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visited every news live from berlin zimbabwe's president emerson magog one calls for a new beginning after being declared the winner of the country's presidential election his supporters are euphoric but the opposition is refusing to accept the results raising fears of more violence. also coming up a stark warning from u.s. intelligence officials about russia they say moscow is carrying out a pervasive campaign to sway the upcoming midterm elections but its president trump undermining their message. false reports on social media about child kidnappings
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have led to the murder of innocent people in india we have an explosive report on the local officials working to prevent any more killings also coming up apple becomes the first privately owned company to top one trillion dollars in market value the latest milestone for a company that began in a garage forty two years ago. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us zimbabwean president emerson when god was says he is humbled to have been elected president and has called on the country to unite he was declared the winner last night after securing just over fifty percent of the ballot but the opposition accuses the ruling party of rigging the vote and says it will challenge the result in court. after days of unrest the long awaited results were delivered in the middle of the night zimbabwe's electoral commission declared
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a narrow victory for the country's incumbent president. of the party is therefore julie declared elected president of the republic of zimbabwe with effect from the third of august twenty eighth. with fifty point eight percent of the vote and missing money on god avoids a runoff against his nearest rival nelson chamisa who won just over forty four percent his party the movement for democratic change has declared it will challenge the results. of those. are fair. just. what would. you very much like to get what you see. when i'm doug was policy zanu p.f.
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is also celebrating its victory in parallel parliamentary elections officials declared a voter turnout of almost eighty percent but european union observers said the election could not be declared entirely fair so it wasn't a level playing field there was a misuse of state resources bias in the state media and also with the girls freedoms there was concern about the in the pre-election vironment pressure on prospective photos through intimidation and coercion. the country was left shaken off the six people died in clashes with soldiers during protests while awaiting the election results. now mon god has promised zimbabwe a new beginning. of ball is covering the latest for us from harare hi melanie the results came in the middle of the night have people there had time to really react to this news. question me many zimbabweans are likely to only be finding out this morning who their president is because as we expected
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the results only came on touring the night most likely in an attempt to decrease the likelihood of protest here in the country but i still saw military tanks military vehicles heading down town just after the results were announced i could hear helicopters throughout the entire night so it looks like the military is ready to crack down on any demonstrators today we might seize them and can't support the celebrating on the streets but it could be that the supporters of the opposition party the m.d.c. might be too scared to go out and protest against this results and melanie you know the opposition they're not backing down they say they're going to challenge this result what opportunities do they have. thank you. well that's true they have said they will reject the result they will challenge it some party members have said they're going to court but to me so himself yesterday even before the results were announced said he would not go to court the difference is not independent in this
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country it would be like walking into the lion's den and he will not be elian's meal so we'll have to see what he is going to be doing here probably address his supporters later and from what we learned yesterday he seems very confident that people will still take on the streets and raise their voices in his favor and meanwhile melanie we have the election observers saying they found an unlevel playing field in this vote were these free and fair elections the ones that were promised. international observers had there doubt at least to an extent international critics have been saying that maybe the election was more a player put on for the western world the international community to smoother now it relations especially economically the country is dependent on that but to many zimbabweans that spoke to last night it also feels like the play was put on for them they were telling me that they really trusted him and got what although
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they're not santa p.f. supporters to really allow for free and transparent elections and they now feel betrayed their feel like the dictator mugabe has gone but maybe the dictatorship hasn't and melanie what he's promising unity what can he do to win support with this critics. he will have really really hard time to win support with his critics especially with the supporters of the m.d.c. have a really in the very same manner he won't be able to fix the economy and hill for sure well i have problems with the international community after this election so people here are very very skeptical to a large extent melanie with the very latest for us from harare thank you very much . now some other stories making headlines around the world the presidential election in mali will go on to a second round after initial results show that none of the candidates obtain the
