this is t w news coming to you live from berlin facing prison for daring to speak out iranian academic subjects is the winner of this year's d.w. freedom of speech award he's been ordered to jail for criticizing iran's government during protests in twenty seventy also coming out the lives shattered in the battle against islamic state months south of the group's defacto capital rucka was liberated a special report on life and the legacy of war in the room. then chelsea manning

appears in berlin for her first foreign trip since her release from prison the convicted leaker of secret documents says she's worried that government and big corporations are abusing people's data. well i'm terry martin welcome to the program we start out with a man who has chosen to speak out rather than stay silent risking his freedom to do so so they say is the winner of this year's d.w. freedom of speech award as your column criticized the iranian government over protests there last year we'll hear from him in just a moment but first a look at his challenge to those in power. at the end of december twenty seventeen iran's though its biggest anti-government demonstrations in almost a decade the protests quickly spread to dozens of cities and towns across the

country. just days after the unrest to rep did so dexie back alam gave an interview to d.w. far as the he characterized the demonstrators as young people disappointed with the entire political system. and said more than two thirds of people are dissatisfied with the islamic republic those views didn't go down well with the a rainy a north or a sees they accused of spreading false information and propaganda against the islamic republic. he was sentenced to eighteen months in prison and barred from social media for two years she is appealing the decision. what should be punished someone has expressed an opinion what she's not contactable which is starting line which is not in all of the answers because it got well meant

open ian chillag quanties should i go eighteen months into prison. it's not the first time the academic has received a jail sentence for speaking his mind. he's become a well known figure in iran for challenging the government narrative on many sensitive issues from the country's nuclear program to foreign policy and he has a large audience online on telegram which was banned by the iranian authorities this week he has almost one hundred pages and followers. on instagram almost seven hundred pages and. see back alarm has vowed to keep on expressing his opinions despite the official threats against him. i hope for for iran is genuine i really i sincerely or i am not a daydream it is just thinking because i believe that it more prosy will

eventually prevail in iran. and it's our great pleasure now to be able to speak with sonic's about how he joins us via skype from cameron shah in iran sadat first of all congratulations you're appealing your sentence i understand but you could be facing eighteen years or eighteen months in jail what's the current status of your case. this. game very well. i am going to say on their behalf but he is. right and i mean i think it may be that they are getting to beat that there are many men and woman. who will he said much more than i do you can see. each.

as i said they he said mass for. you because they have suffered far more than not. because of lack of so you don't have a speech but anyway as you mention it. at the moment i have to see eighteen months a sentence in my six trial which has evolved two months ago and also two he had a bad. conduct such as the one that i. now writing off either bureaus and behaving in the social media yes this is a separate stock that's on the bottom as being in a sentence but then it's that evolutionary. back again not getting it in social media for two years i feel against the sentence and. making for the for the second quarter it could come to being. any any any and

that i'm hoping that that that the court across that sense of things. won't free but we hope so too now you were taken to court because of an interview you gave with w.'s farsi service among others you've done many interviews with foreign media why do you think that particular one was singled out. because it was it that you matched in contrast to what it is all we can eat this evening and on do with the general press and they will search and they maintain that old don't rest and open with ration. he send it organize by. all the work you know that to say. is right that's it that's wrong and unique

if you like i said. it's not an office it will what the goldmans made and he was it didn't meet the foreign policy it was it was just their. defeat evening and oh yes this and all that you don't have moved so nic thank you so much for talking with his son congratulations again on winning this year's freedom prize of press freedom prize a subject super columb he joined us from kermanshah in iran by a skype thank you again. that and joining me now in the studio is d w editor in chief in this poll good to see you again ines now d.w. has bestowed this award on sex. why was he chose i mean we just heard him talking isn't he a brave man i mean he's facing maybe eighteen months of prison but he still speaks out against the government he really is is not giving in and he what i also like

