do something to. give the baby a future. make it safe. this is the news line from deadly wildfires in greece a firefighter describes a scene of horror. they were in groups of three and fool it looked like they were friends and families trying to protect themselves seventy four people die a fast moving fire to get close to the capital triggering a national emergency we'll bring you the latest from athens also on the program. fatalities hundreds missing and thousands left homeless as a dam collapses in laos releasing billions of liters of water. i'm packing

troops to polling stations on the eve of national elections but others there to protect or to intimidate the military is accused of trying to influence the election and attacking. welcome to the program greece has declared a state of emergency as wildfires found by strong winds raced through residential areas around the capital athens the official death toll has risen to at least seventy four with more than one hundred seventy injured the government has declared three days of national mourning and asked the european union first distance. they're the worst wildfires grace has seen in a decade the flames moved quickly and took many by surprise and coastal towns

residents and holiday makers scramble to the ocean the shock still visible on their faces hours after being rescued. or a little boy what can i say. it's over there alive through sure. if the worst of them is out of the flames were chasing us all the way to the water it was like going to our backs and we dive into the sink it was hellish. for others the fire moved too fast in the seaside town of mattie an unspeakable tragedy was revealed as daylight broke enough to see me all. this morning we discovered this place with twenty six people men women and unfortunately children. they were found in the courtyard of a villa huddle together hugging the image is too graphic to show.

your mothers don't carry on they were in groups of three and four it looked like they were friends and families who are trying to protect themselves. or in the same level. of. the devastation is evident everywhere in mattie abandoned cars litter the streets some with the keys still in the ignition the cleanup will have to wait. multiple fires are still batting around athens many the greek fire fighters to tackle in spain cyprus and other european countries have a fit assistance. they don't need correspondent to yanis pop the midfield on the line from athens close to where there was a russian welcome yes we've been hearing about horrific incidents as people flee the fire towards the say. yes. finally the fire

contained more or less today but i have to say there were some revival fires in the holiday we sort of came on the west coast line and that's where the fire started yesterday now coming through the eastern coastline of the regime. the greeks our department said today there were at least four dead about one hundred eighty stealing hospital among them many children unfortunately the rescue groups are working through the area. every single house they are searching bagle so probably call away the rise in the next hours a greece has suffered a sort of forest fires before how have all thought his coped. well it's not easy to handle or to prevent these are for. nor the management to guide things like housing protection against fire secondly in recent years to public services and local authorities and then yesterday we had an unusual situation to

make things even worse just a few hours before the fires on coastline there was another fire on the west coast and the fire service. to the west and from that point this decision was appearing right and finally the fire on the eastern coast broke out in the late afternoon. this is crucial because after some fire plain water baumberger cannot operate so it seems quite impossible to to handle the situation that is papademetriou in athens thank you let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world israel has shot down a syrian fighter jet israeli ministry says it five to surface to air missiles after the plane strayed into its aspace over the israeli occupied golan heights syria disputes this saying the plane was conducting operations against you hobbyists in southern syria. the democratic republic of congo has declared its abode over

the disease is believed to have killed thirty three people since april but the last reported case was forty two days ago the world health organization and congolese authorities distributed an experimental vaccine to more than three thousand three hundred people. wounded and plus concerns amongst the u.k. population increase over what might happen in the event of the country leaving without the come out concrete deal minister doesn't it rob has given assurances that they will be adequate food supplies meanwhile the prime minister has recently has announced that she will personally lead all future negotiations. state media in reporting that people have been killed and hundreds are missing after a hydroelectric dam collapsed the dam was under construction in the province of at a point in the country's southeast when it collapsed late on monday releasing five billion cubic meters of water more than six ounces and people are reported to be homeless after several villages were flooded and have been moved out of the area

but thousands remain stranded damaged edgewood to begin operating this year. journalist frederick shaw is the modern the situation from. welcome how did this happen well right now it's rainy season or monsoon season in southeast asia and especially in the disaster area in the days before there were lots of rain storms and according to one company that was participating or there was shareholder of that there was simply too much water in the reservoir and not the actually dam broke but. i think called settled there which can be considered or what can you imagine it as a supply dam or supports a dam and this support them broke and yeah that cost the thoughts. that destroyed so many villages so too much water in the dam is that there was this

a problem because the dam was poorly designed all was it not finished yet. well the dam hasn't been finished yet but of course even though i'm thin it's damn ships hold the water too so from the from right now it seems there has been some engineering mistake or that hasn't been has been enough controls the engineers made mistakes. but this needs to be seen but what will be clear is that this disaster will put a new spotlight on the dam issue in laos because it has been always a controversy in the country and also outset the country they were and remain till issues and concerns they were also safety issues and concerns just last year also accident happened luckily nobody died but it was kind of a shock moment so a lot of activists also some local activists but they have to be careful because

