from the forest stores. w. this is g w news live from earth land at least one person is dead in zimbabwe following on the breast after the country's election security forces clashed with protesters who say that the sound of p.s. parliamentary victory was tainted by fraud the country's opposition says that they will challenge the results we'll have the latest from harare. also coming up germany opens controversial new processing centers first silent seabirds it will fast track refugees applications and deport those who are protected critics say

they will deal a blow to integration efforts and europe's heat wave death to me its crops will need german farmers preparing for a future of extreme weather. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program we begin with reports of unrest in zimbabwe where at least one person is confirmed dead two days after historic elections riot police used water cannon and tear gas to disperse opposition supporters on the streets of the capital harare troops are also out in force and one report says that a man has been shot dead election observers from the european union and the united states have called for the results of the presidential election to be released as soon as possible to avoid any further volatility.

now the country's electoral commission says that the ruling party has won the majority of seats in parliament possibly as much as two thirds but the main opposition party the movement for democratic change has said that it will dispute those official results for more let's bring in correspondent melanie cora deval who is standing by in zimbabwe covering these elections for us and she joins us now from the capital harare and you know melanie as we've just heard there are reports of police firing not only tear gate gas but also live ammunition to crowds there in the capital what more can you tell us. sara the military is still very very present in the city center the situation has become a little bit calmer but people are still being gribben out of the center chased away by the military and by the police and throughout the day we've seen helicopters we've heard gunshots military tanks well on their way and people in the

city center where the protests is where met with the via violence as well as reports of some of my fellow colleagues have been attacked by the military and the police they have had rifles pointed at them that were beaten up so the freedom of press was severely restraint today as well the opposition for their part they say that the reason why they're out on the street is because there is fraud in this election we know that the e.u. that they were there observing the vote and you've actually spoken with representatives what did they have to say. that's right i've been speaking to the head of the e.u. observing mission here in zimbabwe and he has been telling me that yes there has been some progress made especially when it comes to the lead up to the elections become pain it was quite peaceful the election day itself was two but speaking of the results and the process during the election day he had to say that yes there

was some severe irregularities that the m.d.c. has has rights has grounds to claim the result not being as fair and transparent as it should have been when it comes to the ballot papers for example or access to the state media he also told me though that they have to wait they have to monitor all the post environment the post-election environment to come to find a verdict now let's talk a little bit more about the vote because we know we've got the parliamentary election results here the presidential results though they are still outstanding at least officially given the tense atmosphere of melanie who has the upper hand and how much is at stake for the country. it's difficult to say who has the upper hand because the both candidates when it comes to the result of the parliamentary elections yes it looks like amazon will claim the presidency.

has also been saying that he still believes he is gonna make president and he has his supporters behind him who went on the streets today to claim victory well have to see but there is a lot of stake for the country if these elections. not fair not transparent then. faces isolation from the international community and of course the people in the country here or at least a big part of them will be saying that their vote was not that it was not a democratic election really and. have a really really hard time ruling the country if he wins melanie cordes of all with the latest from harare thank you and we are joined now by a member of the opposition eddie cross is a retired legislator friends from zimbabwe's party movement for democratic change and we thank you so much for joining us this afternoon because we know that the opposition your party they are claiming fraud in this election as we've heard what

evidence do they have. well i think the demand evidence is the simply the enormous majorities which have been secured by zanu p.f. throughout the country and this is very difficult to understand in the context of a competition or an election which was extremely tight woolly all the polls indicated a much closer race than what we've seen here has secured more than a two thirds majority about one hundred sixty seats in the house of assembly m.d.c. has actually had a reduction in the number of seats they hold in the house was simply from about seventy to forty nine and i think this is this vast gap between what we saw at the beginning as being close before competition which could be won by either party to an overwhelming victory for one side as being simply not credible

