this is news live from berlin a verdict has been handed down one of germany's longest and most notorious neo nazi murder trials got to chase but has been found guilty of a string of racist murders crimes that shocked the nation still struggling to atone for its dark nazi past she was the only surviving member of the neal not to sell known as the national socialist underground today after a mammoth five year trial she finally heard her fate. also coming up donald trump is in brussels for what's expected to be a fractious at nato summit he says other members are taking advantage of the u.s.

and launched a stinging attack on germany in particular we asked if the transatlantic alliance can survive trump's pressure. and friends are through to the world cup final thanks to a one zero victory over belgium. the second half goal setting the blues to the championship game don't play either proration for england the teams matched up in tonight's other summertime. i'm serious oh my god they're good to have you with us and we start with some breaking news that's just come in to us a court in munich has announced a guilty verdict against the only surviving member of a neo nazi terror cell involved in a ten year crime spree the judges agreed with the prosecution that payoff a cheaper was an equal member of the gang that calls itself the national socialist underground the n.s.a. you know the two men in the. murdered ten people and carried out two bombings

before being found dead in two thousand and eleven in an apparent murder suicide most of their attacks targeted people with migrant backgrounds the trial of chief and four co-defendants took more than five years victims' families and critics say the try left unanswered and many of the questions related to the n.s.u. . and let's bring in david these frank hoffman he is outside of the courtroom in new macon joins us for more frank as we said we've just heard that this verdict has come down tell us more. well the outstanding point is they out the chap who was convicted for all of the ten murders of the national socialists on the cross and so the church is obviously the court is obviously convinced that she was a call member not just a person off these murder cases we don't know yet what's going to happen with the accomplices the four of them that also here in the court. here in munich but the

outstanding point again as she was convicted for all of the first of the ten murder cases rito know yet for what the conviction in detail will be we are going to await this in the course of the day but it's quite often is that a life sentence stands here at the un's frank this is a verdict a lot of people have been waiting to hear after traveled gone on for five years and traveled gotten a lot of attention here in germany and across the world what has made this case so significant. so it's just the sheer complexity and the monstrosity say of this murder cases and all of the actions of this new nazi terror group they were a terrorist group they were killing for seven years in all over the country in different places in northern wrists all the year in the south of germany in the land of the very a for example it all starts in two thousand with three killings in the city of nuremberg. that's the one point the other point is police and the

investigators it took so long time for them to really find to get on the track to look for racist killings and the motives i mean that this there's a neo nazi terrorist group behind all that which means in the course of the investigations a lot of victims' families members were in the spotlight and have to suffer the spotlight and these investigations by police as well and this is a core issue many are discussing here during this during the stay in front of the courthouse here and additionally many victims' families are demanding that this verdict must not be the end of further investigations because many people are convinced that these killings these murders were not able. to toot toot toot it was not able for they were not able to kill all these people without proper neo nazi network structures all over the country frank as those families of the victims have also complained that this trial has not answered

a lot of the questions that they have about the killings and about the perpetrators themselves out tell us more about the ordeal that they have been. looking and they were family. concerned and we see ation by the planes and they lost their relatives murdered by neo nazi terror groups this is the core issue but you also shouldn't underestimate it's doing all these years there was a national debate about that that went more into the direction we have killings in the migration environment of immigrants in the country and this until today has not been you know just really discussed and this is why many are demanding this you are listening maybe you can maybe hear just on the opposite side of the street there's a protest going on of neo nazi. neo nazi protests of people that say this can't be the end here in munich. frank we mentioned that you've been

covering this trial for years now what do you think the main lesson is that germany can take away from this. well i think in times of populist right wing. of right wing populous and also in germany but also in all the countries of of the of the european union here on the continent i think this is sightseers society like germany really has to learn out of what has happened here and also has to learn off where we were it was coming from we know that during the ninety nine chase will also a lot of violence that there was also low violence on the streets of germany after the fall of the bull in war and the unification process not only in east germany but also in other parts of germany and ever since this obviously has not been really discuss what does main what main strace is what those what kind of role plays and they are not citizens. in the federal republic of germany. thank you to

