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the countries you mention have their jobs drawn from. the power structure of the street w. . this is the w. news live from the europe's heat wave is claiming lives at least three people have died of heat stroke in spain as the country labors under intense heat for constant one in the next forty eight hours temperatures then and in portugal could reach the highest ever recorded on the continent we'll hear from a report in lisbon also coming up. members of zimbabwe's main opposition
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party appearing in court in harare charged with inciting violence off of monday's election they say they're being framed by the police. and it's been called moscow's version or woodstock but now several bands are refusing to go for one of russia's largest music festivals because the country's military has also taken to the stage. to. comment on free glad you could join me europe has been sizzling and a record breaking heat waves it's been leaving its mark in various ways now up north in sweden i see a top cabinet case a mountain has melted so much that it's no longer the country's tourist peak you can see it there. in the middle that but experts say that the mountain has shrunk
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by more than four meters in july alone meanwhile betas in the boat sixty have been wound thousands of jellyfish invaded shorelines in recent days more than ninety people requiring treatment on one day at the resort of hiding and down after receiving painful stings researches say the weather has increased jelly fish populations in the area but the hottest place in europe right now is the iberian peninsula in spain at least three people have died from heat stroke and this weekend portugal could break europe's all time heat record forty eight to greece. it's already been one of the hottest weeks on record in southern portugal the civil protection agency has issued its highest alert and warns that this weekend could be even worse. but it is the risk is expected to increase and spread to other regions of the country and specifically to the center and to the north he
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sent into the world. across europe the scorching temperatures are causing more than just over crowded coasts the heat has brought drought stoking wildfires from spain to sweden. the hot dry air has also reached havoc on europe's harvests in france the vineyards are withering. and in the u.k. grazing pastures for cows have very little green grass. the national farmers union has called a drought summit to address farmers worries i think we need to be concerned that when it's. all is wide open about what is going on and when offered comes from spain is feeling heat nearly as fierce as that in portugal temperatures are expected to reach well past forty degrees celsius this weekend authorities are warning people to take precautions heatstroke has already claimed its first victims
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. and it's not just europe suffering from the heat japan has been battling soaring temperatures for weeks now more than one hundred people died of heat stroke last month while tens of thousands of others were hospitalized in south korea recalled temperatures of up to forty degrees celsius have left thirty people dead and across the border in north korea the government has warned that damage to vital crops means the heat wave is threatening a natural disaster. and now some of the other stories making news around the world turkey's president wretched one has announced counter sanctions on two u.s. officials off to that country froze the assets to turkish ministers earlier this week the route was sparked when turkey detained a u.s. post working in the country on allegations of terrorism and espionage. the u.s. secretary of state might pohnpei or says more pressure should be applied to ensure
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north korea is sticking to its denuclearization pledge payor met briefly with his north korean counterpart three young hole at a security forum in singapore despite the smiles home payors says the u.s. would take any violation of u.n. sanctions seriously. he's even prime minister just in the art and has returned to work of six weeks of maternity she's arrived back in the capital wellington along with her daughter the pair will be allowed to cuddle in the parliamentary chamber and it is only the second world leader to have given birth while in office after pakistan's benazir bhutto. britain's government says it is deeply concerned by the violence following zimbabwe's election and the disproportionate response by security forces at least six people died after troops opened fire in a demonstration on wednesday staged
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a protest against alleged vote rigging by president and miss and then gaga today more than twenty members of the main opposition party appeared in court in harare charged with inciting violence at the rally. marched into court to face charges of inciting public violence dozens of members of the opposition movement for democratic change who were arrested at the party headquarters police accuse them of some mention of violence while awaiting election results at least six people died in clashes with security forces but the m.d.c. as leader nelson chamisa says it is the government that should face justice for the day we have been subjected to all sorts of our usman i think you hear intimidation in place just yesterday when they did the reason why probably they want information from us because they wanted to try and roy the evidence that we have and i must say
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that mr monk got what did not win. their lives in this country was won by the m.d.c. alive. has urged his followers to keep calm as he challenges the election outcome police continue to deal out heavy handed tactics on friday they try to shut down an opposition press conference. they eventually relented the situation has left many zimbabweans anxious about the future i want to be a bit deaf to its interest. it did take jobs i think the president. i think he will move to cut before the old man is one saw and doesn't hoping. he will make a change the fortunes of most of us days no law and order here nobody is respecting anyone here so i don't see any future forcibly after winning by a slim margin monaco has called for national unity and reached out to his rival. i
