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be our guest transferred. managed by from apart. from. this is d. w. news line from berlin another shocking case of migrants drowning at sea and the european union's failure to agree on a joint policy a boat arrives at the spanish port carrying the bodies of two drowned migrants up to italy refused a commission to land the remains this is the e.u. and its mediterranean mission aimed at finding people smugglers also coming up.
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palestinians bury the militants killed in friday's clashes with israeli forces a mosque says it's reached a tentative truce with israel in the gaza strip but when a blast. and the battle against raging wildfires in sweden hundreds of volunteers continue to fight the flames as more than fifty fires torch forests in the country more international help is on its way but the courage has admitted some places may be impossible to extinguish. it if money thank you for making time to be with us and enjoy your boats carrying the bodies of two drowned migrants and once a fiver has docked at a spanish port of the it's only refuse to accept the body it's an incident which again highlights the dangers facing migrants crossing the mediterranean and the failure of the your opinion. and to agree on joint policies on the issue this is
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italy's stance forces brussels to suspend its mediterranean naval mission aimed at people smugglers. one of the last private rescue boats still patrolling the mediterranean as european countries continue to waiver over accepting asylum seekers on board a survivor and two bodies a woman and a child who died trying to cross from libya if you can even. it's unbelievable we're not allowed to dock at a single port in motor or italy we're treated like people smugglers or criminals you know it's not really google getting you know. only spain has recently given landing permission italy has announced it will not accept rescue boats even those from the european union's own trafficking operation now spain fears an influx of asylum seekers this week over eight hundred people have been rescued by the spanish coast guard in various operations since the beginning of the year more than
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eighteen thousand have arrived in spain more than twice as many as last year the majority of them are arriving from sub-saharan africa it's a quickly changing situation if you thought you understood how the migratory flows work three months ago it's already historic information receiving centers are overflowing and forty thousand asylum applications are under review new arrivals are registered in emergency accommodation then handed to the red cross. that we try to telephone their families or friends in spain or across europe say that they can be reunited elsewhere and if not buses carry migrants further north to madrid barcelona or the french border few have official permission to remain the rest seek to get by without documentation. hamas says it's reached an agreement with israel to end weeks of bloodshed in the gaza strip this comes a day after deadly clashes on friday sparked by the death of an israeli soldier
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from gunshot wounds sustained during protests along the fence that separates israel and gaza now israel has not commented on the cease fire but so far the truce appears to be holding. grief in the gaza strip hamas fighters gathered to mourn one of their own killed in an israeli strike. mohammed abu diaa was one of three militants who died in the group spices yes to die today his family his funeral procession through the narrow streets of khan yunis. defiance after another friday of chaos the victims of dozens of israeli raids were rushed to gaza city hospital again in the palestinian territory same down the edge of war and only a un brokered cease fire deal prevented a further escalation. mouse and the rest of the palestinian resistance are
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committed to maintaining calm and honoring this agreement. but whether this happens depends on what the israeli occupiers do in the coming days. israel launched the strikes after palestinian gunmen killed an israeli soldier its army believed they dealt a major blow to hamas but that doesn't mean the end of the conflict israeli leaders have repeatedly said they're in a war of attrition with hamas. we are trying to be balanced and responsible but hamas as leaders are forcing it into a situation in which we have no choice but to embark on a broad and painful military operation. and the spark of this unrest is still a blazing gaza the palestinians want the border fence to come down more than one hundred forty of them have died in protest against it since march. and
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israel wants palestinians to stop sending cots attached to molotov cocktails over the border they've triggered fires in the country south with daisy she's unresolved this coming gaza remains on the. us president donald trump has his house against his former lawyer michael cohen after reports of a taped conversation between the two over payments to a playboy model trump tweeted that koreans actions in making the recording were illegal and heard of u.s. media say f.b.i. agents found the tapes during the raid on cohen's office. a headline grabbing end to another headline grabbing week for the u.s. president as trump departed for a weekend of golf journalist shots of questions about the tape now in the possession of the f.b.i. it was secretly recorded by his former lawyer michael cohen trump has now hit back on twitter saying it's inconceivable that a lawyer would tape
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a client totally unheard of and perhaps illegal the good news is that your favorite president did nothing wrong the taped conversation is said to relate to karen mcdougal and next playboy model who says she had a year long affair with the president over a decade ago. so we site other quite frequently so dozens of times you were to dozens of times you were intimate. in the recording trump and cohn supposedly talk about a whole payment to macdougal. the f.b.i. found the tape when it raided cohn's office in april he was known as trump's fixer for many years and it's not the only tape said to exist the tapes made by michael could be a gold mine for process because there are problems. and that is the most
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powerful evidence in any trial now one of the president's one time closest aides could be his biggest liability. unless i have a look at some of the other stories making news around the world spain's conservative popular party has picked pablo casado as its new leader he replaces former prime minister mariano rajoy who was ousted after a no confidence vote in june aside his appointment represents a shift to the right for the party which is hoping for a comeback just in time for general elections in twenty twenty. sergio marchione at the head of carmaker fiat chrysler is stepping down due to ill health after fourteen years at the helm the sixty six year old will also relinquish his duties of luxury carmaker ferrari where he was chief executive he'll be replaced by magic mike manly head of the group's brand.
