this is the wus coming to you live from berlin the result the chinese nobel peace prize winner you shall both leave china to start a new life in europe. is due to arrive in berlin this evening after years of house arrest in china the german government has been pushing for her release since a husband who shall boord died in chinese custody a year ago also coming up eleven boys are now free in thailand and divers risked against the clock to rescue the last boy and his soccer coach who've been trapped

for eighteen days in a flooded cave we'll go live to our correspondent for the very latest. and belgium makes a playful history of the world cup in two nights from the semifinal decided to outwit their neighbor francois for a place in the fun for the bay first time. hello and welcome i'm dutch ema the widow of the chinese debate peace prize winner new szabo has left china to start a new life in europe she's expected to arrive in bonn in this evening you have been kept under a near total hasa arrest with no formal charges since two thousand and ten when her husband was awarded the nobel peace prize the hospital schools for democracy had angered beijing. she's finally free lucia the widow of the nobel

peace prize laureate lucia. for years she longed to leave china and live in exile but she was confined to this suburban compound for years under house arrest cut off from the world as if she were a criminal. but she never actually broke the law her only crime was being married to her husband the late civil rights activist china had labeled him a criminal because he advocated democratic change in china. he was already in prison when he won the nobel peace prize in two thousand and ten he was never released this empty chair at the awards ceremony in oslo symbolized china's refusal to free him. even his wife lucia was not allowed to travel and accept the award on his behalf beijing called her an accomplice to her husband and placed her under house arrest. but i never expected him to win the nobel peace prize and i can't leave the house it's absolutely absurd. even kafka couldn't have

written this with any. of. us. for eight years she lived under constant observation she shaved her head in protest and suffered from deep depression. only at the very end of her husband's life was she allowed to visit him in hospital he was in the final stages of liver cancer she remained with him to the end then attended the state's hastily organized burial at sea from the very beginning germany pushed for lucia to be allowed to leave china. but beijing downplayed the case saying she would be prosecuted under chinese law. we will not tolerate any international interference. lucia's lawyer says the chinese government's

actions were all with unlawful. what's truly exceptional about lucia's case is that she can't do anything about her situation. she hasn't committed a crime there has been no judicial ruling handed down so it is simply illegal that they're restricting her movement. i mean. after years of negotiations with numerous setbacks new shabbos widow has been released but it will likely take a long time before she can return to a normal life. is in taipei and following that story when he china had rejected outside into very fit and so what led to their shells released now and what go to jimmy's diplomatic campaign plane these developments. actually according to the mention of friends who has a close relationship with her they have. actually

a child claim to fully well that chairman and person in china and this time she's not coming by any of the chinese authorities so it shows that this campaign is actually motivated by the german government and the latest in crimea said about the timing some of the friends said actually the chinese authorities has told that the chinese government is allowing her to leave china and you know this month oh early august. to be early before any first year of staff was just on friday that is another's pricing points so the chinese government is denying keeping her on the house arrest and clear. of rhesus and that actually she has been she has detainee at her home for almost a serious so and the chinese government and today they can't see any relationship between the chinese premier league visits to germany and you shall believe and so i

think the media from all around the bow they are looking for more details for the job they kept until now as you said it could be posted that it was free this friday tell us about what kooky and his wife played in china's dissident movement. in fact. it's not a political activist says she is a poets and artists but just because she hasn't has mary to fall and it's. her face into the that's missing so. one of the famous political activists in china. apple case the office the redone constitutional reform and lloyd in china and he's also one of his also the first chinese awarded the nobel prize in two thousand and ten so both of them are very symbolic

thinkers in china advocating for social reform so that's why. it's having a. good deal because. in taipei thank you very much. in time when the navy has confirmed that the divers have brought up the eleventh member for youth soccer team that had been trapped in a flooded key for more than two weeks that means one boy remains in the cave with the soccer coach only this morning a diver still out of the final phase of the rescue operation officials said the risk is intended to extract the evacuate the remaining members of the youth soccer team today the boys who've been already been door talent getting medical care and are set to be in good condition riskier as a wants to finish the operation before full cost heavy rains hit the beach and. now he's out because one for the notion of the cave complex in a northern on in the joins in from the field and more good news from there with the