about him very much is that he wants to share this award with all the other women and men who are fighting for freedom of press so i think he's a great pick he is pointing out as in his very first answer there when i just talked with him that there are many people who are suffering under the kinds of restrictions that are imposed on journalists in iran and elsewhere around the world why did d.w. select him was it an easy choice because there are many to choose from that's true there are many and as we on international broadcast we have the honor to work with many many brave colleagues and intellectuals like him so on the one hand it's always hard to pick someone on the other hand you know when you found the right person you know it's the right one and again on the ring him we are honoring all the other people in iran who are part of the critical civil society you know who are fighting the regime whose suppresses the freedom of speech which after all

suppresses democracy and this is the reason why don't you than exists now is something i'm told d.w. that in the government's court case against him d.w. was described as a counter revolutionary and hostile website what do you make of that well i don't want to be cynical but in a way it's a compliment and i just want to refer to the interview you just conducted with him he talked about the interview he gave tel fozzy department by saying you know if the contras. in this interview was that we just all that he was able to tell what dream is going on in iran and that's the reason again why don't you ban it exists and and therefore show we are in the spot like of regimes like those from iran but that should not threaten us i think we take that as an palm and just to refer to our viewers back to what he said it was so controversial apparently in his referendum with our parsi service that the has gotten him into trouble there in

iran he said that if there were a referendum on the political system being held when he gave that interview more than seventy percent of the population would say no to an islamic republic and that apparently is what really got him into trouble i wanted to ask you know by giving this award is shining a spotlight on him isn't there also a risk for him involved in a very good question and we were debating that was indicted but also with him you know it's always tricky if you put the spotlight as you said on people like him and some other civil leaders but he was very happy to be awarded to the freedom of press of out of touch of l a he sees it as an parliament and he will take this power into his country so we aware of this risk but we will keep watching . thank you so much as d.w. as editor in chief in as paul on this freedom of press day thank you so much.

by the way if you want to learn more about this this particularly important day you'll find much more information on your board and freedom of press day on our website at www dot com now let's take a look at some other stories making news around the world police in southern germany have been conducting a large scale raid on the an asylum seekers hostel trying to arrest a total ease man who is wanted for deportation they were prevented by detaining the man two days ago after being threatened by other asylum seekers at the whole school . former new york mayor rudy giuliani says donald trump repaid one hundred thirty thousand dollars spent by trump's lawyer to buy a porn star silence over an alleged affair with the u.s. president to leon he recently joined trump's legal team is statement apparently contradicts trump's insistence that he was unaware of the payment to storm into. officials in the u.s.

say at least nine people have been killed after a military cargo plane crashed near an airport in the southern state of georgia the c. one thirty aircraft was on a training mission carrying national guard members from puerto rico it's not yet known what caused the crash and a letter has emerged in which the basque separatist group says it's disbanding but relatives of people killed by at a say they are unconvinced last year the group handed over its weapons after a sixty year long terrorist campaign to create an independent basque state in northern spain. if in more than seven months now since the syrian city of rocco was liberated from so-called islamic state the militants had captured rock in two thousand and thirteen and made it their defacto capital but last october a coalition of kurdish an arab fighters backed by u.s. special forces. after a four month siege the liberation of rocca marked a turning point in the war against islamic state today only a few patches of land in syria are still under the group's control they no longer

rule an extensive territory but rocket remains in ruins we have this report on the former capital. was once the capital city of the so-called islamic state. now it's a wasteland. seventy percent of the buildings are in ruins all severely damaged despite that the united nations ses one hundred thousand people have returned to live in the city this resident fled the fighting she's lost everything she had. well i'm about i don't know what happened when i came back everything i owned was burnt there's nothing left b.c. . braca was subject to the full force of the so-called islamic state which ruled an area the size of britain from the city in october these letters fighters were ousted after an intense aerial bombing campaign by an international coalition and

a ground assault by kurdish and out of militias. and now there's the constant danger of booby traps there are signs to warn the residents but the un ses as many as one hundred twenty people a month killed by the bombs most of the victims are women and children there's no international help in clearing the threat and everywhere reminders of islamic state rule locals say the islamists use this church as a cause and as a base for the religious police. this place is full of blank forms but there are also police charge sheets and written court judgments. in theory these documents shouldn't be here western and kurdish intelligence agencies claim they seized all the evidence they could to find out who joined us like this report here. a member of the religious police called abu abdullah caught a man with eight packets of cigarettes another man was arrested for using evil

