this is d. w. news live from berlin and a warning from the americal democratic institutions must be respected in an interview the german chancellor says democracy is more than just a majority vote and democracy is incomplete if independent courts and a free press are not upheld or bring you analysis also coming up. involve ways new president everson and god want is sworn in after his narrow victory in chalong is disputed election you now faces a difficult task of uniting the country after an election that the opposition says

was rigged. and the man known as the maverick of the united states senate is dead john mccain lost a year long battle with brain cancer he was eighty one his wife cindy paid tribute to her late husband saying he passed the way he lives on his own terms. thanks for joining us i'm marian evans steen german chancellor angela merkel has warned against a damaging fundamental democratic institutions such as a free press and an independent judiciary she made the comments in a wide ranging interview with a german public broadcaster that also touched on climate issues and relations with the united states and she reiterated comments she has made in the past that germany

needs to. take on more responsibility and forge stronger european alliances including in matters pertaining to its military either concept enough here's part of what the chancellor said during her interview the. democracy is more than just someone winning good majority democracy also means protecting minorities freedom of the prince the ability to assemble freely and independent cool. the no indeed dependents of the country's institutions is no longer preserved the democracy itself is no longer complete. all right dan some analysis on the german chancellor's interview i'm joined in the studio by political correspondent came fraidy kate good to see you so kind of interesting to hear the chancellor stressing basic democratic principles why was she talking about this well this really has come off the back of a couple of events recently the first of all was when she talked about the

independent judiciary and the importance of them there's been a couple of cases where how seriously the decisions made by these courts has been brought into question recently you might remember most the most high profile case ready was that of the reported bodyguard of asama bin laden when he was actually deported back to tunisia even though a local administration caught at administration of court had ruled that he shouldn't be and on top of that you also have the question of the freedom of press that's also being discussed again in the media here in germany at the moment and that came off the back of an event at a piggy to rally by the far right movement where the t.v. crew was actually questioned by the police after a complaint had been made by a demonstrator and it was later found that the press haven't actually been breaking any laws at all. sorry these are the big kind of questions that need to be

addressed still and are continuing to be during by like merkel under the top politicians at the moment well the other issue addressed during this interview was climate and michael was asked whether she still viewed herself as the climate chancellor how did she respond to that though she did say of course we remember as well that once upon a time she was the environment minister and she said that this was a difficult task but that germany and she still have a responsibility to ensure that germany keeps to its goals and but of course is no secret the german government has already admitted it won't be reaching its twenty twenty climate goals so instead it's now looking forward to reach in those twenty thirty goals but at the same time she did reject a reduced recent call from the e.u. commission instead of only forty percent but merkel said she was much more in favor of sticking to the goals that germany already has and yet another topic that featured in this interview was the dispute with america's governing coalition on

pension reform briefly if you can. are the two coalition are the coalition partners on the same page about anything well when it comes to social issues like pensions this is the first time really since the coalition was formed back in the spring that they've really had a chance to really get down to the social issues that germans are really interested in right now and of course between the conservatives and social democrats these are always the issues what is the biggest points of contention and of course it's also worth remembering it took a very very long time to form this coalition in the first place and it was very logic aside from migration it was largely social issues which took the social democrats in the conservatives so long to get together so this was never going to really be happy families are ideally political correspondent kate brady many thanks indeed for breaking it down for us. doesn't bob way now where the president has been officially an auger rated has called on the country to unite this comes

just a day after a court upheld emerson and god was narrow election victory the result had been disputed by the main opposition party which claimed the vote was wrecked. tens of thousands packed zimbabwe's national stadium in harare to watch their leader take the oath of office. they must. serve. is president of zimbabwe. i would be first. but despite all the pomp at this inauguration the election result has been bitterly contested only twenty four hours before zimbabwe's constitutional court confirmed that more on god chua had won the july ballot after claims it was rigged m.d.c.

