this is d.w. news live from the new move in the tussle over the man suspected of being osama bin laden's former bodyguard nowness sami he's been freed from prison in two newseum the lack of evidence so will you return to germany whose governments have previously to portray him also on the program. greece's prime minister accepts political responsibility for this week's devastating wildfires admitted to base this raging now over who is to blame for the tragedy will bring you the latest from the worst affected communities and. supporters celebrate say

a victory in pakistan's general election we'll take a look at his rise from sports man and international jetsetter to perspective prime minister. also in the next sixty minutes tonight is the knights of the blood the longest total lunar eclipse of the twenty first century will be physical across much of the globe tonight we'll find out what is so special about this astronomical event. unfolding a welcome to the program a judge in tunisia has ordered a provisional release from jail of osama bin laden's alleged to form a bodyguard seen here in a german court the man known as a had been living on and off in germany since one thousand nine hundred ninety seven he was deported to his native tunis year earlier this month. has decided there's not enough evidence to keep him in jail. political correspondent simon

young has been following this story welcome simon tell us more about sami a and what his release could mean for the german government. well phil some here is a chin issue national forty two years old he's been living in germany in balkans since two thousand and five and he keys by german authorities as you said of being a former bodyguard of al qaeda chief some of bin laden which he denies but they also say that he continues to pose a islam missed terrorist threat which is why they were keen to deport him back to his native tunisia which is what happened two weeks ago at that time a german court actually ruled that he couldn't be deported because there was a danger he might face torture in tunis year but when that decision was issued he was already on the plane back to tunis now if he were to be released and sent

back to germany well what would it mean for german the german government i think it would be a big headache for them because i'd like to see this man dealt with in tunis here instead so he was living here for some time if he is he likely to want to come back well. imagine that he would do his family is here and since there is a an investigation continuing into his past affairs. maybe he'd feel more comfortable in germany but it would appear that the judge's ruling in that decision today in tunisia made no reference to banning him from traveling but despite in addition to the fact that there's an investigation continuing the authorities have also confiscated his passport we're told so it seems unlikely that he'll be able to travel at this time simon young thank you. five greece's

prime minister alexis said process accepted political responsibility for this week so wildfires which killed at least eighty seven people at a cabinet meeting broadcast live he also said evidence suggested that the fires had been started deliberately so he didn't know who might have been behind it a bitter debate is raging over the way or forces handle these fires and why they fail to order an evacuation. or dice lost of advocacy 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 bache is only the firefighters have 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 can look 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 more monday was extremely hard and we need grace the government suspects the worst fires were no accident. as you've all been informed. of the indications that we have and which authorities in charge are already investigating. lead to the conclusion that arson was behind the deadly fires. 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 leftist of the messy of god and now. the residents would sit by monday's blaze we're living in an area known to be prone to fire greeks are now asking why authorities weren't better prepared and why so many perished. they don't need correspondent shell that tells them pillars in the coastal town of massey which is worst affected by those fires welcome charlotte an investigation has begun what are you hearing. that's right well we've heard now that the government as we had in that report do you think that also in maybe in response to that these fires here in mattie was started deliberately the reason that they gave is that they found that the prize was found in thirteen separate locations they were thought to have started at the same time the government now authorities are

analyzing satellite footage trying to find out exactly how they were started there is some criticism they've been skepticism about this idea that austin may have been responsible we spoke to one woman who used to bang the properties just hid behind me and she was saying that she simply doesn't see a motive why someone might think she set spoilage this area deliberately she said one theory of course is that people might do it to try and burn down woodlands to try and create more space to building properties but she said that simply doesn't stand up as a motive she said a lot of houses are standing was standing empty here before the fire people were unable to sell them the idea that people were looking for more space to build more properties just isn't cool as opposed to say there are still so many questions here that have been left on oncet greece's opposition has accused the government of iraq and some failing to protect people given the large loss there in moscow i wonder how people that react. there is rising public anger here in

