this is t w news coming to you live from in zimbabwe the long really examine parties declared the winner of parliamentary elections still no word on the winner of the presidential poll but the opposition movement for democratic change is accusing the zanu p.f. of stealing the election. the new gateway to europe with other routes cut all refugees are now turning to the straits of gibraltar to reach the continent and that's causing problems for spain. here in germany the government has taken steps

to allow some refugees to apply to bring their loved ones into the country but there is a catch. and those temperatures hit new highs in northern europe we find out what people here in berlin are doing to cool down and we talk to those on able to escape the heat. well i'm sorry martin thanks for joining us two days after historic elections in zimbabwe the country's electoral commission says the ruling center p.f. party has won the most seats in parliament partial results shows an appeal has picked up one hundred nine seats in the nation's two hundred ten assembly that's compared to just forty one for the opposition movement for democratic change or m.d.c. the remaining seats have yet to be announced along with the victor of the. presidential

poll monday's vote was the first since robert mugabe was ousted after thirty seven years in power. and of course we'll be bringing you the results of their presidential poll as soon as they come in they are expected within the hour now to some of the other stories making news around the world a ban on full face veils has come into force in denmark the government says the veils known as kneecaps prevent women from integrating into danish society several other european countries have instituted similar battens some danes are planning to defy the new law all. forensic experts say dozens of caskets handed over by north korea likely contain the remains of american soldiers killed in the korean war and over was agreed at the june summit between north korea's kim jong un and us president donald trump more than five thousand u.s. troops remain unaccounted for in what is now north korea. a passenger plane

has crashed during takeoff in northern mexico and authorities say all one hundred three people on board survived but dozens were injured some of them seriously local authorities say a gust of wind hit the aircraft as it took all during heavy storm causing it to lose speed and hit the ground. migrants are increasingly using spain as a gateway to europe they're travelling a short distance by boat through the strait of gibraltar from morocco marcus burnish reports. rescue teams have just pulled another twenty one people from the strait of gibraltar off southern spain they consider this a slow day compared to most but these twenty one arrivals present a problem for spain the maritime rescue service wants to take these migrants to the

nearest port but the port refused permission a common occurrence. over the course of the entire past year we've rescued sixteen thousand people but this year after just seven months the number has already climbed to twenty two thousand. the ship carrying the rescued migrants docked at the nearby port of august the rest instead but the situation there is no better the migrants had been stuck on the ship for days now they're on land looking for shady places to rest. a few kilometers away jose antonio gomez is waiting for the daily food delivery more than six hundred rescued people were brought to this gym just over the weekend . they called us on saturday and then the people came they were simply too many of

them. local authorities are responsible for looking after those arriving at the church has prepared food volunteers are helping out but people are getting impatient. we aren't eating well we don't have a proper place to sleep. and we can't call our families to reassure them that we're still alive. spanish authorities are overwhelmed after talking to migrants it's clear that the strait of gibraltar is gaining in popularity as a crossing point. i was going from ivory coast to libya but they told me that morocco would be a better idea. refugees want to go to spain before they chose libya or italy. just thirteen kilometers lie between africa and europe at spain's southernmost tip . spain once again has become the gateway to europe for many

thousands of migrants it's not the first time and there are reasons it didn't have changed much either i was morocco is busy dealing with domestic issues it can spare the energy to watch its borders it's time to make a deal again. as markets burnish their reporting while marcus is now joining us live from the port of sirius in spain marcus here at the airport where the boat with refugees that we saw in your report finally came ashore what's the situation there now. well there still people arriving there still people rescued less than last week and. those who were behind me on a rescue ship accommodated almost three hundred that's the remaining amount of

people on my back who are waiting to be reallocated to improvised facilities that are at least better than here at the port the weather conditions will change during the day so the wind will be much stronger than in the last days rescue teams expect the amount of people who try to cross the strait of gibraltar will drop at least for the next days well in your report pointed out that the strait of gibraltar is now being used more and more as a crossing point for refugees why is that. what we heard it from one of the refugees i all i interviewed the libya italy route is almost closed. but the wish of the people to arrive to europe is still alive so they are just looking on the map they are asking their traffic goes where

