a shift in perception. platform. this is deja news coming to you live from beyond in the ribbon model for bulgarian journalists talk international concern victoria marino was killing has prompted calls from the european commission for this risky and terror investigation authorities say they're looking at all possible leads including a link to her report on corruption also on the program putting love to a vote

a new referendum in taiwan could still put marriage out of reach for same sex couples . and a landmark ruling in spain a court finds a doctor getting a steaming housings of behaviors in the franco dictatorship but fails to convict him we look at what this means for houses of mothers who lost their babies. hello and welcome i'm on with that shima but gary is facing intense international scrutiny over the rape and murder of a t.v. presenter and german is victoria martin over amid calls for an investigation police say they're considering all possible scenarios so far there's no evidence links to her looking into alleged misuse of funds in bulgaria she's a third journalist killed in the european union in less than a year. mona's owner in murdered journalists victoria marie nova

outside a church and a capital sofia. and the journalists home town who say hundreds turned out playing fair and lighting candles and her memory. mary novus body was left in a park near the river danube after she had been brutally beaten raped and strangled . in a. car filled plane in mangere and so many more from the i can't explain it it's so confusing how someone could go out for drugging and never come back courses very young on one. hand the. difference. it was this was the last time the thirty year old appeared on t.v. before her disappearance she had been working on an investigative report into

alleged corruption in infrastructure projects involving european union funds authorities say there's nothing to link her death to her work. release which a nice quote from a new we're not excluding a spontaneous assault and we're not excluding a premeditated assault. one thing is clear the murder was committed with great brutality and cruelty to. the book area currently ranked the lowest of all human best when it comes to press freedom someone is here to convince the actress was politically motivated the european commission says it expects a through investigation into marie novus killing. and joining me now is daniel conduct from the free dick now one foundation which is linked to germany's liberal f.t.p. body he's responsible for bulgaria welcome mr goddard and your organization has been working to promote liberal values in bulgaria for decades what's your assessment of victoria body nor was investigations into not scared fraud. it's and

the it is the only lot of froth we have photos likely high level corruption cases where not only a couple of millions but tens of millions have been still missing where it's a huge project have cost four times of what they should have cost so therefore of course especially in the rises when it comes to the killing of a well known journalist and still we cannot say if that was in their coming was actually linked to our investigations but the fact that so many people in civil society are raising that question tells you a lot about media freedom and the atmosphere and bulgarians the mums and the look on the exam express fear for their own safety and some might even get into hiding what can you tell us about the media landscape in bulgaria. unfortunate media landscape and bulgaria's entire state we are at one hundred eleven reporters without all of us have report. that we have

a lot of office censorship in bulgaria and we have journalists and especially investigative journalist big put under threat and partially also beaten up in the process so we have a massive problem with media freedom and the country and therefore on the stand while of journalists are afraid at also police has not always been on the best of jobs when it came to prison and protecting journalists in the past therefore i have to urge still authorities to actually do their job and investigate probably. going to kill him i know was a fudge and this to be modded in an e.u. country miss amelia what do you and does the e.u. need to play in this. for the one they need to send an investigative team to bulgaria to see what is actually going on with media freedom advocates miss martineau on this and the second thing is that the mid-section is a sin of media outlet of media freedoms. and in collaboration with the fact that

a lot of the media funding comes from e.u. falls so the me a you directly linked to the fact that we have a dwindling media freedom most of the money for the media market is coming from the council of ministers directly to government friendly media which does not help media freedom at all so these are the two most important thing that's the right wrist again from europe inside and a crucial look into the media freedom and the funding of media and last but not least the high love corruption cases that miss martineau are asking the best to get . done you conduct in sofia thank you very much for talking to. thank you. now let's take a look at some other stories making news around the wild the washington post has published what it says is the last four to grovel for its missing saudi contributor jamal khashoggi the surveillance image shows the fifty nine year old walking into the saudi consulate in istanbul a week ago since then he simply disappeared turkish officials claimed he was

