this is to give you news live from berlin pakistan is voting and divisive parliamentary elections millions are casting ballots after a campaign filled with controversy the military has pledged to ensure a free and fair vote but there's already been deadly violence outside a polling station live to islamabad a nation in mourning after wildfires killed dozens rescuers in greece are searching land and sea for survivors after fires left at least seventy four dead it's the country's worst fire in a decade will bring you the latest from apple. was the controversy rolls on.

quitting germany's national soccer team now the pressure is mounting on the head of the german football association as he clings to his job. i'm sumi so most of the good to have you with us the polls have opened in pakistan's general election after a divisive campaign it is a close race between former cricket star iran khan and shahbaz sharif he is the brother of former prime minister now was and was among the first to vote in the eastern city of lahore tens of millions of pakistanis will vote today except to mark the second democratic transfer of power in a country with a history of military coups but will the poll be fair the influential military has been accused of interference and of favoring khan over sharif and there's already been violence on election day that after a campaign during which more than one hundred seventy people including several

candidates were killed. armed soldiers like these are some of the roughly three hundred seventy thousand troops deployed across the country not only are they guarding polling centers but are also helping with general security duties. their mission preventing incidents like this from occurring again this was the scene after a suicide bomber targeted the convoy of political candidates in the southwestern province of. one hundred forty nine people were killed in the attack that took place ten days ago. besides normal security duties officers have also been given expanded powers they can punish individuals for illegal acts committed inside polling stations. human rights groups are concerned they have already complained of the army's alleged interference in the electoral process. which is in this edition get it out in all the books and be unfunny that

if it is it then there's a lot of game that you're looking at as the end. of the intimidation of journalists is believed to have served the campaign of this man former cricket star in one count of the movement for justice party the sixty five year old has vowed to track down on corruption. but says that info we will deliver justice to the masses regardless of them being a hindu or christian a sikh regardless of the being for all from different provinces all from cuffy the star who were going to sit back one day although his closest rival is shahbaz sharif brother of the ousted former prime minister now of us are if currently in jail on corruption charges. but in the head to head race between khan and sharif this man could prove to be kingmaker below while both

it's a diary of the left leaning pakistan people's party a son of slain prime minister benazir bhutto he is looking to revive the fortune of his party. ah. some observers have called this election the dirtiest in recent memory but for ordinary people on the street their hopes are far more grounded. the country is economically weak at the moment it is standing at the verge of bankruptcy one thing is sure that whichever government comes it will be faced with challenges but we hope whatever government comes it will recover pakistan from a fall. let's go right to conrad shoes in the pakistani capital islamabad following the story for us good to see you know there were reports of a deadly bomb blast outside a polling station today in the city of quetta what can you tell us. yes i actually just talked to a local correspondent who's at the site is right outside the polling station where

it happened he said people have been evacuated the death toll has risen to at least thirty people scoles killed apparently it was targeting a local very high ranking security chief so this was the local correspondent saying obviously attack on the military and military personnel high ranking military personnel who were at the scene to inspect the polling station. now and i only we saw in a report you know pakistan's military has been accused of manipulating the election campaign behind the scenes let's listen to what pakistan's ambassador to germany had to tell you about the vote this would be the third consecutive polls that we're having or in a fully democratic dispensation and i have no doubt in my mind that this would be a free and fair pool there's a level playing field for everyone for. the new government and that would bring a new dawn for the country. iommi we heard the ambassador of there say this will be

a free and fair vote but is that the case of people are scared when they go to vote . well if this is most definitely not a free and fair vote the army has been meddling that's what a lot of analysts a lot of journalists have been telling us they've been talking of receiving intimidating threats threats on social media if they don't write what they're supposed to write if they get too much coverage the pm l.n. so you know if you talk to journalists this is definitely not a free and fair election but you also have to consider pakistan this is not an established democracy votes can hear the bolton sold local people all in the phillips's vote for whoever the village strongman tells them to vote for so this is not an established democracy and i don't think we can pull the elections like the free low fat now mean looking at the candidates why is it that the military appears to favor imran khan. that is a very good question with a very various theories for this one theory is that the sharif sharif family

