todd. odd. man. this is e w news lineup wrong but more tensions in the german to give tennis on the knob of multiplying and immigration protests demonstrations to monitor government changes migration policy says hundreds of police were deployed to maintain security as the head of germany's domestic intelligence agency is now facing posts to resign off to say there was no evidence of racist attacks during the last song on wright's going to. be his political editor travelled to the region explains why the debate say the japanese migration policy is also putting the spotlight on divisions

between the country's east and west. and egypt sentences business leaders and dollars of others to death those that twenty cutting protest the one finally broken out by security. plan. i'm having a home free you could join me. germany's eastern city all the chemist remains tense off to crowds of demonstrators again marched against the government's asylum seeker policies late on friday marches many wearing far right insignia chanted we are the people and this is our city hundreds of police officers were deployed kenya's police at there were more than two thousand far right protesters several hundred counter-demonstrators also gathered in the city center and no reports of violence

and it's been the scene of ongoing rightwing anti refugee protests since a man was stabbed to death last month allegedly by an asylum seeker much smaller groups have turned out to protest against the rise of the right wing in germany. and the head of germany's domestic intelligence agency hans mawson's come on to fire off the costing doubt on whether that attack led to racially inspired hum's also foreigners in ten minutes speaking to the bill news paper mohsin said i shed some people skepticism towards media reports of hunt's by right wing extremists he also went on to allege that the reports were deliberate misinformation that the spot criticism and calls for his resignation. videos like this one have been circulating online they're said to show far right mobs carrying out racist attacks in the eastern german city of camden on august twenty sixth i don't want. but in

a controversial interview with the daily build newspaper germany's domestic intelligence agency chief said he had no evidence that the racist attacks occurred he said a widely circulated video could be fake deliberate misinformation but he did not say which one. hans-georg mawson's remarks contradict not only reports from eyewitnesses journalists and alleged victims the intelligence chief also contradicted chancellor angela merkel's comments just a few days ago my near tunis that we have seen pictures that clearly show hatred and the persecution of innocent people and we must distance ourselves from such behavior. there's been something of a consensus among members of nichols' governing coalition that the races violence and chemists should be condemned and several german politicians have criticized mohsen for a second guessing what really happened. instead of speculating in public mr marson should present evidence. revise the. can the newer vehicles are to be

there i've seen the pictures i've heard the eyewitness accounts i know about the many reports from journalists and i think a prudent security agency head would be well advised to provide facts for such a controversial thesis to avoid exacerbating matters. scheme of our time shift. but germany's interior minister mohsen superior has defended the controversial statements. when a scene in minnesota if you took to the essential message interior minister i have always said that in such difficult terrible events one must be accurately informed about what actually took place today for most. a spokeswoman for the interior ministry said investigations of the disputed videos are ongoing meanwhile mohsen has been asked to clarify his position. when migration debate has exposed

a deep rift between germany's east and west and he says he is off the collapse of communism the once divided country remains fall from unified he is chief political as having went to the eastern state of saxony to find out why. just over an hour's drive from kenya it's the small town of meissen is feeling kemet says current political pay. to the man who led saxony is political education agency for eight years is running for mayor here in the city center many saxes tell him they feel hard done by the media over the events in canada this is. a bully who despite the fact that ordinary people will that everybody was portrayed as right wing which is all i have to tell you i lived through communist east germany and this is more of the same us right this is. almost three decades after german reunification germany's east seemed still haunted by its communist past. or.

there's a line of demarcation between eastern and western europe that run somewhere through germany. i can't tell you where exactly that line is. missing but i think we need to think about the fact that parts of germany's east culturally historically and politically more like poland and hungary or other eastern states. people are more generous they have their own sense of cultural identity and they didn't experience the waves of liberalism pluralism and the americanization that swept across western europe and they could guns and in meissen almost a third voted for the anti migration a.f.d. party in the last general elections yet it has one of the lowest proportions of foreigners in germany and meissen has its own mark of same left by an arson attack on a migrant shelter three years ago as we talk outside we spot a former far right n.p.t.