greece as you heard there in that report the defense minister was confronted by one local as he came by here that a lot of the people that we've spoken to they say that they are just happy to be alive don't forget a lot of people are still looking for relatives there are still people missing the people have lost lost loved ones lost neighbors there is just relief from the survivors that they are still here one of the criticisms they that being leveled at all sources from people here is exactly how houses behind me were able to stand now the problem that we have here is that this house among a number here was built illegally a while ago and it blocks the routes along the beach so people were found they were all able to try to reach the safety of the wall. what it is that essentially blocked the exit route for them many of them were traps the fact that the holes there in front of them along the seafront means people simply couldn't escape some people then reached the cliff just on the waterfront there and then fell to their deaths just because they couldn't find steps leading down to the beach so so many

people here also see exactly why the government wasn't able to do something about that why this sort of house was able to stand for so long when of course it's really contributed to the scale of this tragedy and briefly if you mind charlotte how do people now start to move on from this. well people just living hour by hour at the moment as i've said those still trying to find a lot of the missing people are trying to salvage what they can from their homes but they do say that they've been conned a little bit by the fact that government has promised to office and money to help contribute towards salvaging their homes whether or not so when they receive that money they're not yet sure but they are hopeful that something will still be on it by the government so much else until in muncie thank you. now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world israeli police have reopened jerusalem's outside moscow following a raid they said they'd been pursuing to use who had thrown rocks during

a confrontation with police the mosque also known as the temple mount is holy to jews and muslims. oh the protesters in poland to clash with police during demonstrations against changes to the country's judicial system and to government activists accuse the ruling rightwing law and justice party of trying to stop the courts with its own judges the government insists the reforms are necessary to rebuild the country. north korea has handed over the remains of american soldiers killed in the korean war of nineteen fifty thousand nine hundred fifty three by u.s. aircraft brought the remains to an air base in south korea hundred followers on agreements reached between the north korean leader kim jong un and us president donald trump by the singapore beating in june. this is d w news of life from above and still to come over eight hundred children separated at america's border with mexico have been reunited with their parents but hundreds more are still waiting despite

a court order to reunite all families by yesterday bringing report from texas. and i says to us the growth figures are in how's it looking helen indeed the numbers are in the looking good it's very good in fact over the last quarter the u.s. economy grew at his false just rate in four years that's positive news for the walls largest economy of course but analysts say it's unlikely to be quite as positive as the white house makes it out. trump was quick to celebrate the new figures four point one percent growth from april to june. we're on track to hit the highest annual average growth rate in over thirteen years and i will say this right now and i'll say it strongly as the trade deals come in one by one we're going to go a lot higher than these numbers and these are great numbers trump claims the new quarterly rate is sustainable on the campaign trail he promised annual growth

between four and even six percent of his war on obama era regulations was supposed to unshackle the economy his one point five trillion dollar tax cut supercharged the new growth but while economists expected a surge from the tax cut this quarter some even predicted five percent if you believe it is sustainable for one the federal reserve concerned about inflation is expected to raise interest rates several more times this year. businesses also don't appear to be investing heavily there were also one off events this quarter soybean exports shot up over tariff concerns government spending rose in part due to the defense budget. and there are worrying signs housing sales continue to decline wage growth is still weak one thing is sure the u.s. economy is booming at the moment in the long term however question marks linger.

twitter shares plunged seventeen percent in early trading that was off the social networks at the number of monthly users was down by one million in the second quarter and it expects a further drop in the near future user numbers are declining as twitter intensifies efforts to fight spam fake accounts and hate speech online strict privacy rules in europe obviously made business more difficult twit's a is the second major social media firm to report a decline in uses after facebook it came just a day actually off the world's biggest social media platform suffered the biggest ever one day loss in dollar value for a u.s. company well a poll published in the times of london shows that a majority in britain now favor a second referendum when it comes to breaks it this as the european union's chief breaks it negotiates initiative out in the out allowing the u.k. to collect customs duties on the e.u.'s behalf and that was a key u.k.

