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prison. also coming up donald trump is in brussels for what's expected to be a fractious nato summit he says other members are taking advantage of the u.s. and launched a stinging attack on germany in particular we asked at the transatlantic alliance can survive trying to pressure. and france are through for the world cup final thanks for won the victory over belgium hamilton petey's second half goal setting the blues to the championship game they'll play i've been away show for england the team smashed up and tonight's other summertime. i'm sumi so much on the good to have you with us a quarter in munich has announced a guilty verdict against the only surviving member of a neo nazi terror cell that was involved in a ten year crime spree but after cheaper has been sentenced to life in prison than found guilty of to. ten counts of murder arson and membership and

a terrorist organization she belong to the group calling itself the national socialist underground or n.s.u. which carried out ten racially motivated murders two bombings and a series of robberies between two thousand and two thousand and eleven all of the victims apart from one had migrant backgrounds the n.s.c. was activities that ended when two male members died in an apparent murder suicide after a failed robbery victim's families and critics say the trial left many open questions related to the n.s.a. . and let's bring in data is frank kaufman he hasn't been following this case for us and joins us from new york outside the court room hi frank so how did that the chamber react to this verdict. come with no emotion of the reaction in the face. when the courts called this to word it in a way we knew her from all the see is that with the same way she appeared in court during all these years there was one short's turmoil when you were not the

supporters reacted on a relatively low verdict in the case against one of the supporters of the group under iii who got only a little bit less than three years imprisonment however one thing mates this morning here in munich already clear this is a very strong verdict against the main. person accused out of shape that the only survivor of the three persons terrorist group the national socialist on the ground and even the protesters outside here on the opposite side of the courthouse of a surprise of the strength of this verdict and obviously the. the judge and the court had in mind that their verdict brings is the key to bring in the pace to the families of the victims fred we're going to come back in a moment because we want to take a closer look at this case because this is a trial that's. rocked germany and made headlines around the world let's take

a closer look at what led to today's guilty verdict. throughout the years long trial the main defendant be outed often turn her back on proceedings as if the charges did not concern her membership of a neo nazi terrorist organization involvement in ten murders arson bomb attacks and robberies but chip has always know when a guilty verdict could mean spending the rest of her life in prison. prosecutors say. bernhard run a right wing underground terror cell for fourteen years in november twenty eighth levon the two men were fine dead in this burnt out motor home only then did the apartment dimensions of the case become clear chip is accused of setting fire to the highs where the three suspects lived and in a pond attempt to destroy evidence she was also charged with attempted murder in

connection with the fire revelations of a suspected right wing terrorist group in germany shocked the country security authorities struggle to respond to their failure to detect it shall before it starts i have thrown out charges before the state security senate of the munich higher regional court against the accused be out to chip in for alleged supporters and assistance of the terrorist group national socialist underground known as the n.s.u. and. between two thousand and two thousand and seven prosecutors say the n.s.u. murdered nine people with turkish or greek migrant backgrounds and one policewoman . investigators initially suspected organized crime or clan feuds even family members the killings were insultingly nicknamed the dorner murders because some victims owned restaurants. as the authorities failure to properly investigate the killings became clearer the n.s.u. case developed into a political as well as a policing scandal

a number of parliamentary inquiries were set up their aim to find out how the investigators failed to connect the ten killings and identify the far right motive behind them politicians were forced to apologize to the victims' families for the state's failure to properly investigate the killings i knew go under we go stunned yaba some relatives have themselves been wrongly suspected for years that is particularly disturbing and i sincerely apologize for it. disillusioned relatives describe the distress of being treated as suspects instead of survivors coping with the murder of loved ones. hard to hear today i stand here mourning not only for my father i myself am also tortured by the question am i at home in germany chancellor angela merkel promised a thorough investigation but many questions remain unanswered the n.s.u. trial has taken five years it can only be hoped that the verdict against be added

shape or provide some closure for the victims' families. all right frank coming back to you in new york now tell us more about how important this case has had. it's of great importance not only because of the sheer monstrosity of these murder cases ten p. people have been killed between two thousand and two thousand and seven and at the beginning police had no idea where there was when there was still a clear that it was stun most of the cases by one weapon what really stands behind that that's one thing but as the court in its grounds also outlines the the start of the whole process in the one nine hundred ninety s. plays a very important role for term society and it's in particular in this case we have to think about what has happened after the fall of the wall in germany when a lot of neo nazi terrors of neo nazi structures sorry for the for the beginning

