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this is. from berlin tonight police in eastern germany for a third night of violence as tensions over migrants and zena phobia remain high and several people were injured sunday and monday in the city of it happened after a german man was thing into foreigners were arrested the german chancellor making it clear there will be no tolerance of mob violence against foreigners also coming up we'll killer robots fight the wars of the future at the u.n. conference in switzerland there are calls to ban weapons that can find and kill all
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on their own and as america mourns the passing of senator john mccain the campaign battle lines are already being drawn in his home state of arizona by candidates who have more in common with. it's good to have you with us tonight federal police here in germany are on standby ready to deploy if the call comes from the eastern city of kim that there have been two days of violent immigration protests and counter protests triggered by the fatal stabbing of a german man on sunday two migrants have been arrested opposition parties have criticised the police for acting too late and chancellor angela merkel has said that there is no place for hate in the streets in germany. violence and unrest as protesters in kenneth's faced off on the one side groups to claim the city for
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themselves saying candidates does not belong to foreigners on the other side counter-demonstrators saying they want the city to stand for openness the german government has been following the events in cannes that's chancellor angela merkel condemned the unrest busted on the because in what we saw there has no place in a country where the rule of law prevails we have video footage of people being hunted down and of gangs of rioters hatred on the streets i cannot stress enough that this is incompatible with the rule of law is going to fuel the kef duigan of the protests in cabinets erupted over the fatal stabbing of a thirty five year old german man on sunday during a street festival police identified two suspects in the stabbing one man from iraq another from syria authorities have provided little information on the altercation that led to the stabbing but what is known about the case along with rumors circulating online have inflame tensions in cabinets. about the.
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start get out of a city they chant social media posts include videos depicting what appear to be vigilante attacks on people believed to be foreigners participants in the right wing demonstrations say their anger by crimes in the city but also at how the media presents what's happening on every evening this trouble encounters between groups i don't want to say it's only the foreigners which there's plenty of troublemakers. if you want to go out you can't go into the city without being scared of what might happen. i wouldn't call myself part of the mob and i don't want anybody calling me that just because i'm standing here. politicians continue to warn against vigilante justice yet following two days of violence ken and the state of sex any remain on edge. earlier i spoke with venner ponsoldt he is a professor specializing in populist political movements in eastern germany he told
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me why he believes kim needs is just the beginning of this sort of unrest in the country. the political elites the intellect and the leads in germany comes from germany into a multi-ethnic and multicultural society which has been happening in west germany for many decades such that such as society is something quite common in many cities and parts of this show many but the transformation of a society so far not being multi-ethnic and multicultural into such a society is a process which will not go on without any conflicts any struggles in particular not if the east german society which strongly dislikes being similar to some problematic areas invest money if this society reacts and even revolt against this transformation and this is why i feel my best educated guess
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is that such clashes on the streets in particular is germans it is will be able in the future israel. that was professor van apostle there speaking with me earlier here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world hungary's prime minister big two orbán has called a new call for a new european commission to stop migration his comments came after a meeting with italian interior minister months ago. orbán praised for being the first senior figure in europe's mediterranean countries to prove that it's possible to stop migrants arriving by sea prosecutors in the international criminal court are calling for the conviction of former congo warlord bosco into gonda on charges including murder rape conscripting child soldiers and sexual slavery into gonda faces eighteen counts for his role in the deadly conflict in the democratic republic of congo fifteen years ago he denies the charges was president donald
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trump says google is promoting negative news articles about him by rigging its search engine in several tweets he also warns facebook and twitter to be very careful last week trump alleged social media was discriminating against conservative voices google has strongly denied all claims of bias. can killer robots be banned or regulated should that of the future of all thomas weapons systems that can operate and kill without human guidance is being discussed by government experts from around the world in geneva switzerland this week critics are calling for the new generation of weaponry to be banned globally before those killer robots go into mass production. germany's armed forces already make use of semi autonomous weapons base add offenses to can seek out targets on its own. for now soldiers still have to give the order to fire but fully autonomous weapons