proposal for post bragg's it trade but soundly a said that could threaten the use customs union and other key policies britain is set to leave the bloc next march so a deal needs to be in place by october to give national parliaments in the european union anough time to ratify it. and we've brags that he's in office not just the political climate this seeing growing divisions between britain and the continent the heat wave currently sweeping europe has led to long delays at the channel tunnel temperatures of over thirty degrees celsius overwhelm the econd dishing system on some of the trains so cars have been forced to wait for cooler carriages but while the brits seem to be facing the heat with a characteristic stick in it and a continental treat as well ice cream makers say sales are soaring. let's go back over to un school to now for more on those u.s. g.d.p.

figures good to see you here and so we understand that often those figures of second quarter growth of four point one percent trend trunk went on to say that he's achieved an economic turnaround of historic proportions is that the case so is this growth down to an overall trend and global recovery rather troll growth figures overall are quite impressive but economic growth has already started in two thousand and nine so that was way before us president donald trump or maybe even considered to to run for president but if you look at that we are at rather late in there's a growth story a gross number of a good four percent and it's quite impressive and by the way if for the year we should is chief. a growth rate office three percent then we would be seeing the biggest growth here in the united states since in about fourteen years what does support the trend is that we do so we see global growth but then specially in

the united states sold the tax cuts certainly have added to what we are seeing and experiencing in the united states right now and the us federal reserve is still setting its full year growth outlook at two point eight percent right now so is this seemingly meteoric pace of growth that trunk envisage is sustainable. well i mean that's what we're hearing from some economists that those numbers might be more or less sustainable at least for the near future there is a certain dynamic that we seeing here in the united states that if you compare the usa to a supertanker water column is sometimes do it can take a supertanker about six kilometers to actually stop so we won't come to an immediate stop here in the united states but one thing is also for sure the federal reserve might increase interest rates further so that might be a bit of a dent to economic growth and watch we also shouldn't forget as i mentioned that

takes cuts they're not really financed meaning the depth load is increasing in the united states and that's probably is going to haunt back the u.s. economy at some point but right now economists are quite certain that we still have a while to run so some economists are saying maybe next year we might see. a harsher cooldown of the u.s. economy but as i said so we still have some more room to grow here in the u.s. swings and roundabouts it seems for us great. for us on wall street thank you. back to fail and we stay in the united states for deadline which has come and gone and yes it has thank you more than eight hundred children separated at america's border with mexico have been reunited with their parents but hundreds more are still waiting despite a court ordered deadline to reunite all the families by thursday the trump administration ended his policy of detaining migrant children separately from their

parents after widespread condemnation think that was alexandra phenomena reports from texas. after three long months they are back together omar domingo's and his eight year old son are in there appear a bit shy and nervous but determined to tell their story here in a catholic shelter in sun who won. when they told me they are going to separate us it was so hard it hurt me so much because truthfully he was never separated from me. so me. and our in ads i felt bad because i didn't see him yet. they fled when duras hoping to find a better life in the u.s. they didn't cross the border illegally the father says they presented themselves to

immigration seeking asylum and were separated like many other migrant families and the president's drum zero tolerance policy after the expiration of a court's deadline to reunite all families some parents are still waiting to rejoin their children at detention centers like this one in texas even though the government says it's on track to reunite all eligible parents the longer c.i.s. immigration lawyer she's worried about her client a mother who is still waiting to get back together with her child. when i spoke with there and this was about i think it was yesterday she had spoken to her child going on almost on three weeks so she's of course very concerned doesn't know what's going on very upset very mad and she's one of many mothers that still in that in that area in that situation. says the administration's policy is not what

her country stands for well it's totally inhumane obviously in an unjust. it's racist we have a refugee law here and we should be able to assist the people who omar domingo's says he never lost faith that in the end here in our in the will be reunited now they plan to travel to kentucky dominus hopes he'll be granted asylum and find work to support the rest of their family back in the us omar and his son are happy to be together again but hundreds of migrant kids remain in custody some may never see their parents again that's the shocking for result of trom sirat tolerance policy. for european union monitoring team has described pakistan's election week cash showing a lack of equality the main political parties did not compete on a level playing field you know when kerry laughter pakistan's election commission declared iran contra p.t.i. party the winner but very one of the most seats p.t.i.

