tricks that will turn your whole special. upgrade yourself with t w's interior design channel on you tube. this is the w. news coming to you live from berlin riot police in zimbabwe appear to be preventing journalists from attending a news conference by opposition leader nelson chamisa. security forces carrying the tons and shields forced journalists to leave the site the leader of the opposition m.d.c. has so far refused to accept the results of the election earlier zimbabwe's president

emerson when a god was called for a new beginning after being declared the winner of the poll. also coming up in india false reports on social media about child kidnappings have led to the murder of innocent people now local police are taking action to try to prevent any more killing. oh i'm terry martin welcome to the program in zimbabwe riot police have broken up a press conference to be held by opposition leader nelson chamisa police ordered journalists present to pack up their equipment and leave the hotel grounds where the press conference the main opposition party the movement for democratic change was set up just minutes ago leader nelson chamisa has disputed the results of the presidential election. this is

a fast moving story let's go over to our correspondent adrian krishi he is in harare following developments there adrian do we know what just happened at that hotel where the main opposition candidate was planning to speak. eighty or increase has just managed to enter so it's me madam me i'm speaking to you here live from outside the hotel the police have just left again apparently that a at least forty to fifty police here we saw them i guess they were about fifty and they had riot gear on them and then one minister we still need to confirm his name and he said that the conference should continue so police have just left again and the embassy was supposed to do a press conference here and then having the pretty stormed the hotel where the press it was about to dodge and generous because an end to one of my fellow camera people reporters here was actually beaten up by one of the police officer has to be said and even arrived yet and we just don't know what exactly happened to him what

the reason was fight that they do this and who or that this is it seems to be really really unclear whether this was supported by the center p.f. or by the police just decided themselves to come here and what will gen this really wondering is we already have i think that when the abuse officially why is this happening but as maybe you can hear in the background there is clapping now the press conference is just about to dot's i'll be going in inside in just a second and then i'll keep you updated on what's happening here what's just so you know we were just describe what was going on there at the hotel we hope that that press conference is going to be able to take place and that we'll hear from adrian exactly what is being said there but what has already transpired sounds like very much intimidation of the press if not the opposition.

we seem to have lost money that was our correspondent melanie ball there joining us from just outside the hotel in harare in the capital of zimbabwe where a press conference by the opposition leader is about to take place we'll bring you more on that story as we get it. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today senior u.s. intelligence officials have accused russia of carrying out what they call a perv base of campaign to influence public opinion and head of upcoming congressional elections the trumpet ministrations says it is directing a bast government wide effort to protect democratic processors russia has denied meddling in slammed the claims as hysteria. at least twenty people have been killed in afghanistan after a suicide attack on a mosque in the eastern city of gardez dozens more have been wounded the attacker blew himself up outside the shiite shiite mosque as worshipers were attending friday prayers there were no immediate claims of responsibility for the attack.

students in bangladesh's capital dhaka have held the sixth day of massive protests after two teenagers were killed by a speeding bus tens of thousands of demonstrators a block roads throughout the week to demand safer streets road fatality rates in bangladesh are among the highest in the world. yemen may be on the brink of a new wave of cholera the world health organization says the risk of a new of a death of the death rate of higher death rates in the country is due to widespread malnutrition and conflict. if you h.-o. has called for a three day cease fire in the north of the country in order to carry out a vaccination program. india has been rocked by a wave of mob lynchings across the country in recent months more than twenty people have died after viral rumors about child kidnappers circulated on the messaging

service whatsapp the inn in government has set up a committee to try to curb the murders in some areas local law enforcement officials have started their own campaigns are india correspondents on the travelled to the western state of maharashtra 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 water that have killed people across the country not the mark of 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 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 can precipitate 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 took place in this building. fake news is killing people in india right

