thank you for this grandma day and. that's all that. i might show joins me from the. post. this is d. w. news coming to you live from berlin and the aquarius sales for the french court of law are say after his registration is canceled it could mark the independent missions saving migrants from drowning in the crossings broke africa we'll take you live to a member of the crew also coming up indonesia finally except for

a day that after last week's earthquake six days on survivors are still waiting desperately for help seventy thousand people are homeless. oh i'm terry martin welcome to the program last privately operated ship dedicated to saving migrants in from drowning in the mediterranean is on its final journey to the port of mar say the aquarius has had its license withdrawn by panama so it won't be able to head out to sea again legally we'll take you live to a crew member in just a minute but first this report. as a west medicare and they the angio which operates the ship says the aquarius and its crew have saved nearly thirty thousand people since they started operating in the central mediterranean two and a half years ago and that the group says means its work is vital. for the new

year. thousands of lives are at stake we know what has to be done in order to safe them rescue boats like the a crevasse have to be positioned off the coast of libya karen gave us a mess of confusion in a mediterranean there's no recurring nation to minister distress calls and heat rescue operations. in the need of us and so does. the koreas has already been in the headlines in june this year it was forced on a week long obviously through the mediterranean after a number of governments refused permission to land one hundred migrants rescued off the coast of libya spain eventually took the shit but now it's out of action there are no private sea rescue vessels operating in the mediterranean. off. four of the ships from the ngos have already been detained two vessels lifeline and sea watch three are being held in malta the vessel event is stuck in the port of

japan in sicily all the ships of being the flag now the aquarius to join their ranks. before heading to musée the aquarius to transfer fifty eight ship wrecked migrants to the maltese coast guard that's after italy refused to ship permission to dock rome is following a hard line on migrants. if this ship docks in malta as i have been told and the migrants are shared among other european countries i will say it is the right time because italy cannot continue to be the refugee camp of europe. france and other european governments have attacked italy for refusing to allow micah rescue ships to dock as demanded by international maritime law. and s.o.s. medicare in a has appealed to those governments to provide it with new registration to allow it to continue its work. not request has not the net.

for more now i'm joined on the line by nick romagna keys one of the activists on board the aquarius heading for marsay he's a rescue coordinator with the organization s.o.s. mediterranean which operates the vessel first of all mr amano how far away are you from the port of arson. which is of the off the coast moments connel stand by waiting for the authorities to send out the part of boat to guide us into into the harbor so first then what does the day flagging of your ship mean then for irregular migrants trying to cross the mediterranean. well is going to mean that the aquarius will be in the foot of must say first period of time while we go through the minute details of getting a registration for the vessel to be able to head back out the fi what we were

heading up to must say we have heard reports we have received messages from maltese and italian authorities say that there are boats in distress currently off libya maybe to be resolved it's unclear if the time being but it's putting more people of life at risk we are dedicated to search and rescue of people that's what we what we do we say that since two thousand and fourteen has been a gap of any to be filled and a question therefore that it's uniquely to save lives at sea and this is being hinted at the moment by by political maneuvering within it within europe the local effect of that is people dying which the acceptable. critics argue that organizations like yours collude with people smugglers and effectively encourage illegal migration to europe what do you say snuffed. i mean first of all this this these accusations of collusion are ridiculous i think discovery. smugglers and

traffic is they put people in danger of the course of events from a people from i think situation and bring to safety. these accusations having looked into we've off people to look into them and systematically by courts in italy and our and of european countries have found there is no grounds for this and . the hologram for this as always this is it was impossible. so you're saying that the migrants who are. risking their lives out on the mediterranean right now they will continue to do that even if your boats are not in the water. situation in libya at the moment it's so unsafe that people have no other option apart from get all about and trying to escape from libya regardless of the motivations of trying to get to live to europe it's escaping the situation in libya

at the moment a last rescue of fifty eight people the majority of those people were libyans themselves from tripoli they had houses jobs because of the family members juge with the conflicts the ongoing fighting in in tripoli they said that the only safe option for them and their families including small children was to get onto a city where the boat that was when we found them to human will to to to flee the situation they have no other options there are other no there are no other options at all apart from take your jobs and see. what the politicians in europe at the moment hope options of the giving people they have to one is. trying for your country being said by the libyan because god. it's funded by your team and trained and be taken back to libya where you'll be put in detention and we've seen and documented the conditions of detention centers in libya the moment it's it's it's it's atrocious all drowned that's the fury two options intercepted and taken back

