invisible hands. slavery in the twenty first century. starting december second on d w. this is d w news live from berlin tanks on the streets of zimbabwe but the army denies it staging a coup with which to make it abundantly clear that the she is not in the military took over the still the army has occupied state t.v.

and it says it wants to remove criminals from the government all that has the fight to succeed the ailing president robert mugabe intensifies we'll get the latest from our correspondent on the ground. australia says yes to same sex marriage in a postal poll two thirds of participants of backing the changed now the government wants to make it law by christmas. and russia's parliament gives its backing to plans to make international journalists register as foreign agents that move comes in retaliation against the united states which forced russia's state backed broadcaster marty to do the say. i'm brian thomas welcome to the show a night of unrest in some by. with shooting and explosions in the capital harare

but the army insisting it is not a coup they say it's targeting assaults on criminals around president robert mugabe and they're promising he is safe but tanks are out on the streets of harare and the army has taken over the state broadcaster soldiers have sealed off government and parliamentary buildings the situation remains confuse the opposition has called for a return to democracy this after bob boy's military chief has warned that the army could step in to calm tensions over mugabe's possible successor. while in a statement on national t.v. the army denied speculation that the ongoing operation is a coup what these men would fins foresees is doing is to pos if i. do you not a thousand political social and economic situation in our country which is

not interest me it is though you knew i owed it. to members of these in what would then forces already is console and you know old pretend you have bought out with the emitted that let it be clear that we tend to address the human security to put it you know kind of there for any provocation will be met with an appropriate response let's go straight to zimbabwe now where correspond privilege on the here is reporting for us from our a privileged you've been out on the streets of harare what did you see what's happening out there. yes there is a military presence in this case of fire at it particularly in the area where the what we could call the government district where it the parliament the high court

the supreme court and the constitutional court as well as the president's office is located there a suit off by soldiers and tanks are also stationed in the same area they're not allowing anyone to pass through but clearly the streets we. pass the main entrance of the prison so office again now this appears to be part of a power struggle over who might be replacing president robert mugabe is his time as the nation's leader coming to an end. right now is difficult to say because. in the statement at the read out during the night they asked to and only thing president got here is the president in their commander in chief of the defense forces sort of and they're also saying that

the safety and he said it and his family i guaranteed sure it's. yet you know it's early days to elite to now conclude that that's the end of his either or he has been pushed out because the i'm studer going to him is the head of state ok now on the governor's wife grace she's waiting in the wings to assume power how does she fit into the political equation. now it is difficult to be too forehead to assume the vice president's because if the army is after he allies because. from one message or you know the information that is floating around there's been a least of about nineteen. people while here allies that have been working with us in terms of. going to easing the rallies and also. the you know pushing for the

explosion or fire people who were aligned to the former vice president a muslim and others so now they're kind of did you got to see that she will be able to assume the vice president's post that looking at this current scenario with a family has taken all of a and after the allies ok what are the nations politicians saying about all of this have you heard from them. yes there is in a statement statements coming from their opposition political parties. only for the restriction of the constitutional order. when there are fears that. they don't know how it is going to end is that only twenty years to be in chat the fear is that broadly the not getting the i'm sure is that what they are only saying

that they have not taken will that this is not in military or this is not. you know immediate other people but it is just for it should dispensation when they are trying to sort out what the saying was something that was getting out of hand particularly from the functional phase that we're coming up out from the ruling party that's the way now that it was invited as a kind of we all for. this. very privileged must find very for us there in harare following the developments there thanks very much for that you're welcome and want more details from zimbabwe as they come in australians have voted overwhelmingly in favor of same sex marriage in a national vote. also abrasions in a number of locations across the country as news of the result was made public

