this is news coming to you live from berlin. looks poised for major gains in lebanon so election unofficial results show the militant group and its allies winning more than half the seats it's being seen as a victory for hezbollah iran whose influence is being felt from beirut in iraq to syria also on the program we need a trial for rescuing syrians fleeing the conflict in that country he says he's

saying thousands who tried to cross a mediterranean now greek authorities want to put him behind bars. also on the program epidemic of addiction the country has one of the world's highest rates of drug problem the government has ignored for decades we need a young woman who found her way and now there's. a low i'm terry martin welcome to the program. for luminary results in lebanon's parliamentary elections suggest the shiite militant group hezbollah is poised to make major gains in iran backed group and its allies looks set to secure a majority though the country's power sharing system requires them to share power

with a sunni prime minister that would set to be. the western backed front runner after the country's first parliamentary vote in nearly a decade. the results may not have been out but that didn't stop hezbollah supporters alayne claim to victory preliminary results now show the radical shiite group and its allies making gains in the first elections in almost a decade he appears set to win a narrow majority. turnout was disappointing with less than half the electorate lining up to vote the war in neighboring syria security concerns and disagreements between rival parliamentary blocs delayed the vote until now many voters are deeply frustrated. with had enough of clans that have ruled us for fifty years. but nothing's changed.

and yet the lebanon's prime minister looks set to be reelected billionaire businessman hariri heads up a coalition campaigning for votes from sunni's and moderates but he's under some pressure as companies are floundering and many resent his cooperation with hezbollah. the anti israel group divides voters preliminary results suggest its most bitter repugnant have also done well but hezbollah says only it has the answers to lebanon's problems. we're going through difficult times military success and hezbollah are particularly needed without hezbollah we also have terrorists in this country and there are a few gee crisis similar to that of syria and iraq a. new protest parties are hoping to challenge the political elite some in lebanon are sick of corruption and divisive religious politics but it seems unlikely that there are enough of them to challenge the overall outcome. of

the story let's cross over the bench she's in beirut she's director of the highly foundation's middle east office there thanks for joining us this morning projections show that hezbollah and its allies are set to win over half the seats in parliament why have they done so well in this election. well you know they have been able to mobilize in a much better way than there are plans and mobilizing that is not only convincing voters buy what they have to offer and it also tight here is social control over their own rights records tighter social control over their electorate will tell us more about the election in general and iran's influence in the region because they are very closely allied with hezbollah. and they are and they're think if this also is kind of a reflection not be overall regional situation where iran at the moment seems to be so much stronger than saudi arabia lebanese votaries certainly did not look into

that angle so that it's very important what happens to masticate they want is a lot of represent their interests and so some of the problems so they don't have that much of the foreign policy protection that we might read into it. eleven on has a very complex voting system there's a power sharing agreement that stipulates that a sunni holds the office of prime minister that means we're just still see incumbent saad hariri return to power how will that sit with the other players in lebanon's power matrix like saudi arabia well you know. china's first lawyer maybe i'm limited to the of course went to how power here lebanon as well an influence politics and they're sad how he is their best bet he might not be their preferred choice to his he's not as strong as for example his father was and still he's their ally here and i think it we'll also see that we

continue with that because it was difficult enough to point to solution where we could have a president where we could have a parliament and prime ministers unlikely to think eleven is media have raised league ations of vote buying in this election help free and fair was the election. well in comparison with other states i think you have a significant to come show here of elections in terms of being free and fair that of course is that what they were just all their remarks at the service the car to go by guarding. being regarding our company i go to the election booth so yes it has been and then spent i think we are not dissing an election in which one hearty had more influence on it so to spend the other intensive driving. them to thank so much for bringing us up to date bench a show there in beirut she heads up the middle east office of the finally both foundation that's associated with germany's green party thank you very much

well turning now to the syrian migrant crisis and how those trying to help are failing falling foul of the wall today dean goes on trial on the greek island of lesbos prosecutors accuse him of people trafficking and say he's a criminal but he's started a charity in twenty fifteen to help those fleeing the syrian war and says he saved thousands of lives. by many he's seen as a hero in two thousand and fifteen. and internet from denmark decided to change his life. i saw the picture of an encore do i go like shocked to this after. i was sitting on the plane on the way to.