words it's unclear what happened to the i.a.s. and forces in the people they targeted and then this square in central rocca the ultimate symbol of islamic state power and the place of execution abu ahmed said he stays joining i-s. rule. this square is called nine square paradise square but everyone called it the square of hell the i.r.s. people were always here and they hung around in restaurants drinking for jews or they went to the internet. you know. and over there they stuck heads on spikes and they crucified people. the world watched as rock a fell now half a year later the city seems forgotten there's no running water and the electricity supply is rarely on but there are places of hope i just tortured people in this stadium now people are playing soccer here again and there's music being played

deafening loud. everyone can hear it after it was banned for so long. in armenia opposition leader nicole passion young has called for a halt to mass protests that have rocked the country for days this after the ruling party has hinted that they're no willing to back push in young prime minister a day after blocking his leadership in the catch he'll have to get the support of one third of the country's parliament but if pashtuns popularity on the streets is anything to go by that should be a formality for. they were dancing on the streets of yerevan. armenia's capital power lies by an army of peaceful revolutionaries. by any means necessary. train lines or roads and the city's airport all disrupted as protesters on the call of their leader. nichol to shani and led

from the front. to weeks ago no one thought this was possible but the people of on the nia took to the streets for nico because they believe in him. we want i want them christian in this country we don't want to be ruled by just thirty people who are gaining all the power all the money of the country and we want to help them pressure want always to be hard. for weeks thousands of protesters have demanded change they say they want to bring down a system riddled with only got some corruption the. last night falla passion ian and marriage to bring news from the country's ruling party hierarchy. there was a meeting of the republican party they said that in the coming vote they would support the people's candidate. the people's candidate told the masses to go and get some rest ahead of next tuesday's crucial vote. what

began last month as a student demonstration has exploded and me change the future of a nation. can assign no american trade war be averted to find out u.s. president donald trump has sent a delegation to china that's right and in keeping with the seriousness of the issues it's a pretty high level delegation u.s. secretary of the treasury steve nugent trade secretary will ross and trade representative robert lies has a meeting with china's top economic advisor advise from him you hear together they hope to find a solution to the dispute between the two largest economies in the world relations and that's a low point the u.s. has a big trade deficit with china and accuses beijing of unfair practices the u.s. has implemented tariffs on chinese steel and alum in yemen is threatening duties on one hundred fifty billion dollars worth of other chinese products china and return

slap tariffs on imports from the u.s. soybeans and. oh. actual comic a tesla lost another one billion dollars during the first quarter of this year the company has trouble reaching its production target for its mass market model st tesla is still burning through more cash than its adding but despite that zero in on mass did little to ease investors feel is that during a conference call he refused to answer analyst questions calling them so dry and not cool meanwhile customer interest doesn't appear to be waning no more than four hundred fifty thousand people on waiting lists for tesla com. now let's bring in our financial correspondent in frankfurt but really is tesla in danger of going out of business. i think if you ask that directly yes it is because as you said it's burning cash at record amounts and the bill just keeps adding up

but the stock still at a comparatively high level for such a small company which has never made a profit it's still worth about what ford is worth in the stock market and that shows how tos yesterday investors are they reaction to these numbers for this quarter they are negative the stock is dropping but you know as long as they're still such a valuable stock if iran mosque and tesla gets into any trouble financially they can always sell a few shares and raise a few billion so it's going to take a while but you know when i talk to people who observe the car industry as analysts say they shake their heads and say how does he do it how do investors have that much confidence in this company which obviously can't make money with the products it's producing you know most definitely not helping when saying that he's finding investors and analysts questions not cool and he's serious just this remark cost has now over two billion in market capitalization is

