this is news line from berlin and historic encounter brings us hopefully conciliation for the first time the leaders of north and south korea meet face to face at their common border at stake the north's nuclear program and a breakthrough to peace follow we have complete coverage. also coming up another high profile visit aimed at repairing relations german chancellor angela merkel arrives in the united states for talks with u.s. president donald trump we'll go live to washington to find out more about her mission. plus bill cosby is convicted of sexual assault prosecutors

successfully make the case the once beloved actor had a predatory secret life. and a new beginning for saudi women take a look at how attitudes to women's participation in sports and fitness are changing in the conservative kingdom. and welcome to the program in a moment rich in symbolism the leaders of the north and south korea have met at their common border which remains one of the most heavily militarized on earth kim jong un and when jay and have been holding talks aimed at diffusing decades of tensions on the korean peninsula top of the agenda the crucial issue of denuclearization. months of careful diplomacy and decades of

mutual suspicion have led up to this meeting between the leaders of a divided korea. with a handshake north korean leader kim jong un and south korean president in kicked off just the third ever summit between the two countries' leaders. this was the moment kim stepped over the border to the south in the demilitarized zone he's the first north korean leader to set foot in the south since the one nine hundred fifty three in a show of unity moon returned the favor by crossing briefly to the north with canada. promising first steps as the pair got ready to sit down to talk inside the peace house on the south korean side of the border. president moon has made his goal for the talks clear the complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula thank you.

came recently announced the north would suspend its nuclear and missile tests but observers say it's unlikely he'll give up the country's nukes. one jim it probably . has the morning session came to a close both leaders said they were hopeful the summit would improve ties. come out of. washington speak further about today's historic summit i'm joined here in studio by hottest muslim or a korea expert with berlin's free university and e.w. correspondent philip bilski who is in seoul welcome to you both philip we'll start with you you're following developments at the official press center what happened there when the two leaders met. well you can clearly see that you're witnessing something historic here as you mentioned i meant the press center that's not where the action is summit is taking place this summit is taking place

in the north from here it would take you two to three hours by car to get there to the border between north and south korea but as a journalist right here you are as close as you can get to the talks and i'm here with more than three thousand colleagues from all over the world from more than three hundred countries and it was very interesting this morning to see the reaction especially from. karim colleagues when the south korean president and the north korean leader match and when they shook hands you could clearly feel the excitement and at a certain point the journey this year even started applauding you so you could really feel that your experience experiencing something really historic here the journalists but there are south koreans and while and they have a stake in this what is south korea what is seoul expecting from this summit or is the fact that it's happening at all thing if they get enough. i think it is significant and especially for the south korean president moon sixty three

extremely important that both sides are talking again as you may know that relationship between north and south korea korea were really bad for almost ten years so no both sides are talking again and one major thing is to generally improve the relationship between both sides also there might be talks about a peace agreement in the future and of course they might talk about the denuclearization issue. philip stay on the line we have highness moser in studio highness he's the first member of the cam family to step across the border and go to south korea to have these talks how historic and monumental is this moment as you said this is very historic that he crosses across the border to the cells as the first north korean leader in this in its symbolism itself this is very important of course and as the correspondent rightly pointed out it's now nine years it has been nine years

since the relations for nine years the relations cooled down because of the writers conservative governments in south korea who really did not care for improving the relations with north korea and by the way both the sudden jane right now exactly and we also know that there have been days with regard to this meeting days of rehearsals to make sure that everything went off without a hitch what do you make of the choreography of what we saw and the pictures of course that means that it was very interesting to see that was very well planned to a certain extent but of course you cannot plan everything and in particular i found it very interesting that moon agreed to cross over the border to the north and then holding hands of coming back together with kim jong il into the to the south to have the discussions of this really gives us. a feeling how very positive those leaders are in this situation how what kind of positive atmosphere they are trying to make here right philip we'll come back to you lots of smiles lots of handshaking a lot of the main issues on that and gender and what happens next.