so how far and i think that the incompetence on the sick has not helped. eddie that that leads me to question how far is the party willing to go in its opposition to this result because i mean we've seen those images of people now out on the streets today violent scenes i mean. given that there's the potential for so much on rafts are you willing to go that far. i don't think this will be will be carried on i think off to today to be either the incidents the soft noon why the army was deployed i have no idea the police were totally ineffective they stood on the sidelines they did absolutely nothing and then eventually the authorities caught in units of the army with with with armored vehicles i know that six people have been killed that's not one six i've actually seen the bodies and and or dramatic

gunfire was used which is completely out of. order because the question of minimum force in a situation like this should have prevailed and the shooting don't require the police riot squad it wasn't so i think a major error of judgment on the side of the on forces overreaction and i think that what already the city is much quieter people are dispersed now and i don't see any real petition tomorrow eddie what's your party's plan now going forward because i mean we have the parliamentary results here you dispute them that it's clear we're waiting for the results of the presidential poll i seem that if it doesn't going in favor you will also dispute that what's the plan. well the presidential ballots you see the way this thing is done at the constituency level the decision as to who has won the election is made at the constituency itself it's not made at the center and when the returning officer announces the results of the pope at the

constituency it's all be all the players all the candidates actually signed off on the deal which means that the two hundred nineteen constituencies that have been announced today are basically results that have been agreed to by all parties now the presidential ballot is completely different because it's it's very fight at the center and we have twenty three presidential candidates so each candidate is and has a chief elections agent who must be present during the fair if you question procedures and a verification process considers taking the results from each of the eleven thousand polling stations one by one and verifying the results of the presidential ballot against the signatures of the observed isn't right at constituency level and only once that verification process been completed it is the presidential ballot

been agreed so it's it's very difficult for us as a political party to contest that kind of a precious and if that results in a in a in a presidential result which is very side by all of our chief election agents then i'm afraid it's a done deal and that will be like it or not we have to live with it in the next five years and i think that finally is going to be the outcome the anger i think comes out she because the expectations are certain high. ok understandably cell at a cross tired legislator from zimbabwe's party movement for democratic change we thank you so much for joining us to share that perspective and what might come next we appreciate it fuck you very much. well now to some other news and varia has become the first german state to open a controversial new processing centers for refugees authorities want to hold asylum

seekers there while their applications are processed which can take up to eighteen months they will deport anyone who is rejected critics say that the system will get a wise new arrival. for many refugees arriving in germany in future this is what home will look like this reception facility in a former u.s. army barracks in the bavarian city of bam bag is the model for the new refugee centers to be known as anchor centers the acronym anchor stands for a rival decision and return the key idea various departments which look at asylum applications will be together in one place migration agency labor office welfare all thora t. even the courts the claim is that will mean applications that don't win more quickly. with these centers the migration agency will in most cases be able to issue documents in three or three and a half months whether people are to be granted refugee status rejected them. this

new approach is the latest chapter in germany's effort to deal with migration since the increase in the numbers fleeing to europe and the government's decision in twenty fifteen to open the borders the challenge of making migration on the scale work has become clear in many cases it has taken too long for people to find out whether they have a chance of staying in germany and that in turn has held up any chance of them finding a job or integrating into society. the residents of the anchor facilities will be able to leave to go shopping or for other reasons despite that critics say they have tantamount to deportation centers. the plan is to open these facilities all across germany or in most parts of the country that will lead to a massive worsening of conditions for asylum seekers. currently holds around fourteen hundred migrants if things go smoothly similar centers may be opened in

other parts of germany. and our political correspondent thomas sparrow is covering this story for us and joins us now from berlin and thomas you know these new processing centers they are controversial what are the critics saying. essentially the migrants would be isolated in these centers and that that would affect their capacity to integrate because essentially they will be kept in those centers for the whole length of the procedure since they apply for asylum in germany until their decision is granted where they're allowed to stay in the country and then moved elsewhere where they have to be deported back to their countries of origin so that essentially what the critics are saying what those who are in favor of these measures are saying is that by speeding up these processes by making sure that all the different offices are in the same place and can deal with these applications that all this will become more efficient and that that could actually help refugees