to go they point to morocco to come to spain because it is only thirteen kilometers and people tried with toy boats two to arrive to the spanish coast so it's a dramatic situation but people are desperate and they are just looking for the next exit farkas thank you so much that was correspondent marcus burnish their reporting from spain. now to a major change in germany's treatment of asylum seekers the southern state of bavaria has opened controversial rapid processing centers for migrants the so-called anchor centers are part of interior minister hall so the hope of those disputed plan to reduce the number of migrants arriving in the country the government says the center is a design to speed up asylum processing the aim is for each case to be decided within eighteen months saddam seekers whose claims are rejected would then be deported from the centers critics say concentrating so many asylum seekers in one

place could hinder integration and lead to on rest. well for more on this now we're joined by our political correspondent kate brady hi kate how much of a change do these centers represent for germany's treatment of asylum seekers basically and it's important to remember fest that this is only in bavaria at the moment any asylum seeker is arriving in bavaria i'm not going to go through the entire asylum application process under one roof basically say their registration at the cation and then the final decision as to whether they'll be granted asylum or deported well. will take place under this one roof say these seven senses in bavaria have room for about fifteen hundred asylum seekers each in total and turtle and so there isn't actually any plans at the moment to push this through into any of germany's other states but there is some some interest from

a couple of them but my real plans to push this through yet ok these centers as you say they're largely the idea of interior minister whole city whole fund they are only in his state of the very at this point you mentioned that so far in germany there isn't much chance of them getting getting built elsewhere what about the rest of europe as i know that when these when the idea was floated for these anchor centers as germany was calling them there was the hope that maybe the rest of europe would look at this as an example any chance of that happening exactly that has been touts it's a persons but there really is a lack of interest at the moment the e.u. still struggling to find a really united kind of measure of how to go forward with migration policy across they were union but at the moment the biggest criticism is that the senses really could hinder the integration of asylum seekers of course with the process taking sometimes up to eighteen months that could have been a year and

a half well spent going to german courses or mixing mall with local german society ok we'll stay with us we're going to come back and talk about another aspect of germany's migration policy because things are changing starting today some refugees can apply to bring their immediate relatives to the country and twenty sixteen the german government suspended pamela reunification to slow down the number of migrants arriving here now it's lifted that cap we made a syrian refugee who hopes that the new ruling will reunite him with his wife and daughter. a lot more last look his wife and daughter in the eyes in august twenty fifteen. allow our is a lawyer his name is on a syrian government blacklist he had no choice but to flee. if i know my daughter but she doesn't know me she calls me uncle obama's first name . his daughter was two months old when he fled

a lot more didn't realize it would be years before he would be able to see her again he wasn't able to take much with him when he left this precious photo with his daughter his wedding portrait a photo of his home village from syria he fled to turkey and from there he went by boat to greece then along the balkan route. in september twenty fifteen here in germany he has called his wife every day since they parted and every day she has sent him a picture of their daughter. he wants his wife and daughter to join him in germany but in march of twenty sixteen the german government stopped allowing refugees to bring their families into the country. oh. it's hell and it's hard to describe that your daughter is growing up without you. it's pretty painful. only those who've been through themselves know how bad it is people's

families. allow or has long been waiting for the rules to change again he hopes his wife will be given an appointment at the german embassy in lebanon this month a lot where things it might help that he's attended all his german classes and integrated well. i have a great wife and my daughter can come. and that my complaint here. during the long waiting period i made a great effort to become integrated here. i worked for one year as a security guard and i believe that my family and i can become well integrated here and these are our longs to see his family again but he's worried about how much longer it might take he's waited three years and it's still unclear when they'll be reunited. or political correspondent kate brady is still with sir kate

who will these revised rules on family reunification apply to this basically affects the refugees in germany who have a limited all subsidiary protections status so when you arrive in germany as an asylum seeker you really granted one of two options. the full asylum which enables you to be reunited with their family or subsidiary protection and this largely applies to asylum seekers who have fled civil war and would usually be then sent back to their home country when that civil war is over so in this case in germany this very much affects syrians living in germany at the moment so we've got a couple of big changes taking place in germany's migration policy today why is germany shaking up its migration system so much right now this is largely due to their horse in recent months he's been pushing through

