this is t w news coming to you live from berlin and zimbabweans are closing in the first elections to take place since the removal of former president robert mugabe last november the long lines of voters started forming it dawn will cross over to the zimbabwean capital harare for the latest in this letter to mark but also coming up california firefighters are gaining ground on a massive blaze that has killed seven people in the straw and hundreds of homes and businesses forecasters are warning there will be no weapons soon to the hawks in

dry conditions. the indian government strips citizens from four million people in the state of. is it trying to root out illegal migrants or is it targeting the state's muslim population. is also coming up in the next sixty minutes the cost of tourism in the arctic wilderness a polar bear shot today for mauling a cruise ship employee on an island off norway the crew member was preparing a trip for the tourists when the incident occurred. and thomas seals victory in the tour de faults told us crossed the line and on the shoulder he's a becoming the first welshman to win the one of cycling's grand tours we'll bring you the highlights of the final stick. hello. i'm terry martin thanks for joining us people in zimbabwe are boating in

landmark elections there are long queues of polling places as in bobbins turn out in large numbers to vote it's the first time in nearly four decades that the name robert mugabe the authoritarian former president is absent from the ballot paper but who resigned after pressure from the military last year was among those casting his vote today it looks to be a tight race between the two presidential front runners they are mugabe's successor president emerson meaning god while from the center of the party scene voting here and opposition leader nelson a lawyer and pastor after casting their votes both candidates expressed hope for a democratic and peaceful election we have no doubt. progress one genuine and not to bust. i think one victory statement for the

people that people have spoken the people are speaking and it's clear that the vote is a vote for victory for freedom if not for democracy. i mean if it. really was. to what to do it's. moved out and opposes. it it will present. well let's cross over live now to harare were krishna standing by adrian this is a historic day for zimbabweans how are things gone so far. indeed terry it's a very special day for zimbabwe right now you can see behind me it doesn't look that full anymore at the polling station where i am at the moment but the reason is not because no people came to vote and the reason is because almost everybody came out very early in the morning that with a massive turnout in the early mornings that most polling stations i visited some

people told me they went out as early as three am four am to be one of the first people to really cast their vote and those ones i talked to many of them are really happy looking forward to this election because for the first time many told me it's an election where nobody really interfered in their vote they were not intimidated everybody is free to go to him ever they want to and this is indeed a new development here what about robert mugabe adrian the former leader who was just a year ago he has come out speaking in favor of the opposition in this election what's the reason behind that. because he's clearly frustrated about what happened to him remember design and p.f. the governing party is the very party who found it he used to be the head of the party and of the country for thirty seven years and then last year the military decided to force him to resign yesterday he addressed the press and voiced his frustration against that once again he claims that he would have stepped aside

anyways shortly after the military intervention but this is a claim of course it's hard to prove it's something he can say right now but yes it was a surprise that he really endorsed the opposition party and today he came right to this place where i'm right now which of this polling station to vote as well came with a huge crowd of his supporters and they were not only cheering for him later on they also cheered for the opposition party and this is honestly a very bizarre situation right now remember robert mugabe is the man who used to suppress the opposition who used to be the biggest enemy of this big opposition party off the m.d.c. and suddenly he is a supporter of them i have to clarify though that mr chamisa the major opposition party said well mugabe is a free man you can vote for him every once to him but he does not want him to interfere in any way into party politics and he does not want him to be or to play any role in his party and you mention adrian earlier the voters that you spoke to are happy that they can vote in the election without fear of intimidation for the

first time in decades but i understand that some opposition parties are claiming attempts were made to interfere in today's vote what more can you tell us. well these reports are just coming in they are saying that their voters were frustrated particularly in places where the opposition is in a matter of majority we're not so sure what happened they haven't clarified it yet and we still have to wait until the election day is over and more reports are coming in to see what really happens and what about the e.u. here the monitors they've been monitoring this election to what overall picture are they getting from how this is this election was held about being free and fair. was actually the first time since two thousand and two that the government in zimbabwe and why did service from the european union so this was already a positive sign we've talked to them today earlier with the head of the observation

