i am. sure this video is coming to you live from berlin its official imraan khan is one pakistan's general election is promising a nail pakistan but for the former cricket star would have to seek out advice to form a coalition government also coming up natural disaster will often break apart you seriously think this week's deadly bonfires was said deliberately but the

government is also facing criticism over its response. on going to isn't there was defective community but the latest. and cambodians head to the podium to speak and do they have any real choice other than prime minister hun sen who has ruled for more than three decades our correspondent reports from compaq and. lost in the next thirty minutes and really of all the lucky ones to catch sight of this. the longest still do not clips of the twenty first century begins tonight and feature a blood mill and find out what's behind this special astronomical event. i am. a european union monitoring team i said pakistan's election campaign showed a lack of equality. and wasn't

a level playing field for all parties and their announcement comes after pakistan's election commission officially declared iran can the rid of the country's election in iran can supporters were celebrating the victory but results show that his p.t.i. party will fail to win an outright majority and will lead to form a coalition to govern so far in the end comes forty years one one hundred fourteen other two hundred sixty nine seats with counting nearly complete the nearest rival with shahbaz sharif from the governing pakistan in with sixty three seats. a chorus for a new me congress is covering the sparks on elections for us and joins me now from the capital islamabad the official results are now in iran can has been declared the winner of the election what is the opposition saying will it accept the result . well last night they were still saying that they were thinking of mobilizing the masses and taking to the streets but today things have calmed down i mean the main

parties that when now probably opposition parties are meeting here in islamabad they'll let us late tonight what their plans are but i've got the feeling that things will remain calm but they realize that the pakistanis actually support imran khan that there isn't too much scope for protests and the pm a lender has already come out saying that they won't boycott the government so i've got a feeling that things will move ahead and that things won't get too violent here. lou with more about imran khan is a rather unusual figure in pakistani politics a cricket star known for a jet set lifestyle and now a politician promising change. indeed he has gone through quite a change hasn't he started off as a playboy he is also a national hero his team won the one thousand nine hundred two cricket world cup that definitely made him one of the most well known pakistanis but he shifted his play by lifestyle and to enter politics about twenty years ago he turned

conservative if you also embraced islam mists the soft has a soft spot for for the taliban so quite a change there from playboy to socially conservative m c corruption politician he's been on the sidelines of pakistani politics for more than twenty years now and now says chance to prove himself and to show what he actually wants to do for pakistan and everyone can pakistan's neighbor as expect from. i think that is the big question the question why everyone's asking themselves i mean he's got a soft spot for the taliban you said it's time just maybe sit down to work on peace talks so the question is how you positions himself when it comes to afghanistan another major issue is india pakistan's archrival that is what they fought all stick together what will he do when it comes to india needs a victory speech which she gave yesterday he he was conciliatory he turned down the rhetoric so we will see but to be honest in terms of foreign policy it's the army

pulls the strings here so how much leeway he will have remains to be seen but in the end it's also up to the army to decide what pakistan's foreign and defense policy is near macondo out in the sabah thank you very much for that update. let me now bring you up to do some other stories making news around the world north korea has handed over the remains of american soldiers killed in the korean war which raised from nine hundred fifty to fifty three a u.s. aircraft go through means to an air base in south korea the handover follows an agreement reached by north korean leader kim jong un and us president dr trump at a meeting in singapore in june. in poland pounds of protesters took to the streets to against a new law that gives the government greater powers or the country's justice system to know effectively allows the ruling party to take control of the country's supreme court protesters said this violates judicial independence as president

signed the measure into law on thursday. in the united states a wildfire is sweeping through northern california one person has been killed after the fire in shasta county expanded rapidly several firefighters have been injured in the blaze which is not threatening homes outside the city of reading. in greece recriminations are growing about how authorities. a deadly wildfire and while they did order an evacuation at least eighty three people were killed in the blaze through a coast and sea resort west of athens authorities say the fire was deliberately lit . because the card ice last attic is eastern shoreline the mediterranean sea claims as blue as ever but on shore so many of the homes and hotels that once stood here are gone. on monday the flames charge through here at sixty kilometers per hour almost everyone fled towards the bates's only the

