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before life and death with the. twenty first. you. claim. i am. this is the w. news live from berlin bungled the deportation from germany gets more complicated as usual man who allegedly worked as are some of bin laden's bodyguard it's blown home despite a german court ruling that he could not be deported because they say he must be returned to germany but not unique says no also coming up. protests greet the
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u.s. president in scotland as he wraps up his controversial u.k. visit donald trump is spending the weekend at his private golf or source for his highly anticipated meeting with russia's president vladimir putin. and pakistan's disgraced former prime minister is arrested he says he'll challenge his ten year jail term for corruption not all serious attention comes hours after a massive suicide attack and a political rally. my ass waiter thanks for joining us. tunisia says it will not extradite a man it wrongly deported from germany the tunisian national known as sami a was sent back to his home country despite a german court ruled that he could not be deported due to the human rights situation in tunisia it's fear the man who was allegedly osama bin laden's body
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guard could be subjected to torture as part of an investigation german judge says he must be returned for now his fate so that you need an authority. to charter a plane took off from airport at seven am headed to tunis on board a tunisian deportees identified only as sami a. i can confirm that sami a was returned to tunisia and handed over to tunisian authorities he was accompanied by four german police officers on the flight. that. had lived in germany for over twenty years most recently in the city of where he was accused of radical islamist preaching the social democrat politicians has been following his case for years. for the deportation was long overdue he was a dangerous islamist who also served as osama bin laden's bodyguard he's
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responsible for the radicalization of many youth in both him and the surrounding area so i'm glad the deportation has been carried out. but on thursday night a court overturned the deportation order because sami a faces the threat of torture in his native tunisia the ruling reached the authorities too late sami was already on board the plane his lawyer filed a complaint and now another court has issued its ruling. the court decision shows the deportation to be grossly illegal and infringing on basic principles of the rule of law this means some e.a. will be flown back to germany at taxpayers' expense immigration authorities may appeal this new decision eritrean president of where he has arrived in ethiopia to meet prime minister abi ahmed less than a week ago the two men also met in eritrea and agreed to enter their quote state of war and normalize relations after two decades eritrea had been
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a province of ethiopia before it broke away in one thousand nine hundred three a subsequent conflict killed more than eighty thousand people. it's the first visit by as i asked of walking in twenty two years the speed of the reproach more has been stunning it began when abi 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 war 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 campaign student liberate the country relations where the should be good but soon solid 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
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capital us mara before he and abby 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. will implement a u.n. ruling and see territory at the border. what 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 the freedoms . that are 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 a thai cave system will be released from the hospital on thursday health officials say they are recovering well the team appeared on time television chatting about what they would like to eat once they leave the hospital but mental health experts have warned that they may suffer a long term trauma from the ordeal. france has celebrated its national day of us
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still day with a military parade down the show's ellie's and paris. one piece of her. griffey didn't go completely to plan. after running into each other the two motorcyclists did their best to write their vehicles as president mccraw and the crowd applauded . after practicing his unique brand of diplomacy in england us president onil trump has retreated to his private office or 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 with crowds gathering in edinburgh there's also been antitrust demonstrations in glasgow and in the small town of turnberry where trump is spending the weekend at a hotel he owns trump has tweeted he plans to hold more meetings there but right now he's playing some golf. and while trump is overseas twelve russian intelligence officials have been charged in the united states they're accused of hacking into a van democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton's e-mail accounts during
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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 harm clinton's chances these charges 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 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 rob rosenstein moscow has rejected the charges against all twelve of its intelligence officers calling him an attempt to spoil the atmosphere
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ahead of the upcoming u.s. russia summit. and on the disc raced former prime minister nawaz sharif has been arrested shortly after returning to lahore from london but he says he will challenge his ten year jail term for corruption all this just weeks ahead of national elections in pakistan elections 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 thirty people. near 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
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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 are prepared to confront to authorities if challenged. i am ready to give the last drop of my blood. i'm ready to face jail i'm ready to die let them do whatever police and their police want to do we are here to face that 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
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would galvanize support for his beleaguered party. but 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 middling 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. the world cup third place playoff between belgium and england is well underway with just the final between france and croatia on sunday russian organizers have hailed the tournament as a huge success and has improved the country's image abroad alexis orcon c.e.o. of the world cup organizing committee said perceptions of russia had changed for
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the country showing itself as open hospitable and welcoming pre-tournament fears abroad of racism and hooliganism proved unfounded as russia welcomed more than one million visitors in the past. it's a big day at wimbledon where the women's final will see serena williams up against germany. that game was delayed by the men's semifinal where novak djokovic prevailed in a grueling five sec clash against his big rival rafael nadal the serbian one the final ten eight in the second longest ever wimbledon semifinal three time winner djokovic will now face kevin anderson in sunday's final match the south african defeated john eisner yesterday in what was the longest grand slam in history lasting six hours and thirty six minutes a ceremony has been held here in berlin to remember the chinese dissident and nobel laureate loucheux ball one year after his death the democracy activists died of
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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. because some of the 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 lucy albo who died after a long imprisonment. and. 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 elbow's widow lucy to travel to germany after
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years of house arrest but she was unable to attend the ceremony because of poor health. to. be a former critic of the east german government china's granting permission to use yacc to leave the country is typical for a dictatorship or. a less well known person such as this woman is sacrificed like a chess figure moved around for so this is not in a cage and for exuberance but it's also not make asian for annoyance for therefore it is. seeing. this woman to fight against a communist dictatorship the romanian german heritage. she sees louisiana's release as an encouraging signal to home does he have any minute we hope china will change its mind about human rights an individuality that the individual no longer belongs
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to the state but may have his or her own opinion can think and feel and that would also benefit the chinese state. many regard the lately you see albo as one of the most courageous fighters for freedom and human rights in china. a huge iceberg that broke off of 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 chances of tsunami it's. just a reminder of the top stories we're following for you eritrea's president has hailed his country's new found peace with neighboring ethiopia after the two leaders declared the state of war over where he is visiting ethiopia for the first
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time since the two countries border war started two decades ago. pakistan's disgraced former prime minister nawaz sharif has been arrested on corruption charges shortly after returning to lahore from london this comes ahead of elections later this month but sure it's party say are rigged. you're watching news more coming up at the top of the hour i'm irish waiter in berlin and thanks for watching . climate change. waste. and good times for good. for the people of projects that are changing the current for the better so. you could. be w. .
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