this is the w. news live from berlin tensions run high in pakistan as a gears up for a controversial election for pakistan's disgraced former prime minister is arrested he says he'll challenge the ten year jail term for action in iraq surely it's detention comes just hours after a massive suicide attack at a political rally one of the deadliest in pakistan's history. also on the show protests greet the u.s. president in scotland as he wraps up his controversial u.k. visit donald trump is spending the weekend at his private golf resort for his

highly anticipated meeting with russia's vladimir who turned. out that history is made eritrea's president held his country's new found peace with neighboring ethiopia after the two leaders declared the quote state of war is over where he has been having a field here for the first time since the few countries border war started sure decades ago. i'm irish waiter thanks for joining us pakistan's disgraced former prime minister now vasari has been arrested shortly after returning to lahore from london but he says he will challenge his ten year jail term for corruption this just weeks ahead of a national elections in pakistan that sharif party insists are being rigged meanwhile the pre-election violence that many had feared has become a reality friday suicide bombing has killed at least one hundred and thirty people

. in a political rally in southwest pakistan ripped apart by a suicide bomber scores of people killed many more wounded the blast in a town near the baluchistan provincial capital quetta was the latest in a growing wave of violence as a head of nationwide polls in two weeks time on the streets of lahore security has been boosted thousands of security personnel were deployed across pakistan ahead of the return of former prime minister nawaz sharif sheriffs' backers say the country's military is colluding with the judiciary to damage his political party ahead of elections they're prepared to confront to authorities if challenge but. i am ready to give the last drop of my blood i am ready to face. i'm ready to die let them do whatever police and their police want to do we are here to face it we

will not turn back. while in office the sheriff had been critical of the military's involvement in civilian affairs he'd served three terms as pakistan's prime minister and was widely viewed as a political survivor but last year the country's supreme court barred him from office over graft charges this year the same court banned him from politics for life before landing in pakistan shareef expressed hope that turning himself in would galvanize support for his beleaguered party. i am making the sacrifice for the future of pakistan. so join me walk with me join hands with me and change the direction of this country. pakistan's army has denied meddling to tip the scales in favor of national security conservative imran khan and his p.t.i. party. it's pledged to ensure

a fair and free election on july twenty fifth. after practicing his unique brand of diplomacy an england us president has to treat it to his private golf resort in scotland to wrap up his four day visit to the u.k. scots are taking to the streets for a second day to protest trump's visit but crowds gathering in edinburgh they've also been anti-drug demonstrations in glasgow and in the small town of turnberry is spending the weekend at a hotel he owns trump has tweeted his plans to hold more meetings there are right now he's playing some golf and while trump is overseas twelve russian intelligence officers have been charged in the united states they're accused of hacking into a van and democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton's e-mail accounts during the two thousand and sixteen campaign the twenty nine page indictment accuses the russian intelligence agency of a large scale cyber operation in a bid to her to harm clinton's chances to start as come just days before trump is

scheduled to meet russian president vladimir putin in helsinki here's what u.s. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein had to say in an effort to conceal their connections to russia the defendants used a network of computers around the world and they paid for it using crypto currency . the conspirators corresponded with several americans during the course of the conspiracy through the internet there's no allegation in this indictment that the americans knew they were corresponding with russian intelligence officers that was u.s. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein moscow has rejected the charges against all twelve of its intelligence officers calling them an attempt to spoil the atmosphere ahead of the upcoming u.s. russia summit. now move on to some of the other stories making news around the world the team of twelve young footballers and their coach who were rescued from a flooded thai cave system will be released from the hospital on thursday health

officials say they are recovering well the team appeared on television chatting about what they would like to eat once they leave the hospital for mental health experts have warned they may suffer long term trauma from the ordeal. france has celebrated its national day but still day with a military parade down the shelves at least in paris but one piece of choreography didn't go completely to plan. a surrounding into each other to motorcyclists did their best to right their vehicles past president macron and the crowd applauded. british police say they found a small bottle containing the military grade nerve agent novacek in the home of one of the two people who recently fell ill but they're already is are investigating how the substance ended up in the home of charlie rally the other victim don sturgis died in england on sunday. president where he has

arrived in ethiopia to meet prime minister ahmed less than a week ago the two men also met in eritrea and agreed to end their quote state of war and normalize relations after two decades eritrea had been a province of ethiopia before way in one thousand nine hundred three he says the conflict killed more than eighty thousand people. it's the first visit by walking in twenty two years the speed of the rapprochement has been stunning it began when i'll be ahmed became prime minister of ethiopia just three months ago. he's moved fast to initiate reforms at home and to reach out to eritrea. desirous of work he has been its president since one thousand nine hundred three when eritreans voted in a referendum for independence after three decades as a province of ethiopia and protracted guerrilla campaigns to liberate the country relations were an issue the good but soon soured war broke out in one thousand nine