a little over sixty one percent of those who took part in the postal ballot and september voted in favor of the change the vote was non-binding but australia is widely expected to become the twenty sixth nation to pass legislation on the issue speaking after the vote the australian prime minister malcolm turnbull reiterated his commitment to getting legislation passed in parliament this trial and people have spoken in their millions and they have voted overwhelmingly yes for marriage equality. they voted yes and then. voted yes a commitment they voted yes for a law and now it is up to us here in the parliament of us. to get on with it get on with the job he is dryly and people of this to do and get this done this year before christmas well as possible let's go now to sydney

australia we're joined by the journalist tom westbrook tom the prime minister there very confident that parliament will pass legislation before christmas but will it really be that simple. well in a word maybe there is already legislation before parliament was introduced to soft unearned and the result of the vote while non-binding freeze up lawmakers for a free vote so they're not going to be bound by party lines and it looks like those numbers are enough to get it through both houses and possibly just however there is a core group of. anti same sex marriage law makers in the parliament and they are worried about live just freedom being undermined by these laws they're worried you know about bacon is being forced to make cakes for gay weddings if

they're. conscientious objectors on religious grounds and they are determined to introduce a whole bunch of amendments to this bill and their effect on they even though the numbers are relatively small their effect on this process is sort of unclear so it is it could happen very quickly or otherwise depending on how long the debate goes it could be held up for quite some time ok now if it's held up does i mean it cannot be passed or going to be watered down to be unrecognizable in the end. both of those are somewhat remote but certainly possibilities because i mean there's politics in between in between this vote sitting today and the legislation becoming becoming a reality at some point down the track. i think it would be difficult for politicians to resist such a strong. resounding overwhelming really endorsement of same sex marriage by strand

ins sixty one percent supported it in the fire but that's the same number of people who really be in favor of this for years according to political polls ok tom westbrook for us a journalist in sydney thanks very much for that. you're welcome while social media a number of people have been solid reading australia's yes vote by sharing their own personal love stories on social media like this couple the c's are saying that even if the official bill still has to be passed by parliament in his eyes this marriage equality map sure looks a lot better after today some are marking the results of the same sex marriage survey in their own way the sydney opera house for example lighting up the famous building in rainbow colors that symbol of gave rights and we also see iraqi politicians congratulating their country like canada's prime minister justin trudeau love wins in australia thrilled to hear australians have voted in favor of

legalizing same sex marriage now for some of the other stories making the news at this hour around state media has said the death toll from sunday's earthquake on the country's border with iraq has exceeded five hundred thirty was around the deadliest quake in more than a decade some thirty thousand homes were damaged many survivors have been camping outside and say has been slow to reach them. four people have been killed and nearly a dozen injured in a shooting at an elementary school in northern california a gunman carrying a semiautomatic weapon and two handguns opened fire at multiple locations before he was slain by police two children are among the wounded. german chancellor all the machall and other european leaders are expected today to lead a diplomatic push or progress on talks to implement the paris climate accord those

they gave she asians are currently under way in the german city of bonn president trumps threat to pull america out of the parents deal has created pressure for other governments to stress their support. russian lawmakers have passed measures that would force some international media outlets to register as foreign agents moscow's lower house of parliament has backed the legislation after a second reading the bill must also pass through the upper house for approval the move is seen as a retaliatory response after washington demanded that a russian t.v. channel register with the u.s. justice department as a foreign agent washington's intelligence agencies have alleged that russia's state funded our teacher and all served as a tool for the kremlin to meddle in the us presidential election last year russia has denied any interference. let's bring in our correspondent

in moscow emily sherwin for more emily this new law now has passed the second reading where does it go from here. well yes it passed unanimously in the second reading will be a third reading this afternoon and then it will go to the federation council which is the opera house of parliament and then it will have to be signed into law by president putin now what this law means or what it is it is an addition to the existing media law and what it means is that media outlets that are registered abroad or that receive foreign funding can be. named as foreign agents and what that means in practice for those media outlets who are named by in this case the ministry of justice the ministry of justice will be deciding is that they face much higher bureaucratic burden they'll have to be subjected to frequent audits and they also will have to label their content with the label for an agent

