this is news coming to you live from berlin criminal or rescue worker that's what a court will decide in a trial now under way for a man who says he saved thousands of syrians fleeing war prosecutors want to put him behind bars for people smuggling we go live to the courthouse in les pauls also coming up as bill all looks poised to make major gains in lebanon selection 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. and the man who has held power in russia for nearly two decades so they can get sworn in for six more years but mass protests over the weekend overshadowed his inauguration. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us. a trial is underway today on the greek island of les pauls for dina prosecutors accuse him of people trafficking and say he's a criminal but he started the charity in two thousand and fifteen to help those fleeing the syrian war and says he saved thousands of lives we'll hear from correspondent who's covering the trial for d.w.i. in just a moment but first this report. by many he's seen as a hero in two thousand and fifteen. and intrapreneur from denmark decided to change

his life. i saw the picture of an encore do i go shocked too because 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 traces 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 this refugees like old people like children and women. and i wanted to scream i really want to scream and cry in the same moment i was the worst to help how come if there is nobody here.

has been like from the change my life. at first i didn't thought you'd go help for a week but one week quickly turned into five months. she 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 cause god i say i'm a child my. police come and. take a child i don't know what to do it's a google group and they're 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's something wrong with this world . and it's something profitable. one january night everything changed the greek coast guard arrested team humanity at sea for and it felt like a betrayal many times i've been 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 as for what. for saving life saving children through. one day is going to

be them running who knows is going to be running. a report from day w.'s mariel. mariel joins us now from lesbos she's there covering the trial prosecutors in lesbos accuse dean of people trafficking tell us more about the charges he's facing. yes so the allegations against deen and his crew actually changed in the last two years of the course since he was arrested and two thousand and sixteen so first the greek authorities accused him of smuggling refugees from turkey to greece over the border but then one year in eight months nature could actually seventeen could actually prove the fact that he didn't press the button so there was a g.p.s. location and a phone office to it members and proving that she didn't press about as a band allegation changed from smuggling refugees to the attempts of smuggling

refugees. you know you spoke to him before he went into the court how is he going about defending himself. well he's basically saying what did i do wrong i saved human lives i say fifty g.'s in the sea and also i did nothing hidden hidden and yeah everybody knew what i was doing so the coast guard also the police everyone knew what was going on and also had parked and registered his boat. for his rescue boat that. by donations and it was parked next to frontex. it was everything perfectly clear and also he said that the coast guards at some point when the refugee crisis was very heavy there were three thousand people arriving each day they were even asking him if he could help him with this because they didn't have enough manpower and unfolds. many people said

witnesses told me by the way yesterday i met them all to tell us about those witnesses what have they been so. yes i saw yesterday i went to the north of the island there where all the boats arrived during twenty fifteen twenty sixteen and i met a sheep farmer and a restaurant on a and actually many other people on the way that new team humanity knew selim dean and his crew and and when i asked them what do you remember and what did you do it they were like yeah i of course rescued so many people here we also provided food from the restaurant we hoped as much as we could we don't understand he's a local hero we don't understand why he's now on trial. mariel thank you very much for bringing us up to date. reporting from les boss. the shiite militant group hezbollah appears to have made major gains in lebanon's first parliamentary election in nearly a decade if the roomba group does secure

a majority it will have to share power with a sunni prime minister that's likely to be sought the western front runner but his boss supporters are still celebrating the vote as a major with. the results may not have been out but that didn't stop hezbollah supporters laine 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 for 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 he had to lebanon's prime minister looks set to be reelected billionaire businessman fan hariri heads up a coalition campaigning for votes from sunni's and moderates but he's under some pressure it's companies are floundering and many resent his cooperation with hezbollah. the anti israel group divides voters preliminary results suggest its most bitter ripon instead also done well it has been less says only it has the answers to lebanon's problems. but we're going through difficult times military success and hezbollah 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. let's go to our correspondent who is following the story for us in beirut first of all lebanon to some degree is a mirror for the various interests that are competing for supremacy in the middle east what to these elections in lebanon reveal about the power struggles underway in that country and the region as a whole. well you know we have an essentially is a it's a tiny country but it's a proxy battleground between regional war for dominance between sunni saudi arabia and iran and the rise of his beloved which is already a very very strong military force on the ground in this speech in rise up as well as a political force is a troubling news for the region at large that is because there is really see hizbullah as it's nemesis in two thousand and six hizbullah give the israelis the duff right there is means don't want is reluctant strong now they're going to be

