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case rethinking the role as history been unfair to be introduced in the work starts aug fourteenth on g.w. . this is the news live from government protests in romania turned violent thousands of ex-pats remain from back home calling for the government's resignation they say corruption effectively forced them to emigrate police have been responding with tear gas and rubber bullets injuring hundreds more in a second from book arrest. also on the program german chancellor angela merkel in
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spain for talks with her spanish counterpart pedro sanchez migration flows will be topping the agenda as a growing number of migrants arrived on spanish. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring a good to have you with us it's been a tense twenty four hours in romania with hundreds injured in clashes between police and anti-government protesters tens of thousands have been rallying in the capital bucharest and also in other cities around the country to the government's resignation they blame the ruling social democrats for endemic corruption in romania and also for lower wages the protests were organized by groups of romanians who work abroad they say their country's corruption and its poor financial prospects effectively forced them to emigrate. by
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a night of violence in the romanian capital. leaving hundreds injured. bucharest police fired water cannon and tear gas at protesters after some tried to force their way through to government buildings. it had started as a peaceful day of demonstrations the crowd swelled by thousands of romanian ex-pats . they'd return to voice anger what they say has forced them to leave the country low wages a lack of opportunity and above all government corruption. jodi but what i'd like to change first the corrupted leaders in romania then the living standard a decent one. right age and it was one of them is that the government must grant us the possibility to be a normal country i came from the doll in spain just for this protest of romanians living abroad we're fed up we must be united victory for romania what happened to
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romania. protesters are demanding that the ruling social democratic party resign and call early elections earlier this year government attempts to wind back anti corruption laws sparked outrage inside the country now romania's powerful diaspora is joining the fight around four million romanians work abroad as rent a fifth of the population many are now hoping to force change in one of europe's most corruption plagued countries. i remain in journalist diana ross soon has been updating us on the situation in bucharest victory square where protesters have again been gathering she's also been telling us about the official reaction to last night's violence. wow. reaction we had one. month and. then being that my nose they think is the fourth he had also called for indian thirty seven are all sunni investigates on the special forces and to
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determine who even started the process the peaceful prado the preferred route. of special forces had the press conference. that yes of course. they. asked people not to bring them here with guns and i think the process because barrie i think that by the. by the way nobody. but the police and the prime minister. are. the democratic party diana russo that reporting from the remaining capital bucharest. now to some of the other stories making news around the world police in the united states say a suicidal airline employee stole a passenger plane and then crashed it into an island near seattle two army jets pursued the plane but were on able to prevent it from coming down there were no
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passengers on board the aircraft when it crashed and sparked a fire. because a jury in california has found chemical giant monsanto liable in a lawsuit filed by a man who allege the company's weed killers gave him cancer up the jury ordered the company to pay the man two hundred eighty nine million dollars in damages on center was a unit of german chemical joined by and faces thousands of similar lawsuits across the united states. now turkish president richard tie a bedouin is vowing to defy the united states as washington presses ankara to release a jailed american pasta on friday donald trump doubled tariffs on turkish steel and aluminum imports ending the country's currency tumbling with the pressure on mounting he's once again called on turks to sell their dollars and they euros in order to shore up the failing lira. president tried to reassure
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a nervous public saying his government had the situation under control he promised turkey would ward off what he called an attack from abroad and called for an international struggle. if anyone has dollars euros or gold under their pillows they should go exchange it for turkish lira is it our banks this is a national domestic battle this will be my peoples response to those who have waged an economic war against us. president trying to impose sanctions on turkey because of its refusal to allow an american pastor andrew branson to return to the u.s. try and strengthen the sanctions in a twitter announcement which adds insult to injury in turkey's growing economic crisis. turkey accuses brunson of espionage and terrorist activities despite sustained economic growth the lira has lost more than a third of its value the turkish population is bearing the brunt. of course where frayed our income has less worth and prices are rising for food too that's worrying
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fear the turkish finance minister promised state influence on the central bank would be diminished in a bid to win back investor confidence but it's unclear whether this will have a calming effect on the markets. german chancellor angela merkel is in spain today for informal talks with spain's prime minister petro as with migration likely to dominate the agenda the two leaders meeting at sanchez's holiday residence in the south of the country and recent spying has become the preferred route for migrants trying to reach europe. italy tightened restrictions on the arrival of refugees. the talks come two days after madrid agreed to take back any migrants who reach germany despite being registered in spain. we're going to get more on this now from our chief political editor mckayla cousteau mckayla give us some context first of all you know about this migration deal between germany and spain why is it so