a must losing his grip on reality then how important is he as a person for tesla anyway. i think he's all important as a person he's like steve jobs at apple was people buy into his story and they believe him when he says that he can make a car that's at a reasonable price still for people who have a lot of money but at a lower price than previous cars that goes electrically and he says that it's better than the competition it's but you know what when he criticized when he cuts off analysts and says that's a childish that's a that's a stupid question that's sounds childish it's unprofessional and if he were to see over the salary at another company he'd be out the door and a second with a remark like that that's damaging to business speaking about c.e.o.'s being the door how about german company because of a kitchen up with a programs but if you can. i think they are catching up but technologically there

are a one and presumably the german car makers are not losing as much on these vehicles as tesla is perhaps or even making money but the customer demand is not there the germans have great plans for electrifying their fleets but so far because of the day to day operation problems where do you charge how long it takes what's the range people still prefer a conventionally engine to cars really busted frank thank you. it's just eight years old but chinese companies shomi is already the world's fourth biggest smartphone producer and now it's planning its next milestone and initial public offering on the hong kong stock exchange this year according to reports the company hopes to raise ten billion dollars from the offering that would make it the biggest i.p.o. since chinese economist john ali baba launched on the new york stock exchange the first quarter of this year's show me souls twenty eight million small phones worldwide that's an astonishing eight point four percent share of the global market

. now last companies in the u.s. are required to test their future employees for pos drug abuse before they hire them but that is about to change at least as far as marijuana is concerned the reason filling jobs in the u.s. is now tougher than it's been for two decades truck says were introduced thirty years ago after a federal law required government contractors to maintain drug free workplaces but now experts say the marianna test excludes too many potential workers who might have enjoyed a spliff in the past it comes at a time when more states are legalizing cannabis for recreational use please know this still does not permit workers to get high on the job. well thankfully that's called up because it's news it's back today with a clear head thank you. chelsea manning the former u.s. soldier convicted of leaking classified documents is in germany on her first trip

abroad since she was released from prison the transgender activist was on stage wednesday at the republican conference here in berlin warning the tech crowd there that government and big business should not be trusted with data privacy. a warm welcome for a new celebrity chelsea manning was on her first trip abroad. to speak at the republican conference in berlin which deals with the impact of the digital world on the real world. she had a lot to say on this topic many best known for leaking classified documents asserted that software developers have to have a code of ethics and that she is concerned about the way people's private data is used. you know don't just churn out so we don't just you know create a path you know create a product and that's the end of it we as developers are complicit in the software

that we write and i would argue how we gets used and how it gets misused so we have to change the culture we have to change our developer culture you know technologists now no longer can just say we bring you tools here they are here are here and here they are now society figure out how to use them many was sentenced to thirty five years in prison for leaking classified documents she served seven before then u.s. president barack obama commuted her sentence in her talk she also touched on her new life and coping with her celebrity status. i just worry. that. i'm an imperfect person and there's been a kind of cult of personality that is really attempting and that is overwhelming for me. and i'm and i'm still trying to adjust to life after prison and while also being a public figure at the same time and i have i've been struggling to balance that.

she may still be adjusting but many isn't stepping out of the spotlight any time soon she's filed to run for u.s. senate in the twenty eighteen maryland democratic primary. in football this season's champions league final will see real madrid take on liverpool this is after the reds beat roma seven six on aggregate in the semifinal a game in rome so monday take an early lead before a james milner own goal levelled the score both teams out of more goals to their tally with just a strike short of taking the game to extra time despite the defeat on wednesday liverpool advance to their first final since two thousand and seven. and before we go just reminder the top stories we're following for you here today on the news iranian academic subject is the winner of this year's d.w.

freedom of speech award he was ordered to jail for criticizing iran's government during protests in twenty seventeen. and armenia's opposition has suspended strikes and called for a day of rest after the ruling republican party said it would support opposition leader nico caution jaan in next week's climb in the stereo vote the party made a move after opposition protesters effectively shut down the capital you're of on. and don't forget you can always get the w. news on the go just now letter from google player from the apple store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news it also used to send us photos and videos. so news from now back to the top our top of the next hour with more thanks for watching. and. coming.

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