even stronger politically saudis don't want as well to be strong because there's been lazy dance proxy and they don't want to iran's expansion so you know when now we will see. even worse rhetoric from these countries in the region and a lot of people here that i'm talking to are a little bit worried as to what this now means what actually on the ground elliptical rise would mean for the region ok from the perspective of israel and saudi arabia then. the worrying projections show that has blood on his allies or so to win over half the seats in parliament why have they done so well. well they've done well for a several reasons there's a new electoral law and has allies their allies with the christians need to look at the demographics of levanon who have shia muslims sunni muslims and christians several different sects but need to speak activities now share his will laugh they have the of very loyal support and their allies with the christians of the op that

bought the bank entirely backing it whereas if you look at the sunni war back it's been split the had many other candidates challenging him so he could not get as many wars as his beloved or with its allies had managed to get them also cracked clever alliances this time local alliances and even some of the candidates which fought as some of the candidates had initially shook hands with his blessing as well adams and it's all this weekend this is what. charles thank you so much for that analysis of course there talking to us from beirut. now it's catch up on some of the other stories making headlines around the world today british foreign minister boris johnson is urging the united states to continue backing the nuclear deal with iran he says it would be a mistake to walk away from it at this time johnson is in washington for talks with the trump administration ahead of the may twelfth deadline for the president to

decide whether or not to pull out of the accord one it was not a campaign caution and president trump's new lawyer rudy giuliani says trump could never do fall i was subpoenaed to testify in the special counsel's russia investigation speaking after a chaotic first week on the job giuliani also disowned his own statements about trump's payment of hush money to adult film star stormy daniels after trump criticized him for not having his facts me not for play. and russian president vladimir putin is set to be sworn in for a fourth term today that's after he secured more than seventy six percent of the vote in elections back in march in moscow protein met with government ministers ahead of his inauguration ceremony he's now been in power for eighteen years his historic poor term comes at a time of strained relations with the west and as well as a tense situation at home with opponents accusing him of undermining democracy in russia. well speaking of russian monitors here to give us

a look at the russian economy monaco well putin has big plans for the russian economy in his fourth to tary he wants to revitalize the country's economy he says he wants to cut russia's poverty rate in half and he wants to 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 bold string the economy despite moscow being squeezed by western sanctions but they warn that 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 more. oil structural problems and

make sure our economy grows faster we need new sources of growth production needs to become more efficient business need to be modernized we need new technology in manufacturing. so i'm 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 as 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 risks 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 go but you're not here for russian 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 the biggest problem is too much red tape and a lack of financing what is your. view feeling to finance your own pouring money is still expensive in russia the banking sector has been in crisis mode for years. bush's military operations abroad in places that just syria are also expensive money for modernizing infrastructure at home remains cares. as russian celebrate the arrival of spring analysts are wondering what putin will do to foster

a new era of economic growth. while for now russia currently benefits from rising oil prices when in fact oil prices should be forming just last week there were reports that stocks in the united states are growing but prices are continuing to rise because of the unstable political situation in the middle east and opec's policy off fuel subsidies so the price of brant crude oil has gone up by sixty six percent since last summer one barrel of the black stuff currently costs just under seventy six u s dollars the main force behind it all seems to be saudi arabia which is keeping supply short other political risk rask also contributing u.s. president on a trip for one announced that he will decide this week whether or not to withdraw from the iran nuclear agreement. well slightly less worrying perhaps it might be

best known for nescafe the world's top selling instant coffee but now swiss food giant nestle is teaming up with coffee chain starbucks nestle is set to pay starbucks more than seven billion dollars to form a global coffee alliance that will allow it to market starbucks products outside the american companies coffee shops starbucks hopes this will boost its food and coffee products which already generate about two billion dollars in annual sales and nestle expects the deal to strengthen its position in the north american market . so that's certainly a story for my coffee loving expert reference duck eggs change that done the old co-op and you just found the best spot for this what are investors apart from coffee coffee loving investors what are they making of the deal. yeah a very dangerous spot by the way monica when the stock exchange is just one minute

