doing exactly the hour a day like name of the uninsured and i work at it that you. know . this idiot of yours live from berlin in genoa hopes of finding more survivors under a collapse time weybridge are fading at least thirty nine people are confirmed dead now anger and accusations as the debate over who's the blame gets out we'll get the latest from our correspondent on the scene also coming up a court in malaysia rules the trial of two women accused of killing the half brother of the north korean leader kim jong un must proceed the women were hoping

to be free today but a judge says there was enough evidence to support the charges against. the whale hunting season underway in iceland we need the activists who say it is time to end the killing of these endangered and. i'm sumi so much going to have you with us we start in general italy where rescue teams are still working to pull survivors and bodies from the rubble of the collapsed highway bridge at least thirty nine people were killed when a stretch of the morandi bridge collapsed on tuesday the government has declared a year long state of emergency for the region but with hopes of finding more survivors fading anger is growing over how such a disaster could have happened charlotte shell some reports. as hopes of finding survivors fades the blame game intensifies officials initially pointed the finger

at the e.u. accusing it of limiting funding for infrastructure past the focus of criticism is now shifting to. the company responsible for the bridge locals say the long been concerns about its upkeep. when we drive on this motorway and it's full of traffic automatically trying to go over fast. because touchwood. crossed fingers we go i've heard fast hoping it doesn't come and crashing down. i'll just put out a insists it's maintenance checks were up to date parts that hasn't stopped ministers threatening fines calling for resignations and promising to revoke its operating license they include italy's new populist interior minister. entire chunks of highway cannot collapse like this and people cannot die like this

in twenty eighteen i want to stress once again that those responsible will be found out. has hit the e.u. and the company that manages this stretch of the motorway behind me but so many people here anger and blame will only go so far they want to know what happens next crucially how this young government plans to prevent a tragedy like this from happening again. the blame game that's playing out here is doing little to help those suffering the consequences of this catastrophe thing clear the hundreds of residents who've been evacuated from this area it's feared the part of the bridge still standing may yet come crashing down. come l.a. works nearby he says authorities have given him no indication when he'll be able to return. in the few months if we talk about a week it's still sustainable but if the area is not accessible for months then

there's a huge problem. there are hundreds of people who have to go to work there. meanwhile the rest of the city is watching in horror is this crisis unfolds the disasters raise serious questions about the safety of italy's roads and bridges with many asking if this can happen here was next. that report from the w. charlotte show some poll and she's standing by for us in genoa hi charlotte a rescue work until need for a second night is there still hope that anyone can still be found alive. i see me yes rescue workers with the help of sniffer dogs have been combing through the wreckage that is just behind me for a second night we've heard that they have found no bodies no survivors this was an extremely a fruitless search last night we know that a number of people are still missing one of the big issues though it's not exactly

clear how many also or she's on certain for example how many cars were on the bridge at the time of the collapse it's possible that any number of people could still be buried in the wreckage behind me is that that's motivating rescue workers to continue their search here they've told us that they will keep looking until they are absolutely convinced that no one is still alive but lois of course those time goes on it's becoming more and more likely that they will find bodies rather than survivors. as we saw in your report you know there's a lot of anger in the italian government looks set to revoke the highway operators permit as well what are some of the reactions been to that. well the company itself has reacted to that it's as i mentioned in the report stated categorically that its maintenance checks well up to date is also pointed out that it hasn't been proven yet that it had any direct responsibility for the collapse of this bridge is

also been pointed out that it's very complicated to revoke the license for this company that this company would be entitled to some sort of compensation for breaking the contract now people here more than a way exactly how complicated the top ahead will be that very conscious that if this if the id isn't managing the bridge behind me who will say there is no real appeasement to the anger here after this and now it's meant by oil storage fees they know as well that this is going to be a very long process ahead when it comes to rebuilding the bridge that collapsed they know that this is a huge infrastructure here in genoa and it's not exactly clear what's going to happen to traffic for example that might not sound like a big issue but this was vital for this city here and that could lead to chaos for the months and weeks ahead and what if for residents or charlotte you know a twelve month state of emergency has been put in place in the region how are people there going to be affected. yeah that's something that was requested by

regional stories he's head now in practice this state of emergency isn't like something that you may have heard of in france for example after the paris terror attacks we use the military on the streets to deal with this crisis this means in practice that more funding will be available to deal with the catastrophe has been announced that initially five million euros has been freed up to deal with what's ahead it just means basically that stores in the government can make decisions fostered because they know that there is a long road ahead to getting the city back into a state that's that's functional for example just below me on the bridge. collapsed on to a. cycling again it might seem like a small thing but it means that the recycling in this is he's going to be affected as well there is still a very long price of the head right charlottesville simple reporting for us from general thank you. now they were hoping to