party leader who lives across the road. admits he met the arsonist the night before the attack by the debate is never about whether they can come but the city council had promised that he would talk to all of us living here before anything happens and that didn't happen as we read in the paper that an asylum shelter would be opened here in four weeks that's not right. that doesn't justify an arson attack. yes that was stupid you know well that was more than stupid house was the attack cost my son its reputation but it's only a symptom of political failure says this ensured that we and of course that doesn't excuse an arson attack but that explains a little of the outrage at the lack of political communication question and that seems to be a basic problem. proud of their tradition many saxons are suspicious of change they weren't asked about many tell us candidates could happen anywhere. saxony has a problem that is political consensus here it's regional elections in bavaria and

the state of hesse including european elections next may that will show whether that extends to the whole of germany and potentially beyond. and there are some of the other stories making news around the world jack ma the co-founder of china's biggest e-commerce conglomerate alibaba says he plans to step down as executive chairman mottled the new york times he wants to spend more time focusing on charity work the fifty four year olds among rich richest men with a fortune of around forty billion dollars we do want. us rapper matt minister at the age of twenty six his family confounded was passing in a statement that did not reveal because miller had been open about his struggle against substance abuse few months ago made headlines with a public breakup from pop star ariana grande. un peace talks the yemen has failed the un special envoy for yemen confirmed the hooty

rebel delegation would not be coming to geneva in response the saudi backed government delegation announced it would go home the war in yemen has been raging for three years and claimed some ten thousand lives two thirds of yemenis now to paint on humanitarian aid. a court in egypt to sentence him to five people to death over a twenty thirteen pro muslim brotherhood sit in which ended in the killing of hundreds of protesters by security forces those convicted include prominent islamist leaders others including brotherhood spiritual leader mohammed badie were given life sentences photo journalist mahmoud that was eight at night in his child . received five years in prison he's already spent five years in pretrial detention amnesty international's condemned the charge as unconstitutional. for more on this we can bring in. the now he's

a journalist in cairo welcome and cattiness seventy five death sentences against members of the now muslim a banned muslim brotherhood group tell us is among them and how likely is it that the sentences will be enforced. well yeah there are a lot of seven hundred twenty seven hundred forty he accused we have seventy five people sentenced to. among them a whole range of very prominent muslim brothers for example the preacher suffered because he was also a little sure what i'm going to start here and say from any on this where people there were also responsible for the outside there speaking to the pressure that the head of the muslim brotherhood description had of the brother with mohammed but here i'm only forty seven nights and all of them. to hear that part of course for her gathering and that some of them also work for

the medical research. now among the money could she started with the reproduction also going to change course and we have come to know several trying against the muslim brothers you. see many of them and some of them were sent to this country you know not of this one were not of the sentence were executed. now among the accused we've also seen the photogenic they know national conference tell us more about his case. when he was somebody only had two thousand and thirteen was reporting as a photojournalist told the event that a very bloody event in summer two thousand and thirteen right there was a should say that more than cells if you do with kids at that time show khan was arrested and was. in prison like he was five years in prison now he's so he's most likely to be since read his case was also by many because the rights

organizations of those on board of so this health care was deteriorating he's going to be safe because he's. not getting the seat to power in twenty four thirty hundreds of the death sentences have been handed down to political opponents how have authorities justify this. well as i said they just decided to have this case decided they could go for the colts one through just been so it's basically just look at brotherhood what's crash course ban was put into prison the interesting thing is that none of them executed no sentence was a little different than those executed believe there's going to be some leverage sure maybe at the least a time because of could something known as the polarization in this country to join this cutting and go heidi in cairo thank you very much

this is not normal these are extraordinary times and they are dangerous times the words abrupt obama breaking with tradition and delivering a blistering attack on the record of his successor donald trump speaking at a campaign event in a noisy for me u.s. president called on americans to vote in november midterm elections and reject what he called the politics of division. we're supposed to stand up to belief thank god the former u.s. president didn't pull any punches on his return to the political stage. and his fiercest criticism of his successor yet obama accused trump of threatening democracy. he also slammed the republican party its central organizing principle in foreign policy was the fight

against communism and now they're closing up to the former head of the k.g.b. and a rallying cry to voters ahead of the midterms you need to vote because our democracy depends on. thank you trump was quick to hit back to writing his predecessor's speech i'm sorry i watched it but i fell asleep. i found he's very good. very good for sleeping. the war of words as a taste of what's to come as the sitting and former presidents where off in the campaign season. our mind and now all of the top story we're following for you germany's easton city of candidates remains on the edge off to another rally by protesters opposed to the government's migration policy the head of the country's domestic intelligence agency is facing polls for his resignation up to saying there

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