then to integrate into the country so there are two very clearly different ways of approaching this issue which has turned into a very controversial one here in germany not only now but also as it was planned a few months ago and now these centers we know that they are the brainchild of the interior minister of course they offer so far they've only been set up in his state of bavaria how likely is it that we can see more of them elsewhere well for now it's not likely and there's a reason why they have been set up in a very obviously one reason is that of area really suffered most during the refugee crisis most refugees were coming in through through bavaria but obviously the other aspect is a political one but varia will have it's a regional election in october and horse as a whole for her and his party the c.s.u. the bavarian sister party of angela merkel's see do you want to regain some of the votes that they that they think they will lose for example to the a.f.p. the alternative for germany that's also a party that has been campaigning there on a platform of a more restrictive migration policy and that's the reason why horse

a who for now the interior minister has also been promoting this idea of a more restrictive migration policy in germany and that's the reason why you only see those on percent as for example now. in both area i want to talk a little bit more about another major change that also comes into effect today and this concerns germany's immigration system as well the country apparently resuming the practice of allowing some refugee family members to join them in germany and that practice of course was suspended three years ago at the height of the refugee crisis thomas what are the new rules and what's the reaction been well essentially this affects those refugees that have been granted subsidiary protection that's a level under the full protection status that would allow refugee to stay indefinitely in germany we're talking here about a number around one thousand family members that will be allowed per month to enter germany and reunite with family members that are already here and obviously this is

also being extremely controversial on the one hand those who believe that this measure would mean more refugees coming to the country on the other hand those who say that that is actually a right that refugees have to be reunited with their closest family members and that that could help them in their integration process in germany so there are very different views regarding this controversial issue of family reunification but it's also something that obviously affects refugees themselves who are now hoping here in germany that they can apply for some of their family members to come and join them in germany thomas ferro in berlin thank you. it's over ben facility now and the latest escalation in trade tensions get ready for the big numbers sara the u.s. is considering a twenty five percent tariff on two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese imports after initially setting them at ten percent the aim to increase pressure on beijing to get them back to the negotiating table is what sources have told bloomberg the tax would apply to chinese products like clothes bicycles base of

gloves and furniture some economists believe the cost increases would be passed on to american consumers critics fear the proposed terrify it could backfire and escalate the dispute between the world's two biggest economies. it's going to pakistan but it's a financial correspondent in frankfurt and so is this designed to get the chinese back to the negotiating table i mean did they ever leave. ben this is a difficult situation to judge because we're basically getting conflicting information out of the white house on the one hand u.s. treasury secretary. is signaling that he's talking to the chinese and things aren't going to rush lee heading in the right direction on the other hand we're now getting this proposal of twenty five percent of taxation and it seems like the

white house doesn't even know what it is communicating. analysts that i've spoken to though mostly seem to think that it's tactics. you know trump is ruffling is feathers and he may well do so from a position of strength. mid-term elections in november or something he might have to think of but right now the political situation the economic situation in the u.s. is good unemployment is good you know growth numbers are good so it's all looking fine for him and he can put on the pressure i think it's interesting that the been very little market reaction to this news today considering you know what has happened in the past there have been some quite big bounce is on stock markets around the world. are in based is still so on edge about this trade. the worries and the fears have returned but what is keeping tabs on trade all of

this week is the big central bank decisions tonight the fed will come out with their decision on interest rates that's mostly what's keeping trade look. at spurs in frankfurt. europe's heat wave shows no sign of abating here in germany the weather is having a dramatic impact on agriculture farmers have to deal with the devastating effect on their crops and looking at a possible future in which extreme weather is the norm. a sad sight meets the eye across germany this year's crop is only half the height it should be and weeds are everywhere. here in the eastern state of brandenburg measuring stations on test fields show that there has not been this little rain since one nine hundred seventy six and once again farmers have to figure out how to deal with the unexpected extreme weather the law center for agricultural landscape