failed to win an outright majority i must not see coalition partners in order to form a government. supporters of pakistan's cricketer turned politician imran khan celebrating what many at least a few years ago had thought impossible an election victory for a turnaround matched only in prominence and impact by this the when he secured as pakistani cricket captain against england in the one nine hundred ninety two world cup. with a reputation as a celebrity playboy can long struggle to be taken seriously in politics after founding his p.t.i. party in the one nine hundred ninety s. for years he failed to translate his personal fame into votes. the breakthrough came in two thousand and thirteen when the p.t.i. became the third largest party in the national assembly the surge and support

partly down to young urban voters wanting change that desire just is palpable now. the population is almost two hundred one million currently and over seventy percent of the people live below the poverty line so for the country to progress the lives of these people need to change we need the lives of poor people to change. them that. there will be change in the country we are satisfied with imran khan because he is a relatively new leader and has a fresh approach i'm hopeful he will take pakistan forward. people like me is very difficult in pakistan these days if a man can deliver what he promised in his speech it will be beneficial for the country and for the masses. while his supporters celebrate khan's critics accuse him of fraternizing with pakistan's powerful military and intelligence agency and welcoming into his party politicians he formally coolidge corrupt for them he is

simply a puppet. now the european union's election observation mission in pakistan has said that while polling date self was well conducted the lead up to the vote suffered from suffered from curbs on the media and the crackdown on the former ruling party. is in the islam about and she's been speaking with the use chief election observer we have got. i'm here with the head of the e.u. selectorial mission he just gave a statement mystic we've seen a lot of cracked whistle crackdown on the media in the run up to the elections an unlevel playing field would you say that the elections will free and fan we are never reducing our assessment to these two nice words that fit of course in a headline for a journalist but the process is more complex there are the legal aspects that the legal framework has definitely been improved odds of the confidence in the election commission they have been very communicate if they have contacted civil society

organizations and relevant stakeholders so in this area we have see definitely an improvement but the election environment that was definitely marred by. a situation where the press was. particular precious and certain journalists and certain media outlets that was different from twenty thirty that was the question is where they had to say such environments lead them to an overall assessment that we that the twenty thirty in. better in with regard to their environment also has. meant all of. a certain direction towards the former ruling party that that was perceived by many as as targeted. ways and means to the particularly harmed their prospects there's been a lot of talk that the army was behind this meddling you do you point your finger

to indeed can you point your finger as an observer well in pakistan when people speak of the establishments they mean the military establishment that is for the international crowd one day to establishment put in automatically to know is meant . indeed there is this. there is this hint without any of us of course being in a position to to give evidence and it's also not our role was as. observers are as observers is to assess what is the atmosphere and if everybody tells us. there is this. there is a kind of interference in the background towards media towards candidates and that is somewhere somewhat connected to the military establishment that is the scene of that is that the atmosphere that is set for such an election. i was the

e.u. is chief election observer in pakistan me. when the moon rises tonights much of the world will experience the longest total lunar eclipse of the twenty first century the total phase when the moon has no direct light from the sun will last an hour forty two minutes and fifty seven seconds during which time it will also look red a so-called blood moon so why does it happen and how this report from the moon. i am lunar 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 surfer it only happens when i'm full every twenty nine and a half days doesn't happen every time because i barbecue on

a slightly slanted path. when the sun the earth and i are lined up i get two different shadows from the earth. we call the larger the penumbra it's the less intense the smaller one is starker it's the human brain i don't always travel through both back to 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 colors short blue light waves are scattered out words longer red light waves a bent in words the only ones to reach me turning the red. lunar eclipse is not so rare but on the twenty seventh of july it will be the longest of the twenty first century. i'm beautiful come take a look. the watching day that we near is still to come africa's

contemporary art scene is booming robin merrill from our culture desk will be here to tell us about some of the hottest names and why lagos is. so we'll have about story and more of the day so world news and business on the way. faster. our. fans know how to bring the rich to come knocking metal. moved into santa. fe and not. just.