started to emerge in all over the country in particular in east germany but not only there were the first terrorist attacks by the neo nazis that have not formed yet at this point i'm talking about one thousand nine hundred seventy a real terror group but out of this environment of the one nine hundred ninety s. then the national socialist underground emerged and this is something that the that the court again in its grounds is starting to point out and i think that tells a lot about the developments not only in the cause of the murder the murders between two thousand and two thousand and seven but also the story and the developments before and i think this will be that there will be a lot of moments and lot of points the society in germany will have to paying to pick up these these grounds of the court and for further discussions frank as we finally received a verdict today five years after the trial began what do you think germany is learn

from this case. and. i think the discussion that will start now. so whether it's and additionally what many families are waiting for is this is that this should not be the end of the end as you story here in the country because they say the networks behind this group of three additionally these these four supporters that we're on trial here as well still really reveal what was happening at the time only a group of three was probably not this is what they saying to diffuse it from kaufman reporting for us outside the courtroom there in munich thank you very much . thank you now to some other stories making headlines around the world celebrations outside a thai hospital for all twelve years medical officials say the children and their coach are in good condition. japanese prime minister shinzo abi has visited an evacuation center 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 to read. dozens of people remain missing it is one of japan's worst weather related disasters in decades. prominent chinese political campaigner king young men has been sentenced to thirteen years in jail after a court found him guilty of subversion of state power it 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. u.s. president donald trump is in brussels for what promises to be a fractious nato summit he's accused european allies of not spending enough on defense and he suggested that america might not come to the aid of countries that don't meet budget commitments the u.s. president repeated his criticism at a meeting with nato secretary general jens stoltenberg at the summit got underway in particular trump singled out germany for. let's go right to do that is brussels

bureau chief marks hope mine he is at nato headquarters covering the summit for us hi max so germany again in the crosshairs of president trump tell us more about what he said president come criticize germany this time for a new twist saying that germany was captive to russia as you know germany gets a lot of its natural gas from russia and of course pays for the amount of gas that they get in the logic of the president but the u.s. president here is that germany's willing to pay russia for that gas but it's not paying enough for its protection against russia that nato provides so it's a it's unknown to he's been singing for quite some time germany is not contributing enough to the nato alliance but with a new twist and that's very typical for down the child he seems to be mixing up different topics like trade like climate change now the relationship to russia with the collective defense of nato and european leaders came into office looking for trying to reaffirm america's commitment to this alliance are they going to say that

. kay bailey hutchison who is the u.s. ambassador to nato seems to think so she says there will be a commitment to nato from the u.s. to article five specifically here so collective defense that was also the case at the last gathering here in brussels last year but when trump was here he was reluctant to give it showed up later in the documents in the official documents and it seems to be there right now but the problem is with the u.s. president you never know what he's then actually going to say what he's actually going to do once he arrives here even his own people and they don't don't really seem to know so we might be in for a surprise and that's of course something that's destabilizing other nato allies because they're questioning what will the united states of america really do if there is trouble will the united states stand by its partners or not could be a tumultuous two days there and from brussels bureau chief reporting from nato

headquarters thank you very much. to the homestretch of soccer's world cup now france was up against belgium in the first semifinal last night they were two closely matched teams but france managed to go early in the second half then held on for a one zero victory it wasn't until the twenty second minute it's k.g. city final sprang to life builders toby and a viral tonight on the turn a stunning sight from hugo to reese fronts a tight mixed kilian and back page feeding benjamin providing the thirty eight minutes a vital stop from t. vocal chwat this time the breakthrough arrived early in the second tough fronts the summer than t.t. rose highest i'm not home and strong reasons cornering the fifty first minute. nothing cool chuck 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 the blue held firm under pressure. delirium at the final whistle the first world cup final appearance for fronts in twelve years croatia will england line wait a heartbreaking into the tournament for belgium. the live from us. and one more piece of soccer news portugal forward christiana rinaldo is left trail madrid he is joining you then to us for a reported one hundred million euro transfer fee the thirty three year old signed a four year deal with the italian champions reportedly worth five hundred fifty thousand euros a week when all the listed for champions leaves in a glittering nine year stallin madrid becoming the club's all time top scorer in the process which in his first joined rail in a world record deal from manchester united. or mind in our top story here on g.w. in one of germany's longest and most notorious neo nazi murder trials a german court has sentenced defendant they have to take back to life in prison on

ten counts of murder the court found it cheaper was part of the national socialist underground or an i.c.u. whose members carried out an. ten year killing spree. thank you for watching good of you and with that she will have an update on your headlines at the top of the hour. any colby's in germany to learn german. alleged in the. why not learn with him online on the mobile and free south from the d.w.p. learning course nikos speak.