beethoven finished twenty two. this is a double it is live from berlin a landmark ruling for gay rights in india. the country's top strikes down a nineteenth century goal that criminalize gay sex leading to new hope amongst india's algy beauty community that they can live out of love without fear we'll take you live to delhi also on the program. father in serious in the province prepares for the world's top five making gas masks for his children feel full residents brace

for more bloodshed the syrian and russian forces threaten a final assault on the last rebel stronghold. the rock star reception for its most far rights interior minister taro salvini helped launch the country's populist coalition into power now after nearly one hundred days in office e.w. talks of how well people think the coalition is doing and actually governing. i'm still got a welcome to the program in our historic decision into a supreme court has just overturned a nineteenth century law that made gay sex illegal but called you not in a sephardic to check an outbreak of jubilation they get chief justice the law has been huge just a weapon full gay people because mohammad gay sex punishable by up to ten years in jail. in just a community celebration here's what some of them had to say. if

a big if if if a smart move but getting very very fundamental. not surprised that we didn't get a lot of support inside but finally the judgment came from and that's all we needed as the youth to model we need to be who we are. actually good at this is new to me just before still exist he can my vision so society's mind is not going to change overnight i think this is a view given to the kitchen from. school never to tell people that this is nothing different that we are just like anybody. changing minds about homosexuality in largely conservative india may be easier said than done for us gay people in the country have lived in fear of loosing your family has this report from like now. and nineteenth century mostly i'm in luck now

a refuge for gay men like our if jeff find his partner of over ten years it's a place where they can be free from society's glare in a country where a lot criminalizing homosexuality known as section three seven seven has been used as a cover to hound gay people it is making their lives hell. are they fear every day a fierce black males extortion rape harris women beating a slut important of them just commit suicide just because of the fear that they would be outed by the police or the by the community because it is seen as a criminal. irish knows that all too well he runs h i v awareness programs among the working class gay population and activity fraught with risk in india several years ago he and his colleagues were thrown into prison they were charged with conspiracy to commit sodomy and for possessing so-called obscene materials. it was

a shock because the crying was trying to save lives and we're being imprisoned and told the horrific because. they deny drinking water the they're being beaten up or. left so many scars i reflowed most of his teeth because of the beatings and the poor hygiene in prison he was shunned by his friends it took years before he dared to enter a plea station again but he hasn't given up the fight that he's one of the petition is who fought for india's top court to decriminalize homosexuality among the gay community the poor of the most vulnerable. no one at this workshop on safe sex wants to show their face their husbands and fathers some of them a sex workers all of them lead a double life. there was

a lot of pressure on me to get married as a man you're expected to do that and run the family. and no one in my family or my neighborhood knows i'm gay if they did they'd call me a faggot my family wouldn't accept me anymore as a as it is i didn't have the. irish spends long hours at the office he draws strength from his faith and his family especially his mother he's been hugely supportive. in the evening irish work is far from over he goes to public parks where homosexual men can find sexual partners and yet remain anonymous in the shadows the risk of contracting hiv is high and that's not the only danger. approaching their custom will leave. them off putting them into gear on the under the pretext of section three hundred seven. and use dark pretext to

blackmail them extort money rape them and doctored why we feel that the law should go because it was obvious the right to exist. but indeed supremes coaches just decriminalise section three seven seven making gay sex legal there's finally hope that people may be able to step out of the shadows. when the saying is from the homes of trust in mumbai india's oldest gay community based organization he joins us from delhi welcome to day w. let's get your reaction first to this verdict thank you. well i'm super excited. this war differ because the much awaited verdict that has come to us is a very very long journey almost like seventeen years have gone and today the day has come where we can feel very much part of the country like a free citizen there is no fear of there's no threat of three seventy seven. super

excited to hear that you know of a supreme court has given us has granted the right of a crowd of these super duper excited so the law changes or so in the report society not quite so forgiving how do you think indian society will react to this. changing in the law decriminalization is the first step. but this is a very very crucial step this is being done the next is to reach out to stakeholders very interestingly in this judgment by the wonderful judges. we need to create an environment you need to create a. environmental community could feel comfortable and we need to sensitize the masses because there are limits there are misconceptions among the community you know about g b t q so i see that from tomorrow on word out of water is going to be