these correspondent frank hoffman standing outside of the courtroom in munich where we have just heard that guilty verdict handed down to the main a suspect of being assume a terrorist cell frank thank you very much for that update thank you. now to some other stories making news around the world according to pakistani police a suicide bombing at an election rally in the country's northwest has killed a secular politician and the police twelve others fifty people were also injured in the attack at the awami national party event in peshawar this comes ahead of national polls scheduled for later this month the pakistani taliban has claimed responsibility. japanese prime minister shinzo abi has visited an evacuation center in one of the areas worst affected by recent downpours this as the death toll climbs to one hundred seventy six people after severe flooding and landslides caused by last week's torrential rains dozens of people remain missing it is one of japan's worst weather related disasters in decades. prominent chinese political

campaigner kin young men has been sentenced to thirteen years in jail after a court found him guilty of subversion of state power he was first jailed as a counter-revolutionary in the one nine hundred eighty s. and has already spent a total of twenty two years in prison. and the widow of the chinese nobel peace prize laureate who has a rock has been freed and arrived in berlin on tuesday who shot had been kept under near total house arrest in china with no formal charges since two thousand and ten the german government had been pushing for her release since her husband died in chinese custody a year ago. u.s. president donald trump has arrived in brussels for what promises to be a fractious nato summit he has lashed out at european partners for not spending enough on defense singling out germany in particular trump says germany is totally controlled by russia due to its gas pipeline deal with moscow and says it should immediately increase its nato contributions did at least teri schultz reports now

from brussels to tell nato he got his big bills donald trump has relentlessly attacked nato allies and how much they spend on defense but it's toward un-american u.s. president has directed most of his ire the german chancellor was again in his sights at a recent rally and i said you know. i can't get. so we're protecting you and it means a lot more to you they're protecting us because i don't know how much for texture we get by protecting you and that guarantee of mutual defense is the bedrock of the nato alliance trump has hinted he might not honor the so-called article five principle for those countries that don't spend two percent of their g.d.p. on their militaries that new threat coming amid reports he's considering pulling out some of the thirty five thousand u.s. soldiers stationed in germany well they are absolutely right the nervous i think sophia best fellow with the london based center for european reform says trump's

attacks on merkel don't just damage her they strengthen nato chief nemesis the. relationship between d.c. and berlin being weakened that the way that president trump singles out i'm going to america potentially that by the europeans and all of that is good for putin americal is frustrated by her inability to forge any connection with trump despite her skill in managing difficult relationships. with the u.s. leaders bombastic rhetoric may have made allies reach for their wallets quicker first but it's becoming counterproductive says jeff rockier of the center for strategic and international studies germans don't want to be seen as compliant with trump explains and americans may be turning against germany. certainly americans see the united states engaged globally they want to know that our allies stand with us and when they hear the president making accusations in particular toward germany

that it's not pulling its share of the weight as he puts it i think that has an effect over time many allies spend less on defense than germany but this keep the trump tirades this is also an opportunity for european leaders to show solidarity with. you know the fact that the president is focusing on singling her. now doesn't mean that everyone can just lean back in their chairs and that her write it out but with many of their own records of underspending in the spotlight european leaders are likely to keep their heads down and let marigold their the brunt of trump on her own. and they have used brussels bureau chief max hoffman is standing by for us at nato headquarters as the summit set to get underway hi max good to see you so we've seen president trump again attack in germany as the summit has gotten underway tell us more about that you know there's a new twist to it you just mentioned it to me that he said that germany was captive

to russia because of the money they pay russia for the gas they get from russia and that's typical for trump he's mixing everything together defense trade now the relations to russia and always the centerport of his attention seems to be germany and i get back oh so i put the question forward to the ambassador of the u.s. to nato hutchinson the master why she thinks that he's so focused on germany her explanation was it's because germany is such a big economy and to play such an important role in nato but so are just not paying enough but she also said that germany was a very important ally and remained a very important ally to the united states but if you listen to the u.s. president it sounds a lot to. work max it's a divisive way as the summit gets underway you know european leaders are hoping that trump will reaffirm america's commitment to nato but let's listen to what he said just ahead of the summit so i have. no. i have these pay

which is in somewhat turmoil an absolute frankly put maybe the double more i would think you would say. so max is working with europe so hard for trump and where do things stand with the transatlantic alliance going forward. his meeting with putin will be like that's up to the u.s. president but one thing's for sure of course this nato meeting is not going to be very easy for him because he's well not completely isolated but he doesn't have many allies among the european union member states maybe poland is more on his side and of course the secretary general of nato against barack has thanked repeatedly for trying to have more of the burden sharing so have more financing also from the european states but. it's also worrisome of course for the other nato members because if he thinks it's easier to have a talk with russia than with his own allies the many here to say how committed is