mission mr brewer who is the european union parliamentarian and he told us so far it's been quite satisfied with what he has seen but of course still it is too early to really just a situation he was commenting mainly on the things that happened before the elections and there he said it is a big improvement from what we have seen during the elections if before yes there were some minor incidences but those cases of violent intimidation of voters which used to be a standard during the last elections these things didn't happen but we have to wait once again see how the next days the next hours will go by here until we can make a final judgment thank you so much for an. increase there in the zimbabwean capital harare. emergency services in the u.s. are battling wildfires in northern california that have killed at least seven people and destroyed thousands of acres of land tinder dry conditions and very hot temperatures have caused almost twenty wildfires to ignite one of the worst affected regions is the area around reading city and shasta county police there

have confirmed the fires killed two young children and their great grandmother. neighborhoods reduced to ash and rubble the smell of char still hanging in the air some families in this northern california community had only fifteen minutes to flee the wind just took off and i don't remember exactly what they called it it's almost like a tornado with fire in it and it came over the hill and. it wiped out our house and wiped out our next door neighbor's home. firefighters and emergency personnel have been working around the clock to alert residents before the wildfires reach them and shostak county some thirty eight thousand people have been evacuated so far. but with firefighters struggling to contain the fast moving flames the local fire department cautions that it could be a while before people can return home we understand how how that feels

a lot of us are evacuated as well we want to get you back in and help this community come back together so you just know and be patient with us that we are clearing areas and making it safe for you to go home as fast as we can. as officials hope for the best weather forecasters warn it could get even worse the dangerous ongoing heat wave promises more hot and dry conditions that could further feed the flames. now let's look at a couple of other stories making headlines today the editor of the new york times says he met with the u.s. president arthur sulzberger says he told u.s. president donald trump to stop labeling journalists enemies of the people because it's putting their lives at risk trump denies that he says the press is putting public safety risk by reporting on internal government to pay its. malaysia's government says it cannot determine with any certainty why flight m h three seventy

mysteriously disappeared its official report says the pilot and first officer were well rested and showed no evidence of anxiety or stress the malaysia airlines plane carrying two hundred thirty nine people disappeared over the indian ocean in two thousand and fourteen some wreckage has been located but where the plane came down is still unclear. spain has overtaken italy is the main destination for migrants crossing from africa after rome put a halt to rescue ships landing at its ports earlier this year according to the international organization for migration almost twenty thousand migrants have arrived in spain so far this year the increase in numbers has put the strain is put a strain on spain's migrant reception facility. spain's cars guard underway on the strait of gibraltar over the past few days it's pulled hundreds of migrants from the waters. since easily began refusing entry to refugee

bartz more and more people have been braving the journey from spain to morocco. spain's interior minister visited rescuers in the country's south on sunday he wants more help from the e.u. . faces a european problem and that's why we need a european solution it's not too much to expect this is something that all too painful same but which the previous government mismanaged. the minister says pain has the situation under control but he also announced it will open a new reception center for migrants madrid is preparing for a further increase in the number of migrants crossing from north africa. currently we are preparing an emergency plan with another thirty million euro in assistance that they wish. some fifty thousand migrants are reported to

be waiting to head to spain from morocco like these recent arrivals they want a new life in europe. you're watching the news still to come the cost of tourism in the arctic wilderness polar bear has been shot for mauling a cruise ship employee on an island off norway the incident has caused a storm and social media will take a closer look. germany insists it's open for business ben what's up with that you would think that europe's biggest economy would have to make a point of this but last week the german government moved to block china's state grid from acquiring a twenty percent stake in the electricity transmission network operator fifty hertz instead the state bank k f w agreed to take the stake fending off the chinese offer a german government spokeswoman told a press conference today the berlin has a responsibility to ensure reliable energy and protects critical infrastructure but