the photo of the three year old syrian boy made global headlines lying dead on the beach after drowning in the mediterranean the european migrant trances was at its peak and with around three thousand people arriving each day the greek island of less pass was a hotspot. actually in the water i have my body was in the water and i looked back and i saw all the refugees like old people like children women. and i want to scream i really want to scream and cry in the same moment i was thinking where's the help how come is there is nobody here and then like from that day changed my life. at first all teams thought he'd go help for a week but one week quickly turned into five months. he assembled a crew of other volunteers they called themselves team humanity and bought a rescue boat funded by donations. the group worked day and night helping migrants

make the treacherous landing on a last pass at its closest point the crossing from turkey to greece it's only ten kilometers but the overcrowded boats regularly sank calling the course going to say i'm a child my. police come and. take a child i don't know what to do it's a little girl. saying to me keep her be there we're coming in for like twenty or twenty four hours. it was a prob year old girl she lost her life in the sea. so. me and my team would dig graves. for six hours. buried the family if you bury children and there is something wrong with this world. and it's something profitable. one january night everything changed the greek coast guard arrested team humanity and see. it felt like

a betrayal many times are going to helping coast guard because their boat couldn't rescue people it was people in the water for a lot of people in the water and the way it was so big that i put my life in danger to rescue them greek authorities accused deen of people smuggling if he's found guilty he faces life in prison. rights groups say the case is politically motivated to discourage small boats from setting sail for europe. for human life and this one. for saving lives and saving children this is. going to be them running who knows is going to be running. a report there from new delhi is mario and she joins us now from. mariel what exactly are the allegations against.

when the allegations that he basically facilitated illegal entry into the opinion so that means that he smuggled the traffic's refugees from turkey to greece over the border. you spoke with solemn of the him before he went in to the court to understand how is he defending himself. well he basically says i only saved lives i rescued refugees from drowning in the mediterranean so how could i be a criminal because of that and also he says everything that i knew at that that i did was perfectly known by the coast authorities by the coast guards by the port authorities he had his boat parked next to two frontex. unless balls also cooperated closely with the costars so at some point when the refugee crisis was very. very severe and there were more than three thousand people arriving each

day. told me that the coast guards even ask for help and yesterday i met two witnesses which also confirmed that. being the who's the defendant he could face a life sentence. what are his lawyers telling him is that a real possibility. well yes and actually one of his lawyers in the beginning even told him why do you even go there why do you risk a life sentence and why don't you stay in denmark there where you live in safety and he said well no it's not an option for me because i don't want to hide away i want is i want to take the responsibility for the actions that i did and i did not nothing wrong so this is basically his you know his defending. the course is the only one charged with people smuggling three spanish firefighters i understand who are also volunteers as well as their own trial to what message is this trial

sending to other aid workers who are involved in helping refugees. yes indeed there are three firefighters from spain also charged with human trafficking but unlike some other gene they might not get as. not as high as that imo dean because in the night when there were arrests dean was the captain of the crew so he by it's end up in jail for several years maybe they won't yet talk to human rights activists and they say if they get convicted and if they end up in jail for helping then that would send a terrible sign to all humanitarian workers all around the world mariel thank you so much from the merriam earlier there on the greek island of les paul's. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today president trump's new lawyer rudy giuliani says trump could follow

a subpoena to testify in the special counsel's russia investigation speaking after a chaotic first week all the job giuliani also disowned his own statements about trump's payment of hush money to adult film star stormy daniels after trump criticized imports quote with not having. his facts right. bloatware putin is set to begin a fourth term as russian president today but his ignore curation has been overshadowed by police brutality and mass arrests during two days of protest against at the weekend more than fifteen hundred people were detained including opposition leader alexei. speaking of russia monikers here with a closer look at the russian economy exactly terry invited me putting is beginning his fourth term in the kremlin with promises to revitalize the country's economy he

wants to come to russia's poverty rate in half and invest in infrastructure health and housing right now the russian economy isn't doing all that badly growth is expected to reach one point seven percent this year that's according to a world bank forecast investors say resurgent oil prices are bolstering the economy despite moscow being squeezed by western sanctions but risks remain. russian president vladimir putin can point to a number of positive economic developments during his time in power inflation has been kept low public debt to all while the standard of living has increased but he says there's more to be done in the world for a more issue because of the structural problems and make sure our economy grows faster we need new sources of growth production needs to become more efficient business needs to be modernized we need new technology in manufacturing. so i am assuming we looked at no. one area where new technology is already in use is in