laos is a communist regime and that doesn't tolerate any opposition really but there has been always concerns and and issues with that tell us about the government response well the prime minister rushed to the disaster area he took some coming up members with him they want to coordinate the rescue efforts for them it's clearly a very important issue now because yeah as a set this dam issue is a very important topic in laos and it's also very important for the whole development of the country because it's it's really one of the main switch each week key sect that is. supported by the government should explore in the bangkok thank you pakistan is deploying troops to polling stations as it prepares for national elections home wednesday the guts it's really

one of the main switch each week key sexists that is. supported by the government should explore in the bangkok thank you. pakistan is deploying troops to polling stations as it prepares for national elections on wednesday the government says the soldiers are necessary to ensure the vote is free and fair critics say the ministry is backing former cricketer imran khan for prime minister and troops there to boost his chances journalists who report on khan's main rival save very face intimidation let's go live to the capital islamabad after a vicious report. in pakistan second largest city lahore election campaigning is in full swing but behind the scenes many fear strings are being pulled to favor one candidate in run con 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 serif sharif angered the country's powerful military with his attempts to improve relations with pakistan's arch rival india and rein in the army support a visit missed earlier this month he was jailed on corruption charges. and now journalists like zari 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 you are supposedly the we are 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 here you're at it you know they're at

it they're after you look at this this is 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 if you dare to point their finger. well. i'll take the safest route out of this. the 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 intelligence agencies that are associated with the military and. this illegal rights organizations and i'm quoting them i mean quoting them and those that defeated they

have too much power over the civil demat government the democratic government the democratic set up and the awful bill this power to get you know really. and thing that serves i don't want to speak more about those. just 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 they did grieve meddling in this election is unprecedented the military has a record of in defeating and each and every election that has been held in pakistan this is part of. everything. we wanted to confront the military with the accusations but our interview requests were turned down in the post the generals have denied any involvement in pakistani

politics and with the p.t. i n b m l a neck and neck the outcome of the elections is far from certain. the reporter correspondent nobody called out who would joins us from the pakistani capital islamabad welcome nobody tell us about the impact of this intimidation of journalists that what impact is likely to have on the outcome of this election. well it's definitely having an impact on the coverage in the media i mean we talked a lot of journalists who didn't want to go on the record has saying they're not reporting certain stories but the big question is whether that actually is going to make have much of an impact because you have to remember a lot of people vote according to what the village henchmen the village strongmen tells them to vote there's also something here called the system of electable which is people who basically sell their votes their constituencies to have a pop which have a party. you know has the most to offer so the question is whether outside of the

educated classes outside of the cities this will actually have much of a of an impact on you tube video reports about the obvious shadow we influence over these elections how much of a. is their influence. it's a huge influence but it's obviously very difficult to measure i mean we saw in the report it's very very difficult as a journalist particularly as a foreign journalist to have access to the military but it's very clear that they are pulling the strings i mean the saying is you know pakistan isn't a state with an army but an army with a state and it's very clear that they are playing a very important role but it's just impossible to measure to what extent and what exactly they're doing. in the campaign issues. so the problem is that amidst this standoff between the army and the political party the p m l n the actual issues are you know being sidelined there's

a huge economic problems here you know the water issues water shortages question of unemployment i mean pakistan's facing huge problems and also like no one's really talking about foreign policy issues the question of you know lation ship between pakistan and india pakistan solution ship with afghanistan pakistan is incredibly important player in the region but no one's really talking about it in the media and so if you talk to analysts everyone says in this big debate in this standoff the real issues the important issues are just being sidelined and there have been suicide attacks in the country so i'm guessing security is something of a concern. yes it is a big concern and in fact the military is mobilizing four hundred thousand officers they're being posted all across the station sixty five percent so more than half of

the polling stations have been deemed a sixth sense a tafe so you know it's a huge issue there have been suicide attacks and the military presence here is definitely noticeable. it's not about thank you. now we're living in a world of economic uncertainty and despite this the price of gold is on the way down which has got lots of people scratching their heads as can tell us what that's right because for centuries at times of uncertainties like these people have hoarded gold it is the classic safe haven investment a reliable crisis currency or at least it used to be because despite the threat of a global trade or gold has been tumbling in recent months why is gold suddenly so weak and will have bounce back. at the moment gold only increases in value when it's part of refined like this one the ancient guild of death mask was discovered in egypt last week it was crafted from precious metals that 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 u.s. and china and the european union for example. the banking debt and euro crisis also continue 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's still booming the u.s. federal reserve has indicated that it's likely to hike key interest rates in the coming months. but so far that hasn't soured investor sentiment on the u.s.