she said the country would be more open than ever to foreign direct investment. let's go live to put it sound financial correspondent in frankfurt. tell me first of all about the ins reaction here i often get accused by my partner of being very defensive when i'm accused of something and that's exactly what berlin sounds like right now. oh no we're totally open to all investments it does sound defensive and so because there is a big backlash actually friday from the german industry that is worried after this move by the government that foreign investors are going to be scared off and rightly so. it is right china's government doesn't courage it's companies to take over strategically important companies abroad and that's also been

the explanation for the move by the german government to this critical infrastructure and the people and the economy expect you know stable electricity supplies the people on the economy it does sound like we're after both here a little bit doesn't it but it does sound like that but tell me is germany right to worry about chinese takeovers because of the past five years china has been buying up some big companies and trying to acquire some quite strategic ones here in germany. that is right chinese investors buy into kuka and that caused a big stir you know robotic companies should we give that away also there's. significant investment in german automaker dimler all that has fears but if you look at it investment in germany from china is actually down your own year in the

first half of twenty eighteen by fifteen billion euros hokus inputs person preferred thank you very much. moving on to the tit for tat war of tariffs between the u.s. and china which could hit sales at b.m.w. the job the right company. does a lot of work with i like working with my hands and being able to see would achieve if i. an issue of vehicle and seat driving across the courtyard i'm happy. the sentiment is becoming rare these days vocational training is falling out of favor with german youth they're opting for a universe. talking about mocha's running terry a welshman is a proud winner of this year is biggest event as far cycling goes who would have thought. after three tough weeks on the roads of france guaranteed get right thomas is the new tour de france champion thomas only needed to complete the final

stage to ensure victory and secure his first tour title he becomes the sixth team sky rider in seven years to win road cycling top competition. champagne all round for team sky at the end of a triumphant somewhat affronts just like in the last three years what's changed though is that when he himself the right thomas i'm likely here on the welshman secured his first ever told win after completing the rights of paris on sunday it's customary that the race leader is never challenged on the final stage meaning he could enjoy so much competition remaining fearsome on this prince's alexander christophe taking the final stage when all the shots amazing. but all eyes were on thomas as he crossed the finish line. joining him on the podium was teammate crisp ruud the defending champion having finished third. but some must picture it was a dream come true are going to slide because of this race some remember going home

from school to watch the answer that's all the france in the dream is over just to be a part of it we've looked up. so another emphatic win for it seems guy thanks to the unlikeliest of champions. lewis hamilton has extended his lead in the formula one championship after winning the hungary and grand prix the brit led from start to finish it's another blow for his title rival sebastian vettel the gap between the two drivers widens again with less than ten races to go the season. the two miss sadie's drive is started at the front of the grid with championship leader lewis hamilton in pole position but the ferrari's showed good pace in practice and sebastian vettel in particular was desperate to make up points on hamilton and close the gap in the standings spectators were hoping for a tense battle at the hunger

a race. but having some was as composed as ever on a sweltering circuit and while most eighty's performed perfect pit stops ferrari cost vettel precious seconds a slow tire change put him a long way behind race leader how milton. not post the german to take drastic action to avoid losing even more ground in the championship five laps to go he pulled off a risky maneuver to get hostile to rebox us and into second place ahead of them hamilton crossed the finish line comfortably in first it's the reigning champions fifth win of the season and it keeps the british drive on course for a fifth well title. race for us we can press. hamilton now has a twenty four point lead on his rival vettel an advantage that will help him enjoy the upcoming summer break. on

a soccer now the bonus later restart is still almost a month away but for teams in germany's second division the new season starts on friday for one club in particular that marks a new beginning hamburg suffered the first relegation in their history in may now one of germany's traditional giants is hoping for a season of revival. springing back into action christan teats and hamburg are preparing for uncharted territory their first ever season in the second division the players have to learn fast about new challenges away from the illustrious top flight. a let me wish mine when i work with the players i want them to be independent of the death vet actively involved in the analyzing the new opponents to find ways to beat them and it's within hamburg have brought in five new players over the summer. or some perry o. is the biggest name among them. the club also has a new sports director ralph backer he played in the second division and last season

