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hello lovely people it's January 31st
almost through the first month of the
year happy February Eve today's hash
your word Wednesday the day we pick one
of your word submissions to help broaden
our vocabulary so let's see whose word
helped us write Today's Show and we'll
start in France where protesting Farmers
blocked major highways leading to Paris
this week why are they doing this France
is the European Union's biggest
agricultural producer but local farmers
say they're struggling to make a living
they say they are hurting from low pay
cheaper Imports and excessive
environmental regulations so since
Monday Farmers have been blocking the
roads around Paris with tractor
barricades to pressure the government
for help CNN's Melissa Bell has
more French farmers are once again
blocking major routes across France
moving their anger now closer to the
outskirts of the French Capital their
aim as they come towards Paris to put
more pressure on the government to meet
their demands which include higher wages
lower taxes and protection from cheap
Imports if those conditions are not met
what the unions are threatening is what
they're calling a Siege of Paris already
some 15,000 police men and women and
security forces have been stationed to
petrol stations and farmers markets to
try and prevent the situation from
spiraling out of control this is a
movement that has now spread to the four
corners of France although it began in
the South and was led initially by just
two farmers unions the farmers have been
causing major disruption across the
country with the setting up of
roadblocks on key motorways the setting
a light of tires and waste and The
Dumping of manure outside local stores
the government in the shape of the newly
appointed prime minister Gabrielle atal
has already offered concessions but that
save of farmers is not enough we expect
new announcements to be made by the
government this week to help what they
describe as the farming world but for
now Farmers here in France appear
determined to keep going let's stay in
Europe and head to the capital of
Belgium Brussels where similar protests
broke out sparked in large part because
of those we just saw in France Belgian
farmers are also upset by environmental
regulations that leave them under cut by
Imports and protests of a different kind
are happening in another neighboring
country Germany as CNN Sebastian Shukla
explains these demonstrations have just
as much to do with the direction of
their government as they do with
immediate economic
concerns let action speak I don't know
where to start but let's meet on the
street this raer Rhymes weekends in
Berlin and across Germany are quickly
becoming days of
demonstration these anti-ar right
protesters have a message of light for
Germans never again means now as they
fear the rise of the far
right never again is now and we have to
protect our democracy as Society here
together in Germany because it's under
threat that stems from a reported secret
meeting of right-wing extremists at this
hotel outside Berlin allegedly members
of Germany's farri party the afd
attended discussing the mass deportation
of immigrants and German citizens of
foreign
descent Countryside and capital city
also collided for the third straight
week with Farmers furious at fuel
subsidy
Cuts they make regulations that harm
every one of us not not only the farmers
but everyone in this country
and um yeah we think enough is enough
train drivers have just paused a
nationwide strike so they can go back to
the bargaining table demanding higher
wages the fundamental cause for the
protests are economic headwinds but also
the government of Olaf Schultz and his
Coalition is deeply unpopular and that
is starting to create a split in German
Society Marcel feter is the president of
the German Institute for economic
research and Germany's currently in a in
a state of mental depression where
people have the impression politicians
are not acting they're only fighting
they're not offering solutions that is
benefiting the afd surging particularly
in rural areas and that support is
shunting Germany to the right um Germany
the German government is becoming more
skeptical towards engaging with Europe
um it is changing its Economic Policy
its tax policy uh it's cutting Social
benefits for people with low income so
indirectly the afd is setting the policy
that Prospect of success policy wavering
and economic fears is one of the root
causes for consecutive weekends of
protests from liberal-minded
Germans their aim they say to ensure
history does not repeat itself for our
next story we head to North Korea where
its current leader Kim Jong-un came to
power in 2011 after his father's death
since then women have taken on more
leadership roles within this
conservative country that includes the
North Korean leader sister Kimo Jong who
has become one of his closest advisers
and the first woman to be featured
prominently in North Korea's
International diplomacy CNN's will
Ripley examines the women in this new
Power Circle and what that means for the
country's next
leader North Korea's most powerful man
making an emotional appeal to women Kim
Jong-un wiping away tears urging moms to
have more babies to boost the plunging
birth rate pyongyang's patriarchy
persists observers say but things may be
changing in Kim's Korea the North Korean
leader bringing powerful women into his
orbit foreign minister Chas onhe who
recently met with Russian President
Vladimir Putin Kim's younger sister Kim
yo jong a close Aid and trusted
Confidant famous for fiery
speeches and this dramatic demolition of
the inter Korean liaison office the
younger Kim's meteoric rise likely
fueled by her close brotherly Bond and
Powerful Kim family bloodline the family
photo that shook the world the supreme
leader revealing his daughter believed
to be Kim Dua at a missile launch in
late 2022 the first in a series of
carefully staged fatherdaughter photo
ops elevating the profile of Kim's
Elementary age child raising questions
about succession kiman is saying by
appearing in public with his daughter my
nukes are here to stay and my power will
be handed down to my Pro progeny or
maybe somebody else his sibling for
three generations the men of the Kim
family ruling North Korea with an iron
fist now many Wonder Could a woman be
next in line could Kim be grooming his
own daughter to someday take command of
North Korea's growing nuclear Arsenal
the power will be kept this absolute
power will maintain will be maintained
in the family whoever the next North
Korean leader is man or woman Kim's top
priority analysts say protecting his
family's fortune and
power Pop Quiz Hot Shot roughly how big
is the Hubble Space Telescope is it
about the size of a school bus an
airplane a football field a cruise
ship if you said School Bus put your
hands up the Fame telescope that has
captured spectacular views of cosmic
objects in far away galaxies is just 43
and 1/2 ft long and 14 ft
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wide today's story getting a 10 out of
10 water discovered in an atmosphere 97
light years away astronomers have
discovered evidence of water the element
critical to the formation of life in the
atmosphere of exoplanet G J 9827 D It's
called an exoplanet because it orbits a
star other than the Earth's sun and this
world closely orbits a red dwarf star
more than 97 light years away from Earth
now it doesn't look like we can even
begin to identify this as a potential
inhabitable place just yet because this
planet has more apricity than you could
handle the planet reaches temperatures
of up to 800° fahren so this world is
totally inhospitable to Life as we know
it but finding particles on such a small
planet is significant and gives hope
that further research might someday help
us find other earthlike worlds all right
Superstars it was great to be with you
here today congratulations to Mr Mel's
class at Belo Memorial High School in
Wisconsin and the Smith family
homeschool in Ashland Ohio for
submitting #y your word Wednesday winner
a pricity a noun meaning the warmth of
the Sun in Winter I know a lot of our
viewers right now will take all the
apricity they can get shout out time now
the Mustangs at KUSI Middle School in
Cherry Hill New Jersey rise up and this
shout out goes to Bethany High School in
the city of Bethany Oklahoma Broncos you
rock thanks for spending part of your
day with me and making this the best 10
minutes in news I'm KY wire and we are
CNN
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