this is deja vu news live from berlin deadly wildfires in greece at least fifty people have been killed by raging fires spreading rapidly near outlets the government has acquired a state of emergency and is calling on the european union frowns also coming up the german football association hits back at accusations of racism that's after star midfielder knows it goes a long nonstop he's quitting the national team for his decision as marquis de mint hometown of geza jason we'll take you there. plus pakistan's military excuse of using intimidation tactics to influence the outcome of this week's election we'll

take a look at how press freedom is under attack out of the. i'm sorry so much calmer good to have you with us greece has declared a state of emergency around the capital athens as wildfires tear through residential areas at least fifty people have been killed and dozens more injured strong winds are fanning multiple fires across the country greece is just the latest european country battling wildfires the summer. there the worst wildfires greases seen in a decade. moving quickly and taking many by surprise. several have died in their vehicles trying to flee. moments ago groups it's feared up to one hundred homes have been destroyed in the coastal town of russia.

hundreds of firefighters and the army have been dispatched but this struggling to control the flames. but i must if you just leave me we must all be in a constant state of alert we must be unified and make an effort to face an exceptionally difficult situation for our country. yet the court of greece has declared a state of emergency in several regions surrounding athens. strong winds in temperatures of up to forty degrees continue to stoke the flames in coastal towns residents and holiday makers have been evacuated by boat some are feared missing at sea. is only years due to the large expanse the intensity and the danger is the fires pose the country has submitted to requests through the european civil protection mechanism for international ground and in assistance. each instant here spain is

sending water carrying aircraft cyprus is dispatching fire crews they'll arrive too late for those who have already lost their lives and homes. more doctor days lie ahead as greece counts the cost of the wildfires. well soaring temperatures are wreaking havoc across europe including in the sweden the government there is warning of an extreme risk of new forest fires as dozens of blazes continue to burn across the country the flames have already consumed two hundred fifty square kilometers several e.u. countries including france germany and italy are helping sweden battle the blazes. us president donald trump is considering stripping several former top officials of their security clearance as it comes after several obama era officials criticized his refusal to confront russia for interfering in elections white house spokeswoman

sarah huckabee sanders has accused the officials of making baseless accusations. italy has agreed to accept migrants rescued at sea until the e.u. can decide on a strategy to distribute them foreign minister and so milanese made that announcement after talks with german counterpart michael moss in berlin it's a reversal for italy's populist government which said last week it was closing its ports to migrants rescued at sea. the german football association has hit back at accusations of or. he says i'm a bi football star. they were going to say shin says it supports diversity and has worked on integration in germany for many years made the claim over the weekend when he also announced he would quit the german national team the midfielder has turkish roots and was pictured with turkey's president back in may he said he faced racism and disrespect from the public and the media in the aftermath following the team's disappointing world cup performance he was also criticised by the german

football association ms it as heels resignation from the german national side has also been hotly debated in his hometown of in western germany decades ago many turks migrated to the former industrial hub in search of work and it continues to be home to a large turkish community people there feel that decision highlights ongoing problems with integration in the country. this is where a young message often had a kick about a training ground in the german city of guns and kitchen today an homage to team is playing here about the resignation of the gemma national plan is on everyone's mind . to get some fluid it's a brave move by him but as i see it he's only criticized others without accepting that he'd might have made an error in my view of his mistake was not to have spoken out earlier. as it's not all gone wrong to say it's all about resigning it's made

things with integration even worse for a while i had the feeling that we were all coming together and this is german turkish and spanish italian. it all began here at the club just finally a zero four as it was grandparents were coal miners who moved from the black sea coast to girls in kitchen he was the first footballer of turkish descent to play for germany after a while of cop mirko langer used to play football with in his hometown. he was greatly interested when we met his kids he was a very quiet boy always carrying a ball around always with his father near the pitch. or. an example to follow until recently ursule had been a proud poster boy for integration today many germans with turkish heritage can understand how one photo could change everything. he was by germany's own fans all because of a photo also took a photo with uggla merkel it's his business takes