multifold we need to one hand go to the law enforcement agencies we need to tell them that ok they're out of the these are the no one mission that are happening please there address these issues on the second hand we need to go to our elected representatives maybe the member of parliament at the national level at the state level and at the district level now interestingly fodder for changing the might of the society we may need to go to the ministry of information and broadcasting because if something for example a television ad comes on the national television that has been produced by the government of india which says that ok there are there are different sexualities there are different genders and these are absolutely normal so those kind of things will have a long lasting impact but we also think that we have to go to. a mother source development where we will see that we need to include sexuality gender very strongly because there is still a little forgive me for interrupting there is there is still much work to be done the final brief answer if you wouldn't mind all you happy that this is now the end

of this matter because my understanding is the supreme court is reversing its previous decision which itself was reversing a previous decision from the lower court so is this now the end of it do you think . this is an order and this is the beginning of the new judge me on but we welcome this this new move and we welcome what has come from supreme court but this is false step there are many other steps we need to talk about this the world i we need to talk about it is we need to talk about adoption rights interestingly everything but name right last to last month on twentieth of july and ike i would like to see such things happening in my country as well or ice may wish you well thanks for joining us in the saying from the homes of trying to. some of the other stories making news around the world in japan at least nine people have died and hundreds were injured after a powerful earthquake struck the island of hokkaido in the north of the country the

earthquake triggered landslides and knocked out power for nearly three million homes dozens of people are missing the united kingdom is to brief the u.n. security council about arrest warrants issued against two russian military intelligence officials assume men have been charged in connection with a knob each of nerve agents attack in britain against a former russian spy and his daughter alexandra petroff. bushehr of russian citizens police believe their names aliases. u.s. president donald trump has lashed out at the new york times for publishing an editorial by anonymous senior government official which claims who claims to be part of the resistance movement within the white house he says that he or she says they're working to for the president's worst inclinations. france is warning that it is prepared to strike targets in syria if the assad regime uses chemical weapons to take it live profits joins the list of countries trying to avert an expected

assault by syria and syria and russian forces but three million people live in it live serious last rebel stronghold without a break through any offensive on it will likely be the final showdown off syria seven year war. with nowhere left to go civilians and struggling to find ways to keep their families safe having witnessed a massive military build up over the last week this father is preparing for the worst. but making protective masks for my children and others in the area because people fear there will be a chemical attack. in this densely populated region others are seeking safety under ground of. most people in this village have a cave connected to their house. these caves were abandoned during the truce that lasted six or seven months now people are again preparing for an offensive and

stockpiling food inside. attack takes place we can go into the caves. fearful residents are bracing for bloodshed as the syrian government masses its troops on board as. the first strikes hit the rebel enclave on tuesday syria's ally russia released footage purporting to show russian warplanes attacking what it calls terrorist targets but human rights groups say several civilians were killed. international calls amounting to avoid an all out onslaught and an ensuing humanitarian catastrophe. italy's populist government has been in power for nearly one hundred days interior minister meto salvation he leads the country's far right party and is behind the new policy of banning migrant rescue ships from entering italian force but certainly pleased his

supporters polls indicate the league supporters doubles and see election in march skeptics however say the root of the country's problems is not migration and they fear the populace ill equipped to navigate italy's troubled economic course s d w correspondent max hoffman reports from the northern italian city of gum on. the side of the show is about to start after hours of waiting such enthusiasm begs the question is this really the interior minister of italy or pop star. the lego was founded close to where we are right now and it's been hosting this first of all for many years now so this is classic home for the me and you can tell people here absolutely adore him. and his fans appear satisfied with what he's done in the first one hundred days in office especially on migration why why it should

be disappointed if you strike revolution for. a lot of things are moving for i went and he's keeping his promises. but. that is. no surprise that his promises on migration are a big part of the solving the show but outside the populist bubble many are getting nervous about what the new government is actually achieving especially the financial markets. much of what there are people who are against us government is free and independent from the multinationals from big finance from the banking powers both international and european we have no fears the italian economy is sound italian business is sound. and most economists. green insisting that italy's in trouble but facts don't seem to get in the way of success. across the river from the lake up festival people are trying to do something about

