the germans started with thirteen going to w. n student news live from berlin this big step forward for deescalation on the korean peninsula north korea pledges to dismantle despite. its nuclear weapons and allow foreign media and experts to observe we'll go live to seoul for the latest also coming up. outrage in spain over gang rape verdicts of thousands take to the

streets to protest the acquittal of five men accused of raping a young woman in the city of homs during the bull running past of all in twenty sixteen. and restoring peace and quiet in the city has come up with a novel way to reduce crowding presidents are sick and tired of the massive numbers of visitors who wander through their city at busy times now the mayor has come up with a plan to stem the time story. and welcome to the program mere days after the historic summit between north and south korea young yang says it's prepared to shut down its underground nuclear test site next month this is according to officials in seoul they say the north is also prepared to invite. experts and foreign media to the site and very to ensure the

process is transparent at a groundbreaking summit on friday north korean leader kim jong il and south korean president pledged to officially end the state of war between their two countries and rid the korean peninsula of nuclear weapons and u.s. president trump says a meeting between him and kim will take place three to four weeks. for more let's go to solve our correspondent jason strother is standing by jason the north says it's prepared to shut down the nuclear test site in near weeks what more can you tell us about this new development. of it and lee kim jong moon said this to mungy and during their summit this was all relayed today by president moon's office though of course there's been some speculation over the functionality of this of the three sites however kim jong un says that he's ready to bring

international observers journalists whoever to watch this site get close down some time in may and that presumably means complete dismantlement they're saying that they're going to shut the site down within mere weeks what do we know about the north north korean nuclear site. right well it's built under a mountain and there are four tunnels that are that the point grace a site is made of the first two tunnels seem to be an active based on satellite imagery collected by observers at johns hopkins university the second tunnel was used during north korea's biggest nuclear test last september its sixth nuclear test and since then there's been no activity but two other sites the south and west tunnel do seem to be be functional according to observers now jason when the news came on friday that kim jong un had agreed to denuclearize at the enter korea

summit there was skepticism how can we interpret this sudden change in a long held position from the north korean regime and developing and keeping nuclear weapons i'm not so sure this was a real a real turnaround for pyongyang i mean ever since north and south korea have engaged in talks dating back thirty years these kind of promises to have a nuclear free korean peninsula to work toward a peace treaty these are things that have always been agreed upon and i'm reminded and kim jong un saying during the summit that he's ready to dismantle the nuclear test site this reminds me of what happened back in two thousand and seven during the previous korean enter some interest in summit similar pledges were made and in two thousand and eight north korea did demolish the equaling tower at the time tony a reactor only to rebuild it some years later and continue to make more nuclear warheads now if we look ahead we mentioned that trump has said that he's looking

forward to meeting came within mere weeks what can we expect in that meeting. well you know i think the agenda was pretty much set on friday during the moon kim summit no one was expecting any breakthroughs to come through but i think now north korea least the pledges that north korea has made to denuclearize and dismantle its very nuclear test site at least gives washington the ability to say look kim is earning the talk with donald trump so let's move ahead but still we don't know exactly when or even aware that summit will take place jason strother in seoul thank you for your insight thank you tens of thousands of protesters have rallied across spain to condemn a court ruling which has cleared five men of gang raping a young woman at the twenty sixteen bowl running festival and pump lona it fell in the incident and then bragged about it on whatsapp demonstrators say sentencing the

men for the lesser offense of sexual abuse which carries jail sentences of nine years each is not enough the victim and her lawyers are appealing the verdict. i the court's ruling has unleashed a wave of anger around spain i am i the protestors and says to the verdict is too lenient and that too often it felt like the victim was the one on trial i would assume there are so many incoherencies of the sentence the justice system is still patriarchal it blames off's rather than protecting us even though they think it must do as we don't want to be scared to go out at night but we always are it's horrible and unfair even to see who still get hit. by the crime took place during the annual san fermin bull running festival in pamplona back in two thousand and sixteen amid the drinking and revelry prosecutors allege five men led an eighteen year old woman into

a building where they raped her films themselves in the act and then stole her mobile phone but judges stopped short of ruling the crime to be rape which requires evidence of violence or intimidation under spanish law. multiple lawmakers have condemned the ruling the conservative government says it's now considering changing how spanish law defines great give any change to the laws must be well thought out and all political parties must participate in out that's our will proceed. i say with protests to continue so too is the court case that's driving them lawyers for both the prosecution and defense say they're going to appeal the ruling i. now to some of the other stories making news around the world u.s. secretary of state mike palm peo has urged saudi arabia to resolve its dispute with qatar in a meeting with saudi king solomon in riyadh pompei o.