firefighters had the mains to try and resist the flames often in vying. and this is their first time in thirty years of my service. seeing so much. of it sometimes we come from the course it's something. to stop this investigators say the blaze took just ninety minutes to race down the mountain towards the coast many residents simply had no chance to a skype and while monday was extremely hard and we need grace the government suspects the worst fires were no accident. you know as us in the metro i would like to stress that we have serious indications and findings of criminal activity namely arson. the police are also still trying to identify victims relatives of the missing have been gathering need their forensics lab the agony is compounded by

anger at the government which they choose of botching the evacuation of residents one confronted grace's defense minister as he visited victims. no one notified anyone to fire engines didn't come to nothing you leftists of the messy of god and . the residents worst hit by monday's blaze were living in an area known to be prone to fire breaks are now asking why authorities weren't better prepared and why so many perished. correspondent sean simply joins me now from the cool of monte which is most affected by the wildfires there shelder tell us more about the latest findings of the investigation into these devastating caius. as well as we heard their authority is now saying that they strongly suspect that also and with the fact that that may have been the cause of these fires that is something

that has been speculated about is the last few days that authorities now confirmed in a press conference that the fact that thirteen separate blazes was started around the same time is a strong indication that this was deliberate there isn't skepticism about that very day we spoke to one woman he was saying the houses to check whether or not they were still habitable she said she believes that the government is essentially looking for scapegoats they're coming under attack at the moment and they are just trying to find a reason that these fires started looking for a scapegoat as she said she also said she didn't see why anyone would start these fires that in one theory that perhaps people were trying to clear space clear a wooden to try and be able to create an area where they can build properties that this woman that we spoke to said that is not very plausible simply because there isn't much to monza properties in this area at the moment there were a lot of empty houses people simply went by and she could not see why that the any financial may to pull the criminal activity to deliberate also and there's also

been criticism of the government as we heard this woman in our reporting in the fish and you left out at the must see of god who can you tell us about the people's reaction to this of there is rising anger here in greece at the moment as well from the opposition party is leveling a lot of the time for the government to not doing enough is that a lot of criticism for example over the fact that there was an immaculate ation order given the government though has said the best and he wasn't enough time that the power of the wind meant that the speed of the fight. it just went through this village they say within about an hour and a heart that just wasn't enough time for them to react a lot of the people that we've spoken to here they say that they are just happy to be alive they have friends great neighbors who lost their lives in this devastating fire they've lost their properties a lot of people are still missing relatives trying to locate and that is where all their energy is going into at the moment say there's not

a lot of anger from the people that we have spoken to but certainly something that could come in the coming days and weeks as people really start was why how how was it possible this could happen and chad is the area living on from the devastation and destruction was the sense you get there briefly if you can. close the this is a gym yesterday as well that was piled high with resources for people here in this community that really is a strong feeling of solidarity a great coming from across the area to try and offer that support to the survivors here is very hot warming exactly what the response has been from the people here in this community. in marty greece thank you very much. cambodians are going to the polls in sunday in a national election but while they are many options on the ballot paper voters to really have a choice prime minister hun sen has ruled the country for thirty three years and he's making sure anything other than a landslide victory for him would be

a major surprise correspond boston hearting disappears and look at how the country is gearing up for elections that many observers regard as a sham. commonly knows the odds are stacked against him just three months ago he founded the khmer will party because he wants to make a difference but in cambodia politics is a minefield and cartridge carefully we don't want to. be very challenging. the government or the ruling party we want to politicize it to be able to sit together and solve all the problems especially the. political deadlock between the. ruling parties and the opposition parties commonly cause father and his two older brothers were members of cambodia's main opposition party this year in r.p. now they are banned from politics in a government move to purge its political rivals. there are twenty parties competing

in the upcoming elections but the race is already decided since the main opposition party was this solved by the government late last year with its leaders either in exile or in prison cambodia is essentially become a one party state prime minister who has held power for thirty three years in election times especially he called to great his public image as a caring leader but human rights groups accuse him of systematically cracking down on critics who have also been repeated accusations of voter intimidation something the government firmly denies the allegation is allegation it is the people we do to tell them that people have a right. has had to learn the hard way that taking sides against the government is dangerous in cambodia after his boss discovered he had joined the opposition party he lost his