opposition leader nelson chamisa still won't accept the results. present no doubt what is disputed. is it the. gate guards are you supposed to be. post-election clashes resulted in violence with sylvia my foes or one of those killed the president has promised an inquiry and also to have political unity you know mark or lose it's our political party who couldn't get arrested just when our election we are. what you know. is. going to work ever are divided. but the president to to cover from veteran leader robert mugabe last year must know it would take more than woods to unite this country. and now to some of the other

stories making news around the world pope francis has said mass to around half a million people on the last day of his visit to ireland earlier he asked for forgiveness for the catholic church in his sex abuse scandals the pont of said it had taken the church had to take firm and decisive action in the pursuit of truth and justice the. german turkish journalist i'm a solid tolu has returned to germany after being jailed in turkey for seven months on terror related charges she vowed to continue fighting for colleagues imprisoned in turkey's crackdown after a failed coup two years ago to lose was freed last december but was not allowed to leave the country until now. u.s. playwright neil simon has died at the age of ninety one in new york the tony award winner was one of broadway's most prolific and popular writers has his include the odd couple the sunshine boys and barefoot in the park much of his work focused on

the everyday struggles of the middle class. all tributes are flooding in for a u.s. senator john mccain who died overnight at the ha. everyone. battling an aggressive form of brain cancer since july of last year and on friday his family had announced he'd discontinued any further treatment after a long military and political career and passed away at his ranch in arizona the flag flies half staff over the white house for a man who dreamt of occupying the nation's highest office. born into a family of navy admirals john mccain served in the vietnam war as a navy pilot when his plane was shot down over one noir in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven he became a prisoner of war enduring five and a half years of torture and captivity. he

entered politics after his release and went on to be the senator of arizona for more than thirty years the republican also made two failed bits for president in two thousand and two thousand and eight he was known as a man of integrity willing to stick to his convictions rather than to the political line tributes are coming in from both sides of the political aisle. i'll be honest i'm a democrat but i love. i don't know i just always he's killing. he listened to us and i just have always had a high respect for him and just deeply saddened i heard about it and immediately started crying just thinking about what a man of integrity and just cared so much for his country in vietnam he's remembered for his efforts to build peace post war. it's a sad day and i send my condolences to his family he was among those americans who

supported vietnam the most in normalizing relations with the us he also fought for peace in many countries including vietnam. for. mccain will be buried at the u.s. naval academy cemetery in maryland the final resting place for a man who fought for america and its people. italian prosecutors have begun investigating that country's interior minister far right leader mateo salvini for his role in preventing migrants rescued at sea from disembarking in sicily the investigation is focusing on charges of illegal confinement illegal arrest and abuse of power the migrants have been stuck on a tele and coast guard vessel in the port of the tanya for five days on saturday it only began allowing them to disembark. wary sick many on hunger strike the migrants on board the dish shotty are finally allowed

onto dry land stuck in catan has harvest since monday they're exhausted and many are traumatized after their journeys. are going to try their little know what i want to do some are as we've heard in humane stories of female suffering for example a twenty two year old eritrean woman who says it took her two years to get here and she was raped every step of the way. she behaved lots of money to traffic is and has a bullet wound on her hand. for the mother for the model the italian government had refused to let them off the boats until other e.u. states agreed to take some of them in island would take in twenty to twenty five albania not in the e.u. will take in twenty italian prime minister giuseppe conti confound the catholic church will take in one hundred his interior minister emma teo sound vini is under

investigation by sicilian prosecutors he's accused of the illegal detention of the migrants and abuse of office responding in a social media post he said if you want to interrogate me or even arrest me because i defend the borders and security of my country i'm proud and i look forward to it . italy's populace coalition wants to reduce the flow of migrants to it shows which have seen more than six hundred fifty thousand people arrive since twenty fourteen . match day one of the new bundesliga season is in the books and for us in dortmund have got off to an impressive start with a four one victory against leipzig earlier in the day anthony goal saw minds and beached at guard as they also start their season on a high. on newly promoted for tuna dusseldorf or not as lucky they hosted oxford in their season opener on saturday and left ethnic handed let's have

a look. fortunato soldier are back in the bundesliga after five years freetown fungal the man who led them to promotion and his team got on the board first against outscore ito romance scoring in his first one just a good game of tests in my mind with the cross going to touch me kicking thin air and i'm on heading home in the twenty third minute without sports struck back early in the second half i've played one on for marching him to a guy whose header ricocheted off the crossbar and into the net and then outscored sealed the win in the seventy six i found andre who also used his head and beat keeper may shout and sing. a two one win for out score get a disappointing return to the top flight for just hold off i'm happy to add that we scored a to be came in that way leads in the first all that ok it's not going to be lose this game i think we deserve more than the last. phone call vented his frustration

over the last of the reps for tonight will have to wait for their first win back in the top flight. of a new thanks. here's what's coming up for the bundesliga have plenty to talk back here now it's time to look out for the table of course. coming to sligo every weekend here on t.w. .