he really to nato what will he really do when the u.s. have to you know do article five and be of assistance and committed to other allies that are in danger will he really do that that's the question that many are asking in brussels and max that we heard in a report there that one analyst saying this is a chance for allies to rally around germany and rally around i know america as jeremy's being a singled out of things by donald trump are we going to see that. it depends really because quite frankly without the support of the united states of america and nato isn't worth much at least at the moment it is true that the major brunt of the punch of nato is because of the americans and the germans don't seem that committed yet to spending much more percentage wise at least of their g.d.p. the newest plan is that by two thousand and twenty five they will spend one point five percent of the g.d.p. on defense they're supposed to at least that is the goal spend two percent so

they're not there yet germany is not really a military power they don't want to be a military power because of their past so i don't know if that's the right nations rally around at least militarily in europe did have you brussels bureau chief max up on reporting from nato headquarters for us thank you very much. now against all odds all twelve boys and their soccer coach have been freed from a flooded cave and highland ambulances took the last of the boys and their coach to a local hospital were officials say they are in good condition the boys between eleven and sixteen years old spent more than two weeks deep inside the cave after water sealed off their exit route one rescue diver died last week but now the underground nightmare has come to an end. it was the outcome the world had been hoping and praying for there was jubilation as news reached the volunteers helping with the rescue operation all twelve of the boys and their coach safely out of the

cave and recovering in hospital but today is a great day older boys are safe no no no. triumph two for the regional governor who led the has a to smile to national mission to get the boys out it wouldn't no one thought we could do it but we did it it was a first for the world things to the thai people government agencies and the private sector. specialist foreign divers and members of the time navy's elite seal unit succeeded against all the odds in bringing out the group a difficult and dangerous process with two divers leading each one of the boys and their coach through more than four kilometers of dark narrow and partially flooded underground tunnels one diver told later of his fears is the first boy was brought to would say when i saw. the dive on the catering to horizon we can see the father probably about fifty metres i still didn't know if it. was

a casualty open or security. so why was. it difficult but when i saw that he was alive and breathing and seemed to be alright. it felt very good a fleet of ambulances transported the rescued boys from the cave entrance to a hospital in the nearby city of chiang rai oh for the families that had been an agonizing wait eighteen days hoping against hope that their loved ones would be brought out alive. oh my i want to thank everyone who took part in the government and all the officials the police the soldiers and the seals both from thailand and abroad and with. joy and relief on all sides that for the football team known as the wild cause their harrowing underground ordeal is finally over.

to the home stretch of soccer's world cup now the first semifinal was last night with france up against belgium there too closely matched teams that france managed to go early in the second half and held on for a one zero victory it wasn't until the twenty second minute it's cagey seventy final sprang to life belgians toby and a viral tonight on the turn a stunning say from hugo to race france attack next kilian and back page feeding benjamin providing the thirty eight minutes of vital stop from t vocal twat it's time to break through arrived early in the second half fronts the summer than t.t. rose highest and not home and strong reasons corner in the fifty first minute. nothing courtois could do about that one. france turned on the magic to produce one of the game slick his moves shortly after a lucky escape for belgium. the red devils three men forward in the dying moments but left blue held firm under pressure. be delirium at the final whistle the first

world cup final appearance for france in twelve years croatia england line wait a hot breaking into the tournament for belgium. viva live from the bat. the second world cup semifinal takes place in moscow tonight when croatia and england do battle a core a share of targeting a first ever place in the world cup final england meanwhile have surpassed expectations despite many of their usually boisterous fans steering clear of the tournament in russia. this flight from london heathrow should be packed with england fans but the check in desk has seen busier days political tensions fears of the russian hooligans and the costs i mean the number of england supporters usually it's a will copy as well down this year even ahead of a first semifinal in twenty eight years. organizers of brought out a former miss russia to try to encourage more england fans to make the trip. i says

i want to say to english fans guys that get it together come to russia and support your national team because they have gotten into the same fine no. croatia's wealth of talent could also be scaring off some england fans real madrid luke ahmad rich event to strike a mario man to catch and barcelona midfielder even rockets which have shown so far enough out wins by a penalties hoffenheim forward andrei kraemer each knows england well from his time at leicester. england play more attractive an attacking football than in previous years. it's hard to say what suits especially because we have our own style. i'm sure the match won't be off to a fast start because there's so much at stake we need to stay focused especially in defense. they could go the distance but

