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scase rethinking the rochas history been unfair to the new from the emperor starts aug fourteenth on d. w. . this is t w news coming to you live from berlin the turkish lira falls to a new low turkey's president says his country's financial system is under attack from the central bank has promised to do all it can to stabilize the currency but fear is growing that the crisis could spread to other markets including europe also coming up a debate about muslim headscarves comes to
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a head here in germany. i need twelve and i say you have to leave you had scott i'd say now it's my choice you can't tell me what to do you know my parents you don't have custody of me and he becomes make my decisions for me. should the government be allowed to ban the wearing of headscarves by girls under the age of fourteen. and buy immunity begin the new season with an empathic victory over frankfurt in the german super cup will bring you the highlights from the latest with the. hello i'm sorry martin thanks for joining us turkey's central bank says it's ready to take what it calls all necessary measures to shore up the country's currency this after the lira tumbled to a new low against the dollar on monday with investors fearing the crisis could spread to other markets. currency has nosedived this year over worries about
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president rich of time they are the ones increasing control over the economy and a diplomatic dispute between turkey and the united states on sunday i do want to railed against washington's recent decision to double tariffs on steel and aluminum import. well for the very latest let's go to stumble our correspondent dorian jones is standing by dorian the government in turkey says it's in an economic war does this crisis have the potential to destabilize the country while i think it's already doing bad. polls in the current sea of calls absolute shock fear among the population and is raising korean concerns going forward it could ultimately become a systematic crisis on the money banking system you please have the polls continue so already the the the instability is there i mean i think the biggest concern
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going forward is that investors. needed to stabilize the currency all being refused to be carried out by the government the government says this is not true of any financial problems but rob or an economic war being waged by washington and you mention the economic war with washington that's a big driver of this crisis a growing rift between washington and thinker is being blamed for much of the tensions why have those relations deteriorated so much. well this is been coming for some time there's been ongoing tensions over the united states backing of a syrian kurdish militia in syria in the war against the islamic state considers that militia sure a terrorist organization linked to an insurgency inside turkey that has been opened for within turkey on top of that washington is harboring an islamic cleric who ancora blames for the twenty sixth failed coup attempt says washington is not
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heeding its calls to extradite girland washington says we're waiting for more evidence that is a major point of tension so these on the lying tensions that have been going on and this culminated over this. past brunson who is being detained for over two years on terrorism charges washington says they are baseless and accused of hostage taking and chris says this is all about the judicial process that has to be respected and washington has the media release if the trigger for this financial crisis and this crisis in relations between washington and turkey is signaling that it may want to develop greater economic ties with russia and pivot away from the west there even concerns about a turkey's continued nato membership is the turkish government prepared to go that far. from crispus specked if they say that this is purely the policy aggressive policies being launched by washington they say that
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turkey is in fact to the turkish president in an op ed in the new york times this weekend pointed out turkey has a decades long relationship with the u.s. and it is washington that has declared this war on turkey and turkey has to look to alternatives because of this aggressive policy by washington story and thank you so much dorian jones there in istanbul. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today hundreds of people have been injured five seriously after part of the wooden promenade collapsed in a music festival in northern spain festival say many people were on the boardwalk in the city of the gold when it gave way or at around midnight on sunday none of the injuries is thought to be life threatening. officials from north and south korea have agreed to hold a third summit between their leaders some time between the end of before the end of september this issue came during a fresh round of high level talks as relations fall further between two countries
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meeting is taking place in the demilitarized zone among their mutual on their mutual support of. a fire at a hospital in taiwan has killed at least nine people and injured more than fifty blaze broke out early monday morning at a facility used for hospice care. services rushed the injured to several nearby hospitals authorities have launched an investigation into the cause of the blades. white supremacist rally in washington d.c. fizzled out on sunday after only a handful of neo nazis showed up this premises were massively outnumbered by hundreds of counter protesters the rally was held on the first anniversary of a demonstration in charlottesville virginia where one woman was killed. i think hundreds of people marching through washington to condemn racial hatred the year after
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a white supremacist rally in charlottesville ten deadly these counter-demonstrators far outnumber the white nationalist protest which is also being held in the u.s. capital yes it's vital that. we don't allow white supremacist and open fascists to take the street uncontested i don't want nazis and white supremacists to speak for me i thought it was important to come out so that there's other voices to counteract them in this empowerment of people who think that their copper is in the conference suit was e.s.d. because rights is the way out of line and because of a skin tone is a really big unless. the group of around twenty white nationalists was much smaller than expected it was escorted by hundreds of police officers who were out in force to ensure no clashes erupted. the organizers downplayed their role in last year's violence. in the east side but be sure. to