that. political entity has organized a protest picnic they are sick of their new government claiming that migration is responsible for everything. you got that immediately that you didn't want in reality it has problems like elsewhere we have high youth unemployment and many other people have only temporary jobs there are very few young people who get permanent contracts but we have a high poverty rate in relative and absolute terms. it's no surprise that the event on this side of the river is the only one to host some migrants. on the other side show is drawing to a close the interior minister's folks and sometimes funny demeanor is one of the reasons why he's managed to govern and gain in popularity he admits though when pressed

that it's not all been fun and games this. well it's not easy it's really is a big country we have important challenges but i was tired of being in the opposition and. in the opposition the answers to complex problems are often easier salvini has survived the first one hundred days in power unscathed but soon he will have to show if he can actually. see the hereafter see this. from oxford university center for international studies welcome to day doubly if this is a popular government this is a populist government how. has it doubled its approval ratings and just what is it six months they've been very good at managing perceptions rather than dealing with reality here's two key words and all these fear and identity.

a lot has been made of crime all the issues having to do with citizens safety and in daily life and crime a song actually if you look at the numbers that have been published just a few weeks ago by the interior ministry which is by the way the been afraid that the tomatoes will be heading there's a dollar or trend you know all types of problems in the lane that has been the case for a number of years. yet the perceptions of crimes on the rise diaw to each other is that entity fears the narrative of a migrant invasion and also taking over all the good old christian values by. migrants yet again. published once more but interior ministry sell shows that numbers are there's a downward trend the number of migrants arriving and published or has been decreasing steadily and it's now in the parlance one level without or they turn country so there's almost two point zero on crime and on migration when they're ready this is

a government that will be able to turn around and say look look what we've done we have brought down crime and we have brought down the number of migrants well done us let's move on let's let's talk about the economy do they have a credible plan to deal with it so these high unemployment slowing economy i do think corruption. in my view they don't but that doesn't really matter at this stage because i don't think that many of the policies that have been proposing will actually be implemented in the first place there are a number of reasons for that first of all. the thoughts of movement and the leak to two parties that effectively control government very different takes on number of policy areas so i think they'll struggle to agree when it's about you know implementing policies second problems that there are constraints imposed upon italy by brussels. in terms of budget and not only budget and the third point he said the numbers simply don't that don't add up. there's not the money to do things that they say they want to do so if they don't implement the stated policies what will

they do and what will their action or lack of it do to the italian economy i think a lot of hinges on two people actually there's there are two independent technocrats within the government one e's the foreign minister and the other one is the economy and pundits ministers they are independent technocrats they've been. informally supported by the telling president himself and their job is on the one hand to keeping control the most anti european sentiment instincts that you have within the government on the one hand and on the other hand to keep public finances in order so effectively disk will be about managing things and keeping the ship steady this is a very movie of the adults in the room. i got a volley of thank you so much thank you. as opposed to sports and the racially charged controversy over a nike campaign has now drawn the ire of u.s.

president donald trump the sports apparel company showing support for former american football player colin company who is best known for kneeling while most of the stands during the pre-game national anthem president trump has decided capital to supporters unpatriotic a one time quarterback has been unable to find work since last year. believe in something. even if it means sacrificing everything. that's the not so subtle message behind the advertising campaign fronted by former american football quarterback colin caper nick. the ad premiers ahead of tonight's n.f.l. clash featuring the super bowl champions philadelphia eagles it sparked fierce debate in the u.s. capen it is a controversial figure after quietly launching what's now known as the taken a campaign a protest against racial inequality the videos of people burning their nike merchandise appeared on social media this week with many pledging to boycott nike