hundred eight over a border dispute and the issue of ethiopia's access to eritrea as ports eighty thousand people were killed before it ended in two thousand since then there'd been an uneasy standoff then everything changed suddenly last week in the eritrean capital as mara before he and rb announced the restoration of diplomatic and trade ties flights between the countries are about to resume embassies will reopen any day if e.o.p. able to implement a u.n. ruling and see territory at the border i want to the people of the two countries stand to gain peace perhaps a boost to the economy and perhaps a greater readiness on the part of eritrea to embrace human rights and new freedoms . the third place play officer in belgium in england has kicked off at the world cup focus now moves to sunday's mouthwatering final croatia coach flocka dollars has

been speaking to the media ahead of the biggest game in the his players' lives he said he thinks history counts for nothing as his side go for their first title against one thousand nine hundred eight when france. yan implosion porno i don't set much store in statistics tradition or head to head. one it was the tradition is that they demolished the mean there tomorrow is the world cup final and we don't care who is on the other side of the pitch we're here to enjoy the moment to enjoy the final and give everything we've got done with swim auction. meanwhile russia's world cup organizers have hailed the tournament as a huge success saying it has improved the country's image abroad alexei stark and c.e.o. of the world cup organizing committee said perceptions of russia have changed with the country showing itself as open hospitable and welcoming pre-tournament fears a fraud of racism and hooliganism proved unfounded as russia welcomed more than one

million foreigners in the past month. the stage of the tour de france is well underway on bastille day cycling fans will be hoping for another exciting finish after dutchman denon one of a hen charged to victory on stage seven on friday he saw off the favorites to burst to the front of the peloton and trial. the two was seven the stage was also its longest taking the ride as the two hundred thirty one kilometers from food shared in brittany to shot to the temple wasn't particularly high attempts to break away from the peloton towards the end of the stage will cost and the leading writers pulled back. at this point the sprint specialists got ready for a dash to the finish on the home stretch fernando governor. tried to slow but soon going to vegas in the black and yellow how his way to the front to win the stage just ahead of the real. key to sag and finish third to retain the green jersey.

it's going to vegas second stage when belgium's great front of him out keeps his lead and retains the yellow jersey. it is a big day of tennis at wimbledon with the women's final seeing serena williams up against germany. novak djokovic and often the doll are first slugging it out and their men semifinal which have gone deep into the fifth set the winner will face kevin anderson in sunday's final after the south african defeated john eisner in an epic battle yesterday it was the longest grand slam semifinal in history lasting six hours and thirty six minutes. ceremony has been held here in berlin to remember the chinese dissident and nobel laureate louis show ball one year after his death the democracy activist died of liver cancer while serving an eleven year prison sentence his wife who had been under house arrest for years was allowed to leave china this week and arrived in berlin

a few days ago but she was too unwell to attend the memorial service. the get some money church is located in the eastern part of berlin. it was once a refuge and meeting place for the east german opposition. on friday evening chinese dissidents were commemorated including the nobel peace prize winner. who died after a long imprisonment. the chinese will continue shabbos legacy. his love for democracy and freedom. we will fight for a democratic and humane china and the book. earlier this week chinese authorities allowed lucy elbows widow to travel to germany after years of house arrest but she was unable to attend the ceremony because of poor health.

to. a former critic of the east german government china's granting permission to leave to leave the country is typical for a dictatorship. a less well known person such as this woman is sacrificed like a chess figure moved around for so this is not an occasion for exuberance but it's also not make asian for annoyance for her for this. and she says most of seeing. this woman to fight against a communist dictatorship the romanian german heritage. she sees louisiana's release as a. an encouraging signal to home does he has any minute we hope china will change its mind about human rights an individuality that the individual no longer belongs to the state but may have his or her own opinion can think and feel that would also benefit the chinese state. many regard to late. as

one of the most courageous fighters for freedom and human rights in china. a huge iceberg that broke off a glacier has run aground directly in front of a small village in greenland the iceberg is six kilometers wide and one hundred meters high authorities say it could flood the village if parts of it break off and crash into the sea a number of houses near the coast have been evacuated scientists say extreme iceberg events will become more frequent which in turn will increase the chance of tsunamis. and just a reminder of the top story we're following for you pakistan's disgraced former prime minister and now watch everyone has been arrested on corruption charges shortly after returning to the horror in london this comes ahead of elections later this month but sharif's party say are being rigged. you're watching news

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