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. try to help the victims by locking them in here but the mob forced their way in a lot clearer to carter with the new record sharpton and believe the people would stick with the rods with stones in witches in the office the crowd was bloodthirsty i've never seen anything like this there was a video on someone's phone warning people to stay vigilant because gangs were kidnapping children and stealing their organs. in mali girl police have threatened dream type if anyone for with explosive messages that can cause public panic. it's

part of the campaign to quash rumors before they boil over and lead to by the measure stick on an added urgency in monaco's melting pot into religious 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 familial remain skeptical of what you read online and don't resort to violence. the campaign continues a traffic junctions across the city leaflets with police helpline numbers are handed out. to raise awareness about the deadly consequences of fake news. heat wave currently gripping europe could set a milestone in the coming days forecasters say there's a very good chance that the continent's all time record high temperature record

will be broken either spain or portugal could reset the mark they say in the mark currently stands at forty eight degrees celsius in germany the extreme weather is making life difficult for farmers firefighters and shipping two of the country's main waterways the elba and rhine rivers have been reduced to a relative trickle the rhine is so shallow at one point that even world war two munitions have been exposed and in dresden on the few boats are able to move. only a few pleasure boats are still out on the river elbe an interest in bigger boats can't see i don't want to levels have dropped to forty six centimeters here about one and a half metres lower than normal. i mean we should be up to our knees in water here but some can eat smaller vessels were still able to operate until recently but now they're going nowhere the. older boats with a shallow draft are still able to sail but it's difficult for them to dock so that's they've had to reduce or even shut down operations. on the river rhine near

calls for barges are still on the water but most can only carry half their normal cargo so as not to run aground in the shallow channels but very passengers here don't need to worry yet these boats can still dock. about favorite tape is it is all there is can still operate even if the water levels drop further what if i couldn't but if i can but it's possible that some of our passengers services won't be able to run in the fog just reduce field couldn't near the city of mines low water levels on the rhine have brought history to the surface police divers have found sixty six anti aircraft shells from the second world war they say removing them entirely is too dangerous these and you know i'm too scary condition is such that we don't want to transport them and cheating so we've decided to explode them underwater to feel. the low water levels have also attracted treasure

hunters on the lookout for precious ject or to. let's have a quick look at sports former n.f.l. player calling kaepernick has had a reference to him deleted from the soundtrack of an official n.f.l. computer game madden twenty nineteen the game's publisher e.a. sports has apologized kaepernick has been unable to find a team since kneeling during the u.s. anthem in two thousand and sixteen his kneeling gesture was intended to draw attention to racial injustice and police brutality and it sparked the taken e movement rapper big sean tweeted his disappointment is being taken out of the song big bank describing the player as a gift. and if you think the fee for world cup finished a few weeks ago well think again the e.u. world cup is taking place in london it's a tournament for gamers playing the popular fifo football video game the image of

college potatoes in front of the console's is long gone it's now a multi-million dollar industry gamers train as much if not more than real football players and they even have doping tests here's more. this is what it's all about a trophy fit for a major tournament the prize money isn't but even the winner picks up two hundred fifty thousand dollars gaming is now big business no longer the preserve of teenagers bedrooms. more than twenty million people competed globally in the feet up but only these look if you made it to london for the three day grand final it's all very serious players keep in shape in the gym there are even doping tests to make sure the game is on using medication to lower their heart rates during the stress of a game is a good measure live thing everyone should be on a level playing field this was definitely something they don't really even really think make a big difference by in a video game but if you go to

a competition you never you know he goes up and we shoot out. the growth of the sport was on the line by x. germany football a message of announcing this week that he is looking for gamers from around the world to represent. footballers like as often train for just a couple of hours a day but game is sometimes have to go to extremes especially when learning new commands for new games or consoles in the beginning and that's when it's very heavy because that's when everything game is brand new you have to learn everything from scratch so it's a you know like thirteen fourteen hours referees or even on how to make sure everyone is playing fair maybe virtually but this woke up this anything but child's play for you know he's going to be there and forget just a reminder the top story we're following for you here today on d w news riot police in zimbabwe have delayed a press conference by the opposition movement for democratic change its leader has

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