so that could mean restrictions on where they can film where where permits are given and who they can talk to so it could make the work of those media outlets much harder as you mentioned the russian president vladimir putin still has to sign off on this he still has a number of steps to go through he supports the idea let's give a listen to what he had to say. on the street talking media in the united states is an attack on freedom of speech without any doubt we have disappointed those people saying such cruisers out of the shuttle but of course that russia will respond it can't be otherwise. so they're suggesting that this law is indeed in retaliation. yes absolutely on monday the russian funded state funded international broadcaster r

t was made to register as a foreign agent in the u.s. so lawmakers have really been keen to emphasize that this is a reciprocal measure and that in fact the u.s. is forcing their hand in this case as the deputy speaker of the duma said this morning again and on friday the speaker of the doom of lloyd and said that that russia must protect its citizens and must protect its country from what it called bald faced meddling from abroad and specifically from the u.s. in internal russian affairs so the representatives here in the politicians are painting this certainly as a purely reciprocal measure to what happens to r.t. ok now for its part r.t. the russian state backed broadcaster is saying that the russian agent labels entering its work in the united states us listening to that.

was the see a little bit magine you work in the media and you have to write produced by a foreign agent under everything you do how does that make that media outlet look and how does that look to the audience you have to disclose personal information and the conditions of your contract you have to report all the interviews you do to ministries and to the u.s. administration. that's not work those are conditions that are aimed at destroying us as a media outlet. can you give us some perspective here is there a difference or what's the difference between what's happening in the us and what's happening in russia. well the formalities here really are similar archie will be required to disclose financial information and to label their foreign agents as i mention their work as. produced by a foreign agent and you know there's a really similar measures to what foreign media outlets here could face if they are

labeled but there's a different background here in russia the atmosphere is different you know this this comes as critical media outlets have been brought into line in recent years there are increasing restrictions on internet freedom as well and there are also have been similar laws in two thousand and fourteen there was a law limiting the stake that foreigners can have in media outlets in russia to twenty percent and there's a very obvious precedent as well for this amendment and that's the law on foreign agents which was passed in two thousand and twelve the amendment that is passing today or is likely to pass today even links to the law and that law restricted the activity of n.g.o.s that receive foreign funding and that made the work of n.g.o.s much harder so this is part of a general atmosphere a general atmosphere of furthering of increasing restrictions on the media and

increasing restrictions on critical voices verb refly if you could there has been some speculation that we hear a d w a could be affected by this law do we know anything about this point. we don't know at the moment what will happen we've received no information about that at d w and we haven't heard anything so we're not speculating ok thanks very much for that emily for now from boston. this is deja news still to come on the show germany and france play out a highly entertaining draw on tuesday night we ask could one of these teams win next year's world cup. versus over the helena looks like their boss else could be taking off yet seems to be doing very well with smaller models compared to the a three eighty brian which was pretty big quite hard to shift the european plane

manufacturer has seen a really good deal at the dubai show the company set to see it in fact a record deal the biggest one is ever negotiated now u.s. invested in the go part as is purchasing four hundred thirty eight three twenty neo single planes the over forty billion dollars the deal gives us the upper hand in its order war with boeing for indigo partners the air bus deal would provide them with upgraded single jet liners for their fleets of ultra low cost carriers across north and south america as well as europe. more troubles for fox fog and general forty's raided the offices of several senior officials at the scandal plagued or to make at this time in connection with a rather cushy a salary paid to its works council chief investigators searched the offices of supervisory board chairman hans de to perch and at least two other top executives the rate was related to an investigation to income of works council chief around