to libya or water on the sea because there are no other rescue efforts in the area to fight. mr oman you can mentioned at the beginning of this interview that you expect your ship to be reregistered has any country offered to let you register with them. yes if it's on the i have nothing official on board the vessel or be something that we're looking into over the next coming days i don't have any information to give you at this time. nic romagna thank you very much for talking with this nichrome man york is any less rewarded or with s.o.'s military and i thank you. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today u.s. authorities have arrested a navy veteran suspected of mailing suspicious envelopes to the white house and the pentagon the f.b.i. is now investigating why william clyde allen the third allegedly sent caste or seeds in the mail they're dangerous of swallowed and an ingredient in the poisoned

rice and. you know ashleigh a court of justice has ordered the united states to lift sanctions on humanitarian goods entering iran and un's top court said medicines foods and aviation parts should be allowed in the u.s. as the court doesn't have authority to rule on the measure that's. perused former author terry and ruler alberto fujimori has been hospitalized shortly after a court ordered him to return to prison because mori was last year granted a pardon partway through a jail sentence for human rights abuses but supreme court has now ruled that decision ruling was welcomed by the victim's family. international efforts to help survivors of indonesia's earthquake and tsunami are gathering pace after the government eased long held restrictions on foreign help carter says some twenty countries have offered assistance in coping with the disaster which has killed more than fourteen hundred people.

more bodies being carried out of this seaside hotel in palos city which bore much of the brunt of friday's earthquake and suing tsunami. yet some people haven't given up that their loved ones may have survived. is that is i have high hopes that my wife is still alive i pray god will work a miracle and i'm still hoping that they will find her she is six months pregnant six months many isolated areas hit in the disaster are yet to see. any help the government at first rejected offers of foreign assistance that's changed now and the united nations and aid organizations are pitching in the task they face is a daunting one. of the situations that the tame described incredibly difficult it took them one and a half hours to carry each of the bodies out to nearby ambulances having to wade

through incredibly deep mind. the sense from the tames who working there from colleagues on the ground is one of real frustration the indonesian government has mobilized thousands of soldiers police and members of civilian agencies to distribute aid and restore order president has acknowledged the aid effort has yet to reach maximum capacity. every region has its own problems but i can see progress . now is heavy equipment as a. logistics have started to arrive although it's not as president has acknowledged the aid effort has yet to reach maximum capacity. every region has its own problems but i can see progress. now is heavy equipment as a. logistics have started to arrive although it's not at its maximum yet and fuel

is beginning to arrive. it's been almost a week since the earthquake and tsunami struck with many people still missing and more than seventy thousand displaced sulawesi is still in the grip of an ongoing disaster. german chancellor angela merkel has on a diplomatic mission to israel today and what's being billed as a restart on a difficult bilateral relationship reportedly stopped holding regular consultations with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu last year because of her anger over his government's expansion of jewish settlements on the west bank the two leaders also disagree sharply over the iran nuclear deal. tanya kramer is covering merkel's visit for us from jerusalem it is a short visit chancellor merkel her cabinet and a business delegation in less than twenty four hours she received her third on the re doctorate from an israeli university meet with president rivlin and head

together with prime minister netanyahu this us government consultations america often described israeli turman relations as unique given the shared history of both countries this year's consultations are to focus on the economy technology and innovation however it is expected that america the netanyahu also discussing topics they disagree about the iran nuclear deal the israeli palestinian conflict in particular the us cuts in funding for the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees. the visit might also be overshadowed by the new ming demolition of the bedouin villages honey. in the occupied west bank the plans have been criticized by germany and other countries and palestinians would expect the terman chancellor to urge israel to stop the demolition. our jerusalem

correspondent tony kramer there now merkel's trip to israel meant she didn't have much time to mark germany's day of unity during ceremonies in the capital berlin politicians praised the progress made in the twenty eight years since the country's east and west were formally reunited but they also raise concerns about the divisions that remain and called on germans to defend democracy against the rise of right wing populist. music by beethoven often seen as the quintessentially german composer the overt chill to his opera leonora by turns quiet and thoughtful then loud and passionate. almost like a wake up call for germany twenty eight years since reunification. can show you the now president of the parliament was one of the politicians who negotiated the treaty that opened the door to german reunification that will be his political