almost secured promotion as sports director of holy shrine kiel he knows hamburg fans won't be patient. in the second division the club like hamburg simply have to get promoted that's our goal of course with. some players transferred to top flight clubs after hamburg's relegation but the team did manage to hold on to their breakout star from last season young feet to aarp the eighteen year old extended his contract till two thousand and twenty establish stars like our own hunt and lewis holtby have also committed to the club. these players have embraced the change with their actions and nowadays it's rare that players will give up millions of euros and wages for the sake of loyalty to a club toilets. on friday hamburg players and fans begin their second division adventure. twenty boards have fins of both ends to allow the riders to do spectacular tricks and race in two directions the world

championships in this discipline went down to the wire in gets just so vs italy if we can hope favorite sophia thomas on e. who had been playing catch up since day one sees the title in a nerve racking final race to win the women's event and germany is fully on guba continued to dominate the men's competition winning his third consecutive title in southern italy. so extreme sports might seem like a modern innovation for adrenaline junkies but in the bosnian town of diving high diving that is has been a test of courage dating back centuries several thousand spectators lined the banks of the river never had to see forty daredevils brave the twenty seven meter jump into the depths below last our native laurens won the competition for the second year running it says twelfth win over all. other divers weren't in it for the win though they just wanted to test their courage and cool.

polar bear has been shot dead for mauling a cruise ship employee on an arctic island in norway a second employee of the german cruise line how about lloyd shot the bear after the initial attack trying to save his colleague's life both guards were preparing a land trip for the cruise ships tourists when the incident happened the injured man was transported to a hospital on the norwegian mainland is reportedly in stable condition. over more now i'm joined by alts a research scientist from the norwegian popular polar institute thanks for talking with us now you have been observing polar bears on the same island there where the guard was attacked i understand or these encounters between humans and bears common . it's actually not that rare. a lot of cases you never

hear about because most of the time people are well able to scare bears away before something wrong happens so most bears are quite shy but you always have to be aware that potentially a bear can attack. so actually if you go twenty thirty forty years back in time it was shot on average three bears every year in small darts and now it's known to a. bear every year so it's less common than it used to be more think because. routes are very strict and people are quite good at trying to avoid encounters that people love to observe the bears there are huge cruise ships going up your way just to look at them what impact does arctic tourism on the wildlife there.

doesn't have a lot of impact on polar bear sinking your life i think. because the rules are as i said very strict you know. to approach bears on purpose if you're disturbed a bear. you have to have again you have to be aware. to behave to avoid encounters and. guides are educated to do that. mostly confrontations are avoided or have a more happening and but then it does happen from time to time thinks goes wrong and. then something like this might happen what about the situation for polar bears in general with the polar caps melt a lot of media attention all that polar bears are losing their natural habitat are they facing extinction in the wild. at the moment it varies

a lot regarding vary you are in arctic hole habitat loss affects polar bears that is not very strange because. some places sea ice. very significant and fast other places it hasn't been that significant. also bears are in different states you know some populations are doing quite well with the current situation and then they can tolerate quite a bit of change but we do you see in so mario. have a quite significant impact on bears in small but it's mostly dog so margins where bears are not able to get their stay you don't find them there anymore and some of those aren't so important tending habitat but all together the population the barents sea population of each well what is a party is doing ok still. the norwegian polar institute thank you so much for

talking with us today. pleasure thank you. and your watching d.w. still to come the indian government has stripped citizenship from four million people in the state of. it is trying to root out illegal migrants or is it targeting the state's muslim population who go to delhi to find out what's going on there. that's all your news they'll be back in just a minute with more vocal. place south seas dream. and a natural paradise. it's just the time that i feel the most a lot of us president aloha it's not just a word the family of light comes. children of the city.