a photo with her to one the scope of it's a catastrophe how bad things of god is because of one photo for me it's trying to. turkish german or both integration research is from the essence center of the turkish studies say young people feel close to germany but also different from the non migrant population they say germans and german politics struggle with people who don't want to commit to just one nationality. research allow me a card or has called for a reasonable debate on identity she says the integration policy of the german football association has failed the harmony we have a real racism problem in germany it's not something we can say is exclusively on the far right racism has long existed at the center of this society. she says those who have the interests of both sides at heart have lost the winners of the debate nationalistic turks and the german far right. we have tom going

away from good of you sports for more on this story with us here in the studio tom what does this mean for the future of the german team and young players who like you still say they have two hearts beating for two countries well it's hard not to see this really as a huge blow for sport as a model of integration do this as it would have been the poster boy for football you know for integration in sport he was he was one of the first generation of players with nationality to choose germany. previously had been the no particularly for players with turkish and germans but nationalities to choose to. and only chose germany but was a huge part of their recent success he was massive in there winning a world cup campaign in two thousand and fourteen he had been voted his german player of the year five year is out of six not only because he really had been in the success story for integration in sport. a brilliant example for german sought

you know an example of german society's capacity to integrate people of other nationalities and different heritage. and it's incredibly damning for german society and of course actually for german football that a grassroots and a national and at the highest level that you know this has been the end of his career in the national scene and he hasn't been the only person speaking out has he no i mean that if he has also faced so that's the german football association has also faced criticism from other people phillip lawn the captain of the two thousand and fourteen world cup side has written an open letter criticizing coach you akim lives chinese style columns woman to go one of the bosses a munich has also. said this functionaries that the d.f.t. have been behaving like a much as. however has also been very sing quite of criticism his self now in these statements in which he announced that he was going to step back from the german national team he actually began with a defense of his photo with russia tired. but again which

a lot of people i think perhaps justifiably have been seeing is a little bit naive he said he would take the photo again it's the first time a long time after the photo came out that he's broken his silence he said that it wasn't a political act some fortunately i don't really think. he seems to realize that taking a photo with an autocratic leader of a cum country that had you know until very recently been a liberal democracy and is now being transformed into something quite radically in scale really different is the political and he said that he you know he's only paying respect for the office and not for the incumbent i don't really think those things can be separated neither do a lot of other people. we have had a chance perhaps for a real debate about this and a real reckoning unfortunately the tone as deteriorated and it's a story and an all round while the tajiks are fortunate time tonight from sports with us here in our studio tom thank you very much. all right returning now to our top story that we're following here on d w dozens of people have been killed by

raging fire spreading rapidly near athens the greek government has declared a state of emergency and is calling on the european union for help in the worst fires in greece in more than a decade. and let's get more on this story we have george george a couple us he's a journalist with the daily to many in athens and lives very close to where the fires have been raging he joins us on the line george bring us up to date on what's happening where you are. good morning it's a dramatic day after very dramatic evening here in the greek up because we have woken up to the smell of smoke that is ash on the ground and on the cars about eight kilometers away from the spot where about fifty two people have been confirmed dead now which is just north. of port the flames have no being contained to a great extent but their body count continues for people who have

drowned in the sea their efforts to escape the flames and they have been the worst on the shores over there you've got. hundreds of people who have been rescued my port authorities as they were trying to swim away from the. fire and many people still missing and we feel of a body going around even higher. george as you said is a very dramatic situation how did these fires get out of control so quickly. in the building was that this fire. east over attica. region of the greek the people started a boat a couple of hours after another fire to the west of the car because i'm afraid it was underestimated so the fire services had flown forth to the other fire which

fortunately has feeling no life but this allowed this one near the airport to find foster and within a couple of rows it had been a ghost large settlements and led to huge destruction now how are residents where you are coping with this. where i am with there are windows shut and they fear for a change over again there has already been a change over the weekend this morning we trust how to contain the blaze so far but the problem would be what will happen in case we need those where was the getting the same things last night that fund the fire. and amazing way they mention firefighters are working very hard will help from the european union member states arrive in time to make a difference. i'm afraid in our computers referring to free think