well first of all i have to say that obviously the new negotiations are taking place behind closed doors so we don't really know for sure what what they're talking about but of course at the same time we know the main issues so that would be denuclearization. talks about a possible peace agreement in the future and the enhanced manasseh relationship generally between both sides regarding the schedule. first half of the talks have already ended and then they had a break for lunch time and in the afternoon they they are going to plant a tree and then continue with the second half of the talks there will be an announcement probably sometime in the afternoon but right now at the moment we don't know when this is going to take place and office the we don't know what they're going to say. a lot of symbolism there planting a tree together obviously

a very important meeting highness do you think what we're witnessing today in this moment where these two leaders are meeting could potentially set the framework for a negotiated peace agreement that's exactly what they were trying to do and i'm quite sure that they will come up with a successful result of this meeting because this was the you stated before and this will be very important for the next summit with the u.s. between north korea and the u.s. so this was the necessary condition for a successful start of of the peace process and a successful meeting between north korea and the u.s. would be the sufficient condition to start this peace process you mentioned the united states we're talking about expectation management a little bit in terms of what all these sides are wanting from these kinds of talks are the expectations on the side of the americans on par with what the north koreans are expecting are willing to give up in terms of concessions that's hard to say you cannot look into the head of donald trump but i think by now they have an

idea they pump ale was sent to the north to find out what the north koreans are thinking and i think they've prepared themselves where very well that this morning it was reported that trump again was talking about the rocket man and so on he's trying to raising the stakes and i think kim jong un can deal with that has miles are from berlin's free university and philip bilski in seoul thank you both very much and the diplomatic fall with north korea the parents of a u.s. college student have launched a legal case against the country over their son's death in two thousand and seventeen auto warm bear was arrested and held in captivity for eighteen months on his return to the united states he was found to be in a vegetative state the lawsuit states that quote auto was taken hostage by north korea for its own wrongful ends and brutally tortured and murdered him. absolutely other stories making news around the world thousands of mexicans have

protested after three film students were murdered amid the country's vicious drug war the students were abducted while working in an area being watched by cartels the case has renewed anger over police failures to investigate the country's thirty five thousand missing people. hundreds of members of brazil's indigenous community have protested in the capital brasilia indigenous leaders say the government of president michel tamar is threatening their land rights they say changes to the laws make it harder to designate new land as belonging to indigenous groups and could even be used to take away land the already occupied. newly sworn in u.s. secretary of state my palm pale has touched down in brussels for nato talks he's meeting with key allies to discuss ways of strengthening the military alliance from europe he'll head to saudi arabia jordan and israel over the weekend german

chancellor angela merkel has arrived in washington d.c. for tough talks with the u.s. president donald trump merkel landed in the u.s. capitol late last night ahead of a visit to the white house today during a three hour meeting the leaders are expected to discuss the iranian nuclear deal the u.s. steel tariffs and the war in syria is the german chancellor's first visit to the u.s. since march last year i'm now joined by d.w. correspondent claire richardson in washington where as of we just said merkel is back after a year but her schedule on this trip is quite different from the pomp and circumstances of merck rons visit isn't it. good morning yes marcos touch down in d.c. for a trip that's going to be all business and no pleasure and this is in fact a very short trip she's actually going to be in the united states for less than twenty four hours and only have a few presidents to a few hours to meet with president donald trump and discuss these big issues on

trade and the iran nuclear deal now if you look at the optics of her trip it could not be more different than what we saw earlier this week from french president and money he of course had a lavish three day state visit with things like helicopter rides and fancy dinners and really was trying to have show a warm close relationship with president trump that is a far cry from what we've seen with markel the two have a rather frosty have rather frosty relations trump is that you have said that he was not looking forward to her visit and she's going to be out of the united states within within twenty four hours of arriving a short trip but we know that one of the top issues on the agenda is the european union's tax exemption on steel and aluminum which is to set to expire at the beginning of the month what is the american position what is the american position at the moment on extending those for the block. well the reason we saw donald trump announce these in march he says that these protectionist measures were put in place

to protect american industries in steel and aluminum and also made an argument that this was necessary as a matter of national security now many u.s. allies like canada and mexico and the european union got temporary exemptions from these tariffs but those are due to expire on monday so what both mccaughan and merkel have been trying to do this week is to gain a permanent exemption from these tariffs when they go into effect it's not really clear that merkel is going to be able to make any serious headway on this issue it didn't appear that mccaw secured much of a victory and as i said earlier their relationship is much frostier if mccrone walked away empty handed it seems unlikely that america will be able to do much better for all the body body behavior that we saw i mean mccaul so left and was critical of trump could potentially do anything on this trip that would push trump to extend this exemption or do you think. well these exemptions really are