research and been should bear hughes's tried and tested methods to find answers to this question solution one is diversity before sowing the experiment manager. planted the look human loop in this field his goal was to find nitrogen in the soil this resulted in the plants being more heat resistant which now benefits the old crop for. in principle we really do see the klee and grains which in my opinion are relatively well developed at least considering the weather we've had this year. solution to less evaporation to prevent the soil of this masefield from drying out the scientists are experimenting with mulch to keep the dirt moist. we have a mulch cover here a soulless interspersed with organic matter mostly on the surface and that really

protects against that for ration we intervene as little as possible in the soil through the use of tillage. solution three different varieties soya beans are not only heat resistant but also highly productive despite little water yet they are still rarely cultivated in europe but that will change soon if scientists have their way. there's only one as i know it's only been a warm loving plants and because temperatures have risen continuously in recent years it's quite lucrative especially for again it from is because they can generate high revenue per ton. that's your income but the problem for farmers is not just higher temperatures finding a simple solution is difficult because of the increasingly extreme weather fluctuations. in let's in recent years we've seen that the characteristics of the extreme situations are different grades last year we were dealing with too much water this year we're dealing with too little water these have very different

influences on the production systems. german farmers have to cope quickly with new situations every year but this summer all they can do is hope for a little rain climate change scientists. joins us now from london we just saw there how farming is suffering under the current heat wave is it is it fair to say that industrial farming in intensive farming has a problem with dealing with these extreme weather conditions yeah absolutely i mean the conditions of this summer are not fractions surprising the climate changes causing stronger each wave that our younger retard more often and that is causing a range of problems getting in agriculture and this is the direct result of emissions of greenhouse gases. so you are sure that this is a sign of climate change i mean we've we've had periods of hot spells and even

record breaking years like one hundred seventy six which was actually worse than now in many respects in many places is this something that's yet. attribution in this segment is peculiar because not only we have our heat wave in europe but there the fact that we have in the same summer heat waves across the world from all over europe but also in japan also earlier this year in canada and with a lot of extreme heat in other places is really funny and look at years that climate change is playing a big role there specific studies have looked at that and all indicate more and more of a very clear influence and a climate change on extreme weather events particularly those related to heat like this one of the summer what can you tell us about the economic implications as far

as things like food security that was well. the consequences of climate change are very broad what the response we will have in the future for private she really needs to address both of. our emissions so that we limit how much more climate change we will get in the future and therefore also limit the cost of it but also that we adapt our activities including farming but also just living areas transportation and the way that we build our environment so that we don't resist to further eat and use less energy overall we need to be much more marked in the way we use and could use energy recognizing that our activities are causing very very serious changes in the environment kevin thank you

very much for coming on the show. that's here now and the remarkable story of asia's newest athletic sensation has to tell absolutely this is quite a story actually for us now because an eighteen year old indonesian orphan has become a big can of hope for athletics and his homeland the sprint to lalo mohammad zora went from virtual unknown to household name in a little over a year after winning the one hundred metres final at the under twenty world championships in finland now with the confidence that a gold medal brings he's gearing up for the asian games on home soil. while the. dedication to sprinting has earned him plenty of rewards already such as a handful of gold medals his latest success was at the world under twenty championships in finland he's the first indonesian ever to win any medal at the championships

transforming him into a larger than life figure in the country. soon his new wooden house built by the state will be finished to quite net grade from his childhood a home that had a roof made of bamboo and sticks living below the poverty line is common place in his village. now that same house is a museum motivating a multitude of fellow athletes. who want to restore his victory has inspired others not only who are here but other athletes across indonesia making us want to become champions to next up for indonesia's hope is the asian games starting mid august with another one hundred meter race to run. i don't know i think the asian games will be tough because the competition is tight and i'm going to give seniors who are more experienced and can finish the run under ten seconds off for the. win or

lose he's already a living legend in indonesia. has plenty of track to run. and now a quick reminder of the top stories that we're following for you here at the security forces in zimbabwe have deployed water cannon against protesters who are angry over the country's election results along ruling party won a majority in parliament but the opposition says the poll was marred by fraud and that it will challenge the results. with that you're up to date now on t.w. news i'm sarah kelly in berlin thank you so much for watching have a great day. to .

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