said gulf unity needed to be achieved saudi arabia and many of its neighbors have cut ties with qatar accusing it of supporting terrorism and iran. armenia as governing party says it will not put forward a new candidate for prime minister after his there circassians resignation a week ago the move is seen as a bid to ease tensions following weeks of antigovernment protests and opposition leader nicole question eon is now the only candidate that will make its selection on tuesday. a french museum has discovered that more than half of its collection are fakes police in the town of al now are investigating how the gallery which is dedicated to french painter who ended up with eighty two counterfeit paintings it paid some one hundred sixty thousand euros for the works. the australian government says it will spend almost four hundred million u.s. dollars to help restore the great barrier reef the reef is one of the most

biodiverse ecosystems on the planet and in recent years it's lost thirty percent of its corals due to rising sea temperatures and damage caused by the coral eating crown of thorns starfish. harvey the founder of the burning man arts festival has died in the united states tens of thousands of people attend the annual gathering he started in the one nine hundred ninety s. they conclude with the burning of a giant effigy friends and family have called him a visionary and mentor who challenged others to view the world in new ways he was seventy come with cars. russia has launched a controversial floating nuclear power plant which it says is the first of its kind it's been under construction for years in st petersburg and the two reactors are due to be equipped with nuclear fuel and all sail to the arctic sea next summer as moscow looks to secure the rich deposits of oil and gas believed to be in the

region around the north pole but environmentalists have criticised the plant for its many risks. russia's floating nuclear power plant makes its way out to sea and development since two thousand and seven the academic lemond us off cost around a half a billion euros its builders say it's safe. this power plant incorporates all of the best features of traditional nuclear plants it's protected from all kinds of natural and technical dangers. the ship is said to play a key role in russia's plans to develop the arctic it will supply vast amounts of electricity and warmth to far flung locations and to power oil refineries and desalination plants. environmentalists warn of the potential dangers greenpeace has dubbed it a floating chernobyl. its maiden voyage takes it around scandinavia to reach

months in russia's far north that's where its nuclear reactors will be fueled late next month next year the vessel will travel ten thousand kilometers across the arctic to pay that in severe it will provide power to the remote mining town and to oil rigs for now the ship is one of a kind that russia says fifteen other countries are showing interest in the technology. venice is one of europe's most popular city with forests but what was once a blessing has become a curse according to many of its residents they're sick of the huge numbers of visitors who traipse through their city every day they say tourists disrupt normal life for locals but not for much longer perhaps because the italian city has come up with a way to turn back some taurus happy times it's tested out this long holiday weekend . the city of gondolas of canals. and of overcrowding.

last year nearly thirty million people visited venice many flocking to see the same famous sites but this week their path may be blocked responding to complaints from local residents the city's mayor has installed automated gates to control the flow of pedestrians through the most well trodden areas. i think it's a good idea for a city that we cannot accept mass unchecked tourism tourism should be unintrusive is obvious blooded. although gates remain open much of the time police can shut them to divert foot traffic to other areas when the streets become too crowded but as visitors to venice continue to come in larger numbers the small city is urging tourists to think before they visit but we are advising tourists who want to spend a single day in venice to avoid coming on the most popular days. if the mayor succeeds local venetians may win back some peace and quiet. to sports

now the formula one grand prix in azerbaijan gets underway in just over an hour with overall leader sebastian fattal starting from pole position for this fourth race of the season the ferrari driver posted all flawless lap on the back circuit to secure his third consecutive pole at the german should expect some stiff competition from world champion lewis hamilton starting second place and his mercedes teammate valtteri bottas in third. by contrast formula the race cars sound like map will be els whizzing by at incredible speed and with the east ending for electric they're definitely better for the environment it's championship racing series bearing the same name started back in two thousand and fourteen and hasn't slowed down one bit currently on its european stage the latest eve prix in paris and it favorably for a homegrown driver. the pairs the eighth round of the world championship

started off with the electric car pieces flying everywhere after this tight right turn early in the race tom blomkvist scored the green one suffered the worst of the damage but managed to keep going. no such problems for the frenchman with the flag on the tail of his car's jaw. who started in pole position and was the first to see the checkered flag winning his home race and expanding his championship lead to thirty one points the former f one driver believes erasing has made it mainstream but it is the future of the moments so when the time engine that is getting huge and is not a question of whether it's going to be huge i know it is huge i know that we have moments like chosen home and a than in any other time been shipped. it makes sense . for races remaining this season next up early.

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