angered the military because they were trying to edge closer towards the arch rival india and it's also possible that they like imran khan's anti corruption rhetoric the politicians here are notoriously corrupt quite often people say it's a question of who you vote for depending on who embezzles is less than the other candidates the point being everyone embezzles here so those are two theories but in the end it's a question that we should be able to put to the military but unfortunately they don't talk to foreign journalists like us. reporting for us from islamabad good to talk to you. greece has begun three days of mourning for the victims of the country's worst fire disaster in a decade fast moving fire swept through densely populated areas near the capital killing at least seventy nine people and the death toll is likely to rise rescuers are still scouring for survivors meanwhile many have begun returning home to take stock of the damage. day

after disaster struck in the seaside village of marty. just survivors return to their properties to begin the cleanup their homes may be wrecked but still they know they are the lucky ones have been them a day then the fire was just fifty meters away we grabbed our dogs and ran thus he was here but yeah but fire was chasing us whoever managed to leave in time did so the person right behind me when i drove out didn't make it to the fire took them and melted him but if it doesn't fit with the i get done i guess it was the beginning at least. in other parts of much the emergency workers went about the gruesome task of recovering the remains of those who perished on a bluff above the coast twenty six bodies were found huddled together in the courtyard of a villa. in the show mothers don't carry on they were in groups of three and full

of it looked like they were friends and families who are trying to protect themselves if the us or in the tsunami. it's not yet clear how many more the fast moving fire trapped on monday night authorities expect the death toll to climb further many survivors only found safety by the sea the coast guard and other boats evacuated almost seven hundred people from smoke filled beaches another one thousand survivors and six parties were found floating off the coast and. by tuesday in the fires near athens were under control and team . we're working to put out the last hot spots but officials warn the new blazes could erupt at any time in the tinder dry and to rain. look at the latest on the story we can speak to journalist george george a couple of he joins us on the line from athens hi george bring us up to date on the rescue operations and how the wind has been affecting the situation this

morning. is good morning lester versions are only growing fast pace. at sea and on the land. as your squads are going from door to door trying to find any people who may have been inside either dead or alive in the hope that they will find some survivors however. it was gone almost forty eight hours since the wildfire that has killed seventy seven people in the very still no official least of missing persons we get some some like reports of some kind what one hundred missing people but there's still no officially this case the weather has improved there is hardly any wind and this small rekindling of the fire close to the tragic location over here is under control george we saw a report that some people are returning home tell us more about the damage that they're facing. they're facing. a huge task over trying to

clean up the property and they face destruction of the three. vehicles this can be endured for such are left very quickly the services are telling them that they will have to wait for two weeks for what is a day and. for any three supply. purposely under way. there is also people are still looking for their loved ones a vision a tragic story a father who has been looking for he's two nine year old twin daughters who he saw on t.v. getting rescued at sea by fishing boat they are alive and he's desperately searching for information from anyone to make a film possibly in a hospital you know george among this tragedy there's also been speculation of the cause of these fires we've heard prime minister alexis tsipras suggesting that some of the blazes might have been started by arson what can you tell us about that but

certainly makes the more tragic actually. defending any evidence about out however if you suspicious it's started the fire started this way. and we've all of the old ways for that's when the fires get started when another fire is on the way it can't be appointed and. and george you know how are greek authorities dealing with these relief efforts and helping people. don't have already. package over really for them. to actually check against. the rights of others also her ground is concerned i guess you have already said by people relevant authorities speak. criminal negligence by the state they say they could be no immigration plan by the state to help them but at least there is a part of the european union if we did overhear enough of the european commission

or put your money value on they'd prefer civilian leaders or putting their over use for the nation we. are gratified by the medical examiner readers from neighboring countries right ga ga couple us a journalist joining us on the line from athens thank you very much for that update thank you now to some other stories making headlines around the world in syria at least thirty eight people have been killed in suicide attacks targeting the southern city of psuedo a series of bombings hit the city's marketplace and other targets downtown the attacks are being blamed on the so-called islamic state one battling government forces near the city. boys from the football team rescued from a flooded cave in thailand have been ordained as an office wouldst monks there honoring the memory of a navy diver who died while trying to say that the boys had their heads shaved for the occasion and will spend more than a week living in a monastery. in laos at least nineteen people have died after