a few days ago through going to receive help from the for from other european countries but these were forest fires where in the future could be. gunfire really so what has already taken place the only hope a group can now expect. from. my house otherwise i wouldn't know where you are we can't undo the huge tragedy by journalist ga ga couple us joining us on the line from athens a george thank you very much thank you to pakistan now where journalists are facing an unprecedented crackdown by the country's powerful army that's a country gets ready to hold an election on wednesday the military wants to boost the chances of its favored candidate former cricketer imran khan those who report on its main rival face intimidation and war worse as state of you know me conrad

and i report from lahore. in pakistan second largest city law whole election campaigning is in full swing but behind the scenes many fear strings are being pulled to favor one candidate in run code. his party p.t.i. is in a neck and neck race with the pakistani muslim league run by one of the country's most high profile politicians now what sharif sharif angered the country's powerful military with his attempts to improve relations with pakistan's are tribal india and rein in the army support of islam and earlier this month he was jailed on corruption charges. and now journalists like zari julio are bearing the brunt of the standoff those who dared to openly criticize the p.t.i. or appear to support now while sharif risk the wrath of the security agencies. and the party of the talk about like the pm alone if you speak for it in any way ritu

articles written in a very balanced manner to speak for it there's going to be trouble brewing somewhere down the line previously like i said there were there were certain areas you can speak about but it was never about political parties not to do things stand you just kind of reporter the balance mother and here you're out there at it there after you know this was really startling to many of the editors but but then of carrying on so of course some of us are really really struggling. many of her colleagues have received intimidating calls and threats on social media and journalists know all too well which stories editors want to afraid to run but on the record few dead to point their finger. well. i'll take the safest route out of this. human rights international human

rights organizations and the local human rights organizations have repeatedly called out the military for doing this and the military would mean the intelligence agencies that are associated with the military and. this illegal and rights organizations and i'm quoting them i mean quoting them on those that defeated the bill of too much power over the civil demat government a democratic government a democratic set up and awful religious power to get you know we. serve people more about those. to be well received. in pakistan the generals have always pulled the political strings and dictated the red lines that journalists trust in peril but talk to human rights activists and they agree that the degree of meddling in this election is unprecedented the military

has a record of interfering in each and every election that has been held in pakistan this is part of. her right. to regulate everything. we wanted to confront the military with the accusations but our interview requests were turned down in the past the generals have denied any involvement in pakistani politics with the p.t.i. india mélanie neck and neck the outcome of the elections is far from. conrad reporting there to sports now six have a limp dick medalist ryan lochte he has been handed a fourteen month ban for doping by the u.s. anti-doping agency lochte accepted the saying for his use of prohibited intravenous infusion the u.s. swimmer posted a photo on social media receiving the i.v. which led to an investigation lucky said he wasn't too clear on the rules and hoped other athletes can learn from his mistake the swimmer was banned from the sport in

two thousand and fourteen after falsely claiming he was robbed at gunpoint during the rio olympic games. now a bit more uplifting sports news a polish mountaineer has made history by becoming the first person to ski down the k two it is the world's second highest mountain and widely recognized as the most difficult one to climb m j bargain face extremely difficult conditions and reaching the summit of the eight thousand six hundred eleven meter peak from there he put on the skis and made a stretcher wrist descent to the cape to a scary. scary . what also scary tesla is having some problem paying its bills maybe there is this quite amazing isn't that so me but it seems to be right i mean that's what investors are asking whether tesla does have problems paying its bill after it emerged that the american economy had to made an unusual request to supply us it

asked them for refunds on invoices it had already paid to help it to a profit or tesla shares fell more than three percent on the news the company has been struggling with massive production problems with its mo a prized model three tesla burned through one billion dollars in liquid assets in the first quarter alone leaving its with just three point two billion by the end of march the chief even muska said he's aiming for the company to turn a profit in the second half of this year. well meanwhile they've been impressive resume. as for google's parent company alphabets a second quarter earnings trounced profit estimates boosted by strong growth in its advertising business google ad revenues rose twenty four percent but a record and interest fine from the e.u. is said to across the internet giant billions european regulators accuse google or forcing mobile device makers to take its products when using its android operating