the biggest issue for america all that could really hurt the german auto industry but they're also one of the thorniest and so it's going to be she's going to have to look at what other foreign leaders have done to try and get president trying to extend exemptions japan's was at mar a lago recently and he was not successful in getting a permanent exemptions so that would be a way not to do it but this is really going to be a test of international ties of transatlantic relations where things stand between the united states and germany and it's not clear how america could go ahead without trying to point out the fact she's going to have to make the case that the u.s. doesn't want to start what could result in a trade war with its european allies but it's not clear how she's going to make that case now we know another big issue is obviously the iran nuclear deal trump has threatened to scrap it altogether mccaughan trying to convince them to keep supporting it and keep it alive what can angola merkel do on this trip

again a tricky one this is what trump has called the worst deal ever. had a proposal he said that they could look in to a new deal which appears to be a separate set of measures that might placate trump might let him say that he claimed victory on the iran deal without actually withdrawing from it america is going to be in washington pressing him to stay in the deal which both of which which germany and britain and russia and china all believe is the best way to stop iran from developing a nuclear bomb however it's unclear what kind of concessions she might have to make in order to convince trump to do so clear richardson in washington thank you very much. you're watching the news still to come bill cosby is convicted of sexual harassment at the age of eighty while the once beloved actor actually do jail time.

the richest man in the world just got a little bit richer in saying that i mean that man of course is jeff bezos the founder and biggest shareholder of online retailer amazon who has just seen another eight billion dollars added to his personal network overnight because i should put this his company is doing quite well shares in amazon have jumped by more than six percent after the company announced first quarter profits more than doubled compared to last year on a list say a rise in online shopping and increased demand for the company's cloud services drove the numbers up but it's not all plain sailing there was all scammers amazon faces intensifying scrutiny from politicians and regulators who accuse it of having too much market power. finance ministers of the eurozone meeting bog area today with greek debt high on the agenda again some countries want to relieve

greece of at least part of its debt others insist on full pay back pay back germany be the most vocal european commission president was in athens a day ahead of the meeting and optimistic about the country's prospects last year greece achieved the surplus of seven billion euros that's much more than planned. and optimistic showing claude younker was full of praise but his meeting with greek prime minister alexis tsipras the european commission president hailed the progress out and says made in implementing a string of painful reforms over the years. pieces performance is excellent as were the sacrifices of the greek people the initial results are now in growth has returned to greece and to europe. pope saw that will continue and the outlook is good greece's current third eighty six billion euro bailout ends this august by then athens aims to be financing itself on international capital markets

again and is confident of hitting budget targets by twenty twenty three european commission intends to support greece along the way. important steps are still needed but that e.u. countries also must honor commitments in return calling solidarity and responsibility two sides of the same coin. barbara vessel is in the capital zofia and follows the events for us greek debt hasn't been in the headlines for quite a while now why is it back. well because it hasn't gone away really care hard i mean the whole greek problem was on the backburner everybody was watching the country struggling back to its feet again economically and politically things have quite a lot so finance minister think about things like the banking union and what else is on their mind spot in the background of course the greek problem is still

looming because there needs to be some sort of exit package and that is one part of that is how are they going to control what greece does in the next years and decades maybe to stay on a growth course to sort of sort of stays stable and sustainable was in its econ economic development and the other of course is is there going to be some sort of debt relief the i.m.f. says yes that is necessary otherwise they will sort of never really get independent again and. economically safe and sound and but finance ministers particularly in germany and in some of the northern countries the netherlands for instance say we can't tell our checks paris we have relieving greece of part of its debt and just throw dubai and give it to them so that's the main problem they're facing here. you mentioned it but again germany is being paid painted as the bad guy but it's only fair to be. paid by one of the criticism.