away from this coffee but yeah when you talk of two investors are actually lacking this news this is also reflecting on the share price this morning nestle shares have been going up by zero point six percent investors are liking this latest news because of a couple of reasons now the product nescafe an espresso and starbucks they will be all managed from one company investors are certainly hoping for more synergies and at the same time even more cost cutting in general the coffee industry is considered by investors here as a very important and very fast growing industry just in two thousand and seventeen the average german was buying four point two kilos off a coffee last year investors also think that nesta will now have easier access to the north american market canada and the united states are very important for the coffee industry ok so the starbucks nestle dean gold down well way you are what else i mean the week is young what else is the week up in store for us oh it's

going to be a certainly a very busy week here at the stock market geo political tension could be again on via focus off in investors the iran nuclear deal is certainly going to keep investors busy they will be looking for more tweets coming from the u.s. president just on sunday iran want the u.s. that stopping the nuclear deal could be a historic mistake also the reporting season will continue here at the blue chip index that big companies such as dr tiller com daughter passed on and they will be opening their books and to report their quarterly numbers all right i guess you will need a lot of coffee in order to cover all those stories for us daniel cope in frankfurt thank you so much. talking of stocks shares in air france tumbled more than thirteen percent on the paris stock exchange that following the departure of the troubled airline c.e.o. . announced his resignation on friday night after staff rejected

a paid deal this pilot away for strikes that have cost the carrier three hundred million euros as it aims to cut costs to compete with rivals france's economy minister said on sunday that the airline survival was at stake and the government would not step in to rescue it the air france crisis is just one of many challenges the government is currently dealing with one year into macross presidency opinions are divided whether his sweeping reforms are good for the country. 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 pledge 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 thought the image of francis changed a lot globally like when you go abroad you talk about emmanuel my kong whether it's in germany or the united states. where you know this is

a very great from what we saw in the past. france is perceived more positively by investors bodies of its. own 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 micron's intention to end early retirement for new hires has been met with particular resistance. but so far the president has found it to press on with his reforms. what does make a france if you miss the news terry's got something interesting to share with you that's right some changes afoot there in the bonus league of the always happens no

one back will join fortuna desoto off in the buddhist league season next year after sealing their promotion from germany's second division they won two nil in sand house and to leap frog door at the top of the table the two will meet on the final day of the season to decide which team goes up as champions. they've already got their hands on have been busily guestbook next season now the question for fortunate dusseldorf could they make that fans even prouder by wrapping up in the title. despite being happy to defend it was visitors keil who looked the more likely to lead at the break but while they couldn't dent disability in sand how's the nuremberg did i know baron is reacting bast to the goalkeepers parry i as it stood at half time nuremberg fans with a happy disapproves laughed nervously check schools on the times the scales were tipped briefly back in their favor he turned around and pretty new title back

within reach i particularly qualifies for moments later the back heel followed by not making sweet finish time off in jokes that go with secure his science play off ice as well as put nuremberg back in the driving seat they sped away with a second goal in san how then. i see my house finishing off the counter they had one 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 they host dusseldorf in a winner takes all clash next weekend sparks will fly. well for those second division clubs can move up into their new top flight digs a couple of teams will have to vacate the premises cologne already have their move out date as well just a question of whether it'll be hamburger bosporus who join them

a check and all hell those two clubs who found themselves in a very similar position 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 it's still in our hands as far as relegation is concerned and we can't give up that. mathematically speaking we're going to have to win a home game against him which won't be easy and we also need to hope the blues but anything is possible in football and we still believe we have a chance. for so long there was little cause for how you could have that change 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. i. win you don't give up you can always be successful and that's what we want to take away from this season on that strong mentality document that attach. have suffered

almost as much this season they've also dismissed two coaches of bruno love a deal that one to leave once and find themselves in sixty place. shuts his mouth off say if you can clearly nobody is more upset than me with. the for a moment once again we need to battle for ninety minutes to stay in the bonus again . it promises to be the nerviest of relegation showdowns separated by a hundred and forty two kilometers. you're watching news coming to you live from berlin we have more for you at the top of the hour and of course you can always get all the latest news information around the clock on our web site that's called thanks for being with us.

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