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fifty percent needed for an outright plan current president. came close with forty one percent of the votes while his closest rival say won almost eighteen percent the two will meet in a runoff vote next sunday. health officials in the democratic republic of congo say the type of ebola in the country's latest outbreak is a strain which has been successfully vaccinated against in the past four people have tested positive for the deadly virus in recent days the world health organization says there is a high risk of the outbreak spreading and clued in to neighboring countries. and in jerusalem tens of thousands have marched in the city's largest ever gay pride parade the colorful festivities were mixed with anger following the passage of a law that excludes gay men from having children via circusy. u.s. president donald trump's national security team has said russia is behind what they call pervasive attempts to interfere in the upcoming u.s. midterm elections intelligence director dan coats and national security advisor
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john bolton made that announcement in a rare joint news conference at the white house but as he hits the campaign trail president trump is again downplaying the idea of russian involvement. on the campaign trail u.s. president donald trump is trying to prevent the republicans from losing their majority in congress. his number one nemesis is the media which he accuses of misreporting his relationship with the russian president he's got little to say about the latest allegations of russian meddling in the upcoming midterm elections . fake news. breaks. but some in the white house are less dismissive the heads of the agencies responsible for national security appeared before the press with a joint announcement history russia and other foreign actors are again trying to influence the american elections and attack its democracy. because the intelligence
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community continues to be concerned about the threats of upcoming u.s. elections both the midterms and the presidential elections of two thousand and twenty in regards to russian involvement in the midterm elections we continue to see a pervasive they're choosing messaging campaign by russia to try to weaken and divide the united states. the effect of trump's meeting with vladimir putin is still being felt trump's advisers are trying to combat the impression that the president isn't concerned about foreign interference they say he's aware of the danger. it's important that. we address the question of the president's involvement in this his leadership his determination to prevent russian and other foreign influence and elections. putin earlier declared
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he wanted trump as president when asked about the twenty six thousand election. trump has at times voiced skepticism about russia's role in election interference but u.s. security agencies are stepping up their warnings i would support any efforts that we can collectively. put together to send a signal to russia that there is a cost of price to pay for what they're doing and if we want to have any kind of relationship whatsoever in dealing with things of mutual interest the russians have to stop doing what they're doing it's been over two weeks since the two leaders met in helsinki trump opted not to admonish putin during their joint remarks but now u.s. officials say they're going on the offensive with key elections some three months away. india has been rocked by a wave of mob lynchings across the country in recent months more than twenty people have died after a viral rumors about child kidnappers circulated on the messaging service whatsapp
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the indian government has set up a committee to try to curb the murders in some areas local law enforcement officials have started their own campaigns. travel to the western state to find out more. it isn't every day that this village sees guests like these. on a special mission. dispelling vital rumors spread and whatsapp that have killed people across the country not the model or a very harsh voter who's also a trained lawyer is the brains behind the campaign he appeals to the crowd to not be fooled by fake news of the internet and use their own mind to judge what's true or false. misleading videos like this one which claim to show corpses of children have gone vital voices thieves disguised as beggars harvested the organs all hush explains how the videos are doctored to create panic. another clip suggests
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this woman is an outsider and was trying to abduct children that's why she was beaten up fake news like this is spreading like wildfire in india it is a major problem because these are very close knit communities where almost everyone tends to know each other the spread and acceleration of this news can be very very quick but the fact that it is about child lifting is something for primal something so provocative that your child could be taken away from you i scarcely think there is a greater fear than that for any family or any parent. that that compressive brigade violence very easily. that's what happened here in the neighboring district of totally about three hundred fifty kilometers from mumbai. this heavy security in this remote village it only has women and children many of the men have fled ever since a lynching to place in this building. fake news is killing people in india right
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here in this village council office five people were beaten to death by a mob last month the police say the people were driven by videos on whatsapp claiming that kidnappers are on the loose the victims were beggars from a nomadic tribe. the lynchings here were particularly brutal the police have arrested twenty eight people so far. so good mark about try to help the victims by locking them in here but the mob force their way in lock. sharpton and thought about the people with sticks with rods but stones in which is in the office the crowd was bloodthirsty i've never seen anything like this there was a video on someone's own warning people to stay vigilant because gangs were kidnapping children and stealing their organs. in mali girl police have threatened jail time anyone for with explosive messages that can cause public panic. it's part
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of the campaign to quash rumors before they boil over and leaked by the measure stick on an added urgency in monaco's melting pot interreligious tensions are never far from the surface here. today officers are in the hindu temple it's part of the campaign's outreach to influential religious leaders the message is familiar to remain skeptical of what you read online and don't preserve provides. the campaign continues a crack at junctions across the city leaflets with police help live numbers are handed out. to raise awareness about the deadly consequences of fake news. now every month the polling institute in for tests. contest conducts a survey here in germany on current affairs and the topic of racism in germany came into focus after german football star mesut ozil announced he would leave the national squad he says he faced racism and disrespect because of his turkish roots