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zealand in course the german made easy. most. open air festival in northern germany. marking medal battle will showcase dozens of newcomers from the. c.w. and top experts are going to. open their. stores . and. welcome back news i'm terry martin our top stories long lines started forming it dawn is in bob williams voted in the first elections to take place since the removal of former president robert mugabe last november it looks to be a tight race between the governing party and the main opposition party.

to india now where the government has effectively stripped citizenship from four million people excluded from a citizen's list in the rural eastern state of. official say they will be given another chance to produce documents proving their citizenship but if they cannot they could face deportation india claims it wants to root out the illegal migrants from neighboring bangladesh but critics say the list is an excuse to target muslim population. or more of this i'm joined by correspondent. in delhi she is explain to us what exactly has happened in as a result of this national register of citizens what will become of the four million people who've been excluded from the this. well terry

this n.r.c. has been a very ongoing issue for many decades in the state of us and it's a list that hasn't been updated since one thousand nine hundred fifty one so what people now are having to do is to prove that they or their families have been has been in india since before the one nine hundred seventy one war which saw many people flee from across the border in bangladesh into india and to prove that they have links to india that they were in india before that now the the test of that is a bit tricky when it comes to having the correct documentation and what we've seen in the list that was published today is that around four million of the approximately thirty two million residents in the state have not have not met the government's test. critics are accusing the indian government of using this list to target assam's muslim population mourning that these people are now in danger of becoming stateless much like the. population of myanmar is this

a human rights disaster in the making. well certainly the bengali muslim minority community and they they feel targeted by this . they're largely the ones who have been left off the list and of course they have time now to try and prove their their link to the country and to the state but they'll probably be doing so with the same documents that have already been rejected so so hopes are not very high for these people and when it comes to documentation that's where one of the areas where you begin to see some parallels between what's happening in assam right now and what happened with the rohingya in myanmar. documentation was a big issue there people having been systematically denied the right documentation or having spotty documentation and similarly innocent people don't necessarily have these documents to prove their situation and that's what's getting people worried

about you know what's going to happen next is it going to be a similar situation to that or or frankly even similar to what we've seen on the u.s. border with mexico at the same time you know there aren't really apparatus in place that aren't really isn't really anything in place right now to start moving people across the border there's no agreement with bungle days to do so which obviously there's already dealing with so many migrants across from from myanmar so so some people are skeptical that deportations will actually take place but statelessness is certainly an issue if you've stripped people of their citizenship in india but you're not deporting them then then they're basically without rights and they have been talks of detention centers being built as well and and so certainly there is a potential human rights crisis on the horizon. ok. there in delhi for us thank you so much.

now cambodia's ruling party has claimed it has won all the seats in the parliamentary election that took place there on sunday the official results won't be declared until eleven the eleventh of august but if confirmed cambodia would become a one party state under its veteran leader huns sent. to the book you just got to do your kind of mind what he did. today. at gushing reception for prime minister and send back at work today after what his party claimed was a landslide victory after thirty three years in power he was confirmed in office again after a relentless crackdown on opposition preliminary election results show consensus party taking at least seventy percent of the vote in exile in indonesia the leadership of the main opposition party had a different story to tell where you were and you are. mocking.

in cambodia. history. is to be a situation at the moment. that says yeah right. unfortunately that shorts had. holes open. after one send nearly lost to the compared to a national rescue party on c.n.n. and the last election he made sure they wouldn't threaten him again last year compared to his main opposition party was dissolved by court order its leader jailed for treason websites critical of one sense party were blocked. a country that after the bloody rule of poll part was enjoying decades of stability seems to be steadily turning into an autocratic leave ruled state. you know this is