russia's oil and gas industry the energy sector is hugely important for the country's economy accounting for almost sixty percent of exports in other areas though russia struggles to compete on the global market. in the past several years the government's focused on promoting major industries some would say to the neglect of small to medium enterprises government spending has risen to seventy percent of g.d.p. . this big gold rush made it possible to put painful but necessary reforms on ice reforms are always associated with whiskey because they lead to a temporary drop in the standard of living in the. german investors appear willing to do business in russia many of them are bringing new technology with them too there are challenges though. one zeitz does nothing for him and she remains an obstacle here in russia but not as

much as it was ten to fifteen years ago corruption has slipped down the ranks to place for five in terms of disruption to business this is definitely a very positive trend when your biggest problem is too much red tape and a lack of financing. or one of the feeling to finance your own borrowing money is still expensive in russia the banking sector has been in crisis mode for years. russia's military operations abroad in places that just syria are also expensive money for modernizing infrastructure at home a main scarce. as russian celebrate the arrival of spring analysts are wondering what putin will do to foster a new era of economic growth. let's talk a bit about this now joining me here in the studio is fuck a tire from the association of german chambers of industry and commerce good to have you with us so from the german business perspective what is the state of the

russian economy right now the mood among german investors has risen recently we have more than five thousand german companies very active in russia after yes three four years over and becoming. the mood is much better and economic growth is back again german investors are investing ok if so what is this growth actually coming from what we've heard that the world bank expects russia to grow one point seven percent this year despite those ongoing and now even a new round of sanctions are they having any impact at all. first of all we have a relaxation in gas and oil prices and russia is very dependent on commodities so for far the recovery is really as the ground on this recovery of commodities second is russia has improved in the ease of

doing business in the index of the world bank by eighty ranks now it brings by around about thirty fifth rank and that means a really improvement so there isn't an improvement in red tape and there is an improvement in establishing a business so things are better than previously so so clearly the business perspective is very separate from the political perspective here i mean we have a putin now a fourth term in the kremlin he wants to as he says himself revitalize the russian economy if you gave him some advice what would you say has to be on top of this to do list first of all the german and the international business related to russia was really affected by the sanctions of the european sanctions the u.s. sanctions and now we have an sharpening of the u.s. sanctions again so this brings really worries to german business and this is due to

a concentration of russian business to some oligarchs which is still the case so they need to be a more decentralization of the russian economy to other business people open up the business break up not only concentrated to only guards and the second is research and development and education you don't have a middle stand as a means for this is due to a lack of productivity although the labor the workers are really stick to their companies we miss productivity and for that we need for instance vocational education and training all right sis for the tire from the association of german chambers of commerce and industry thank you so much for being the studio today. well one year after a month where mccall slams live victory in the french presidential election the country's trade unions are up in arms over the weekend thousands of demonstrators

have taken to the streets of paris to protest against sweeping reforms the protest is the latest in just a series of large demonstrations against calls all the holes of everything from the education system to the state rail operator of cost friction with various groups. economists say emmanuel mccall has changed more in twelve months than his predecessors did in years. despite heavy resistance he has managed to implement reforms pushing for more flexibility in france's rigid job market. and now his changes are beginning to bear fruit unemployment has fallen by half a percent since he took office. this year the french statistics bureau expects the economy to post its highest growth in eleven years. speaking at the world economic forum back in january mccall appeared confident

about france's position in the world ladies and gentlemen my my my first missy he said france is back france is back it's a call for europe. his place to support young entrepreneurs is being fulfilled with ten billion euros worth of funding towards innovation and the results are visible the number of startups has increased by double digits since mcallen's election foreign investors are showing interest again having previously long avoided friends . the most beautiful for the image of france is changed a lot globally when you go abroad you talk about emmanuel my kong whether it's in germany or the united states. well you know this is a break from what we saw in the past. france is perceived more positively by investors. back home once france to become a nation of startups but only time will tell how many companies survive without the

government support but the improving economy hasn't translated into popularity for the president one survey showed sixty percent of the public are unhappy with their government trade unions have paralyzed public transport with strikes in response to plans to cut benefits at france's heavily indebted state railways mccollum's intention to end early retirement for new hires has been met with particular resistance. but so far the president has vowed to press on with his reforms. but even his head of state had some words of caution and was a reason for his citizens that's right monica that's part of the function of the head of state in this country german president in my own has called for increased vigilance against anti semitism this comes after a series of anti-semitic incidents in germany including an attack on a man wearing