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several japanese beaches have reopened for the first time since the earthquake and tsunami disaster of twenty eleven locals held a ceremony to pray for safety before taking to the water fourteen beaches remain closed off after the fukushima nuclear accident and officials say some will stay permanently closed to the public. now sweden is grappling to contain wildfires that are spreading across the country in a sign of how bad things are the civil defense chief has come out and said that the fight has been lost against some of the biggest wildfires a country has seen in decades firefighters have put out a number of smaller fires but the largest blazes will only go out if the weather changes help is on the way from countries including germany. it's terribly hot and terribly dry with hardly any rain for weeks across much of northern europe trees brush and grass are tinder dry and sweden has been hard hit with struggling
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to contain dozens of forest fires. many of the fires cover several thousand hectors such large fires are usually very resource intensive the situation is very serious and we only focus ourselves are limiting the damage. firefighters the army volunteers and teens from other countries with water bombing aircraft working flat out the helicopter pilot has told swedish media how difficult water bombing missions can be at low altitude with low visibility because of the smoke which can change direction fast. this iraq city that it's a very serious situation unfortunately it seems the weather won't change to improve things only temporarily in the north this weekend and then it will return to the same condition or worse the weather is not with us. nobody has been reported injured but many people have been evacuated from their homes many more
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told to stay indoors and try not to breathe the acrid smoke. meteorologists say it's rare for a heatwave to last so long they haven't said when they expected to end. the german grand prix is taking place this weekend ferrari driver sebastian fettle on home turf is looking to stretch his lead at the top of the driver's standings and he did delight locals in saturday's qualifying after securing pole position the german will start alongside finnish driver. who came second to his fellow countrymen can and will begin the battles closest rival for the championship he was hamilton of my status posted the fourteenth fastest time and that's after the draw expedia saw him abandon the session. in cycling
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a late spring from spawning it on our friday saw him win the fourteenth stage of the tour de france now a stunner rider friday was fastest on the morning stretch to claim his first ever stage reign britain's gary and thomas retained the yellow jersey as overall leader but the team's sky rider can just skate questions on the controversy created by doping allegations surrounding teammate chris froome. stage fourteen a one hundred and eighty eight kilometer route culminated in a difficult final climb in the town of mond and it was along that ascent that belgium's just for story even who had led for over thirty kilometers was finally caught by spain's omar for. france's judea phillipe jumped ahead of story than into second but the spanish rider powered to victory with a late burst in the last climb fright was overjoyed with his first ever tour de france stage when. they live i mean this is own real for me we dreamed of this
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victory worked very hard and finally we made it an incredible day of victory in the tour i can't describe the feeling. the stage wasn't without controversy though team sky rider garron thomas who held on to the yellow jersey for another day brushed off suggestions of renewed protest from france over alleged doping in his team. in london the latest edition of the i w a s diamond league saw some blistering performances with us athletes running back a setting the pace in the men's one hundred says and there was local success to chair in the women's long let's take a look. in the men's one hundred meters at london stadium ronnie baker of the u.s. to top spot. he finished the race in one point nine zero seconds ahead of second placed zonal hughes of great britain. and in the men's four hundred
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meters. up the track in the final stretch with an impressive win over powering polled the deal of the u.s. because of forty four point zero seven seconds was a national record. and in pole vaulting american some kendricks got the best mark defeating closest rival renewal of your mutual friends and you can see the american truly is in the mood for a victory lap was in the women's long jump britain's share of proctor who has battled injuries in recent years to gold with the season's best leap of six point nine one metres. and in the men's four hundred metres hurdles norway's cost involved who won gold at last year's world championships sprinted to victory forty seven point six five seconds. my fifth thought that was exciting you probably haven't heard of the french tightrope walker who completed
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a thrilling stunt high above one of the most iconic landmarks in paris tatiana. crossed a cord suspended thirty five meters from the ground from a crane to the soccer. she stopped along the way for a few times to add some acrobatic stress. all of that was without a safety net or hunted. for this for a year but don't worry she started tightrope ing when she was just eight years old . it's a state of being is that. earth's odd home to those of species. a home worth saving. given those are big changes and most start with small steps but global ideas tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world body news that
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