austin or the chief work as representative at the company earned as much as seven hundred fifty thousand euros prosecutors say that could actually amount to an illegal waste of corporate funds and a form of tax evasion. well for more on this we can speak as you all financial chorus want to do on aid frankfurt you know there is a further investigations v.w. will be a scam investors pulses racing i don't know are they just used to it by now. well in itself this shouldn't come as a surprise to them because as early as may state prosecutors already said that they were looking into possible irregularities surrounding compensation towards the work council saying about however fox fund share price fell by more than a percentage point in after hours trading when news of the raid broke and in today's session of the share price is still very much in red territory showing up for investors still have the capacity to be shocked by negative headlines from the

fact that there are other parallel investigations going on me about investors and won't have a shortage of negative news to react to in the past in the coming months now we've also got the w. hammering out its investment budget this week we're talking about double digit billions could these ongoing investigations be an issue that. yes a lot of number crunching going on there and we know that has already set very ambitious targets for itself when it comes to playing catch up with industry trends like electro mobility and autonomous driving while still trying to invest in improving diesel technology but at the same time this is all happening at a time or the diesel gate scandal has already cost flagstone a lot of money in the u.s. alone the tab has reached twenty five billion dollars now it remains to be seen how much more future litigation could cost but what these ongoing investigations tell us is that fox found at least for the next few years will continue to be defined by having its push into the future run alongside payment for the past absolutely

gentle in frankfurt thank you from cookies to a bio diesel palm oil is everywhere and it certainly has a bad reputation when it comes to the environment vast swathes of forest often cut down to make room for plantations destroying habitats and contributing to climate change now a small company in sierra leone is trying to do things differently so we caught up with them. this is what palm oil production mostly looks like in sierra leone international companies grow large monocultures long deforested there is using lots of chemicals in the process it's terrible for the environment. but palm oil can also be produced in less harmful ways sorry says say runs a small family farm. the oil their fruit for twenty five years but they can't be

harvested until three or four years after planting so it's a long term investment. i decided to go into oil production i am lazy but this will be my pension and we can harvest it until i die you've been able to get that so much. his family is large and they can harvest the fruit all year round. what they've garnered here earns them around ten euros. and the parts of the plants that can't be turned into oil are used to make natural fertilizer. these oil plans are organically grown out of necessity. back it gladly i don't use chemicals and besides i don't even have money to buy any i mean much so we rely purely on our own traditional methods. alongside the palms he grows pineapples and cashews they not only provide food for his family the

crop versity is also better for the soil. today sorry sesay has a visitor it's mohammed come are from the dutch palm oil company in natural habitats the group produces its own organic problem while fruits but also buys from the farmers. embarking on the apprentice shown in the form of developing them so there you see or mean it's a really really advantage us how long does it take you to grow up plantation and then start the process and so we decided to go straight to the farmers who already have plantations and in our system develop the asking this ultimately the p.c.i. used. the company's oil mill is close by oil palms are high yield giving four times as much oil as some flowers perhaps there. that makes it cheap and widely consumed almost every other product in supermarkets from cookies

to face creams contains palm oil most of the royal press here is exported but the amount is just a fraction of that produced by large companies can the organic palm oil compete we can definitely bond with them there even when we have pretty different form of for auction we are going to be our conventional and being organic gives you a premium and that market. fourteen hundred farmers like sori says they are part of the natural habitats network of certified organic growers their numbers are set to rise as the world's hunger for palm oil continues to climb. back over to brian out of all friendly that is wetting the appetite for next year's world cup and certainly can say that all the two favorites for next year's world cup germany and france met in cologne last night it was the final international test this year for both teams. the friendly against france was coached yohimbe lives last test in

twenty seventeen and both teams came out lively after half an hour and to me marcial dance around nicholas and played in alexandra lucky set. and easy tap into good friends so one no laid. after the break it was turned to produce a bit of magic then a taking advantage. finishing with aplomb through the cape his legs fifteen minutes later france were back in front of his that's once again put through and go. to one to france killian in but pace a purpose is providing the strike his second on the night. but germany snatched a draw at the death rushed in to make it to two with defense splitting pasta sauce of. a satisfactory end to twenty seventeen for both coaches.

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