because the i.m.f. is in the picture and they're sort of the safeguard for further good behavior in greece that greece is going to stay on course and not turn back to its lovely old ways if i may say so and so the i.m.f. says greece can't pay back this huge debt we're talking about two hundred forty billion at the moment and at the same time and this is a small country was a small economy and at the same time sort of produce growth and sort of feed us population and and become sustainable so the problem is that germany says we can't tell all taxpayers this money is gone it's been thrown away and on the other hand if you look at the figures everybody in the economic world says no some of this money needs to be somehow wiped out you know the solution lies in some sort of repayment mechanism that is quite subtle greece can't pay back as much money as it

earns if gross is better they paid but more growth sort of goes down they pay a bit less that's the french solution what paris has sort of that they want to present here and germany is still sort of moving and hiring and the question that was put this morning to finance minister all of schultz the new german finance minister is are you going to be the new. and he didn't find that particularly funny you know we find out that in sofia for us and that's all your business it's back to. thanks carol hardball we have another story now bill cosby could be headed to jail for the rest of his life that's following a comedian actress conviction for sexual assault case vindicate a multitude of women who have come forward accusing cosby of drugging then raping them and a pattern of predatory behavior that's lasted decades. the ruling sent shock

waves around the world but perhaps those most moved by the first it were in the courtroom itself. some of these women had testified against bill cosby in court outside this sense of longing relief was clearly visible i feel like i believe in humanity is restored a lawyer representing some of cosby's more than fifty accuses said this was a watershed moment first of all. i want to thank the jury justice has been done. we are so happy that finally we can say. women are believed and not only on hash tag me too but in a court of law cosby was found guilty of three counts of aggravated indecent assault the conviction relates soley to the accusations of one woman who alleges cosby drugged and six really assaulted her in two thousand and four. cosby left the

courthouse with a defiant gesture and his legal team said he would challenge the conviction. we are we are very disappointed by the verdict we don't think mr cross was guilty of anything that a fight is not over thank you for your good yes yes yes first of all. the eighty year old actor now faces the possibility of a long prison term the date of his sentencing has yet to be confirmed. i'm joined now by entertainment hollywood reporter k.j. matthews from los angeles k j thanks for joining us you know bill cosby a powerful man a wealthy man many of his victims never thought of they would see this day calm but it has come and it's the first major celebrity trial in the two era what were some of their reactions to the guilty verdict in the courtroom. you know a lot of celebrities were obviously very elated to see justice served but a lot of the victims who were in the courtroom were also just surprised and really

just overwhelmed many of them said they've been waiting twenty thirty years for bill cosby to to actually go into court and for them to get some level of justice they had begun to think that they would never see justice in their lifetime because he was such a big figure so rich so powerful so famous and that nothing would ever happen to him so they were just elated to finally have some sense of justice a massive figure especially in north american culture and entertainment culture for most people that did grow up on the continent bill cosby was a father figure what are other people in the united states saying now following this verdict i think they're still just you know shocked when he was charged last year with the first trial there was a hung jury they thought well maybe and he might not actually have done it he might not be going to jail now i think people have accepted that the bill cosby that we grew up with in the cause we show they played a clip hits the ball it was laughable that was affable that was

a nice guy just family man was really not that person and i think many americans thought he was cliff huxtable now we know that was simply not the case that bill cosby in real life was nothing like the clip of the one i think some people are still trying to reconcile that but many many women are saying they're over that the radius of justice and that no man is above the law now you it's interesting that you mention that this is bill cosby he's not the character of cliff huxtable at some point after he was found guilty in the courtroom he went on a tirade some perhaps now more people are seeing who truly is. oh yes he was very very upset you know just found guilty of three found he's obviously the district attorney wanted him to be reprimanded and to go into custody immediately obviously his attorneys did not want that they wanted some time they didn't even want there to be a lack of a bail and so they said you know he's not a flight risk and i guess the district attorney has argued that yes he is

a flight risk he has a plane at that point bill cosby got very upset very irate and said i don't have a plane and caught him an a hole and expletive he was very very just angry if he was still surprised that he was convicted of three felonies but you could see that he was visibly upset and really just was having a hard time accepting the verdict and he's having a difficult time accepting that verdict but he has been found guilty what happens next now we have to wait thirty to sixty days that's when the since unseeing for bill cosby should take place he could get anywhere up to ten years on each count but even aside from this criminal trial he still has three to four different civil cases there are still three women who are suing him civilly for money saying that they wore a sexually assaulted and then there's a number of women who are soon mentioned so he's got a long road ahead of him and it's not letting up entertainment reporter k.j. matthews in los angeles thank you for your insights thank you.