climate change. sustainability. environmental projects. globalization affect biodiversity species conservation exploitation be quality. human rights displacement. current local action. three thousand. people make fun about. the problems. in mozambique we say that you have to laugh so you don't write it's how people call we think. as a journalist i often talk about these folks in baghdad balancing the left flipper she and i like to start my day by checking out all those jokes finding out what people

are talking about moving. my father taught me how to ask uncomfortable questions about my country and about books that is what i keep doing to the state my name is now diesel and i work at g.w. . this is the w.'s life from burma and i'm still getting these are our top stories at this hour a man suspected of being osama bin laden's former bodyguard has been freed from prison in two newsier for lack of evidence known as sami he was deported there by the german government earlier this month in defiance of a court order. from a cricket south a man can has been declared the official winner of pakistan's election but his party failed to win an outright majority so have to seek allies to form

a coalition government. and people in the west african nation of mali go to the polls to elect a president on sunday where they will cast their ballots against a backdrop of growing ethnic violence in the central region where jihad this causing chaos in the black bread basket of the largely desert nation president abraham. first elected in twenty thirteen is seeking a second term and he looks likely to get it but whoever wins will have to convince a skeptical electra. that they can address people's basic needs. you know they really took to being. one of mali's most popular rap artists minimal if not directly involved in politics but his songs contain strong political messages he says he's disappointed with most of the country's twenty four presidential candidates. you know you can't do new things when it's business as usual if you really want change you must change the system if you fail

to do that you're just replacing one old man with another. memo is point is self evident the field of candidate is aiming to unseat incumbent president ibrahim keita analysts say the seventy three year old front runner hasn't lived up to expectations. because he's gone on to make. elected this president in twenty thirteen for a number of key issues reestablishing peace in the country and recovering the north which have been overrun by islamists and rebels. claim there. are plenty of this is his campaign was also about instituting transparency in government but assessing his time in office we can see that none of these actions have been a priority for our current president if you're my sister getting yours and besides the desire to elect a leader with fresh ideas many point to molly's need for someone who can deal with the faltering economy like chef mordy budget or former prime minister and with

a moderate abandon his own campaign to support madiba jotter a trained astrophysicist. understands modern technology better than anyone that he's highly competent in the area of science but at the same time he's firmly rooted in the culture both locally and nationally. but all the candidates have to overcome the same challenge they'll have to convince a highly skeptical electorate of their commitment to address people's basic needs. to move up raise arche sit out. jamar figuring the once a new president as elected he must urgently take care of the people and our markets . especially food staples to your much less what. he has to make sure that we can afford to feed our families the public's wish list also includes jobs and education and most of all an end to the violence that's been

plaguing this land for six long years rapper minimal hopes sunday's election marks a turning point for molly. your last. i'm launching a clear appeal to all molly and to go out and collect their voter cards vote for the candidate of their choice and not allow themselves to be influenced manipulated or corrupted. and more than anything they should not be provoked into violence that's it let's have peaceful elections. this. year. artists from africa are setting the agenda for a continent on the moon this is important for africa to. use africa through