walk free today but two women accused of killing the estranged half brother of north korea's leader will face murder charges a malaysian judge has ruled that there is enough evidence for their trial to continue and it's told them to enter their defense the vietnamese and indonesian women face the death penalty if convicted of killing can your last year they allegedly smeared his face with a nerve agent as he waited to board a flight to kuala lumpur airport the women say they thought they were taking part in a prank for a t.v. show and the judge's ruling is a blow to the defendants they were of course hoping to walk free today in correspondence under about so was at the courthouse in kuala lumpur she explained to us what happened. well a lot of the local office over us and definitely the defense had hope that the women would be free today that they would be acquitted because they felt that the prosecution had not. and not presented enough evidence that they would be guilty it

all turns around the question of those women women had been tricked into what they called a prank show reality t.v. show that is credible or not and the judge today ruled that there was enough evidence he said well the woman after of the alleged attack running away they're going to a washroom to a toilet and allegedly wash their hands and they look very tense after the attack and they must have known they had only ninety seconds to wash their hands because this is a very deadly nerve agent and after ninety seconds is pregnant writes your scheme and you might eventually die and they must have known that center looking at the defense team's approach they say these two women didn't know what was happening so who did they say was using them and why. while the defense

says you have to look at the bigger picture of there's a lot of politics involved here during the trial of the woman said they were hired by what they viewed before a chinese and japanese t.v. producer and it turned out that those four suspects were seen on the c.c.t.v. footage for identified as north korean citizen they change their clothes directly after the attack they were a few out of the country they fled the country by those women they just went on with normal life and business definitely not something that you would expect from a kilo of this is the arguments of the defense gold standard he said politics are involved there. remind us why people believe that kim young was targeted. well there are u.s. officials and south korean u.s. officials who claim that it was an attack by the north korean dictator or who

wanted to eliminate his older brother problem who had been very critical of kim yong. and who had claimed that he had elected leadership bill so there was clearly a motivation but during the investigation that it was very clear that korea had no interest at all in any form of cooperation they even claimed that kim young john lam was not murdered but that it was all just a heart attack so their big question is whether we will ever told on the truth our correspondent center about so in kuala lumpur for us thank you so much. now some other stories making headlines around the world thousands of people have taken to the streets of nicaragua capital managua to man the release of protesters arrested since anti-government rallies began in april a number of high profile activists have been taken into custody the unrest was

sparked by government plans to cut pensions. officials in afghanistan have blamed the so-called islamic state for a suicide bombing in a mainly shiite neighborhood of the capital kabul authorities say thirty four people were killed in the blast which targeted an education center just hours after that suicide attack gunmen opened fire on us by training center and couple violence is marring in the run up to elections in two months time. u.s. president donald trump has revoked security clearance for former cia director john brennan the unprecedented move means brennan an outspoken critic no longer has access to that of information white house spokeswoman sara centers that made the announcement citing brennan is quote erratic conduct is reason and behavior. to iceland now where the whale hunting season is underway despite an international ban on whaling this year hunters have permits to kill more than two hundred sin whales iceland is the only country where it is legal to hunt these whales but as

our next report shows more and more icelanders opposed the hunt. marine biologist macon whitaker takes people whale watching off the coast of iceland a dream job for the marine biologist whittaker has spotted something a mink whale is eating its way through school a fish. with a bit of luck the guests may even catch sight of the much larger humpback whale. in the same waters where the tourists are taking snapshots others are whale hunting. these animals they have skid like out there how nervous they can feel this pain so there's a harpoon that goes into the whale and explosion and then they bring these wells on board so it can take you know thirty minutes after an hour of these piles by it's a long painful process i slants only whaling station lies hidden at the end of a few orde far away from reykjavik. the whale catchers have captured

a fin whale the second largest mammal on earth and an endangered species that is dead animal rights activists document the stripping of the forty ton whales blubber . they post photos and videos online hoping to inspire others to act against whaling this is not a tradition here really it's start of a norwegian stone it's we have we have longer tradition of eating kale in iceland and growing kale so if kale not a whale. one of the whaling company owner dismisses this kind of criticism as a teenager she harpoon twelve's from his father's boat and ate the meat. where you meet the. good bits if you only meet without any harm or drag out of us but it's been banned in all e.u. and us there are some reasons but if this sentiment is going to take over here. i