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the survey asked germans how big a problem racism is in germany and sixty four percent said it was a very big or big problem thirty five percent said it was a small problem or not a problem at all. let's talk about these numbers with our political correspondent kate brady use been following the service survey for a psychic how much of an impact has made that decision to leave the national squad had on this debate about racism in germany and clearly it has his resignation to affect this rather long standing debate and it's reignited rating we even saw a lot of germans turning to social media there was a campaign launched that the hashtag me too in reference to have in the idea of having two hearts is that identity in germany so people have been sharing their experiences that also of everyday racism and so it certainly got everyone talking again and brought this issue back to the foreground in society but our attitudes towards racism changing well there's two sides to that really it is
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a concerning attitude that there are certain groups in germany if you think of the anti islam xenophobia movement began all the fall right after the alternative for germany party they have managed in recent years to make certain racist attitudes or behavior and speech even more socially acceptable actually in germany again it's interesting that supporters of the f.t. who took part in this poll thirty seven percent of them actually said that racism only thirty seven percent said that racism is a big old very big problem let's take a look at some of the other numbers because mr doe's was resignation also sparked a debate about integration survey respondents were asked how well they thought migrants that integrated into german society and let's take a look at two graphics here the first question asked how well integrated or migrants have been living in germany for many years and sixty two percent of respondents thought migrants were well integrated or very well integrated thirty three percent thought they were poorly integrated and another graphic here shows
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how well germans think newly arrived migrants are integrated only twenty eight percent think they are well integrated sixty eight percent think that they are poorly integrated. so why do you think this discrepancy tells us well there is certainly a lot to be done when it comes to integration in germany in particular for these new arrivals when we talk about the newly arrived migrants where looking at people who arrive larger since two thousand and fifteen at the height of what became known as the refugee crisis but germany has a long way to go even last year germany failed to reach its integration goals especially when it comes to participation in integration courses which help people learn the language and get to know german cultural customs and also the german law and on top of that you've got more new measures when it comes to migration policy that could also hinde integration in germany even further if you look down to bavaria and so than germany they sweep they open the anchor centers where asylum
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seekers there will be held until their asylum application has been processed but that could take up to eighteen months and so there are concerns that that new measure could also hinder integration when these asylum seekers have very very little contact with german society or an important debate here in germany our political correspondent kate brady thank you very much. now to europa league football or rb leipzig are through to the next qualifying round the german side drew one all with hakon of sweden in their second like gothenburg mossimo bruno scored for leipsic the germans advance five one on aggregate and one of buyer munich's newest signings was formally introduced to the media on thursday luongo resco who formerly played for shaka and is also a german national team player is that byron's training camp in southern germany he talked about how he thinks he might be most effective for the squad.
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all right it looks like we don't have that sound bite there from byron's new signing but we do have care had with us to tell us more about some business news and guard we saw a tech giant make another milestone yesterday that's true apple has become the first company to reach a one trillion dollars market capitalization historic feat of the publishing bumpus second quarter results on thursday increase demand lift at the chef prize beyond the one trillion if apple was a country it would rank as the sixteenth biggest economy on earth just behind in the asia is. the share price hit two hundred seven dollars and all of a sudden apple was worth a trillion dollars the company made its market debut in one thousand nine hundred
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eighty with a share price of thirty nine cents if you bought ten thousand dollars worth of shares back then your investment would now be worth six point four million apple's clearly come a long way in one thousand nine hundred ninety seven the company found itself on the brink of collapse when the macintosh wasn't selling consumer seemingly unwilling to pay more for it than its microsoft alternative. but with the introduction of the i pod and the i phone things began to look up again the devices the design winning apple a cult following after the death of founder steve jobs tim cook took over at the helm under his leadership apple became the biggest stock market success in u.s. history brings some new features today actually everyone has i phones i pads i products and no oil to be on there is significant they have been able to continue to sell product increasing prices higher margins the question of course