a newly built hydroelectric dam collapsed on monday about number my it may rise as rescuers continue their search for missing villagers in the flooded area many homes were swept away and at least seven villages were reportedly submerged the dam was still under construction when it collapsed after heavy rainfall activists are calling for renewed scrutiny of plans for more hydroelectric power. and let's bring in bangkok based correspondent freed explore he has more on the story for us if you can here is that how is laos doing with these rescue efforts well the authorities say that it's a very very difficult situation you have to know that this area where the disaster happened is very remote and plus we have rainy season right now and so it is asia so the few roads that actually leads to this disaster area they are muddy. they are to to pass and this really is a big big challenge for the rescue authorities firefighters ami and everybody who

was involved they have some off some neighboring countries have offered their support sal and vietnam they might send choppiness and also specialists to that area but of course it's a very very difficult situation for the authorities and we have reports that still three thousand people are waiting to be rescued so they are sitting on roofs they are sitting on trees the area below beneath them is flooded and so but clearly it's a dangerous situation for them pretty rich talking about a huge number of people who have been affected here and we understand that the damage actually appeared in the hydroelectric dam the day before the collapse so why weren't villages downstream evacuated. well that's one of the big question that is being race right now it's probably about twenty four hours before the disaster happens the democrats appear at the company sas and also the

authorities say that the willage is downstream of the dam have been warrants but it's not clear how intensely intensively they have been won and how quickly this morning came if you look at the huge disaster now and the huge the huge mass of people that is affected right now it seems that the warning came too late wasn't intense enough and that's also what a lot of human rights or activists groups such as river international what they what they claim now and they criticize the government for that not laois has an ambitious plan to build a lot more dams and has this disaster changed that. well right now and nothing indicates that other projects being stopped or that they will be reviewed. the thing is that this is a very important. for laos the idea to become the battery of

asia is one of the key element of the devil open plan of this very very poor country they have always been the baits about safety issues environmental issues around these dam projects right now it doesn't seem or there hasn't been any statement issued that this approach that projects will be stopped but hopefully. this cat house if you now leads to the fact that some of the projects are all projects will have to review their safety measures right fredrick sport they're reporting for us now from bangkok. the message is he'll affair continues to dominate the headlines in germany the focus is moving towards whether german football federation chief i had glinda can stay on the job is ill who has turkish roots accuse him of racism when he quit the germany team over the weekend the federation has defended itself but has stayed

quiet reinhart grindle was appointed the german football federation president in two thousand and sixteen brought in as a crisis manager to sort out the chaos left by allegations germany had bought votes to host the two thousand and six world cup but now another crisis is a reason and this time grendel is at the very heart of the mess it is a fair. i just do not see a clear professional handling of the crisis at the moment it doesn't surprise me though because the german football federation is actually full of arm issues. grindle has been a lawyer and a journalist he also spent fourteen years in the german parliament for angola medicals christian democrats and one said that multiculturalism was a myth comments that would come back to haunt him when ms it is a law and jim need teammates to one met turkish president richard tayyip erdogan. i

believe that both are aware that they have made a mistake i'm courage every want to go easy on them. but at the gym we crashed out of the world cup group stage grindle got tough demanding will issue a statement when it came to the queues dream to live and write racism brindle is now under pressure ahead of september's vote between germany and turkey over the hosting of euro two thousand and twenty four germans are now wondering if grandel is heading for the exit. to cycling and there was no shortage of drama on tuesday in the tour de france stage sixteen was briefly interrupted by a protest with several writers requiring medical attention farmers tried to block the road with bales of hay police attempting to control the demonstration inadvertently sprayed several writers with pepper spray but the peloton continued after a brief delay. the first peyronie's stage of this year's tour two hundred eighty

kilometers took the riders from carcass off to but here do so after a scrappy beginning a large group formed up front. on the climb to the cold they pour to the asp a mountain pass felipe jill bear attack and reach the top first on the descent however he misjudged and went over a low stone wall. after one hundred eighty kilometers to tour its or spain as the writers made their last climb of the stage britain's adam gates lay. hot on his tail was giuliani on the phillies. less than ten kilometers from the finish line disaster struck yates hit the deck on his final descent giving freshmen giuliano felipe the chance to whiz by and win his second stage of the two. to the two as of the president you know a lot of pain in my legs i think for everybody but. i cannot believe.