legacy but he reminded germans that unification is always an ongoing process. unity of a state was achieved on that october the one nine hundred ninety. over what it is that unites us is something we must constantly strive to rio church shortly went on to describe reunification as a second chance for germany germany he said must be vigilant in the face of any attempt to avoid facing up to the responsibilities of its history liberal democracy can never be taken for granted. in germany as elsewhere we see populists with the arrogance to call on the people to rise up against their political opponents against imagined or actual minorities against those elected by the people but no one no one has the right to claim that he or she is the sole representative of the people's will. for the. show of less words will have resonated with many germans at this time despite. the party atmosphere at the brandenburg

gate germany is facing some difficult and controversial issues. and me is the art what's happening right now worries me but generally i hope that the majority of people are still intelligent enough to oppose these developments. i'm very worried about right wing tendencies and cinna phobia which are still on the rise in our country all my meds were in and. not far from the celebrations at brandenburg gate more than a thousand right wing extremists gathered outside byrd in central railway station to protest against chancellor angela merkel against what they call the biased press and fake news. although they could not hear him outside the station surely place words were addressed to such people as well as the rest of the nation. is. simply of accepting difference recognizing the diversity of legitimate opinions and interests and realizing that your own ideas are not the measure of all things that

is the way of thinking which will lead to more unity in our society. and your mind some kind of. chancellor merkel echoed the idea that german unification is still ongoing. now twenty eight years on we know that what we call german unity is a process a long journey which over and over again means we must listen to each other's points of view work together and not give up german unity is not finished twenty years on it is still as continuous challenge. and so this year's day of german unity and it as it began peaceful pensive with contradiction and conciliation. the f.b.i. will submit its report on the sexual misconduct allegations against green court nominee brett kavanaugh to the u.s. senate within hours senators and a small number of top aides will be permitted to read it in a secure room from early today days ahead of

a planned confirmation vote on president all trumps court pick trump is also facing criticism from fellow republicans for mocking one of the women who say they were sexually assaulted by capitol. i i the crowds and the trump rallies seemed to have made up their minds about the president's supreme court nominee trump on his part to use the occasion to mock the apparent holes in the testimony of christine blassie forward she appeared before a senate judiciary committee hearing last week to give her account of an alleged attack by kevin and i had one beer. right i had one be. well you think was it not it was wonder how good how did you get home i don't remember how did you get there i don't remember where is the place i don't remember how many years ago once and i don't know. from faced strong criticism

from members of his own party on his return to washington. d.c. and the words he adds were in iraq and this is going to thank you know if there are hearing her it is trying statements on forward have varied significantly since her testimony at first he described her as a very credible witness but days later he was highlighting gaps and her memory of a white house counselor kellyanne conway defended the president's about face she's been treated like fabricated by all of us who didn't make me and the president is putting out factual inconsistent things do you have corroboration for her claims that you can't she's making you fill in her memory gaps or her factual inconsistency that is part of the evidence gathering process in any one. picture there is we pretend that they're searching for truth already voting against i don't like them or yes we drank a supreme court nominee bret's cavanagh fetes now alliance with a handful of undecided senators from both sides of the aisle awaiting the results off the f.b.i.

investigation a vote on kevin ill is expected later this week. well as we mentioned earlier international efforts to help survivors of indonesia's earthquake and tsunami are gathering pace used boston heartache is in it so the ways the the area hardest hit he joins us now from palu there sponson president would doto says the relief operation is now slowly getting up to speed do you see evidence of that on the ground we do see a lot of trucks loaded with relief goods we see and hear planes overhead air lifting in relief goods into the airport of power which is now operational twenty four hours. although on our short runway only. because the damage from the earthquake but there are still. difficulties of course one of them were the main difficulty that actually delivering people getting it to the people on the ground

