we're not totally you say excuse me. this is d.w. news live from zimbabwe's top court upholds president was election victory and dismisses and opposition challenge to the delight the president's inauguration but they stayed for a divided nation moved past tense harsh crackdown on post-election protests live in harare also on the program. one hundred fifty microsoft god fassel docked in

italy for more than a week to go on hunger strike because it's and continues to refuse to let them come ashore on tonight's new meaning to do so because this comes up with nothing. firefox's battling wildfires on the edge of germany's capital with crews facing the additional danger of buried world war two the missions will bring you the latest from the see. a welcome to the program zimbabwe's top courses up held president thompson my god was not a victory in last month's election are you not amisse ruling by the nine judge panel dismissed opposition allegations of vote rigging the july thirtieth election was regarded as a star because it marked a new era for the country after of a book office thirty seven year long rule but the outcome. the nation's severely

polarized leading to post-election violence. at the top court in harare had a clear message for the opposition insufficient proof the court finds that the applicant has failed to place before you. direct. sufi. and credible if you do. that if the. election process might. exist with this verdict the court has given emerson one jaguar the green light to become zimbabwe's new president ending a weeks long dispute the man get what camp is celebrating the victory and we say that the reds no evidence and the court found that there was no evidence of the my practices it would have to. and yet so the court

agreed with us. in a tweet urged his election opponent opposition leader nelson chamisa to cooperate he wrote letters old now put our differences behind us it is time to move forward together. but zimbabwe's opposition party the movement for democratic change remains firm in its position that the election process was problematic so ultimately they had to quit having spoken. but the people followed the proceedings. entitled by law to come up with the order. but the is a serious illness. with the courts having expressed its verdict emmerson my god was integration is set to take place within the next forty eight hours most likely on sunday. straight to zimbabwe's capital harare where we joined the

correspondence privilege most fun hearing welcome privileged tell us about reactions to this verdict. their reactions mixed. on the ruling party side they are celebrating that the court is on their side and finally their leader in mussel managua will be inaugurated as the president of the republic of zimbabwe for the next five years but the opposition side. they are not letting go as to putting up the fight and maintaining that their thirty july election was stolen led to this evening they released this statement dismissing. its door accepting the court but they are also saying that their judiciary is captured therefore.

the decision that they made today is not favorable ok so the opposition doesn't like the court's decision is that it now though as far as action on this matter is concerned or are they promising further action. they're speaking to the secretary general of the party soon after the verdict at the court he said that they are going to pursue other avenues to settle this matter because they are saying that the court route yes this is nothing that they can do because the constitutional court is the highest court in this norway where they can go and up you so they are saying that when they meet next week on wednesday is a party to nish no consul of the party they're going to decide whether they will pursue their route of protesting or a political dialogue where they will seek for. the settlement of this

matter so you know gratian happens on sunday back to work on monday which will be the most urgent of manson's in the president's interest. them. issue with zimbabwe currently is the economy the economy is not performing and we have the highest rate of unemployment so the major thing that the president has to do yes to leave and start waking up for the economy to kick in again but the other thing is also he has to unify the country because looking at their results and even their mood in the country it shows a divided country the privilege of most fun here in harare thank you so much for joining us. most of the one hundred fifty migrants stranded in a sicilian port for more than a week and gone on hunger strike they've been on board the detour to an italian

coast guard vessel for nine days it's late refuses to allow them to enter them a strong rebuke from the european union rome has threatened to withhold its funding from the bloc unless other member states accept some of the refugees crisis talks in brussels have ended without a resolution let's get more from brussels correspondent to bend because welcome back so no agreement from a you countries who met today and these people are on board apparently starving themselves to death so where does this leave the situation between russia and brussels. there was no appetite here in brussels to give in to any italian demands today because the rather unconventional very hawkish approach of italy to this problem was perceived as a kind of blackmail of populist brinkmanship so it was rejected and the migrants have to be more patient on this coast guard vessel and the whole situation is