system alphabet says it will appeal. well in times of uncertainty people like to hold the gold it's the reliable crisis currency or at least it was because despite of the threat of a global trade war volatile stock markets and the growing worries about the stability of the global economic system gold has been tumbling in recent months but analysts expect the metal to bounce back again eventually it's a spectacular find this gilded silver death mask has the archaeology world abuzz the rare and ancient artifact was discovered last week in excavations in egypt on the face of a mummy the mask is clearly worth far more than the gold and silver it's made of both these precious metals have recently slipped in market value the price of gold has plunged it's dropped over six percent since the start of the year causing

much head scratching usually in uncertain times like these gold is seen as a safe haven. there are currently fears of a trade war between the us china and the european union for example. the banking debt and euro crisis also continues to reverberate. and the consequences of britain's decision to leave the e.u. remain unclear. so why isn't the price of gold rising rather than falling many analysts have a simple explanation gold isn't being used as a crisis proof investment because there are many other alternatives. in the u.s. the economy is booming the u.s. federal reserve has indicated that it's not planning to hike interest rates any further for fear of in danger in growth so investors are pinning their hopes on the u.s. stock market big corn is also in demand while some skeptics see buying and selling

the cryptocurrency is gambling and not investing is advocates view it as an alternative to gold most analysts are nevertheless convinced in the long term goal will not lose its sheen despite the apparent alternatives currently on offer it will continue to fascinate people in the future just as it did back in the age of the pharaohs. or i for some expert analysis on the gold price i'm joined by james hughes chief market analyst ed x. a trader in london good to have you with us and basically picking up right from the very last sentence in our report has gold lost its sheen at least for investors. well i think it's not necessarily a case of losing it shane but i think as your package just said there are other alternatives and what we see this time in this almost in this these trade wars and all of these geopolitical stories that we're seeing we're seeing it's the u.s.

dollar which is really taking taking all of that safe haven invest the money away from gold and if you think go days pay it against the u.s. dollar so often you see it's are the one or the other the tends to move to the upside or the gold goes up or the dollar goes up but it has been very much the u.s. dollar which is really taken the focus and if you think about why that is of course we have trade wars really when you look at trade wars we have tit for tat tariffs been being levied by both sides so there isn't too many winners or losers within big economies but it's the consumer that tends to lose and when that is the case investors look for dollar denominated debt and of course the u.s. dollar is the biggest safe haven when it comes to dollar denominated debt so really it's the money is within the u.s. dollars rather just within the gold all right so you mentioned the u.s. dollar the greenback as the alternative to gold in times of uncertainty our report

also mentioned bitcoin which of those alternative investments do you think is the most promising right now. well i think in terms i think it's not necessary just looking at at promising i think it's more a case of when we say safe haven we want something that's a little bit more stable way we tend to go to these safe havens when the other more riskier assets are too volatile for us and the problem with big coin in any of the other cryptocurrency is they are incredibly volatile now that's that's fine if there are short term investments that you're looking for however when it comes to a safe haven in times of geo political turmoil and then of course we look to a long term say thought play and that safe play at the moment is most definitely the u.s. dollar rather than big corn just because there is so the economy's stable and in terms of the u.s. in general how the federal reserve is moving and how the monetary policy is going

it is a stable environment to be in yes done donald trump doesn't make it too stable but of course then there are changes with the economy really is the focus so the dollar is is the real major safe haven at the moment well james. would you buy gold now is now a good time to invest in gold because the prices are dropping. well of course when you look at traditional investments you would say you would buy at the low price and sell at the high price so from that from that point of view i would say that would be from a typical investment yes gold is a very low price so buying at these lower levels would be potentially positive on the upside however what i would also say is the fact that there are there is so much uncertainty from the white house there is so much uncertainty from donald trump we never know what he's going to say next who is going to target next to what the topic is the topic is going to be next and the issue that you have with that is that that can cause so much volatility within these markets all right james hughes

chief market analyst that actually trader in london thank you so much for your time . and here's a reminder of the top stories we're following for you. dozens of people have been killed by a raging fire spreading rapidly in the air athens the greek government has declared a state of emergency and is calling on the e.u. for help they are the worst fires increase in more than a decade. and the german football association has rejected accusations accusations of racism that after a star midfielder mission to deal announced he's quitting the national team the organization says it supports the city and has worked on integration in germany for many years. there watching g.w. news from berlin more at the top of the hour sooner than.

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