a jewish skullcap on the streets of berlin made the remarks in a wide ranging interview with german television. in his first year in office stan maia played a key role in the formation of germany's latest grand coalition under chancellor angela merkel now he's calling for the size of action against anti semitism. you wouldn't know them whether they are jews christians or muslims whether they're believers or nonbelievers or whether they've lived here for years or have just arrived they all want to make a home in germany and that won't be possible of anti-semitism spread here because in the end it destroys that home for everyone but. steinmeyer also delivered a putdown to the state premier of the varia who has ordered all bavarian state agencies to display across. a committed christian himself stan my is concerned about blurring the line between church and state. if people don't go to church on

sundays putting crosses in government offices isn't going to make them religious and you know it's not that simple it's done my ones that democracy must be nurtured if it is to be preserved it's clear that the fight against populism is to be the theme of his second year in office. of discipline is put i believe the task of the federal president is to warn that as the world becomes more complex as its problems become more complex the answers can become more simple. the rule of law may operate in germany said steinmeyer but freedom and democracy are not guaranteed. of personalities now let's bring in d.w. political correspondent thomas sparrow told us what's your impression of the president's remarks those who really believe that freedom and democracy are under threat in germany. well terry the role of the german president is to be above party politics is to touch some of the broader issues in germany and from that

perspective he was mentioning and he did mention it right from the start of that interview the fact that democracy might be changing whether you're talking about polarization in the country whether you're talking about the role of the digital world and how doctors changing the debate in germany i don't get the impression that he was pacifically talking about those as very big problems in fact he stressed that there was no need to go into our alarmism or be alarmist so from that perspective it was more about touching on the changes in german democracy and addressing those changes in german democracy. twenty four other star emerging as president has called for more decisive rejection of anti semitism who is he addressing there well he's addressing the whole society we just saw it in our report he was mentioning not only believe in the nonbelievers but members of different religions as well he was talking about politicians on the one hand stressing that obviously it's their duty to try and combat anti-semitism but as

well society as a whole civil society as a whole and mentioned that people in general here in germany have to be alert and have to reject cases if they see them on a day to day lives thanks thomas you know his political correspondent total spare of their. and you are watching d.w. news still to come despite harsh punishments there red is losing its war on drugs nearly three million people are believed to be addicted will see what's fueling the problem. and our reporter joins up with a special task force in nigeria it's taking the fight to human traffickers. and the growing trade in sex slaves. no good you can always get the news all the go just download our pop from google play or the apple store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as pushed out of

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and steer by courageous decisions both your master or so you feel around the world is from god. we must be peace. the germans started may thirteenth on g.w. . welcome back to news i'm terry martin our top stories early results in lebanon preliminary elections indicate the shiite militant group hezbollah and its allies will secure a majority but they'll have to share power with the sunni prime minister as required by the country's sectarian power sharing rules what's said to be western

backed front runner. russian president vladimir putin is said to be sworn in for his fourth term but his inauguration has been overshadowed by mass protests campaigned on promises to revitalize the economy and cut the poverty rate in half. turning to run fat country is facing a national drug epidemic no walk of society is immune from doctors and business owners the homeless addicts wandering the streets in the last six years the number of addicts has more than doubled to nearly three million people some say the figure could be even higher in our next report we meet a woman once caught in the spiral of addiction who is now helping others to find a way out shirin earns her living making handicrafts which she sells on the streets this would have been unthinkable just a few years ago cheering was a drug addict she was hooked on crystal meth for eight years her father was also an

addict he introduced into alcohol when she was a child and she studied them for that or so my father fermented his own wine when i was a child. that he was then when i was six he gave me a glass of wine for the first time and he hunted i became dizzy and it was very strange. and then i started dancing so it somehow clicked for me at the time even that's when my addiction began. it was easy for sure and to get hold of drugs as an adult even though along with alcohol they were forbidden in this the credit state. how much for us. i learned there that if you can get anything anywhere drugs and alcohol but. our young people start with drinking and then come the drugs. it's very easy to get