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have played a huge to be the president of all the money and. a president all those that voted for me and those who did not do nelson chamisa i want to see. you have reproduced or role to play in the but was present means. a lot on talk of south africa has now congratulated man and god for his victory the united states says it is reviewing the election results. german football fans will soon have a chance to forget their country's dreadful world cup campaign the bundesliga season is just around the corner and once again favorites for the title with an aging scored and little chance for activity this summer that all questions over their ability to win a seventh straight title but new coach nico that should believes that the varians
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half what it takes. things have turned out well on by and pre-season tour led by coach nico kovacs the team has been enjoying its preparations for the new campaign . the atmosphere could hardly have been better on their tour of the u.s. . and now they're back in germany is turning his attention towards getting even better this season. we want to make each player better i expect passion ambition and progress with. things that defined kovacs himself as a player he spent two seasons of bahrain as a battling midfielder and as a coach he proved his worth to his new employers by beating them in the german cup final in may. the covert communication is key. i think he still thinks like a player he's meticulous and he talks to us
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a lot. his main task will be to oversee a generational change in robin and from korea barrier in their mid thirty's but remain key players a few new players have arrived so as canaveral has returned from a loan spell at hoffenheim gorecki has signed on a free transfer from shelf. so you know if i've noticed that our training sessions have been longer than perhaps some of the players are used to. ames for the season it clear it's the same every year here. that doesn't just mean a seven wonders league title. in a rugby coach once buy in to be just as dominant in the german cup and the champions league. encourage it the first test match between england and india has seen the hosts claim victory on day four in what has been a thrilling series opener england all round ben stokes start in the second innings putting on a brilliant bowling display to claim four wickets india's captain and star player
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being while the biggest of the bunch the second test match we played at lord's in london next week so transfer news now as by munich have sold chalet in midfield out of the doubt to barcelona deal worth a reported thirty million over thirty one year old joined by and from eventis back in twenty fifteen claiming free born is needed titles and one german cup during his three years in bavaria has moved to barcelona was given the green light by new buy and coach you coco vouch he won't be short of midfield options following the signing off germany's pm gets cut from. what has been called russia's woodstock the nasht yet festival in moscow the event draws tens of thousands of rock music lovers and dozens of bands for three days of music and revelry but in one aspect at least it's not all like the peace and love of the one nine hundred sixty nine new york russia's military will be out in force in five
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bands it has struck struck the wrong note. but these guys are pretty big in moscow's punk rock scene the band is called distemper and they formed around the time the soviet union collapsed that recorded twenty one albums and toured extensively at home and abroad and they regularly play the national fi festival. this time around they were planning to debut the newest song. but they've decided to pull out of the festival why they didn't like the fact that russia's military plans to exhibit weapons at the festival. people just want to relax at the festival it just can't be that military hardware be allowed to go on display that's simply propaganda for militarism a music festival should not become a place for state propaganda. bands
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that don't end up playing forego the paycheck and the populace of me some two hundred thousand people attend the festival each year so it's no surprise that he wants to do a bit of marketing. we've always been critical of the military people should be able to make a conscious decision before hand not after the fact they should be able to decide whether to go to the army or not. and this tempera north alone this band were invited to play at the festival for the first time this year but they too decided to cancel along with six other bands because of the advertising. if a band cancels then a second cancels then a third fourth fifth and sixth for that at some point the audiences and the
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organizers will begin on it. but if you don't the. business the band hopes that they will again be invited to play in two thousand and nineteen they say they would definitely play provided the army stays away. meanwhile germany's famous back and heavy metal festival has kicked off this year the small german town is hosting two hundred bands and seventy five thousand heavy metal fans from around the world headline acts include heavy metal titans judas priest and cool down due to the heat wave affecting europe organizes the basket to guests to take extra precautions to avoid feet exhaustion the festival is regarded as the biggest heavy metal music event in the uk. and i'm going to leave you now with a scene from suburban idaho where one family woke up to
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a surprise so most one hundred goats had invaded their garden with feasting on their plans at the top of the hour. thing you'll call. the list you go. with. this. still john. when you take it. where i come from we have to fight for a free press i was born and raised in a military dictatorship with just one t.v. shadow and a few newspapers with official information as a journalist i have worked on the streets of many can trust and they have problems are always the same core to the social inequality
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