes the decision and kills the government what the family wants to do. So these days you know if you work between us. That the former president will be laid to rest in a private family ceremony even in death Robert Mugabe is proving his divisiveness as he ever was in life. To china now and the ritual known as leon who in which the performers make walking through fire look easy as you can see behind me they walk barefoot across burning coals agitating the fire in order to ward off evil spirits the power walking is part of the mid autumn festival that takes place in china and other countries in east and Southeast Asia the day is believed to have the full moon of the year and is celebrated with fireworks displays as well as lanterns and moon cakes. Just a reminder of the top stories were following for you here today on the news the top democratic president ial candidates have faced each other for the 1st time the 10 leading democratic president ial hopefuls clashed on Health Care Education and gun control. The United Nations conference on desert cation is drawing to a close in india many more countries attended than in previous years because the certification is spreading across the world and threatening food supply so. Youre watching. Coming up next to the point where they debate chinas path to global supremacy. The next hour to get all. The Information Online and t. V. Dot com thanks rick. The body. Cut. Cut. Cut. Cut. Cut cut. In the. W. C. Talk show strong opinions clear positions for International Perspectives beijing is taking a tough stance on prodemocracy protests in home came his economic influence is growing dramatically in its boosting its military offensives against the so is china striving for global supremacy find out to the point like i am. Sure the answer. To the. Alexander one more of our series on tomorrow today we want to see what he saw to experience what drove the but journey good luck in america following in the footsteps of the great scientist odd last stop beyond the movie sod and the river in tropical forests unique biodiversity modern tomorrow to dick. In 60 minutes g. W. Where is home. When your family scattered across the globe. With the lives of you. But turning back to the words government of the. Bush family from somalia live around the world that want to come needed urgent assistance a. Family start october any on d w. Hong kong is the new goal end of the new cold war says prodemocracy activist joshua one speaking here in the german capital he told the w. C. V. That the people of germany must stand with the people of Hong Kong Beijing though immediately let it be known that there will be consequences and many are asking how much of a threat is china to western democratic values. Well on her recent trip to china german chancellor Angela Merkel called for a peaceful ends of all concrete isis saying anything else would be quote a catastrophe