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use oh there'll. be a police i need i need to be banned from what i. i i. think in charlottesville where the far right was forbidden to rally this year largely peaceful commemoration events white house last year hundreds of white nationalists descended on the city to protest the removal of a monument in confederate general robert c. late the rally ten violent as protesters clashed with counter protesters common aging the death of head the higher it was killed when a man drove his car into a crowd was. back in washington a downpour brought an end to a day of remembrance and protest without any violence. here in germany few issues are as controversial as the wearing of the headscarf by some women critics say it's a sign of oppression by men supporters though say that in
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a democracy people should be allowed to dress as they wish well the debate is coming to a head in the state of north rhine-westphalia the government there is considering banning the headscarf for girls under the age of fourteen as. found out him oceans are running high. and three classmates three muslim girls so he there has been wearing a headscarf since she was ten it bothers her that some politicians want to forbid girls from doing so. well right just because it's only twelve and if they say you have to leave you headscarf i say no it's my choice you can't tell me what to do you know my parents you don't have custody of me and you can't make my decisions for me. i also want to wear a headscarf but only when i am older and mature enough to make my own decisions. but at what age are girls really old enough to make a conscious decision to wear islamic head covering the german state. integration
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minister says that younger than fourteen is too young and he thinking about banning it. is very important to us we want women who voluntarily decide to wear a headscarf to be accorded full respect for society this is nothing to do with marginalization but we do not want young girls to be forced into it because. most google's here at elizabeth's elbert comprehensive school in bonn they were the headscarf voluntarily. almost twelve to students here are muslim but only very few of them actually very he job under the age of fourteen what is striking though all the girls i talked to say they plan to wear one in future. some teachers are critical of this trend but they feel a ban would be counterproductive the state islam teachers at the comprehensive school in bonn take a different approach. when you're gunsmiths to see it's very important to
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me as a teacher to enter the debate this shouldn't be a straight ban but this should be a conversation with school girls who are searching for ounces wearing a headscarf ease of course a symbol that strengthens one's identity so to ask about such a personal decision i can only do this when this trust me i would wish to tone sixth grade islam plus is supposed to inspired this people to critically analyze the religion to make room for open discussion and allow different interpretations of the koran. you also have to think about how things were fourteen hundred years ago and how things are today this is. not an easy task when it comes to the headscarf debate most children have taken on their parents' attitudes oh. well i think the children should wear a headscarf from puberty for me i just fourteen or fifteen so they don't get harassed or something just makes me sad my sisters have also started wearing
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headscarves and i've seen them wearing them and i was the only one left so i said ok i'll put one on today so he. was a party these are religious traditions that have continued and of course they're also seen as traditions by their families. and their own absolutely seen that way by the mosques. to. them both commish is trying to get his pupils to question traditions for him school is just the right place for it. you know. they're reporting now let's get some sports here when soccer by munich have won their first piece of silverware of the new season after beating frank. in the german super cup reigning league champions were in unstoppable form a benchley winning the game five nil the result made it a happy return for buy and new coach nico coach who won the german cup with
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frankfurt just a few months ago. nico kovach to return to his old stomping ground in frankfurt and he was feeling the love. but on the pitch he was looking to defeat his former club . at the start frankfurt brought physicality and looked ready for the match but biron opened up the scoring in the twenty first minute the pass from yahshua kimock set up robert levin ghosty to hand and gave biron in early week i've. been things got a bit heated between marco fabienne and goalscorer eleven dogs he told gave the perfect word spots again with this hand was great for goalkeeper frederick grunow looked uncertain to neil byron humbles was lucky not to get a red card for this foul and me dutchy to bitch. after the break byron took advantage again through that window speak who concluded his hat trick was but biron weren't finished the komondor added another to pour salt in the eagles'
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nudes was and then tiago added a fifth goal to see over again was nico coaches new side of mali's his old one they probably won't give him such a warm welcome next time though when is byron's seventh super cup victory. the twenty eighteen european if that exchange in ships concluded here in berlin on sunday it was a good closing day for the british team who dominated on the track great britain won the women's four by one hundred meter relay event britain's men's team also won gold in their race those result. great britain finished on top of the athletics medals table and it was a big day for sweden's armand's du plessis two he took home gold in the men's pole vault final clearing a height of six point zero five meters
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a new personal best for the eighteen year old and also in under twenty world record you're watching t.v. news coming to you live from berlin we have more for you at the top of the hour and you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site that's at d w dot com sumi we'll be with you at the top of the next hour thanks for . the letter we want. when do we want it now eighty percent of americans at some point in our lives will experience hardship listening. audience.

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