know the saying them fans don't want penalties. time for business with daniel now and the trade dispute continues to escalate that's why they keep piling on the lays as well very complicated story the next round in the american chinese trade conflict. donald trump's administration is getting ready to impose tariffs on another two hundred billion dollars in chinese imports the white house says the new levies are a response to china's counter tariffs which came after america's first round of import duties while they focused on industrial goods to limit the impact on consumers the expanded list of over six thousand products includes everyday items like electric lamps and macro beijing slams the threat as totally unacceptable and vows to impose countermeasures. and donald trump is increasingly targeting agricultural products from europe in his trade war just take spanish all lives which have been on the tariff since november last year the u.s.

recently renewed the levies saying all of production is unfairly subsidized as with many other e.u. agricultural products farmers in and a new see it depend on the american market but sales have plummeted. only trees as far as the eye can see in southern spain they shaped not timely the landscape but the economy team trumps decision to include spanish olives in his trade war has been applied to the people of underage sia under source of heated discussion even during the world cup. library that. alongside all the other negative measures trump has decided to implement the g t's on a very harmful to the agriculture of under me including our village. could be a lot of the. agro sivia is a co-operative that's been hit especially hard it's spain's biggest all of exporter and the us is its biggest market by far. all lives over very popular products but

since trump introduced his import tariffs sales have practically hoft. fifty people who've already lost their jobs are very severe and the remaining workers are worried not confide their political fight where angry but mostly scared in the air lift up the i'm not sleeping well and i keep wondering what's going to happen to us my family in the mortgage depend on my salary so of course it's a big butt and it don't. matter if the u.s. is accuse pain of dumping selling its products too cheaply in the us and outprice in california olives trump says he's just hoping american farmers. you know what the u.s. is saying is we'll impose tariffs on all products that provide competition to american products and there are simple reasons why we are a competitor we produce be an agricultural policy in general the u.s.

government has criticized e.u. subsidies of enabling spanish farmers to sell below a fair value french and german are cultural products could also end up in the firing line. so i got a pretty radical media telecon the common agricultural policy is an attack on a cornerstone of the e.u. is looking to play your part with this behavior but it. may not meet that retro. has already threatened countermeasures the trade conflict between the us and europe is entering the next ground. and trump versus the e.u. is not the only transatlantic fight going on at the moment the e.u. commission also looking into google's business practices again while house is tracking this for us in frankfurt laws what's behind the move and are you sensing outrage from investors or simply deja vu. well i wouldn't call it outrage but to wait to see google shares down overnight by about a percent so people do take notice investors do take notice but it is not the first

time they are dealing with it so it's a little bit of a deja vu daniel indeed it's one of three cases actually this time as of course a classic antitrust case and it has to do with google illegally abusing the dominance of its android system when it comes to mobile advertising last year at a very similar case that cost google two point four billion euro but this one experts say could actually come in a little more expensive and the third one is still outstanding and again this is about the search engine that google uses and also related to mobile advertising and to stick to the transatlantic theme german comic a dime a has announced a new project in california of all places tell us more. while diameter and bosch together they want to bring fleet of driverless taxis to california why california because of course that is where the competition is and they've been there for a while of course as much as they have been trying to get more into driverless

technologies they are way behind let's say g.m. or of course away more google offspring and now they're getting into at least their market maybe they can learn from them i don't know but they want to bring in some taxis over there going to the regular caps for regular people can call these caps using app and that's just going to be a driver in there just a person of course still controlling the entire system they haven't said how much they're investing in that they haven't said how many caps that will be but they at least bring that technology over and see that they learn from the partners their german companies finally getting into gear when it comes to innovating in that space last helper in front but thank you very much for that. i'm going to remind of the top stories we're following for you. in one of germany's longest and most notorious neo nazi murder trials a german court sentenced defendant beyond to. to life in prison on ten counts of murder the court found part of the national socialist underground. killed

a great policewoman over a period of seven minutes. to the world cup final victory over belgium. final in twelve years it will be against england all croatia. you're watching it from coming up at the top of the hour and don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site that's a dot com thank you very much for joining us here on.

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