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always is can they continue it you know what what. the next product they'll have what's the competition doing you know with the joke being that the next apple competitor is an eighteen year old sitting in a garage somewhere apple's still has its current competitors to worry about earlier this week china's huawei over took apple as the number two smartphone maker in the world. competition never sleeps and here is another tech industry mark b m b is ten years old today the home sharing website has this robs the travel industry like none other shaking up business models turning tenants into a hotel and putting small independent hotels out of business is one of the first to capitalize on the so-called sharing economy but resistance is growing fast in many places around the world from residents and regulators alike. community counts the
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highest rents in all of germany it's also a major tourist destination some residents here earn good returns off the air b.n. b. apartments as these officials in the local force are you know only too well meaning homeowners on tenants need a permit to rent out their apartments for more than eight weeks a year. the investigators suspect a tenant here of illegally renting out properties all year round. suddenly from going up for instance if somebody said it started in twenty seventeen with this apartment he was a kind of big player if you rented lots of flops and then saw that and then we'll be. on the biggest for metered the investigators pay a visit to the apartment and speak to vacationers to gather evidence. their landlord will receive a hefty fine potentially up to five hundred thousand euros. it was a secret. from you don't new can rent the place per day four hundred to two hundred fifty euros or if you do the math on the monthly rent is covered after just ten
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days. and after that you start making a profit with a park but given all the idea behind a b. and b. is that tourists like to feel at home. since its founding the company has grown from one hundred thousand registered listings to four and a half million air b.n. b. rents out more rooms in munich than the five largest hotel chains combined. in northern germany some landlords have even kicked out long term tenants so that they can profit from the air b.n. b. boom when it could be about suspected that's what's happened to her she lived in her apartment for thirty three years she raised her children there and knew all her neighbors when she got an addiction notice the land of claims you needed the flat for his own use. that limited to someone suggested i take a look at the m.b. if they suspected it was being offered on their website and the chemical that this
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is the out on air b.n. b. part of her kitchen are still in the apartment it now costs fifty nine years per night that's eight hundred a month more than four times the original rent. to be able to now is to pay much higher rent elsewhere and is suing. and b. and b. for tourists a cheap option by holidays around the world but for residents looking for rentals it's a potential nightmare. so that's why the n.b.a. is celebrating its tense in the grocery and european authorities are tightening the screws from amsterdam oberlin to madrid officials are limiting the number of days which of the may be rented and slapping fines on violate as perez is suing the company for failing to take down unregistered listings and a few weeks ago in new york moved to require registration to steven bids the from a business department is joining me now who seem you've looked into this story is
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the honeymoon with it being built up or your heart i think that members of the sharing economy like air b.n. b. in over have always faced scrutiny from years back and usually that was over things like security or the liability of the hosts or the driver in this case with air b.n. b. it's facing scrutiny about its effect on a more structural issue its effect on the housing markets and so what you're seeing is of course all these actions taken by cities claiming that air b.n. b. is raising rents that is taking housing from the market and we see that through stories like this one which we just saw someone who lost their apartment and then saw listen on air b.n. b. and also by studies which really show us how air b.n. b. works for example in new york city there was a report issued by mcgill university in the city which showed that ten percent of all air b.n. b. rentals accounted for half or ten ten percent of hos accounted for half the rentals and half the revenue in the city and the other big companies have grown out of this business model using it right it's become more and more attractive for commercial
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enterprises do it and air b.n. b. will tell you and they've claimed throughout these arguments that you know these are important for middle class homeowners who actually they need something to supplement their income and studies have shown well actually that's not necessarily the case in places like new york and it's probably similar in places like paris berlin cetera there was. so big is the backlash so big in europe. i mean europe is always going to be a more regulatory market than the u.s. first of all but second of all international tourism is growing is growing fast is the middle class grows and europe is always the top destinations so you know when there are changes in tourism they're going to be felt here and especially when you start seeing tourists in neighborhoods where they traditionally haven't been you start hearing those rolling suitcases in smaller neighborhoods they're known for being hip trendy whatever are no longer relegated to the central hotel district but also in cities like this like berlin there's a housing crunch prices are going up construction is not filling that gap and investors need to park their money in creasing lee in real estate to get
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a return because they're not going to get it through other vehicles now when they do that and they're not living that property there's an incentive maybe to put it on air b.n. b. and as we saw in that piece make more money that way instead of dealing with renters instead of making less money through renters so the incentive is there steve thank you very much. you're watching news live from. on news coming up at the top of the hour of course we always get the latest news and information around the pole on our web site that's w dot com called check it out for you very much for watching the news from.
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