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important for chancellor merkel well it's important for her because it's symbolic and it's also much more important to or a minister who so almost pushed her to the eggs just a couple of weeks back threatening to leave this union of the c.d.u. c.s.u. and potentially bring down have government he didn't in the end because he's been given more leeway now to negotiate by last fall deals which would be the basis for sending people back and this is one of the deals that he's negotiate a deal that was struck by the interior ministry that we saw a press conference where it became rather evidence that that was something that tossed the will for that rebellious interior minister pretty much did alone and was not that fast to inform the chancery about it and it's important for him but it's also important that machall so she's seen her government is seen to take action to actually and tackle that issue of what's becoming known as secondary migration migrants who've already arrived in europe in a different country then coming to germany now we have
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a very vocal and two migrant party the leading opposition party in german parliament the f.t. . far right populists they have slammed this deal and they're calling it a smokescreen the saying effectively it's just returning to the situation we had before the so-called dublin rules which were suspended during the migration crisis in twenty fifty do they have a point they do have a point i mean essentially everybody agrees that dublin is broken because simply it's no longer being implemented it's not walking but what was agreed to here basically being able to turn back migrants at the border sending them back if they're already registered somewhere else that was already parts of dublin although i must add that directive a decade ejecting them out of what it was. possible ended up in the actually is a process involved where. is the process now this process doesn't take place under
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this deal having said that according to you asked nobody estimates more than just a couple of people less than a dozen to be affected by this every week so clearly there's a lot of political symbolism. that always good to get context from you mccain the chief political editor. we're going to stay with migration the united nations is raising the alarm over a growing crisis over venezuelan life prince hyperinflation and chronic shortages of food and basic supplies have prompted hundreds of thousands to flee venezuela many have been heading for brazil which recently reopened its northwestern border have chosen to cross into colombia up into the heights of the andes and into ecuador that is an exhausting journey taking several days and spending thousands of kilometers. they come with hope and what little they can carry.
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only to find this a long wait in the cold with other desperate venezuelans trying to cross from colombia into ecuador the numbers are overwhelming the u.n. says more than half a million venezuelans have fled to ecuador this year. volunteers help how they can phones for a call home to loved ones left behind as venezuela spirals downward or they might be facing the most difficult of all has been leaving our families our children our wives what more can i say it's a tough blow me to. a recent surge of venezuelan arrivals up to forty five hundred daily as lead kito to declare a state of emergency. the jump fueled by fears the border will close if colombia's new right wing president decides to get tough on migration. here in brazil another exodus of venezuelans that has
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locals wringing their hands hundreds have been turning up daily many without money sleeping rough. i'm hoping to spend all my life here in brazil me not to be here out on the street to find a place to live look after my family i mean for me you already been. a judge this week in the northern province did order the border with at a swale a closed authorities said they're facing a humanitarian crisis and can't handle the numbers the ruling a sense been overturned. the un has set up a base here to help process fleeing venezuelans and they keep coming as their home unfolds through their economic. and tennis great teenagers the finest city has continued his fine run of form of the toronto masters by beating defending champion alex on us ferrer have. battled back from
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a set in five two down to turn the tables on germany's fair of one thousand euro greek people really upset novak djokovic in the last round he saved two match points against a frustrated sparrow have to take the clash into a decider and see to pass them completed his huge win after a double fall from spirit. now just two weeks to go before the new bonus league a season starts the teams of course making their final preparations for that season there's been a big overhaul for instance at one of the league's heavyweights brissie dot on the club went through two coaches last season and lost two of its top players after barely qualified for the champions league now hopes that its new faces will help restore former glory. the new man at the helm. after a three year hiatus he's back in the bundesliga he had successful stints in berlin and the league's other brushing. your dog would have tossed him with the newest
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face lift. when we pass to each other we'll say good ball to our teammates. but then the coach says yeah it was good but not great it could be better but he's such a perfectionist and i think he's just what we need now. father favors fast attacking football none of his boring passing the ball around the key for him is that his team know the basics that's why during pre-season he's often had his side training twice a day considerably more often than peter bush last summer. it's important that i get to know every single player. not just as a person but on the pitch to change that's important and the reason why we practice is often as possible sometimes even twice a day. or put. the club have showed their ambition by signing acts of
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it so let's strong performances for belgium at the world cup that has been dormant biggest of seven newcomers so far. but for a team in transition it won't be easy to start the season in the fast lane. you're watching news in. the top of the hour in the meantime to get you can always get the latest updates from our web site that's dot com up next here on the on a few of the week's top business stories. stories people world over information provided. they want to express d.w. on facebook and twitter are up to date in touch follow us.

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