a parole for its decision to promote capen express each late on wednesday president donald trump tweeted in support of the boycotts questioning the company's decision to side with the taken e campaign. many consumers are praising nike for its decision however claiming they are now more likely to purchase nike merchandise than ever before. i have always were new balance because why. now i would like to wear night because that would be proud to wear nike sports stars including serena williams and she came griffin who both appear alongside capen it can be adverse have also praised the message behind the campaign going beyond the sales and sporting aspects of the campaign it is believe the art may play a role in the world of politics the n.f.l. season is about to begin. so the anthem controversy will be front and center it will be reheated donald trump in the midterm elections if they can sustain this

ad campaign up through the midterm elections. salient is anything else anybody's talking about. when they align with colin kaepernick today with the advert already having a huge impact on social media well before this evening's premiere for better or worse it has succeeded in putting nike at the center of attention. you countries are under pressure to improve their air quality but electric cars aren't big business here in germany yet and the homefront contends no that's right fellow not despite the german car like his best efforts they're not out in front at the moment we've just got the numbers in for what kinds of cars people here in germany are choosing to drive and in the e.u. as well so we take a look at that over the past quarter according to the european automobile manufacturers association way see a west fifty seven percent were petrol over thirty six percent would days ago and

only one in sixty sold and i lecture car now for a long time talking about electric cars meant talking about a tesla but that's changed you know musk's they reason longer the only vehicle in the race competition is revving up china is racing ahead and german called makers also want to get in on the action. misleads hopes this s.u.v. will be its breakthrough into the electric car market a direct challenge to u.s. competitor tesla assaidi says it's like this model will cover over four hundred kilometers on one charge it's the german car makers first purely electrically driven car nine further lists a d.c. models are expected to follow by twenty twenty two the companies investing over ten billion euros in them knowing it has a lot of catching up to do in the e-car race. americas tesla holds first place among international makers with almost fifty two thousand cars sold across the world in the first half of this year germany's b.m.w.

is close behind with over forty eight thousand and china's b y d with forty six thousand votes of eigen is in tenth position. audi and b.m.w. also unveiled their lay. just electric cars this month almost all german commin affect tourism pumping billions into research and development to make sure the country's champion industry stays in pole position on the markets. well here's a sale opportunity for those electric car makers from february next year a quarter of all vehicles driving around frankfurt will no longer be considered road worthy a german court has ruled that the city must introduce a ban on diesel vehicles which do not meet your information levels the aim is to ensure clean air for the city citizens all the petrol cars would also be affected the court found that measures put in place so far to reduce pollution have not gone far enough the case was brought by the environmental action. germany and geo which is cool you want to empty eight cities to reduce air pollution to levels below the

legal maximum. now for more on this we can bring in our financial correspondent we bought now in frankfurt already how will that on cost which to meet standards introduced where you are how will it be brought in. it's a big question and nobody really knows that we have a date two thousand and nineteen and we have the definition of which cars are affected the numbers i'm reading are eighty thousand that's many many thousands of workers and businesspeople handicraft people and all sorts of people who are vital to the economy and who depend on their car who have to bring their children to the kindergarten or their mother or father to the doctors and there's really no answer to how this is going to be addressed for the people affected do they have to sell their cars is the auto industry going to be on the quick made responsible for equipping with hardware the cars so that they can drive and so far the federal

government which would be responsible for that has done nothing my feeling is my impression is that everyone who's involved should be involved in the decision making has been pushing the hot potato forward and one is unprepared at the moment oh i sounds like a lot of uncertainty that it all the news we've got cryptocurrency is crashing for a second day in iraq bring us up to date. in the night towards thursday it was around the nine and a half percent and then another seven percent so within fourteen hours bitcoin has lost about one thousand dollars it's said that there's uncertainty about what kind of regulation is ahead but especially uncertainty about the kind of acceptance that bitcoin is having and that investors speculative interest may be waning goldman sachs said perhaps not to be trading entering into the trading that's a negative for the market and also possibly no e.t.f.

being put out there as a financial product on this so investors getting scared but you know there have been plenty of people bankers analysts central bankers supervisors for the financial industry who have warned that bitcoin and cryptocurrency is are highly speculative and losses very very possible absolutely the ups and downs all the big question of the cryptic coming thank you very much indeed. and you're watching the w. news live from by name of course lots more coming up for you at the top of the hour i'm home free in berlin to stay with us.

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