drugs and alcohol but that's there are a lot of drug dealers especially in the southern part of tehran. but also in the center. that is nothing more than. the government ignored the problem for decades and the result it has never been easier to get hold of addictive substances and the number of addicts is higher than ever. the figures are so alarming that a former police chief felt compelled to write an open letter demanding that the problem finally be made public the iranian state television did then announce that there were nearly three thousand drug related deaths annually. and sharon was invited to appear on a talk show. this was unthinkable just a short time ago. the moderator probably can't believe that he can talk about this

on t.v. . and the. official figures put the number of drug addicts in iran at one million. the unofficial figures said to be much higher . what is known is that thousands of leaders of alcohol are confiscated and destroyed every year and that the health ministry has opened a detox clinic but we are told that most often addicts are simply locked away. the non-governmental activities in tehran are impressive. in the south of the city aid organizations care for the plentiful addicts living on the street. the volunteers offer more than just a warm meal. was saying it's not our goal to just feed off forced to live on the street the meals are a means to make contact with the drug addicts to gain their trust. that's yes it is

to give them hope that someone is there for them. and says that this. they have reached many this way to help them get off the streets and get clean those who manage it are celebrated each year. and i have been clean for ten months and ten days i never thought i would manage it. we need cheering again here she now wants to share the kind of help she got with others. will be what they are still a lot of people who need help especially in the poor class but also in the middle class. unfortunately there are many women too and i work especially closely with them. many consume because they don't know any better many others because they are just curious. as to lessen. she says that helping other people

gives her strength and confidence and it prevents her from falling back into the jaws of addiction. the the the. the people here help her with that. the. seat tonight the volunteers are going out into the streets again with hundreds of meals bringing them to those who are seeking help. well for more now let's cross over to meet him most sandy from d.w. farsi service so maybe we just seen there that drug and alcohol addiction are big problems in iran and the government there has now acknowledged that does that mean that the government is now going to take a more proactive approach in addressing these problems. for this decade that the government ignore any problems there and that if you look at the

know the situation are so you don't have any specific. study or results of so many people are addicted homing computer use drugs or alcohol and i think that's that's the problem there are no are so do try just sort of the problem you don't ignore the question if you look at the law the people who use drugs especially do use drink alcohol they are the reconnections as a crime not as a season is a problem so because it's been ignored this problem for many years in here as very difficult to get clear statistics on it but do we know roughly what is driving the addiction problem in iran. yeah ok did younger generation like to live differently they we are the social networks or made day no better way

so life is no and islamic law pushed them and ask them to leave different as they really should and i seems normal to these things is just people trying to find out first leave the country if they can not some of them using drugs i cannot say the whole reason or the only reason but. it's really important reason for most young generation in iraq ok so clearly there are many many factors driving the drug addiction probably read as in other countries but i understand that drug addiction among women in iran is rising particularly fast can you tell us more about that yeah it's same i don't think. i six part of that is the norm i like it more use young people know using drugs because the match reality changed there it's once more opium before and in the last ten years it's

a kind of drug who made in the lab and it's easy access to but volume and the role of foreman in iran change they have a different role know in iran they want to be part of this initiative but slummy crow pushed them back all the time and they are more compared to. yong man a man in europe they have more problem as they head job or they they want to work and employee in between vermin or in the world that are more than the man in iraq and that all of these trees intend to just drive them all to using drugs to solve their problem maybe thank you so much for filling us in there maybe most any there from farsi service and he joined us from ball. now to nigeria where they're promised a new life in europe but then forced work to work as prostitutes this is what

happens to thousands of nigerian women every year the united nations estimates that eighty percent of women arriving in europe from nigeria will be forced to work as sex slaves nearly all of them transited through edo state in southern nigeria the provincial capital been in city is a major hub for the trade in sex slaves for a long time politicians kept quiet about the problem but now authorities are acting and have set up a task force to crack down on the traffickers a reporter a young philip schultz joined the team on a raid. these people mean business for weeks members of the special task force have been observing the house of a suspected trafficker today they're going to pounce the atmosphere is tens of solomon o. could do was reassuring for him in the team this is now routine in the last few months they've arrested thirty human traffickers.