job now he follows the call for an election boycott. angry and upset because something i know. something i want to have has been taken away from me i'm disappointed that. we want to have a big opposition party in cambodia can scrutinize the government criticize its mistakes so the governments can reform promote the development of the whole country . is not the only one who thinks that way i mean a supporter of the band opposition and a well known critic of his ruling party he says any party contesting this election is giving it an air of legitimacy that it doesn't deserve. principle.

from the. joint. ok. actually disagree. people to boycott are like terms to me a little but. contrast to the principles of democracy which. people the. people to participate in elections. the whole. damn thing that will work the only. possibility is that the people will have to go to world. leaders he knows. this time around but he wants to prepare his party for future elections and for a time after.

football soccer center now there will be a three point two million euro fine to spanish authorities to settle a tax case he's also been handed a two year prison sentence but will not serve time in jail i understand he's the latest in a series of top footballers to fall foul of the country's tax rules portugal's renard or join italian champions event just this month after leaving real madrid following nine seasons in the spanish capital his annual salary in turin will be thirty million so he should be able to play that fine. the tour de france entered its third last race with grant thomas holding a reasonably comfortable lead in the overall standings the course gave sprinters a chance to shine on stage eighteen million a year or jersey holder was able to take a backseat. a largely flat state provides

a good platform for the tools breakaway specialists and five writers julie took advantage of one hundred seventy kilometer course from tree surveys to. but says is often the case the peloton soon caught up with twenty kilometers to go the sprinters were ready to take over. i'm asprin ten suited with producing a perfectly timed just to the finish line it was the first stage win for a french team at this year's tall meanwhile garonne thomas tightened his grip on the lead is yellow jersey but he's expecting a tougher run in the pyrenees mountains on friday expecting the worst just guys try to go in the early attacks maybe on its own and obviously the final climb and. so we're just going to be ultra vigilant thomas goes into the final two competitive stages with a lead of just under two minutes. now after being right surfing music in the week

we take you back to the open seas for the kite boarding world championship a competition taking place in the war mediterranean waters off the coast of southern italy the look as. one of those in action as winds of up to forty knots propelled competitors through choppy waters on the second of five days of intense racing the sport combines elements of sailing windsurfing and paragliding as competitors navigate their way to the finish line in the quickest time possible. and when the moon rises to not retreat to the longest toting new an eclipse of the twenty first century the total phase when the moon has no direct light from the sun will last for one hour forty two minutes and fifty seven seconds that's when the moon will look grab a so-called blood red moon but why and how this awesome moon herself was

a monster. i am. your satellite your moon i circle you in an eternal dance but i try to surprise you from time to time with an eclipse. an eclipse is when your planet moves between me and the sun blocking the direct light that otherwise makes me server that only happens when i'm full every twenty nine and a half days doesn't happen every time because i probably geo in a slightly slanted path. when the sun the earth and i are lined up i get two different shadows from the earth. because the larger the penumbra it's the less intense the smaller one is darker it's the younger and i don't always travel through both back when i do you see me in a total lunar eclipse that's when i'm even more amazing than usual i'm read. how it's your

atmosphere splitting the sunlight heading my way into color. short blue light waves are scattered gold words longer red light waves a bent in words and are the only ones to reach me turning me red. lunar eclipse is not so rare but on the twenty seventh of july it will be the longest of the twenty first century. beautiful come take a look. look we share my computer but if a star gazer what else can we expect to see at the dudman hell i'm certainly not in the berlin area so the high point is supposed to be a twenty two minutes past ten but others have a clear view because the moon will be very low up and by the time it's a really high up on the firmament if it's over brilliant but here to talk business i will talk business i'm retter but it's not particularly good news twitter shares