music through a new generation of africans who are more interested on the future of these gun that he is. not getting out will only. statements from three people involved in africa's seen and as a special edition of our arts program twenty one this weekend i featuring a wealth of african culture robin merrill from our culture desk is here to tell us more welcome. the african culture very much on everyone's lips at the moment why so well i think because there was a sort of under undiscovered treasure trove of riches in africa in the last i would say ten years be covered by art lovers and collectors i think also on the continent itself there are a lot more people interested in the arts there's definitely a lot going on there. in the program you mentioned twenty one we have a report on the very famous south african artist william kendrick who's got

expression in frankfurt we also have. a report on a africa festival in the southern german town of votes vote but right now we're going to go to the african continent itself and a couple things from that first of all we're going to lagos in nigeria which is the fastest growing city in africa if not the world i believe and this is being reflected very much in its striving elsie. the neco art gallery houses thousands of works it's a treasury of contemporary nigerian art. chief as the founder is known as a major figure on the lagos art scene she opened her first gallery fifty years ago i think i'm not lost on me people bow so they get a are obvious a little is going to be hot because this is the biggest ad galati in the whole fifty four countries right now i miss in league with. one of the artists whose

exhibited there is featured on the t. say her works were also featured at the first nigerian pillion at the venice biennale and. she openly addresses social issues such as child marriage. here her figures are covered with pain relief poles. so this this work is called thing. unconscious struggle i need. the narrative or the. child bride. i know how certain cultures think. it's talking so sometimes i wonder why no one is looking no one is near them and they have a movement to check themselves or be it be infective all their actions or introspective about what they do i always wonder what they. think. so it's true grown men and a little go. painter sam at the han is inspired by the uncontrolled development and

chaos of lagos his work is known for its celebration of colors with broad brush strokes the fragments his motifs to create fascinating picture puzzles. where i started the interview i try to at the same time make people feel. happy look you know the paintings somebody once told me that my paintings. able to see. very nice it will leave you with you're looking at the. optimism and productivity not frustration and stagnation that seems to be the model with many contemporary artists in lagos their work is attracting more and more interest on the domestic as well as international art markets. ok robyn so

lots of optimism in africa itself how is it from the continent fairing globally very well in that it almost didn't exist a decade ago it actually has a very small this is a person is. now got about two percent of the art market which is similar to germany the ark is actually dominated by three countries which is the u.k. believe the u.s. and china they have eighty three percent of the global market concerning you know financial transactions dots the african market is increasing more than any other year by year and what about the music scene african music has has been popular across the world for some time yes really there are a wonderfully talented african musicians but i am going back to mali where aliyah because mali seems to have just endless amounts of talent musically coming out of it i mean this people outside of cater those. who are

a this too narrow window i particularly like and this woman who has been wonderful for. let's have a quick listen. this is a song called netzarim when she's singing about migration and people losing their homes face often by many africans because of the money she actually herself escaped from an arranged marriage when she was a teenager and she lives and works out of paris and from. snow but she doesn't actually write all her lyrics well most of her lyrics are about african problems in africa she's even written a song about female genital to genital mutilation she takes very serious subjects but right now she's on tour here in europe and if you're in court again in spain tonight go on syria. saudi arabia maybe i will fly out so i can get more of the

type somebody slashed twenty one is all this we could. germany's government is intervening in the sale of critical infrastructure to chinese investments german state bank agree to take a twenty percent stake in high voltage energy network operate a fifty hurts us funding off an offer from china's state great but instead it had a strong interest in protecting critical energy infrastructure from foreign influence well last year germany adopted legislation making it easier to veto takeovers of strategically important companies and it concerns china may be dating access to cait technologies that way. and hour until different business has been following this story for us he joins us

now good to have you with us arun how realistic the end is the prospect the worse case scenario let's say of china just turning the power off well i wouldn't we be worried about that right now the concerns in berlin really more focus in on what i would just say what i would describe as exposure to influence in foreign powers and critical infrastructure now part of the issue at stake here is that fifty hertz supplies energy for some twenty million germans throughout the north in the eastern part of the country and state grid is a state run company much like the name would suggest and in effect the german government by allowing the transaction to go through would have been given chinese giving chinese authorities the keys to the council when it comes to germany's energy network now of course certain members of the german government have raised the specter of potential spying one member even once a part is said to say that the chinese government could remove all their spies if they wanted to if they had if they buy in of german companies now that is