thousands have protested across spain after a court delivered what many saw as a lenient sentence in a sexual assault case the court in the northern city of qom flow not sentenced five men to nine years in prison each for sexually abusing an eighteen year old victim in the city's famed san fermin festival in july two thousand and sixteen the men dragged the victim into a building and took turns assaulting her filming the incident with the smartphone protesters wanted the men to be sentenced for gang rape which carries longer prison term. you're watching d.l. the news still to come they want justice for their daughter a mother and father speak out over rape and murder of their eight year old daughter a special report on the case that outraged india. and saudi women are working out and new female only gym we'll take a look at how attitudes to women's participation in sport are changing in the

conservative kingdom. also what angle america wants in washington those stories and more coming up in just two minutes time stay with us. if you call stories. football or simply. doing the countdown to the morning cup is all. the reporter only moody checks out the team one super week. the favorites the dark horses and what else we can expect. all these world cup three. sixteen s.

ten year old man she does go on to show. as a refugee from the civil war in syria now she and her family a meeting in turkey she's also getting help coming to invisible. the children of war. on the d w a's. hijacking the news. where i go wrong with the news that is being hijacked journalism itself has become a script is a reality show it's not just good versus evil us versus them black and more. in countries like russia china churchy people or childhoods that suffer and if you're a journalist there and you try to get beyond that you are facing scare tactics intimidation. and i wonder is that where we're headed as well. my

responsibility as a journalist is to give beyond the smoke and mirrors it's not just about the fear and balance or being neutral it's about being truthful. when these boards go and i will give you know. i'm back of the news our top story and story some of the leaders of north and south korea have been meeting at their country's mutual border came john thune and moon j n have been discussing the key issue of removing all nuclear weapons from the korean peninsula. and german chancellor angela merkel has arrived in the united states for talks with u.s. president donald trump it will be her second visit to the white house and the iran nuclear deal is expected to top the agenda. outrage is also expected to be

a major focus of merkel's and trump. talks but can the combined efforts of european leaders convince the u.s. president to back down on steel and aluminum tariffs political correspondent thomas ferro spoke about their approach with pay to the german government's new coordinator of transatlantic cooperation you spoke of a tandem when it comes to the work that i'm going to learn president have regarding the united states and we already saw what president mccrone did but what is going to merkel taking with her what is her strategy of the for the upcoming trip i think the role that she will take in this between my call and to germany towards the u.s. president is to really put on the table the gender off the topics they're starting from the current tariff to conflict then the iran nuclear deal disappear

north stream the burden sharing there's a lot of tough issues on the quote on the table and i think she's the right one to really work on to work this out together with the u.s. president. obviously talking about this trade issue the visit has been described as a push to try and prevent some sort of transatlantic trade conflict how confident are you that this can be prevented and i think that nobody has any benefit from a trade conflict or trade war so i think we should give it every effort to do away with this deadline may first that has been put out there from the u.s. side so i think angle americal together with their advisers are in a very close you know according nation with france brussels to get it to convey the right messages to donald trump and what i expect is that first of all we shouldn't have too high expectations regard to the results but what i expect is as a result possible result is to get a an exemption for you know before the deadline after the deadline may first and

then start a structured institutionalized transatlantic economic dialogue where all these issues can be addressed because one has to question himself. you know what is next is it just steel and aluminum or what comes next from the u.s. side so i think the agenda is broad and we should really give it all the effort that we can put in to solve these problems but in this specific case what does success look like for a minute ok we have received today some signals from the new economic advisor larry kudlow advisor to the u.s. president in an interview that he was giving given with regard to china but he you know there was some language in the interview seeing that you know if from the e.u. side we will see something some think some steps towards the u.s. side then we really are prepared to talk about a permanent exemption and if this could be done i think this would be really