the resoundingly victory that hundreds and guaranteed himself when they dissolve the sea in r.p. and now he's going to do his victory lap the gay issue as one of the international community and about this next. while china has congratulated hinson on the snooze running of his election both the u.s. and the e.u. have already threatened to impose harsh sanctions on compared yes high ranking officials. one hour which is seen months of unrest as protesters demonstrate against president daniel ortega hundreds are thought to have died in the violence of the weekend thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of the capital managua in support of the iraq was catholic bishops ortega has accused the bishops of helping in a plot to overthrow him in a coup but demonstrators accuse security forces of targeting the church in violent

attacks. nicaragua is in turmoil. protests and special place in the streets. people are dying. and even places of worship don't offer any century. three months into the unrest there appears to be no end in sight protesters want the president to quit. do you think i'm not afraid i'm dreaming of freedom for nicaragua and ortega should go back. and look they're going to be a lot of to go hasn't changed to be here tech the church because the eighty's he systematically persecuted them then and now. at the weekend people peacefully protested against ortega and in support of the catholic church church leaders have been under fire because they've been trying to mediate between the government and opposition groups that's made them the targets of attacks suspected government supporters have branded them terrorists in. the church will always stand for

dialogue and try to solve problems using words. we are for a reason not to violence. how did it all come to this at the end of april president will take over announced he was making big consta people's pensions the sun laced a wave of protests the most serious the country's seen in decades ortega has admitted that in response the army's been shooting live rounds you don't know how much that number i get i'm afraid that is proof. they want to kill us. the protesters now point to or take his oath or a tarion style of rule he was once considered the hope of the nation he's fight against anastasio some months his dictatorship was supported by many leftists back in the one nine hundred seventy s. but critics say the man who once fought poverty and social inequality has since become rich by exploiting the poor. supporters have also been taking to the streets

and in his first interview in nine years the president said he would not be resigning we've been elected by the people to serve a parliamentary term. right now where in the middle of one which is going to end in the year twenty twenty one. the government claims the key people think you would in the unrest i found human rights organizations however cite that figure could be as high as four hundred fifty. it's hot and dry here in germany and that means the country's powers are suffering but exactly it's not just hot here in the studio terry it's also what the nation's farmers they're worried about their livelihoods of course stuck with a record drought it hasn't been this bad in a very long time it's been a severe shortage of rain in the northern and eastern parts of the country in particular and now they're asking for government help to the tune of a billion euros to make up for lost crops. an unseasonably warm and dry

spring has sped up and thinned out the grain harvest last year's yield was already down from the five year average this year's is expected to be even lower farmers have been pushing for direct payments for weeks b.m.d. extended we're having the worst harvest of the century many farmers are at threat of losing their livelihoods losses are reaching fifty to seventy percent of what we're asking for crisis assistance from the federal government and it's become. the german farmers association says the one billion euros would help operations that are down more than thirty percent from the previous year. on tuesday association officials will appeal to german agricultural minister yulia kirchner seen here at the g twenty sure report to the german cabinet the following day clinton has already said she's concerned about farmers in the north and east. but not everyone

believes financial help is the answer the agricultural policy representative for the social democrats argues that aiding farmers would set a bad precedent for other businesses. he would have seen the deputy secretary general of the german farmers association there in that report will heavily he joins us now to tell us just how dire the situation is for german vase. i come from a stranger and i know all about drought it's a country that goes through not just eight weeks of drought but sometimes eight years of drought in some parts but how how dire is the situation for german fama as who usually blessed with so much rain yes it's really an exceptional year we have. two months or three months in some areas no way so the grain harvest is much below average and also the corn harvest now an automobile also be much below average so it's also a problem for the cattle feet why is that do they not have enough water and

reservoirs to. make up for a dry period we only have two percent of our land can be integrated in germany so we have an intensified systems in germany but we rely on we have a lot on the way and the fake lower limb pain so we have really severe problems as you know so is it time to change in germany how. we will somehow we will have to talk about adaption to more extreme weather conditions more heavy rain falls more hail more droughts in future we can adapt yeah and is that change already going on do you see that amongst farmers are they taking on technological change yes for example farmers in eastern germany they use less the plough on the fields more keeping the more in this whole deal that are quite more. farming practices what about financial aid are they going to get