a little bit alarmist but if you look at it it does seem that there's concerns here about german high technology being transferred to china i think what this story kind of raises the question for me is i mean just how entrenched are chinese business ties and influence already in key industries well you have to really if you look at the past year china has really kind of gone on a spending spree here in germany now part of that is to do with some of the troubles that we've seen coming out of washington this specter of a trade conflict or a trade war between washington and beijing and if you look at it china has already spent some thirteen billion dollars here in the last year they've acquired if i'm not mistaken fifty four different companies and these are all companies that are very directed towards high technology towards biotechnology automotive industry renewable resources solar energy and the focus really does seem to be on getting german patents no. how and bringing it back to china to a certain extent now china has for the last several years made no secret of the

fact that they have this goal of becoming the pinnacle of high tech production by twenty fifty and a lot of that really does leave the strategy really does seem to focus on getting german know how back to china and i know that one of the other concerns that persists is about china with its large volume of business ties then using that that business heft an act command and clout to try and influence companies i mean is that something that we've seen happen before jenny oh definitely we've seen it all over the world i mean from the get go since the eighty's and ninety's we've seen a lot of companies and countries accuse china of misusing its soft power and actually creating an unfavorable business dealings for foreign companies in order to get access to their patents intellectual property i mean there's a reason that a large number of some of us counterfeit goods in the world come out of china they have a much more lax approach to intellectual property than other countries in the w t o so yes we have definitely seen that in the past whether or not that's specifically

the case here we don't know however there definitely are concerns being raised about that here within germany and around the world as well i mean you have to wonder if the chinese may view this as a hostile stand from germany how do you think it's going to go down in beijing i wouldn't expect too large of a reaction i mean we have seen some protests from chinese politicians recently saying maybe a bit disingenuously that they have given german companies free access to their markets and they would expect the same thing for chinese companies i'm not necessarily certain how accurate that is however i would expect too large of reaction i mean if you're really kind of look at it because of the bluster we've seen coming out of the white house we're seen new allies coming together kind of strange bedfellows and it really does seem that as the trump white house keeps threatening trade wars and new tariffs that berlin and beijing are coming a little bit closer as kind of the champions of free trade in the global market right the difficulties businesses are until said thank you very much thank you.

when a new emissions test because it's causing massive delays foxfire them passed a scaled back production of some models and the comic is being forced to stockpile vehicles that it can't sell while they wait there's emissions test fortunately does have one place they can go this the 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. v.w. is testing its cars around the clock against the new w l t p stand and this new emissions test takes three times longer than the old one. we've been preparing intensively for this for two or three years before the 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 because there was all. of the two hundred models v.w. has so far only had three certified to meet the new stand at 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 spokesperson says this largely 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 v.w. can't sell any new vehicles without this test so he needs to step things up again. phil now a twist on the meet to movement to. thank you on the back of that mesut ozil affair

you know the germans of immigrant descent are making their voices on the line the movement is hoping to be fair i want me to hospital for women even following the popular hosh tag but with a twist me to spell like the number two so why social media at this show it's a break it down welcome this why let's start with why me. well villa this was actually inspired by something bad to miss would feel if said when he was quitting the german national football team so he told us that he is facing racism a bad when he's winning everybody calls him a german when he's not playing so well people say that he's an immigrant and then he also told us that he has two hearts beating within him he has the turkish heart because it's families from turkey and then also the german heart because he is a german national so we spoke to the person who started this campaign of the me to campaign his name is ali chan and he told us what the idea behind this hash tag is