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are being developed they can select and attack targets without humans at the controls. the highly controversial supporters say the new weapons are needed in modern warfare and will help people make ethically responsible decisions. warfare is becoming so fast right now that human beings are not capable of making intelligent informed decisions like they could in the past shouldn't have voiced concerns that autonomous weapons could diminish human responsibility in war we don't want to have happen is robotic system isn't out there causes some kind of mass casualty event and we know humans have all. these activists in berlin are protesting against autonomous weapons they want the german government to campaign for them to be banned worldwide. what's dangerous
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about artificial intelligence and robotics is that they're altogether removed from human decision making about good and evil about what's useful for people and what's not about a concrete situation human intelligence is still required for that. an international ban on autonomous weapons systems would only be possible with the unanimous support of the united nations but with the u.s. and russia both opposed that's highly unlikely. in his death just as in his life u.s. senator john mccain as you know i mean democrats and republicans they are eulogizing mccain is a statesman a politician mccain represented the state of arizona in the u.s. senate for thirty one years the republican was known for his fierce independence and for reaching across the political divide but with mccain gone arizona may soon be represented by a very different type of politician. a veteran
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stands watch at the local march cherry in phoenix where john mccain's body is being held before the public viewing on wednesday many arizona have already visited this makeshift memorial to pay tribute to the late senator one of the things that i admired the most going about him was his drive if you believed in something and it wasn't being done even though he got mad about it. he stood his ground it was stress he was easy to get along with says tommy espinosa us the latino advocate and the senator were close friends for over there you know obviously you're so close to entertain us espinosa to be a key player in the senate comes hands. up john i said you know i'm a democrat so i'm not sure it's going to get you any votes you know and he said i don't care you're my friend i want you to be my co-chair i said well let me sleep on it because no i want to has sir yes or no that. i say
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yes. espinosa says he wants to attend every single ceremony in honor of the senator who will first lie in state at the arizona state capitol. arizona is on a ring one of its most influential politicians on the national stage john mccain was one of the last republicans standing up to presidents trump he believed in bipartisanship at home and strong alliances overseas but it seems that the worth of mccain's death his brand of conservatism is losing out that republican party is increasingly taken over by the president's brand of divisiveness and isolationism. one man who typifies that divisiveness is joe arpaio he's one of the three candidates running in the republican primary for arizona a second senate seat which will be up for grabs in the november midterm elections the former sheriff supports trump one hundred percent
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a lot of people. maybe would never run for office or a now controversial other controversial want to go to war should help the president . were before or was it all standard politics as usual. all the public and candidates in arizona have embraced drowned and distance themselves from the cape his life will be on the over the next days of his party seems to have moved away from his ideals. were now how the dancin do business that a reason may way the british prime minister is in africa on a three day tour to promote britain as a major future investor. in south africa may shed some of her british reserve is she as you see right there book it with people to keep telling primary school and while her dance moves may have had more awkward moments than breaks it the young
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scholars well they didn't seem to mind a bit. well it is day two of the u.s. open in new york and there were no major upsets for the top contenders a second seed carlina wozniak e of denmark beat former u.s. open champion samantha stosur in straight sets the danger to the australian six three six two german caravans defeated margarita just prion of russia in straight sets but it was tough going the number four seed squeaked through the first set seven six and then won the second six three serbian novak djokovic a two time u.s. open champion survived a scared to beat unseeded on garion mots own folks of it the number world number six needed four sets to get through his first round match. where thousands of devoted fans are lining up in detroit michigan to pay their last respects to the queen of soul aretha franklin's body is lying in state a private funeral will take
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place on friday the seventy six year old died earlier this month from pancreatic cancer. franklins fans mourn her death. the body of the queen of soul who died nearly two weeks ago lying in state in detroit woman whose powerful music and powerful message meant so much especially to many african-american women. i. knew. that. this is the fourth right everything franklin setting things straight that fans are remembering. from the steps of her father's church in detroit. to the
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apollo theater in new york. to hollywood. an outpouring of love and admiration for a music icon. she was our queen. brave oh yes p.c.t. . detroit mourns the queen of so her fans patiently waiting to pay their last respects. when you're up to date with the news we leave you now with more images of the thousands of a wreath of franklin fans who have come to bid farewell to the legendary queen of soul.
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