for the second time today the overall ranking remains unchanged get right thomas of team sky retains the yellow jersey. political. right monica is here with her yellow jersey on of course monica there's some trouble in the air for europeans who want to go and pick a show certainly if you want to fly with a ryan air because right now stuff we're going on strike for two days in a row the walkout will affect more than six hundred o'brian as almost two and a half thousand daily flights today and tomorrow staff in spain portugal italy and belgium will participate in the walkout the airlines pilots are demanding more transparent systems for promotions and transfers while cabin crew hope to push through better working conditions such as high salaries and there is a more trouble for ryanair staff the carrier just want to offer around three hundred potential job cuts for pilots and cabin crew on the plans to reduce its dublin based aircraft fleets. european commission president is meeting today with

u.s. president donald trump at the white house it's a bid to head off a looming transatlantic trade war but ahead of those talks trump renew his call for completely free trade the u.s. president fired off this tweet calling on both parties to quote drop all tariffs of barriers and subsidies that would be finally big cold free market and fair trade donald trump writing there on twitter. but for now washington is threatening to expand its terrorists to cause after slapping levies on steel and aluminum the e.u. responded in kind. has this look at what's at stake. it's a tweet that struck brussels like a thunderbolt great wars are good and easy to win that's the message the american president sent over the atlantic on march first a week later came this announcement today i'm defending america's national security

by placing tariffs on foreign imports of steel and aluminum they you managed to get a temporary exemption but china was ready to retaliate. we don't want to trade war with the u.s. or with any other country but if china's interests are damaged then we'll have to take measures to defend our interests. on april second china announced punitive tariffs on one hundred twenty eight u.s. products while the e.u. still try to convince trump to change its mind their position the president will decide we had an exchange of views on the current state of affairs of the negotiations we have to deal with common global challenges regarding our free regarding. so important security issues it's impossible to make in a trade war but it was all in vain on june first the u.s. also introduced tariffs on european steel an element the e.u. commission's response came swiftly this is

a but the for the work twit and the knowledge in the next coming hours counterbalancing measures what they can do we are able to do exactly. the same on june twenty second the e.u. put levies on jeems peanut butter whiskey and motorbikes trump in turn is now considering whether to impose half the levies on european vehicles so can the president of the european commission find an exit door from an all out trade war i asked any you expert i don't think the use of trying to go shoot with mr trump i don't think this is the right time for that and quite frankly i don't think that would help what is important is the fun of the system and its rules as they exist and try and point out the obvious namely the trade was a very very damaging younger as no concrete proposal to take to the u.s. its primary goal is to calm tensions with washing for the first time in decades global free trade looks like it's under serious threat it's unsettling unless of

course you are convinced that you will just win trade wars aren't so bad. facebook is setting up a subsidiary in china the internet giant finally obtained a license to do business in the country where its ocean media platform is blocked facebook says it's establishing a take up to support chinese developers and start ups the company has created similar initiatives and other markets facebook's main business model has recently come under pressure due to concerns of privacy and to data protection and while its social media business won't be part of its presence in china the entry will allow it to experiment in the world's biggest market. all right let's catch up with some market action then you'll be standing by for us at the brentwood stock exchange daniel it's earnings season and i believe don chipp germany's biggest lender is also there presenting its figures thumbs up or down. well i guess

times are those of a has been in a crisis mode monica we were there for a long time not in the winning zone or to share price that just went down this year by thirty five percent and now with a new boss in charge georgia bank has been providing more promising numbers today in the second quarter the lender reported and it's just that even of four hundred and one million euros but there are still so many things and then that needs to work on the lead there needs to get more productive more synergies must be career and it costs needs to be cut the big problem remains to be the investment banking sectors c.e.o.'s leaving will need to do big reforms in this field also saving announced already in one of his first speeches that the focus will be again on the private banking sector how it wants to do this we're still don't know all right and briefly daniel but we just talked about heading to washington to meet donald trump there to talk trade and of course terror is already implemented also on harley davidson and they also presented figures. and they also presented figures and there

were not really good investors were already prepared that most likely they wouldn't be a very good we have to remember that he was president donald trump was in this open dispute with harley davidson when they announced that they would relocate some of their production facilities because of those steel and elam many tears so now their net profit went down by six percent to two hundred forty two point three million u.s. dollars and also their sales figures went down by one point five percent of identical in frankfurt thank you so much for the update. and here's a quick reminder of the top story we're following for you pakistan has begun voting in parliamentary elections the poll pits the party of the ousted prime minister against almost like it's hot in iran causing the military has been accused of favoring calm and such. you're watching to. move.

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