don't think i've you guys will be. will not be a ph d. in the bend of nation in a couple years if you're going to use that argument. that it surveys show that a growing number of icelanders oppose whaling this demonstration is taking place outside the parliament building and reykjavik. the government could stop the hunting at any moment instead it granted last songs whaling company a permit to kill one hundred ninety one fin whales this year alone. the uncle of our finance minister is the c.e.o. for the wally company so if this doesn't scream corruption i don't know what does that we have other parties in parliament and they are against waving. the whale meat has mainly been sold to japan the only export market for it. but now the

whaling company has a new business idea to make a medicinal compound for treating iron deficiency. we plan to freeze that are even meat. you get about thirty percent. of the meat that will be then ground down in pulp they're. used as a shipment. marine biologist make an whitaker is horrified by this type of business idea the whales are already under threat due to climate change and marine pollution she hopes that whale hunting will be banned a sickness possible. to sports and football atletico madrid have picked up their first trophy of the new season they beat city rivals rael madrid in the european super cup played in estonia diego costa put athletico in front just forty nine seconds into the match that was before

occurring beds and i tied it up in the twenty seventh minute. captain said here ramos gave the champions league winners a lead from the penalty spot in the second half but a late equaliser from costa sent the match into extra time i think i scored twice in that extra session to secure a four two win coach diego simeone he has now won seven trophies during his time in madrid. gives us a great deal of string of confidence it confirms that things are right for us now we have to celebrate tonight but tomorrow we have to look forward i think about our next game against valencia but. you're watching news still to come the scientists launch a new project to track animals from the international space station what can they tell us about our planet we'll find out. but first test last plans to go private have run into a snag have you have more on that story that's right so you have to be very careful

when you tried to announce something u.s. media reporting that electric car maker tesla has been subpoenaed by u.s. federal regulators that means they will interrogate them the securities and exchange commission is stepping up its investigation into a recent tweets by tesla c.e.o. you were nuts last week he wrote that he had secured enough funds to take the company private now the authorities want to know whether his tweet was factual in the u.s. law companies and their senior level management cannot share misleading information with shareholders publicly traded companies disclose major plans such as in the position to the board of directors and to regulators before making an announcement . and as more and more countries. decriminalize the use and possession of marijuana the market for illegal cannabis is certainly growing and the industry has just seen its biggest investment yet u.s. wine and beer maker constellation bought shares worth four billion dollars in pot

producer canopy growth the company's based in canada where we will be legal as of october the spending on legal cannabis worldwide is expected to more than doubled to over fifty billion u.s. dollars within the next five years and it's not just recreate users that are users are after companies like canopy are also developing alternative medical products potentially giving pharma companies a run for their money. so the way we pay is changing quickly while some countries like germany are more conservative when it comes to cash less payment methods in denmark cash could soon disappear right now only one in five danish retail transactions is done in cash card payment or card payments are far more common and now the head of one of the country's largest banks has joined the growing chorus calling for the country to abandon cash altogether. cash cost money for retailers twice as much as electronic payments and it raises the

risks of crime. just this year the danish government loosened its requirement that stores accept cash now they can refuse it after eight pm if you are bank branches meanwhile accept bills and coins the director of denmark's third largest bank has now called for a cashless society by two thousand and twenty five. we believe there will be societal reductions in expenditures in the areas of lower crime rate lower money laundering rate lower drug crime rate lower enrichment rate. he wants a commission to examine the proposal but studies show the young elderly and handicapped still rely on cash tarus to. in other words there's no need to throw out those extra kroner yet. and that could all mean big business for cash cash payment methods all this is for us in frankfurt just in front of frankfurt stock exchange where a new player could be coming up only wire card is

a company working with cashless payments here in germany and it has catch their attention this week as it's released its numbers as well. that's right just this morning and the numbers are so strong that it's more optimistic now than it was before for the rest of the year and the second quarter the profits were six percent in a market that wasn't just as jubilant wire card was and you know people who have been in the share are looking at strong gains in the past twelve months it's more than doubled the share since the beginning of two thousand and seventeen more than fourth fourfold and it's now worth about as much as deutsche bank depending on where both the share prices are sometimes and this week more than the deutsche bank and about double what amounts bank is so the two leading full service universal banks dating back to the last to the nineteen to the one thousand century wire card younger company is much more successful

a candidate for the dax in fact now while we're a card is doing just fine other companies are suffering the consequences of the ongoing trade war we got a hint of that today. that's right the huddles but released figures that it just calculated on and. pulled together the number of twenty nine forty two companies in the first half of the year issuing a profit or a turnover warning or both and that's up from twenty nine the previous year and that means that more companies warned about the situation partly and some mostly because of the trade war since two thousand and eleven two thousand and eleven when germany when europe was in the midst of digesting the financial crisis on the brink of the sovereign debt crisis will have to look at those financial reports once they come out to see if that for us thank you very much. in frankfurt for the analysis. now to report from the u.k.