are you prepared for all of that eventuality so that nothing will go wrong because maybe while it's in the eye wall of the office also i would have me and know what to do they are fully prepared for the operation to be. the state governor has set up the task force and made solomon special advisor. he has firsthand experience of what it's like to spend years in libya trying to survive. he came back six years ago determined to take up the fight against human trafficking. yeah because yes because i'm caught in the b. i want to live in the. least the data you want treatments the mental no one and you don't get all sample is enough please some to do it all my fault and that is my one of my motivation. we close in on the suspects house the operation begins. so that obviously identified traffic up to the next minute will be crucial for the operation of the. bad luck the suspects not at home

maybe he got a tip off. still the task force did arrest a woman who probably belongs to the network. but she seems to be at the bottom of the hierarchy a so-called recruiter who gets paid for luring in young girls. most of the time we go to the guy's body case we don't know how much information the body got from before to listen guys told us it was. for years been in city in southern nigeria has had a reputation as a center for human trafficking. they used to be mainly young women who were smuggled into europe to work as prostitutes and more recently the human traffickers have expanded their network also in libya. many migrants are held captive there and have to work a slaves or pay a ransom north african a nigerian bands work hand in hand. as. solomon had hoped that the arrest of the recruiter would help the task force get the names of the exit but the

woman stubbornly remained silent till the best tips the team told us usually come from former victims for some time now nigeria has been expanding its program for returning migrants. most of them first stay in this former hotel and been in city. solomon questions a group who are flown out of libya just a few days ago. he often has to be an investigator and a psychologist at the same time. one of the women still has the dry bread she was given in the traffickers hideout. and they want to ask you to pick. true west i know money grand. if you refuse to pay the money. to drink. but there is

a promise to the rescue. the need to bring. themselves in and his team a tiring day comes to an end and they're proud of their work but they know the most difficult hard still lies ahead it's unclear whether the thousands of disillusioned and traumatized return find new hope back home or if they'll just leave again. but solomon is determined to carry on until the last human traffickers and been insidious cult. for years young philip schultz there now they're known as blood diamonds precious stones are legally sold to fund conflicts it's believed that they helped finance the decades long rule of zimbabwe's former president robert mugabe that came from the mines. believed to be the world's biggest diamond deposits working conditions are. reports

of exploitation commonplace and since the ouster of mugabe little there has changed . diamonds are a status symbol the epitome of glamour but we uncovered a very different stark reality torture and poverty in the very place where the glittering diamonds are dug out of the ground. security guards tied me up and sat me on the ground then their dogs mauled my leg. we travel to the moran gate fields in zimbabwe one of the largest diamond deposits in the world for years the field served as a power base for the country's rulers for decades that was dictator robert mugabe but in november the military rose up against him forcing him from power. the new president emerson mandagi has promised to bring change what is happening in

modern day it's pretty huge bearing with literally. changing. the entire fichter is unlikely to continue in this speech. i think is that which doesn't benefit the country in any way. for years these fields have been hermetically sealed off completely off limits to film crews we want to see what's happened here since the change of power we send off all necessary letters before hand and receive some positive responses but when we get there or sent on a wild goose chase from one public authority to another in the end we failed to get permission was the trip all for nothing some representatives from the local moron gay people after which the diamond fields are named take us close to the forbidden zone. where we meet the leader of a moron will receive

a traditional greeting. not bad we know we're living on huge diamond deposits but we haven't gotten anything from it nothing the money always disappears. the chief sun and another leader show us the living conditions in direct proximity to the diamond deposits the diamond mining companies and the government are actually obliged to give nearby local communities a share of the proceeds but the locals assure us the money appears to have trickled away apparently right up to robert mugabe. we're living here in abject poverty homes are crumbling we barely have enough to eat despite being surrounded by diamonds we haven't benefited from it's safe ah to

be honest i'm not perfect to move away from the diamond fields if i could. the leaders of the moron gay are pinning their hopes on the new government they've applied for their own mining license in order to profit finally from the diamond business they say it would benefit their communities. we could attempt a hidden road takes us into the restricted zone where there's hardly any security that's how we managed to get deep into the so-called red zone but beyond this point it gets too risky directly behind it security guards are on patrol. to villagers agree to push on further and film the scene. these are exclusive images they show the environmental damage disused mines are simply abandoned and they show the impoverished residents searching for diamonds in the hope of a bit of income. we found out what they've gone through when the villagers returned