plunged seventeenth as. and in early trading that's after the short messaging service as the number of monthly users was down by and one million in the second quarter and this is to expect a further drop in the near future as it intensifies efforts to fight spam and fake accounts and so-called hate speech to sell of comes just one day off the social media giant facebook suffered the biggest ever one day loss in dollar value for a company so let's rope in daniel cope now our man of the frankfurt stock exchange daniel first facebook now twitter is social media still a viable business model. first it's very interesting what you just said before because i also notice that my twitter follower has been declining perea had so many fake users in there but in the case of twitter those privacy regulations are hitting them even harder when you compare this for example to facebook for advertisers two things are very important the amount of users twitter has had an

issue with this user numbers for a long time and how much time people spend in average per day on the platform mark zuckerberg he was warning along with other tech c.e.o.'s in the past saying if you want more data security that's fine but we won't be able to ring you the numbers that you guys on wall street or any other stock markets want us to deliver but even many so have said that you know twitter needs to work on their business model and also to add features that are catching more the attention of a younger audience it's still a very valuable company and i think open front thank you so much. well it's a project that's just recently been heavily criticized by donald trump and approach of that's highly controversial within europe north stream too if everything goes according to plan the nine and a half billion euro project will start transporting gas from russia to europe by the end of twenty nineteen north stream two will run alongside the first north stream pipeline through the baltic sea and neighboring coastal states are divided

in their opinion about the project finland and sweden have already endorsed it denmark is still undecided to do to environmental concerns the baltic states and poland oppose north stream two due to concerns over europe's dependency on russian gas ukraine as also against it the new pipeline puts a question mark over its current status as a gas transit country and the revenues that come with it. and the controversial project also sparked criticism by the united states donald trump would like to sell what american gas to europe so plenty to talk about certainly when it comes to north stream two and i'm joined by now and energy expert at the german institute for economic research good to have you with us and your insert institute just recently released a study that says north stream two is not necessary so why is it being built. it's a very very costly project it's primarily built because they have political reasons

and russia wants to. bring the gas to germany this pipeline and to want to avoid the transit routes through the ukraine that's one reason and the other one is it's a very expensive pipeline it also increases the dependency from russian gas in the future and it contradicts also the goals of the european union want to diversify the gas in parts of the future much more so donald trump who did have a point to then when he criticized europe the being too dependent on russian gas yeah you had a point here that's pretty much true especially if we see that the guest demand declined in the future because of climate policy and also we have enough transit routes and liquefied natural gas indeed to go become more important in the future and here of course trump wants to sell the us to the european market but of course

it also competes with pipeline projects like north stream. that energy expert at the german institute for economic research speaking to me there. a new emissions test for cars is causing massive delays and plans to throttle back production of some models and the car maker is also being forced to stockpile vehicles as cannot be sold because they are still waiting to be tested unfortunately berlin as one place they can go. this b.t.w. car park is full of its new cars waiting for approval the delivery of up to two hundred fifty thousand cars could be delayed and v.w. is even renting parking space to stockpile them. they have plans to use palin's new airport that hasn't yet opened all the company's own testing grounds costs are said to be in the millions. b.w.'s testing its cars around the clock against the new w l

t p standard this new emissions test takes three times longer than the old one. we've been preparing intensively for this for two or three years v.w. in particular is just the sheer number of vehicles that's a problem we have to recertify about two hundred models before the deadline it's a huge undertaking. of the two hundred models v.w. has so far only had three certified to meet the new standard the takes effect in september carmakers b.m.w. and further down the line this bottleneck has forced the w. to partly shut down production at its main plant involved spoke a spokes person says the slouchy hasn't affected morale for the amount of the mountain in four staff members are supporting the company it's part of their lives so it's a regulation that can be accepted on both sides after the first of september b.w. can't sell any new vehicles without this test so he needs to step things up

a gear. and here's a reminder now of the top stories we're following for you. official results show former cricket star in wrong as one pakistan's election by a sizable lead by that's he doesn't tough enough seats to form a majority government meaning congo will have to seek out allies to form a coalition. there watching t.v. news coming to you live from in more coming up at the top of the hour in the meantime don't forget you can go to. all the latest news and information from around the clock on our website that is the w dot com i want to jones in berlin and don't forget to watch the lunar eclipse later tonight if you can about.

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