a kind of awkward because italy is holding its own italian military vessel in an italian port hostage and nevertheless the tahlia prime minister drew the pecan to accuse the e.u. of hypocrisy. let's listen to italy's prime minister luigi de mayo ahead of today's meeting. just your opinion sticks with this attitude if nothing comes out of the european commission meeting on redistributing migrants ninety chiaki ship the five star and i will not be willing to give twenty billion euros each year to the european union you think to me out of the deal that we want to pay on e m so bad if it's only a does follow through on this thread what effect would it have on the here. edu commission would then sue you to leave before the european court of justice because italy's legally obliged to pay its fees it's like in

a private tennis club if you want to use the court you have to pay your fees and by the way the numbers three g. ma is using a wrong italy's not giving twenty billion to the e.u. every year but only three point five billion in payments that is just a quick check on the populists put it to. where all with that idea that the who has been kicking around this this whole notion of migration policy since two thousand and fifteen and apparently getting nowhere now they can even deal with one hundred one hundred twenty migrants sat on their doorsteps where is a you policy now in this for the moderation policy lies in chandos there is no common policy anymore when it comes to migrants that arrive in italy it's only a case by case or both by boat management if you will the e.u. needs urgent plea a long term study that it inside through the role is escalating and there's no sort

of verity and even if it leads us going it's fellow right wing populist government in hungary to take some of the margins but the answer from budapest today was no burying it in brussels thank you. hundreds of firefighters here in germany are battling an unprecedented blaze near the capital wildfire that has taken hold of a large wooded area around fifty kilometers south west of land at least six hundred people will move from their homes or some have not been allowed to return home or bring that update from the scene in just a moment first this report. the driest summer in living memory has left the region around perlin vulnerable to the smallest spark the federal state of brandenburg has been on the highest level of alert for many weeks and now as feared the forests are in flames. and you know we've not seen a forest fire as big as this for many years. magazine about

it's a serious situation and presents a big danger because if you're i don't fires are raging across an area the size of five hundred football pitches forcing the evacuation of three towns southwest of perlin strong winds are fanning the flames more than six hundred firefighters backed by water carrying helicopters battling the wildfires smoke and fumes are drifting as far as the german capital lynas in the southwest of the city have been advised to keep their windows closed local residents have had to leave their homes say it's been a frightening experience. it was like a horror film but we didn't have time to think about it. one complication is that the burning forests around berlin a littered with unexploded munitions are the leftover from the second world war or from military exercises in the communist former east germany that community we

can't enter the zone they've been explosions. that means we need to fight the fires from the edges and try to extinguish them from the air. indefinitely because. the authorities say they've made progress but it could take several days to put the fires out. or they don't need correspondent melik ordered about is at the scene and sent us this report. on this second day of an unprecedented fire raging just fifty kilometers outside of berlin there finally has been some significant progress the fire seems to be largely under control there are still six hundred to six hundred fifty firefighters and army personnel out there working putting the fire out completely and they have not had an easy job they have been facing challenges incredibly dangerous ones amongst them ammunition in the

forest ground this is the area where the battle for bilin were taking place during world war two so the soil here is really contaminated by ammunition they the firefighters have to make sure that they stay on save roads that they don't go out into the forest too deeply and have to rely on aerial support by helicopters as well in order to stay safe but for the villages here there has been some good news the villagers from one town have been told that they can go home now the ones from the other two villages that were evacuated yesterday still have to hold out just a little bit longer and the police is trying to find out in the meanwhile who or what is responsible for the fire in the first place. the boston. guitarist for the restaurant lin and skinhead co-writer of the hit song sweet home alabama has died and passed away nashville tennessee age sixty eight after

a battle with cancer to help creation in its skin it's a powerful triple guitar sound rock classics like free but. top stories this you know in detail dues involved was taught courses of how present i was a victory in last month's election judges dismissed the opposition's allegations of vote rigging. evidence to challenge the president's inauguration which will not take place on sunday. one hundred twenty migrants a hunger strike after being held on a ship in a sicilian port for more than a week it's always populist government has clashed with the e.u. over its refusal to allow them into the country. yet you can always get news on the go just out from google play from the apple store and give you access to all the

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