player. playing. player. this is due to the news live from berlin deadly wildfires in greece at least fifty people have been killed by raging fire spreading rapidly near athens the government it's a clear to state of emergency and it's calling on the european union for help. pakistan's military accused 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 ahead of the fox. and the german football association hits back at accusations of racism that's after star midfielder messages will announce that he is quitting the national team his

decision as part heated debate in his hometown of jazzing cancer we'll take you there are. playing. i'm so much going to welcome to the show 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 more than one hundred seventy injured strong winds are fanning multiple fires across the country. there the worst wildfires greases seen in a decade. leaving quickly and taking many by surprise. several have died in their vehicles trying to flee. home and this was a group it's feared up to one hundred homes have been destroyed in the coastal town of. hundreds of firefighters and the

army have been dispatched but they're struggling to control the flames. but it would have been a must if you just 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 because. greece has declared a state of emergency in several regions surrounding athens. strong winds and temperatures of up to forty degrees continue to stoke the flames in coastal towns residents and holiday makers have been evacuated by boat some of feared missing at sea. recently yes due to the large expense the intensity and the danger is the fires pose the country has submitted a request through the european civil protection mechanism for international ground and assistance beginning 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 doctors lie ahead as greece counts the cost of the wildfires. earlier we spoke to journalist ga ga a couple of us in athens and we asked him to update us on the situation. if good morning. will come up to the smell of smoke here to tell you know which is about seven to eight kilometers to the south. fork where the destruction. last night. is still covering the ground in the trees and cars. the fires are put out altogether there are still some flames but they are condemned however it's not the. scary really dozens of people who have low

for life about thousand houses very. hundreds over the summer and so the view from here is terrible how did these fires get so bad so quickly george. well there was this very strong southerly winds that started late in the afternoon yesterday and the focus of the site. attention to another wildfire to the world of the greek god i looked at that fortunately has claimed no life meant to the fire. which is quite underestimated as to stop. the quickest routes about one hundred kilometers per hour speed it quickly ready from amount. to the sea coast and the crew is really only just miles from course for those from

the one hundred big old boys because you could be in and george how are people living in athens and also the surrounding area coping with these fires. to do over so how. could we lose such despite the heat wave because of the release of over smoke. we are also hoping that the we will not change the direction again but it was the fire could still be. more as it is an area of european union member states they have promised help but will that make a difference. he's going to going to be very difficult to oversee as your report card you mentioned that there is hope coming from spain and psychos experimental rescuers and greece right now not so much of. that fire fighting but you never know with. direction changing all the time moving here cuts

could be of use somewhere else in greece right journalist or should try to couple the speaking to us on the line from athens thank you very much. lotion state media say several people are dead and hundreds more missing after a hydroelectric electric dam collapse in the country's southwest the down was under construction in the province of. collapse late monday releasing five billion cubic meters of water many buildings were swept away and over six thousand people are now reportedly homeless the dam was scheduled to begin operating this year. not some other stories making headlines around the world japanese officials say an unprecedented heat wave is killed at least sixty five people in just one week more than twenty thousand have been hospitalized with heat related illnesses in the same period soaring temperatures have been blamed for at least eighty deaths since the start of july the country's weather agency is now classifying the heat wave as

a natural disaster. analysts in the u.s. say north korea has begun taking apart key facilities at a missile test site these satellite images reportedly show dismantling underway at the so hey satellite launch station north korean leader kim jong un had to promise to dismantle the site at a summit with u.s. president trump in june. and italy has agreed to accept migrants rescued at sea until the e.u. can decide on a strategy to accommodate them foreign minister enzo milanese made that announcement after talks with his german counterpart 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. to pakistan now where journalists are facing an unprecedented crackdown by the country's powerful army that's the country gets ready to hold an election on wednesday the military wants to boost the chances of its favored candidate former cricketer. those who report on his main rival face intimidation and worse. conrad and report from lahore.

in pakistan second largest city in the whole election campaigning is in full swing but behind the scenes many fear strings of being pulled to favor one kunda that iran 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 was sharif sharif angered the country's powerful military with his attempts to improve relations with pakistan's archrival india and rein in the army support a visit midsts earlier this month he was jailed on corruption charges. and now journalists like this are you to lille 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 which results of those really 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 it's just part of the reporter the balance mother and here you're at it you know they're at it they're after you and there's this was really startling to many of the editors but but then of carrying on some of us 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 dad to point their finger. well. i'll take the safest route out of this. their 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. their feeling on rights organizations and i'm quoting them i mean quoting them understand if you have the board too much power over the civil do more government a democratic government a democratic set up and awful view this power to get you know we. and that's that serves people more about those. has to be on the safe so 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 in defeating and each and every location 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 n b m l a neck and neck the outcome of the elections is far from so. now the german football association has hit back at accusations of racism made by football star mesut ozil the organization says it supports diversity and as worked on integration in germany for many years made the claim over the weekend when he also announced he'd 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. 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 the training ground in the german city. today an homage to team is playing here about the resignation of the gemma national player is on everyone's mind. to get some fluid it's a brave move by him but as i see it he's only criticised others without accepting that he might have made an error in my view of his mistake was not to have spoken out earlier. as i'm going often but it's not all gone wrong so 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 in their time you know it all began here at the club best folly as 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 actually while of cop mirko langer used to play football with ozone and 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. and example to follow until recently ozil 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 he also took

a photo with article americal it's his business takes a photo with her to watch the scope it's a catastrophe how bad things have gone because of one photo for me it's try 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. you know how much 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 are hot have lost the winners of the debate nationalistic turks and the german far right. here watching the

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