a strict and strict thyssen measure has he in german interior minister to really tighten germany's stance on migration policy and that's largely in response to last september's election when the conservatives and also other german pass' but largely the conservatives made huge losses in the elections to the far right and i'm anti immigrant party the alternative to germany or a.f.d. party the conservatives in germany in particular are really trying to make a push to win back those votes and at the moment that at least appears to be through making a stronger stance on migration policy but of course it is also worth remembering that the numbers of migrants asylum seekers registering in germany continue into full by the end of last year they were under two hundred thousand and they're going to continue to. thank you so much should there be a political correspondent kate brady. facebook has uncovered what it says

is a coordinated campaign to influence u.s. mid-term elections in november the company says it has removed more than thirty pages it's aimed to mislead users facebook stopped short of identifying the source of the misinformation and purgatory the u.s. justice department indicted thirteen russian nationals for interfering in the twenty sixteen u.s. election. we don't want people organizations creating networks of accounts to mislead others about who they are doing. this was just part of facebook's statement as the company confirmed it had removed thirty two pages and accounts involved in coordinated in authentic behavior the social media giant said it couldn't identify who was behind the pages but officials in washington are already pointing fingers at russia because the activity reported merits russian influence campaigns on facebook during the twenty sixteen u.s.

presidential election. u.s. authorities are still investigating that impact on president trump's election win but vice president mike pence is adamant the government has no tolerance for election meddling. any attempt to interfere in our elections is an affront to our democracy it will not be allowed the united states of america will not tolerate any foreign interference in our elections from any nation state not from russia china iran north korea or anyone else. this time around facebook said the pages went to much greater lengths to conceal their origins that coordinated campaign of disinformation comes just months ahead of the u.s. midterm elections. president donald trump himself has said he is very concerned that russia will be fighting very hard to have an impact on the upcoming vote facebook at mit the investigation is still in its early stages saying we don't have

all the facts. it said it may never be able to identify fish who is behind these pages and accounts. staying with the u.s. congressional elections voters in several u.s. states been choosing candidates to run in the poll in november this year there's a record number of female contenders claire richardson caught up with one holland who's also a native american. she's a single mother who once lived off food stamps now deb holland looks set to go from the banks of the rio grande day in new mexico to the halls of the house of representatives hollande is on course to become the first native american woman to serve in the u.s. congress after this year's elections and she wants to help others like her do the same as far as i'm concerned if i want native women or women of color to run to be willing to help them get out there

a record number of both women and native americans are running for office across the country holland supporters want her to fight against the long history of persecution of american indians and the racism they still face today so it's a real thing it's not just a made up story it's happening all over our country as a member of the laguna pueblo tribe hall and hopes to set an example for future generations and to fight for more representation in u.s. politics when i think about you know our young native women these two beautiful young girls here who maybe in their lifetime will actually see a native woman in the congress whereas you know someone like me there was no one that i could. go to to say how did you do it and how you know how can we make this happen she's campaigning to help wrest power away from the republican controlled congress part of a wave of minority candidates who have felt insulted and marginalized by the u.s. president and who are seeking office in response to this number one question i get

asked is. when you vote to impeach don't. i think. so i think if we win back the house we have an opportunity to hold the republicans feet to the fire right because we'll be in the majority. in a strongly democratic district holland is likely to beat out her challengers in november she already won her primary by running a progressive campaign focused on issues like renewable energy protections for immigrants and legalizing marijuana in these trying times for democrats she's hoping to make history and. well here in northern europe the heat wave is expected to continue in the coming weeks as the temperature soars off the scale what happens if you carry if you have to carry on working in the heat. the shop and north went to the streets of berlin. well it