from filming they brought with them several of the prospectors. that's what it was but last night we were caught by the security guards we had to sit down tied up and then they set their dogs on us after they bid us we had to pull them off our legs ourselves the dogs bit my testicles they bit one off and this was what they thought was that they should be reasonable. when one said i feel and believe. it was going to death it was there's no i there's no fence we should say ok to what's going inside so i. said i would told my brother and they asked me my idea what they have i did by the time they laid me down they took dead dogs and then if you don't know my name on my side there but me yeah i've got that. for i'm

a google when his human rights organization have been documenting torture cases like this for years he himself was arrested for speaking to victims in the diamond fields we have good pictorial if you didn't see people we have been viciously mouthed by dogs in the dogs are now very much used to to sucking human blood you know and they did the stories that we are told are horrible and some of them are succumbing to the injuries some of them at tortured to death by the the they disagree to god so the biggest magic and it's ongoing. security forces torturing villagers and those seeking diamonds for the black market. what does the cabinet minister responsible for the region have to say about these allegations. she played a significant role in the fall of robert mugabe. and she's now trying to attract international investors to zimbabwe including its time and industry. if this

is the way to wisdom or stop definitely we can very closely with everyone this to sink in to defense forces everyone the police to make sure that that will stop. zimbabwe's forbid and diamond fields a testing ground for whether or not the country's new government can keep its promises. football now in nuremberg will join fortuna decide often about his league of their season after sealing their promotion from germany's second division they won two nil inside the house to leapfrog dusseldorf at the top of the table the two will meet all the day of the season to decide which team goes up as champions first. they'd already got their hands on a brand as a league spot next season now the question for fortunate dusseldorf could they make that fans even prouder by wrapping up their league title. despite being happy to

defend it was visions keil who looked the more likely to lead at the break while they couldn't dent just a door in sand how is the nuremberg date baroness reacting passed to the goalkeepers perry i. as it stood at half time nuremberg fans were happier disapproves laughed nervously check schools on the. scales were tipped briefly back in their favor to be turned around and pretty tight back within reach . but kiel equalised moments later the back heel followed by not making the sweet finish time off and do that goal would secure his science play off ice as well as nuremberg back in the try to beat seat base sped away with a second goal in san hausen. to my house finishing off the counter they had won first in the bundesliga confirmed at the final whistle not only

securing a return to the top flight for the first time since twenty fourteen but also with a shot at the title the hostess of doffing a winner takes all cash next week and sparks will fly. before those second division clubs can move into their new top flight digs a couple of teams have to vacate the premises cologne already have their move out date and it's just a question of whether it'll be hamburger or both who join them let's check in on those two clubs who fell themselves and very similar positions last season are coping with the pressure. last season's final match day so a direct showdown between the sides had berg emerged victorious this time it's a remote faceoff one is destined to go down i'm. still in our hands as far as relegation is concerned and we can't give up at the. mathematically speaking we're going to have to win a home game against which won't be easy and we also need to hope that lose but

anything is possible in football and we still believe we have a chance and for so long there was little cause for hope that hamburg that changed coach twice this season and been mired in the relegation zone since matchday seventeen but i don't likely victory you can shout restored hope. was when you don't give up you can always be successful and that's what we want to take away from a season on that strong mentality this document that it will spur have suffered almost as much this season they've also dismissed two coaches on the bruno level do you know that one only once and find themselves and sixty place. shots in the off face you can clearly nobody is more upset than me with our poor is so exactly is he for a moment once again we need to battle for ninety minutes to stay in the bundesliga . it promises to be the nerviest of relegation showdowns separated by a hundred and forty two kilometers. and in moto g.p.

defending champion mark marquez delighted the home fans by winning the spanish grand prix on sunday but he had a little help from his title rivals three of them including championship leader and red velvet c.e.o. so collided with eight laps to go all three were forced to exit the race left marquez out on his own for an easy victory this was his second race win in a row and sent him to the top step. fordo just a reminder the top stories we're following for each day on the news early results in lebanon's parliamentary elections indicate the shiite militant group hezbollah and its allies will secure a majority but they'll have to share power with the sunni prime minister as required by the country's sectarian power sharing rules i'll accept to be western backed for the brother saw a retreat. and russian president vladimir putin is set to be sworn in for his

fourth term today but his inauguration has been overshadowed by mass protests campaigned on promises to revitalize the economy and cut the poverty rate and. you're watching news coming to you from berlin there's more to come.

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