stock market. some are also eyeing cripple currencies like bitcoin while skeptics regard buying and selling the cryptocurrency is gambling and not investing its advocates see it as an alternative to gold. most analysts are never the less convinced in the long term gold won't lose it cheap despite the apparent alternatives currently unaltered. it will continue to fascinate people in the future just as it did back in the age of the pharaohs. well we'll fast people but will it still be there was a currency done of course in front but why is gold still after thousands of years a safe haven investment while garrett still considered as a real value and even though some people are questioning if it's still the crisis currency most of the investors here on the trading floor feel actually that this is still the case when you talk for example about bitcoin that is considered by most

of the investors here as gambling money and they don't recommend to use this when we would be in a crisis situation this is the thing is of course we are in difficult times we are in the middle of a trade for we have a u.s. president that is very unpredictable with very strong rhetoric for example as towards iran but investors still don't believe that all of this is at the end really going to escalate and that's what they're that's why they're telling me gold has not been going up again. done in other news chinese stimulus plans are firing up markets across the globe. today in frankfurt to. yeah exactly well we actually close here in the green today after not very successful days here during the last two days there are a couple of factors behind but yes china is a big reason the chinese government released today some fiscal actions to support the world's largest of the second world's largest biggest economy on the one hand

the chinese premier announced today that they would reduce taxes with an amount of one hundred sixty billion you as dollars and also which is very interesting they also announced they would issue one point three five trillion one in local government special bonds for the infrastructure system all of this has been giving shares in asia but also here in europe quite a boost today. frankfurt thank you. the european union has fined four consumer electronics firms a total of one hundred eleven million euros for fixing the prices of their goods sold online aces down and maryland's philips and pioneer threatened retailers with blocked supplies if they didn't follow the company's pricing requirements on items like coffee makers stereo equipment and computers because many online firms adapt their prices to competitors the price fixing had

a widespread effect the you can petition commissioner margaret of a start as. french car maker p.s. i bought german current opel from general motors last year now the acquisition is beginning to pay off during the first half of twenty eighteen opel returned to the black after almost twenty years of losses with profits of more than five hundred million euros p s a's restructuring plan for opel included shedding a fifth of its former eight hundred thousand staff b.s.a. also on situation and its total half year profits were one point seven billion euros. turkey's central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged on tuesday after its first meeting since president rest type add on was reelected their decision sent the struggling lira even further down hill on a list that is seen as a test of the central bank's credibility around hike

a rate hike could help stave off turkey's debilitating fifteen percent inflation rose but that would have meant going against present at the one who wants to maintain low rates to keep it going on the growth his reelection in june has also spooked many foreign investors. and that's all your business back to phil all all of it all of a taller ok thank you. present read it tiger one has praised the measured earth hills decision to quit germany's national football team the star midfielder. made the announcement at the weekend still who has to use roots was heavily criticized back in may for being photographed with the turkish president during the country's referendum campaign he says that criticism quickly turned to racism and disrespect from the public and the media he also faced harsh words from the german football association after the team's that disappointing world cup performance well his resignation has been hotly debated in his hometown of kelsen care in western

germany which has a large turkish community and they feel the case highlights ongoing problems with germany's attempts at integration. this is where a young message isn't often had a kick about a training ground in the german city is getting some attention today an amateur team is playing here about the resignation of the german national player is on everyone's mind. it's new to get some for him it's a brave move by him because as i see it he's only criticized others without accepting that he might have made an error in my view of his mistake was not to have spoken out earlier limp as i'm going often but it's not all gone wrong to say it's all about resigning it's made things with integration even worse british for a while i had the feeling that we were all coming together this is german turkish and spanish italian. it all began here at the club fest fabia zero four as it

was grandparents were coal miners who moved from the black sea coast to gals and yes and he was the first footballer of turkish descent to play for germany after a while of cup lang and 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 ozil had been a proud poster boy for integration today many germans were turkish heritage can understand how one photo could change everything. he was sent 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 and because of one photo for me it's try to . turkish german or both integration research is from the essence center for techie 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 al-amin a car door has called for a reasonable debate on identity she says the integration policy of the german football association has failed. well you have one 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 have lost the winners of the debate nationalistic turks and the german far right. now polish mountainy has made history by becoming the first person to ski down k two even though it's the world's second highest mountain mountaineers regard it as the most difficult to climb. face

difficult conditions trying to reach the summit eight thousand six hundred and eleven meters above sea level when he was that he put on the skis and made the treacherous descent to base camp. so that many of us just time to remind you of our top stories at this hour greece has declared a state of emergency as wildfires raging in the capital athens a claim at least seventy four lives the government has asked the european union for help for the country's worst files for more than a decade. in the collapse of the hydroelectric dam in the province of out of poor and southeast laos has left several people dead and hundreds missing the deluge left thousands homeless and swept away buildings. that's it you're up to date i'll have more for you at the top of the hour in the meantime of course as always the web sites that still. have

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