there's still a lot of people also here in cali city that have not received any aid at this moment but of course that holds true even more for the people outside of the city in remote areas that are hard to read and some of those areas haven't been reached yet and there's also they're not only using. airfare for everything for lifting the good they're also using trucks but the road. west coast of kuwait the two to positively is dangerous these convoys have to be guarded to protect them from looters so there are a lot of difficulties still international we've spoken to some representatives of international relief organizations there on the ground right now it's that thing of the situation to see how they can help. now the country of indonesia was rather slow to accept help from outside from other countries who offered

a apparently indonesia is now accepting that aid will no bastion why indonesia hesitated so long. it's not unusual for indonesia to hesitate when it comes to accepting international aid if you think of the the earthquake in limbo which happened just several weeks ago they didn't they didn't ask for except international help there possibly they want to show that they're up to the task and they can and they can do it and two times i believe on the ground and they saw that they had been doing on their own and that they needed help from outside it's been nearly six days since the earthquake what kind of help to people in the disaster zone need most right now. i think. the thing that they need at the. that they need the most ever at the moment is water food also and shelter people don't want to stay in their houses even if the houses aren't destroyed they want to stay inside because they're afraid we've spoken to many many

people who want that put inside a house because there are still many aftershocks and people are mortified and there because of the earthquake and what and what they experienced so those are the things that they need most but that's not all also communication is a big issue communication that were tested down early tricity is still down that has to be restored and also fuel is really scarce and that of course ensures billiton and people have to travel at least to the next distribution center to get to be able to get some aid question thank you so much for bringing us up to date e.w.'s boston talking to us from palos indonesia. facebook is in hot water again helena has the story terry the latest facebook hacking scandal could land it with a fine of one point four billion euros the irish data protection committee has begun investigation into the data breach it will says how when where the face that correctly it headed to recently toughened e.u.

security requirements to protect its uses last friday facebook announced that her because of it accessed at least fifty million user accounts if facebook is found not to have fully complied with this year's new general data protection regulation it may have to pay up to four percent of its annual turnover the tech giant european headquarters in. european comic is going to have to rev up their efforts to make sure that the latest vehicles rolling off the production line are on vironment really friendly here volman voted in favor of a forty percent reduction in carbon dioxide emitted by new cars and vans by the end of the next decade well denmark took that sentiment one step further proposing an outright ban on the set of new petrol and diesel cars as a result clean transport options are in the mine like never before in a few of them are currently on show at the paris mo to show. tomorrow's mobility today or tomorrow you factories are increasingly focusing on electric cars not

least because countries around the world are planning long term to bomb fossil fuel vehicles. at international motor shows like here in paris the car concept models are moving steadily to center stage. public transit options are also set to play a bigger role in the fight against road congestion and pollution the so called to get the mini bus is both electric and self driving it's going to the roads yes very very soon next year twenty five of these vehicles will be running in dubai to connect the mainland and the metro station to the waterfront. the crystal shuttle. out of to thirty kilometers per hour a top ranking speed for all thomas vehicle. other manufacturers quite literally have their sights set higher than the former flying cars. models like this one from germany are still some way from getting the green light from the authorities however so don't expect them to be taking off any time soon. now as

a vision of the feature set to become a reality of robots not humans sending the fields they will try to first of failed it could maybe economics work now brandon alexander from oklahoma is giving it a go he started the world's first robotic farming enterprise in silicon valley with the aim of ensuring a global food supply after two years of tinkering the greens grown in this warehouse in san carlos california are finally making their way to people sell of bowls iraq's uses hydroponics systems that conserve water and robots that reduce the need for employees. the department of agriculture says it's difficult to attract workers to u.s. farming jobs because of the low pay and according to the u.s. department of labor nearly half of u.s. farm workers planting and picking crops are in the country illegally. farming is

facing a labor scarcity crisis that every farmer we talk with and we talk with dozens there are facing the same issue they cannot get enough helping hands the average age of a farmer is fifty eight years old and we're finding that not just the united states but even globally. the sun carlos warehouse runs up a mess of electricity bill for the high powered lights to grow plants in the next phase the company plans to set up robot farms in greenhouses where they can use sunlight. for all in all this has raised six million u.s. dollars startup capital so far. so that money is there at least producing enough latest to feed their own employees. and are mine and now the top story we're following for you the last independent might print rescue ship in the mediterranean has been forced to head to the don't the registration of the aquarius has been counseled by so won't be needed to the french port of not say.

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