has been sweltering for weeks and but the moment she reaches record highs everyone here is looking to get out of the heat. expecting knowing degrees here now in these temperatures oh you want to do is find a way to cool down but what if you sort of job that means you've got to state the heat oh. we asked three people with the hottest jobs in the capital. happy i just took the temperature here and it's off the scale how does a guy who has to stand here we're not out if we get up two hundred eighty degrees and how do you survive does he just by drinking a lot thinking cool thoughts you're just getting used to it so here's what. i'm trying something just how do you cope in these temperatures demand pay saying

to yourself that it's minus twenty four degrees it's all in the head yeah it's all in the head absolutely definitely likes the money how do you do that it's it's cool it's cool it's cold. yes is that what idea what's the mate and really this is are you going with. right now i'm at the north pole i mean the still want to even occurrences in this heat well look you can see it. thank you. as a fun and you're used to high temperatures right but you still suffer in this heat . oh absolutely but we have the fire department we're normally used to high temperatures for short periods of time when we battle a place like constantly having thirty seven degrees for several hours also affects us even when we wear these clothes which would normally protect us this can sometimes get on your nerves we sweat and we can only get our fluid levels back by

regularly drinking a lot as well as getting some shade if we're now action outside and also regularly taking off our protective gear. anyone able to find a cool place in the capital these days and sounds like. yes it's hot here right now but the trade climate between berlin and beijing is getting frosty go as you can say that last week the german government blocked the sale of a stake in one of its grid operators to china side to national security concerns now it's decided that has the power to veto a takeover of machine tool make a lie felt by a chinese investor if necessary a government source told the reuters news agency boss china's young thai it was one step ahead dissipating rejection its drops its takeover bid. life filled which produces materials used in the auto and aerospace industries now plans to float

a majority stake in the company instead of selling to chinese firmian thai a government veto of the deal had been widely expected that was the recommendation of the german economy ministry following a months long review. only last week the german government prevented china's state grid corp from taking a twenty percent holding in electricity grid operator fifty hurts the german state don't care if w. bank bought the stake instead berlin was uneasy about handing a major chinese investor some control over the country's power grid some analysts say that hindering outside acquisitions could backfire on germany whose companies want access to chinese markets. sensitive to delegate to the top big guns so the bulk of our hope and we do our government is there to very responsible but at the same time respect that there is. sure having open markets. for having their good relations to time. the government says

it decides each takeover case on its own merits but its chinese acquisitions that have received special scrutiny. chinese smartphone maker huawei just replaced apple as the number two smartphone maker worldwide last quarter was always the soul slightly more than fifty four million devices in comparison app or only sold forty one million units it's been well ways long term goal to surpass apple and claim the number two spot in smartphone sales the news arrives on the heels of apple approaching a market valuation of nearly one trillion dollars the number one spot in the smartphone market is still being helped by some so a little more than seventy one million smartphones. a quick check on the markets with. power how important is that piece of news. taking over the number two spot how did they do it just by being cheaper. oh

homeport let me ask you in turn do you know who will weigh three years ago it's ok if you didn't because most people didn't and only three years ago hardly anyone knew the company now it's got fifteen percent of the market share it's kicked down apple to number three this is the first time it's not samsung and apple at the top and yes they are you know producing cheaper phones the phones all look the same today they're all block phones you know you can hardly tell the difference by just looking at them cameras are pretty good you know and even a cheaper phone can do what most people need so that was a big advantage. for four way it specially is on or a brand was strong this quarter it shipped a lot of these phones to outside of china and so that help advance. apple published still a figure a tuesday with smartphone sales stolen how does that make so much money then briefly if you can. it's by tying people to its brand universe you know first of

all very expensive phones people bottom anyway second of all surprisingly smart watches and their inventory is here but they're also selling fast that sector grew by sixty percent it's all within that apple universe and that's where apple is trying to keep its numbers. holds in front for thank you. and that's it for now here's a reminder of the top stories we're following for you here at the w. the long ruling zanu p.f. party has won parliamentary elections in zimbabwe and partial results show they have secured one hundred to nine seats in the nation's two hundred ten members and be compared to forty one for the opposition party results of the presidential poll has yet to be announced. and that's it today it's an update.

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