considered a success. thomas sparrow speaking with germany's transatlantic coordinator paid. to india now an explosive trial is set to resume in the country over the gang rape and murder of an eight year old muslim girl eight hindu men are accused of the crime committed in india. states will now face a raft of harsher punishments including the death penalty or for approved last week by the government following nationwide protests it's a case that sparked global outrage sent shock waves through indian politics and inflamed religious tensions in a volatile region at the center of it all there are parents who are seeking justice after losing their daughter to a horrific crime. during the warmer season parents come to the high hills of kashmir. as nomads they leave their winter quarters in the valley and come to higher altitudes. three months since recent lost her

daughter she's still struggling to come to terms with what happened. then if they're the will of the game but i think about it. but she was so cheerful and prissy. there was a golden shimmer in her hair. people used to say she looked like a princess i mean how could someone kill her. and so brutally. yet again that cynical day. it's a question to torment her parents. they know that i was tortured and repeatedly raped before she was killed. her father is convinced this was part of a sinister plan. down in the valley want to get rid of that's why they killed my daughter. they want to prevent us from returning next winter. most

of. the queues to have gone on trial but the court is in the valley several hours away by car. parents don't have enough money to go there there is that i want justice i want to see the corpses of the murderers. they should suffer the same way my daughter did. the last time us if i was seen alive she'd been looking after the family's horses a week later she was found in a forest it was evident she'd been raped and strangled to death. body was found not far from this hindu temple where police found strands of the girl's hair the temple custodian was arrested along with seven other suspects police believe religious extremism a have been a motive for the crime. since the arrest the custodians youngest daughter has taken over his duties. she doesn't believe any of the accusations against her father.

there's no way that could have happened just take a look around. you can hide a girl here and certainly not for days at a time my father is innocent they get found. but the evidence is overwhelming in fact one of the suspects the custodian and nephew has already confessed he said his uncle had planned the crime for months in a bid to drive muslims out. hindu nationalists say this is a lie some have gone on a hunger strike to force the trial to be moved elsewhere to what they say would be a less biased court. yet oh boy when you when i think this is all a conspiracy cooked up by people who want to bring shame on my father. you know you only like most kashmiris are muslim but in the city of kut where the crime took

place hindus are in the majority. yes in the most it was always peaceful here it's simply not true that we want to drive muslims out. that's a lie from radical muslims who want to stir up on the rest. of you don't tell anybody what it is yet another to have. the case of us if us rape and murder has attracted international attention demonstrators in london delhi and mumbai accuse the hindu nationalist government of trying to turn hindus against muslims. or that . the government has responded by calling for the death penalty for the rape of a minor. but the lawyer acting for the victim's family says this is a diversionary tactic. to something for all his leave. i told you people are there and the mentalists. going to force is. what kind of

divide how is it possible sir that you don't have good although you know people. you're not going to do you don't even have control over what you don't believe you lot of them. told insult them good as i meant. not bad. for us if as relatives and friends this case is not only about justice but survival they fear they could be the next target of hindu nationalist. ever since her death i'm afraid to go into the fields. i used to call after the horses just like before she disappeared i didn't do it and you'll find. the muslim nomads of kashmir are wary of spending next winter in the lower altitude after what happened to us and the fear returning to the valley back to people who

hate them just because of their religion. pat is a journalist an award winning writer on women's rights she joins me now from one by mag now we saw the depths of the religious tensions in that report can you talk to us about how this case has fueled those tensions because that is definitely playing a role in how people are reacting to the brutal rape and murder of this little girl . absolutely you know that entire crime was committed because of her legend we saw that the hindu men want to drive out to the community and the tribe that cif i belong to that's where this type of crime took place that's well but it took place but let's also keep in mind that most hindus in the sense of the region and in fact off the nation have condemned the moda and warned the accused to be punished that all you had sort of people basically can do extremists were protesting and again saying list a geisha and i think humanity should prevail but the fact is that the chief

minister. and the prime minister will have to take due action accordingly only to take action but just recently india introduced harsher punishments for child rapists including the death penalty is there a sense in society that this is the solution to deterring would be offenders or is the lawyer for the family right in saying this is just a mere distraction you know yes especially or didn't had been passed us to give death penalty to those who wait treatment under the age of twelve and these are all good things but the fact is that this is not enough in india a woman is raped every thirteen minutes that means that there hundred and ten women who are raped the actually under ported number we see much much higher yet the death penalty been given and two cases in our country's history that i'm through with the same bondage that's also known popularly as a new practice and risk the shakti mills case so that means only two thousand respondents have been given for a crime that is committed. to the fact is we suffer from low conviction rate of