here take a listen. hashtag me to some my own me too because i wanted to show that we as people were for migration back won't have two identities and i wanted to show that we need a new definition of. being german because i am born in turkey so i have a relation to turkey but i also have a relation to germany this means hashtag me too. so one person two identities that is the idea behind this hash tag so compared to other european countries germany house cover a bit late to the whole immigration debate how is this adding to this. well phil first of all we are seeing people using the hashtag to talk about what it means to be german while at the same time being turkish or being polish or having any other background divide then we've also seen in the past there is this

discussion really evolving and now it's people often talking about how they're facing prejudice because they have a foreign sounding name or because they look different from what somebody would expect a german to look like and then the others were talking about how they felt they were being racially discriminated against and it really is things like somebody telling you who your german is really good what in fact you were born in germany you are german national are then there are other cases that people are talking about things that they have encountered in their day to day lives for example and here she is from southern germany and this is what she said on twitter she tells us my mom got up early every day to cook something special for me to take to school i never had the heart to tell her how much i was bullied for that as the food i brought was always gets me is and is never a traditional german and in fact people have been sending us their own views here at news telling us how they have been affected by this for example this is tax and

from the city of. here comes in to kind of showing them to stay honest what have energy that's peter for sure most of the hope and showing them to visit. me to. so as you see there phil this really shows how complex this issue is and it's also shows that the whole issue of racism is really that different people perceive racism differently so for example the question where are you from or where are you really from one person might think that this is just somebody trying to show interest in my background an interest in my person while another person at the same time who that's a very same question may see that as being a racist question why do you want to know where i'm from while i am from germany even though i might look different so this is a discussion that will definitely continue for the next days and weeks. thank you.

every summer thousands of young russians attend some accounts with a difference as well as sitting around campfires and sleeping in tents they learn to fire guns and simulate clearing a building of terrorists the so-called passion summer camps a growing popularity. a summer holiday plane war these kalashnikov machine guns may not be loaded with real bullets but it was good but camp the boys are learning how to handle them. the kids here are aged between ten and sixteen. but i know. little it's nikita's first time in the military summer counter the fifteen year old is from nearby moscow like many of the boys he wants to try out life as a soldier here to decide if it's for him this is. you don't feel like a normal russian citizen here you feel like a soldier maybe even in another country and on

a secret mission it's totally different from normal life so when that teacher. today the boys are swinging into action to clear a building of terrorists. the instructors say these are current real life scenarios from the russian army's operations. but the instructors in the camp of the military background several are even actively serving soldiers though the program is open to girls the camp counselors see it as a male rite of passage. to me i would make them sleep with their weapons each with their weapons a man should always have a weapon with him it's his job to protect the weak and to protect women if it doesn't have a weapon he's not even a man anymore. it is a private camp and receives no government funding but the idea matches the mood in russia a recent government survey shows that over ninety percent of people in russia feel

patriotic. so far military summer camps are the exception rather than the rule in russia but a recent patriotic education in the country praises the count's it says they're a good way of instilling patriotism in young people. we need a strong generation we should all know how to protect the country and bring up decent kids. if you like we missed out on bringing up a whole generation in the ninety's after the fall of the soviet union. and that's why the government is also putting an emphasis on these military patriotic hours. and i threw in a pejorative skewer. the battalion gathers to review the day before but the organizers insist the camp is about teamwork and not about patriotism or preparing a new generation to fight for russia patriotism is important to me as the law for

your home country when she became but also plays a role if you have that feeling already develops here it's impossible not to be patriotic here. nikita is still deciding whether the army is for him in the long run but for some of the boys this camp has clearly kindled a flame that will be hard to put out. of the longest lunar eclipse of the twenty first century has begun and we can show it to you live so these pictures are from india. that's the moon positioning itself behind me like to speak it's expected to take on an orange when it'll become down as a blood moon i says when the moon star i mean i'm lying on the sun the moon falls in the shadow one receives light from the sun that's refracted misfit astronomers also say tonight should give an exceptionally clear view. that should appear as a bright red orange dots of the moon like

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