what they want from the government a billion euro sounds like a looked well we ask systems for farmers that are heavily affected who loose fifty or seventy percent of the yell who invested all of the year in their seed in their fertilizers and now get nothing back and. we talk about this farmers of course the drought that's hit germany or parts of germany is also hitting other parts of europe what other farmers and what other regions are affected well it's the whole middle europe and eastern europe scandinavia and also ukraine is forecasted for concert not to have a good harvest usually your wisdom grain exporter may be in not at that scale this year what's it mean economically for the block of europe as a whole basically we have to feed our cattle in this winter maybe it's

a bit more costly this year to run farming and you know with a grain exports not going to northern africa to be at this year's maybe there will be some two shifts in the supply who have an eastern europe scandinavia and also ukraine is forecasted for constant not to have a good harvest usually your with them grain exporter maybe im not at that scale this year what's it mean economically for the block europe as a whole basically we have to feed our cattle in this winter maybe it's a bit more costly this year to run farming and you know with the grain exports not going to northern africa to be at this year's maybe there will be some two shifts and the supply will have

a link thank you very much for coming in today for she added. well germany's wine produces a better able to adapt to the hot summer the conditions of forcing business to harvest their grapes a lot earlier though begin picking one week from now on august sixth the jim wine institute says this is the earliest harvest they have a and it's expected to produce a very tasty tipple measurements taken in the wine growing region show the temperatures have risen every year since nineteen eighty eight. terry thanks president been spanish dictator francisco franco died four decades ago but his final resting place is still the subject of heated debate in spain his remains are kept in a giant muslim north of madrid known as the valley of the fall in but the former fascist leader isn't the only one buried there it also serves as the tomb for

nearly thirty four thousand people fighters who died in the one nine hundred thirty s. on both sides of the spanish civil war now spain's new socialist government wants to exuma general franco's body and out of respect to those who died fighting against his dictatorship no one knows when this will happen officials not yet announced a date reporter norman street will travel to the site near woodridge to meet spaniards in favor of and against franco's in terminal reinterment that is he sent us this report. thousands of come to the valley of the fallen to protest the new government's decision day here to honor the dictator's memory they chant long live spain and franco franco was someone carrying the flag of spain under franco and giving fascist salutes other similar restraint they fear the digging up

franco might reopen old wounds it's not going to stop with the new government is bringing on brands to asses scientific instead of solving real problems the problems facing people who are out of work or retired just stirring up the dust or whatever that the musharraf you know if you. were in the twenty first century and all of these things should be forgotten. dr sylvia navarro cannot forget for her a visit to the family of the fall and reawakens painful memories the remains of more than thirty thousand people killed in the spanish civil war buried here in mass graves one of them as her great uncle. but i mean we need. to end this whenever i come here i can't sleep the night before. me grow there as i find it very upsetting. navarro's uncle lies in an unmarked grave while franco is buried in

a prominent term inside the monuments church but spain socialist government plans to exuma franco's remains that's a positive first step sylvia says. for now frankel your study in the moving franco is important for our democratic culture. but for me it would also be important to remove our relatives from here. that after all the history and the origin of this monument is anything but democratic. then look at the. don't touch the valley this is the t. shirt i could hit as once franco and the album is remember to. at what's known as the valley of the fallen out a valid franco supporter she's all conniving protests against his ex imation. now the one moment before no one has ever built such an enormous monument that also almost the enemy has for me the dead opponents i don't even want anywhere would you

ever find more reconciliation than that. if. the social anthropologist francisco for around is served on a commission that explored ways for spain to confront its painful past he backs the plan to move franco's remains but i mean this is one of the most important monuments of totalitarian architecture in europe that's exactly how it should be presented it is essential for spanish society law and will strengthen our democracy in. the market it's unacceptable that a dictator is honored in a purcell ok that was financed with public money. the relatives of the victims like sylvia navarro franco's removal can't come soon enough only this can give spain a fresh start she says and she believes spain will only find peace when families can reclaim their loved ones remains.