twenty seven percent men are not afraid to commit heinous rapes in india because they do not feel at the consequences most of them think they get away and most of them do. they know there's a big publicity that they will that be ignited so there's no if there's no punishment to a crime why would the criminal stop so the only to tell him to rape in india is an absolute field of the system and of harsh punishment which should be in accordance with the common to the crime you just mentioned harsher punishments indian prime minister narendra modi has been criticised for his response let's remind our viewers of what he said just two weeks ago there is what i want to assure the country that no culprit will be spared complete justice will be done. without those daughters who have become the victim of such crimes to get justice for sure i'm very nice promise justice to the daughters of india but there is an administrative issue here too isn't there a huge backlog in the courts and rape cases appear to be on the rise what needs to

be done now to better the situation. premise some of these bhakti the b.g.p. is facing the brunt of public anger right now many believe that the party had to cian the suspect in a sea fuss case from the prosecution the prime minister had condemned to see fussed at but belatedly so and he often he was attacked and his silence on the case was question the fact is that the prime systems of justice will not be taken ciena see if it's not followed by action there will be a backlash and it's vital for the prime minister to hide in the case very carefully as the upcoming state elections and a general election next to him may now what do you say to people especially organizations like human rights watch who say that the death penalty is not the answer in any case in any situation. you know the fact is that the numbers in our country demonstrate a very very bleak situation sexual violence in india has become something of an image you see every so ten minutes in a country like i mentioned a woman is raped that means fifty thousand women are raped in india ten percent of

these rape victims are under the age of fourteen thirty three percent of them under the age of eighteen so crime rates against women and every single you know it doesn't factor in that way figures after the u.s. and africa and despite these horrific numbers we're seeing that state machinery i think on able to punish most of the rapists and perpetrators leaving in distorters and mothers extreme the wonderful and and see if there's a sense of anger and deep sense of shame among people who are right now so i think a lot of action will have to be taken the fact that the legal system that you mention the victim has to prove offense beyond a reasonable doubt us system still gives the benefit of doubt to go cuse we see that there's only one judge for every one hundred thousand people in our country the investigation agency the prosecuting agency and police for work together instead of working separately this means that their loyalty is not to the law of the land. as i mentioned of the three thousand crore fund that was allocated to

increase the safety and dignity of women that's an underutilized so india does not suffer from just a lack of laws but the implementing station of these laws so we need to reform the penal code we need to reform the legal system and ensure that the perpetrators are given the kind of punishment that they do you deserve magna adrenalin in mumbai thank you. thank you the kingdom of saudi arabia is working to change its image especially when it comes to the rights and social status of women their licenses have been issued for women only gyms granting women the right to work out. women working out in a gym an unremarkable scene in many parts of the world but in saudi arabia a sign of social and cultural aggression. these women weightlifters are taking advantage of new female only gyms the latest in

a series of reforms in the conservative muslim kingdom. the sports entice in many women like rehab to stay in shape get fit though critics in the region claim weight lifting will cause women to lose their femininity. and you might have had and the all the people who are interested in sports who don't want to give this a try usually pretty skeptical of weight lifting some of the old assumptions still exist but the general idea about women in weightlifting on the contrary is that it would help women get into better shape look good and improve their fitness i don't see any problem with this. much. for gym owner eman she loved the idea that weight lifting leads to a masculine appearance is baseless. but not for me it was in what some girls fear they might get bigger muscles like men but that's impossible if they don't use growth hormones well you know what if they do normal resistance exercise

if they eat proper healthy food they'll develop of his eat that they wouldn't get with any other sport my first of all the other. saudi women and they're allowed to attend football matches and will soon be permitted to drive as a nation six to change its international perception as a repressive state but for these women it's attitudes closer to home that are in real need of an overhaul. when i first came back from the united states in twenty thirteen i was shocked to see people rejecting the idea that women practice weightlifting wavin drink protein shakes they assume that if they drink protein shakes the body would become like a man even my own family thought that change doesn't happen overnight but for the saudi arabian women it's a push in the right direction. that now to sub-saharan africa and what's proving to be