where farmers say that breaks it could threaten the country's food supply for years years subsidies have helped farmers plant their crops and foreign workers have helped harvest them now the threat of losing this looms large third ports takes us to the south east of kent as part of our series wrote to breakfast our reporters. are traveling around europe and the u.k. trying to understand the full impact of the upcoming divorce between britain and the e.u. . from. lettuce as far as the eye can see one million heads of lettuce are harvested hearing and in the southeast of england everything. taken by hand by these european workers. i don't think. people realized how much we depend on foreign labor coming in. steven bet is a fourth generation let us go over here so it's about one hundred thirty three is

no one on his farm most of them come from romania it's e.u. citizens they can work here with out of these but with breaks that looming that freedom of movement is now one death threat and with that stevens entire business if there's no labor coming in. virtually there's going to be no food. we've got to have the labor coming in there's no question about. all importing a lot of food from the rest of the world. so we've got that choice. and britain's agricultural sector is already feeling the consequences of. this year there were twenty percent fewer cities no workers to help out on farms. about one hour to the east kevin atwood's for his family has been growing cereal crops for over eighty you. years they rely on big machines and that also means big

investments. but because of rex it kevin is unwilling to spend money on an ounce or insure his business will lose essentially a huge subsidies and potentially any prospects for the future. we could easily see. a very substantial percentage of problems disappear family found us gone and that won't be something you can do saudi for over ten years' time politically we got our wrong because it will be and once farmers leave the land and go on something else to do i generally don't come back i'm afraid. no coming back that might also apply to stephen betsy's the workers next year in march britain will exit the european union stephen still doesn't know if after that you will find enough people to harvest the salad and this still. can dotes warn us what

a volcano is about to erupt or when earthquake is going to happen german and russian researchers think so and that's how the it chris project was born now it's taking a huge leap forward into space so you just finished it took the cosmonauts on leg of assegais perkowski of nearly eight hours to install an antenna on the external surface of the international space station is the last missing piece of the worldwide animal tracking system called it curious this blackbird is one of the creatures that will be monitored it's fitted with a tiny sense a tag that will send the bad state location temperature pressure and magnetic fields to a global database. i assess and if there are some ten x. activates the tag sixteen times a day the tags then send to store data up to space before their shared with the station on where they evaluated by scientists. indices in the ones interior and then. the most of the most intelligent census combining based senses

into a global system gives us important information about life in six since it will be able to understand animal sex that sensitive and really observed life on earth. the migration of animals is a global phenomenon and provides scientists with the system of living and says goats for example can anticipate volcanic eruptions they can pass on this information through their tag tracking the migration route to flying foxes could reveal the spread of ebola around a thousand animals will initially be fitted with tags isolated stage scientists hope to scan all corners of the through hundreds of thousands of tagged animals that are constantly being watched from space. they're watching d.w. news from berlin more coming at the top of the hour or dr ups just. come.

into the conflict zone confronting the powerful. as f.b.i. director james comey was always pretty well known but when donald trump five him last year to speak his fourth proof a measure of this week he's my guest here in by the way he's promoting a book even as he faces a new challenge use of insubordination so what's the truth conflict so far. g.w. . to satisfy russian madagascar our. general

managers work for starvation wages. risking their lives in illegal mines. driven by poverty cal so destroying the environment and the consequences are devastating. to get started mining treasure island. on. earth. home to millions of species a home worth saving. here's what is on those are big changes and most start with small steps global ideas tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world like to use the term the climate used to clean energy solutions

and reforestation. they created interactive content to teaching the next generation about environmental protection and more determined to build something here for the next generation globalized dio's the multimedia environment series on g.w. . as if the art director james kirby was always pretty well known but when donald trump farted last year it boosted his foot pretty good measure of playing this week he's my guest here in berlin where he's promoting a book even as he faces challenging soup insubordination and violating procedures in the run up to the twenty sixteen presidential election so what's the truth. james comey welcome to cope and so thank you for having me.