rescue operation being us up to date with the latest. yeah what seems like a mission impossible only a few days ago now by the looks of it going like clock is going like clockwork basically we have just heard reports that the first boy that was taken out today has already been transferred from the field hospital to the helicopter so he will be transferred to chung riper eventually hospital shortly. all that we're hearing that it's all good news. actually i don't know maybe you can hear there's a helicopter passing over me right now. so all i am. i wouldn't be surprised if this is where if the first boy that was taken out today is actually in that helicopter and so that also means that he was stable enough to

be transferred so everything is going according to plan. and the boy so old pretty in the hospital doing afifa has invited them to the final of the world cup in moscow with a plan to take on make it. yes and i'm sure that the boys. may be devastated to hear that this would have been an option for them i'm sure they would have loved going there at the same time i think even the people president knew that his offer his standing invitation was basically gone from realistic even if the boys are now we should say when the boys come out in time that they would be in no condition to travel to moscow for the for the world cup final so i think one could say that this is a p.r.

stunt by few quite a successful one but nevertheless a p.r. stunt the feeling this has been of the international effort in a risky one one time even seen die trying to see the boys on the time which fish will have the miscue as. well i'm sure there was immense pressure but they didn't really show it i mean us journalists were kept away from them. for the last few days even in a separate press center so that was no mingling possible and but since the whole world literally the whole world what was watching i'm sure that was pressure felt and since it was not just spectators but it was you know they were helpers from all over the world that were those initial british rescue divers who played a crucial role might may be the crucial role in this rescue operation it's not the first successful mission that they have undertaken there were a few dozen c.-u.

ass. rescue helpers from the u.s. pacific command that is based in okinawa japan that were here as consultants we have heard that the chinese were here. an undisclosed number but it must have been quite high there were they are experts in mapping so they have done their share in sort of laying out the lay of this paper which was very crucial also for this rescue mission. will be a new ship in northern thailand thank you very much for that update. but not been your visit with some other stories making news around the wild jeremy hunt has been named the new british foreign minister after barres johnson's resignation the u.k.'s brags that negotiated david davis also left his post on monday the critic in protest of a prime minister to resign missed plans to maintain will debut as close ties with

the european union off to the u.k. leaves the bloc. us president doesn't trump is nominated conservative judge a brit kavanagh to fill the vacancy on the supreme court is confirmed the fifty three rules catholic is expected to be less receptive to abortion and gay rights than his predecessor the nomination sets up a confirmation battle with democrats as strong seeks to shift the nation's highest court for the right. at least one hundred fifty six people have died in japan due to flooding and landslides caused by last week's torrential rains as waters begin to recede more than seventy three thousand rescue workers have been deployed in search of victims and survivors in the western part of the concept.

soccer's was kopassus galloping to want to finish the one with the full the semifinal match of tonight a powerful france team playing their neighbors belgium moved on the really their unbeaten all the way back to their walk up qualifiers the day of north of the four reached the once cup final from us on the other hand looking for the second was cup title having won the trophy back in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight the host country russia now to offer a thrilling run for their supporters but while cup fans are still glued to the competition the beautiful game has captured the imagination ahead of today's and wednesday's semifinal games dublin spoke to locals to find out who if anyone they are rooting for. the host nation might be out but the world cup still dominates russian t.v. repeats of the quarter final matches are running on a loop in restaurants around moscow. it's a bittersweet feeling for the locals they're proud of their team but they wish the adventure could have lost it just

a little bit longer. russia for certain people here. read a beautiful game write a beautiful play or three were glad. that success has boosted bookings profile in ice hockey mad russia the next generation is already preparing for a future coleman the russians now want to win the world cup i would pull because oprah so i. i don't know began. maybe we wanted to beat team is the word team you know many people like england those in with high chances of winning the creation and then you will support creation because if he beats russia unfortunately so probably france. the party is coming to an end and russia has the world cup it's almost time for life in moscow to get back to its usual. rhythm. it was in the news coming up

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