a winning approach to community activism for the past twelve years the un's food and agriculture organization has supported local discussion groups known as dimitra clubs the idea was to give rule communities a forum to talk about their everyday problems a program was especially aimed at empowering young people and women to promote change the w. went to senegal to find out more. it's a big day for these young residents of sata booboo village they're going on air for the first time at the community radio station in kusa. they have been invited to take part in a chat show everyone here speaks polaha a regional language in eastern senegal. and her colleagues are the leaders of the village discussion group part of a network of clubs known as dimitra. talks about the brief rainy season and his dried up corn fields rule

a mother of four explains how the rain swept garbage into their homes and how they had to clean everything in the village. she hopes the local radio stations will help spread their ideas and efforts to other villages. and with us and. our discussion groups have carried out a lot of important projects most of them concerning climate change but what we're doing affects the whole community but one person on their own can't solve the problems of these clubs have become a vital part of how we put our plans into effect because we can mobilize and motivate so many residents and sat in air to leaders of saddam booboo village invited us to a meeting they now have for demitra clubs here and there are two thousand across africa set up and funded by the un's food and agriculture organization and other development agencies the clubs help to promote participation and initiatives within

village communities. that encourages women to speak openly it's still unusual for them to have a say on anything today they're discussing a proposal from the young men to erect stone dams in order to stop soil erosion. on. the children always come along it's good practice for when they're older. we talk about everything that affects the village just like the younger and older men do. and ever more importantly we present our point of view at the village assembly along with other demitra clubs our opinion is taken into consideration for decisions about the village community that's the biggest change before we had no say at all on matters in the village hall and i am going to hit a set of who has around one hundred sixty residents and some distance away from the

big cities many of the crops are ready for harvesting but once again there wasn't enough rain which means not enough corn. when it does rain the water rushes over the barren soil and deforestation makes the soil loose and easily washed away that's the topic of discussion at this meeting opened by the village leader. the opinions and suggestions of the four demitra clubs are presented in turn. and not all villages in the region are involved in the project some village leaders are worried about their position and prefer traditional structures where the oldest members have the say. but young men like cannot adem have made a lot of progress. one cool would be environment has become an important issue in

the village since the club started we have to keep everything in and around our homes claim without hygiene there's no health and as a community we've made sure to keep our wells in a better condition otherwise we have no water during periods of drought not for us nor for the communal gardens but we've already found solutions to these issues. and. the next day they build small stone levees to retain rainwater. the aim is to make the ground around the village thirty mile again. all of. them one on one from day out to diablo supervises more than sixty demitra clubs in the region he managed to enlist the local farmers associations to help the villages build the new levee system.

with nearly all the small channels that collect rainwater from the surrounding area converged here. at this point the water has enough force to wash away the fertile soil from the cultivated land. recycled oil stops termites from eating the wooden constructions so the dams last longer it will take them up to four or five days to prepare the trenches and fill them with stones. soon they'll plant trees here to restore the areas around the village and make them farmable again the leader of the demitra project in senegal says that would be the best outcome. no soul project villages managed to generate a profit from their communal garden the two biggest challenges are getting local

organizations to help and sourcing materials. and the long term there has to be a direct exchange of information between the village communities and the authorities so they can also find out what's happening on the ground that's also a challenge for the dmitri clubs making themselves known to authorities and pushing their ideas and plans without house coordinators. but this isn't the day. i'm going to join. them in. bringing traditional village life into the modern world is also the vision of rap and they go to tom from the nearby provincial capital tom but. this is about the new ideas coming from demitra clubs and their service to the entire village community. for the young men and women of sort of these discussion groups

are step towards independence and autonomy. but it will not. just a reminder of the top story we're following for you and historic summit the leaders of north and south korea have been meeting at their country's mutual border kim jong un and when jay and have been discussing the key issue of removing all nuclear weapons on the korean peninsula. i got something for you rather michael bay film a team of japanese engineers have unveiled a real life transformer that morphs most sports car to a humanoid robot with room for two passengers inside they're claiming it's a first in the history of robotics expensive toy or sign of things to come and so watching to tell the news we'll see again at the top of the hour.

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