if you're a russian speaker you may know that last year d.w. launched a political satire show in russian called nick it teachers all the major world leaders has animated figures and all carefully done with the latest motion capture technology meanwhile it's creating quite a stir online robin merrill from our culture desk is here to tell us more rob it seems the current political personalities that are around are just kind of waiting to be said yeah i mean i think it's a comedian's dream in the world at the moment is that we all know how crazy the global political scene is and walked back we say interesting world leaders we have a moment in this show takes full advantage of. nick means in english strictly protected area or it can mean another meaning of its nature reserve which i think is perhaps a bit better because it's a reference to

a lot of wilde's political animals in the global zoo but of course here in germany as you know as well there's a long tradition of political satire supported systems used to being sort of satirized and ridiculed and they tend to take it on the chin and consider it a little bit of part of the job how it's received in. particularly russian speaking countries we'll talk about in a minute but first the show is produced in latvia let's have a look at it let's have a look how it's being made with the latest motion capture technology i meet some of the how to mace it puts hygienists. they'd make a political satire show broadcast by d.w. in russian and alternative take on geology at the same stirring world leaders like emanuel macro angela merkel and benjamin netanyahu as usual never seen them before letting me putin and his russian colleagues feature regularly. that you could be in

syria. three d. animated show is created you. in the unity game development platform the characters are played by real life actors filmed with motion capture bush with. time is our most valuable thing here so we use this engine to make things faster to be our goal to develop things as fast as we can and show the results in a really nice and quality way. the program is created for you in the capital riga. a new episode is produced every week first the speaking and singing parts of recorded. sound like she was time meanwhile five three d. artists compose new backdrops and props for the latest video. they use the unity game development engine which has previously been used to produce head games like super mario run angry birds and monument valley the production format has two

advantages objects can be added to a scene by drag and drop and real time rendering is possible. the developers also draw inspiration from well known movies and music videos here vladimir putin wraps along the coast in similar style to despots. and the terminator seems to have had a russian grandmother. motion capture is used to film the movements. the special suit has forty two markers to capture all the actors gestures two dozen cameras are used to create a full three d. picture that makes it possible to reposition the resulting figures later. a dedicated expert oversees the facial gestures. see uses his fingers to position the mouse and set the right expression on. the rendering process is a huge advantage in production in terms of both speed and cost millions of facebook

and you tube you suggest the set. as a promising future. this show is broadcast on a range of channels around the world including the w.'s russian language channel. i should just stress that when we say all russian channel it's we've made on social media it's on facebook it's on you tube it's on online deed of you don't call me slash. and it's on ten patna channels of data do as well so it's getting during the run so it's out there being received controversially as you might imagine it's hard hitting stuff which as i've said before we're quite used to here in germany and in a lot of other western countries really to be honest but. it's something new for its target audience let's have a look at one particular episode this is an example which is reminiscent of a scene from the movie men in black

a ukrainian president poroshenko here comes into a pawn shop rates don't trump who's working behind the counter. he's looking for mind blowing weapons i'm quoting here to fight what he calls the martian russian invaders naturally or gets quite ridiculous and the polish up turns into a huge cache of all means and well all hell breaks loose now the reaction as i said is being controversial depending on which politician or which country is being ridiculed in the case here many ukrainians went on social media to groom plain how their president is being portrayed others have accused w. of being biased towards russia many say it's not funny and has to be honest satire is a matter of taste isn't it you know we it's always a matter of taste we'll be following this closely as well. as so loosely looks like

good fun robin merrill from our culture just like you so much. well that's all you news for now will see you soon thanks for watching. the good. the bad. and. the bow. to. the.

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