murdered inside the building which saudi arabia denies. french and italian navy teams are working to contain an oil spill in the mediterranean the leaks started when attorneys in and cypriot ship collided on sunday now the holiday island of corsica no deaths or injuries were reported. to police in india have been arrested at least nine people after a mob attacked a group of schoolgirls in the northeastern state of bihar more than thirty girls were treated in hospital after a crowd of teenage boys their parents and other locals beats them up with sticks did earlier to ditch the boys for sexually how to sing them. could become the first edition country to fully recognize gay marriage the island nation has announced a referendum on amending the law to grant same sex couples the right to legally

marry in may last year taiwan's constitutional court declared that gay couples have the right to marry a two year deadline was set to write the decision into law the referendum set for the twenty fourth of november will ask whether the concept of marriage should be expanded beyond just a union between a man and a woman or whether a special rule should be enacted for gay couples. joining me now from taipei is fine phoebe kong phoebe what will change for the gay community in taiwan if the referendum on same sex marriage passes. the culture is the awesome sex marriage tyreese is actually a training matter really now taiwan's constitutional court ruling last year just have you have mentioned. that. the same sex couples should have the right to get married at least just as us. is no. controversial is that

fair to. say that should be a separate call for the same sex couples wish the same sex couples will be treated differently compared to others and because they said that this is to safeguard the family of males and it was a guy the next generation so. was it that they suggest a better yes or a better look at some you know the applications. to our public vote next month to decide whether we should separate off or wish to marry a civil lawsuit to legalize same sex marriage and on this very conversion just there also are and other referendums suggest that. right activists are saying that that's not there shouldn't be a separate lot so that we can relate to that we have to have it

coming months right phoebe kong in taipei thank you very much for that update. to spain now in a pin for a chapter in that country's recent past has been reopened to the court case focusing on babies to learn during the franco dictatorship a doctor has been found guilty of stealing a newborn infant and bossing it on to another couple tens of thousands of children are thought to have been taken from their mothers natalia bomb i heard from one mother trying to find a son still in an almost fifty years ago. every day doris ruiz comes to the cemetery in toddy's with her daughter. she couldn't stand to watch her son's grave be examined on her own is he really buried here she gave birth to him in one thousand nine hundred seventy but saw him only for a few seconds before he was taken from her. phone of the mood of the

nurse later came out of the newborn's room and told me that my child had died period just like that. did he really die or did the hospital sell him in counties alone dozens of families have applied to have grave sites exuma bones close and guards are carefully removed and are then analyzed by experts and geneticists. six families have already determined their children are not varied in this graveyard as they were told. in spain stealing newborns was an instrument of repression in the one nine hundred forty s. the franco dictatorship punished its political opponents that way. the practice continued long after spain became a democracy in the late one nine hundred seventy s. . it was a lucrative business for maternity clinics which sold the babies to childless couples. the newspaper reported that some hospitals even kept corpses of newborns

in cold storage they would bring them out as evidence of a baby's death whenever biological mothers showed up saying they did not believe the story. but only one case has ever gone to court that athena's. her evidence was enough for a lawsuit against him to out all data at gynaecologist from madrid he was accused of stealing from her biological mother in one nine hundred sixty nine many families looking for their lost children showed up when the trial opened for them the case proved that the practice of stealing babies had been a bitter reality for thousands of people it's a nose make as it's no longer just my case it's now becoming clear that babies were stolen throughout spain less is less i'm on the way to we are going during the trial the eighty five year old defendant appeared confused he said he remembered nothing and denied any responsibility. in his comments at the time sparked

angry protests outside. he says. the doctor and his nurses who claim they know nothing they're criminals oh and yeah they should finally admitted they stole their children now the government will have to do something kind of yet not know it . although it two out of eight i was found guilty the court didn't convict him for his crime in a smattering says she'll appeal the decision. meanwhile back in kathy's dolores ruiz still waits on tenterhooks for the results of the exhumation. when the public go home whenever my family comes together i feel there's something missing someone is missing here and i will never be able to fill this gap. even if he were still alive how would i be able to find him no more little. the

first son is indeed buried here oh noise roy says she would be heartbroken but at least it would give her closure she says and finally some peace of mind. india's striving comedy scene has been dropped by a sexual harassment allegations that has catapulted the need to movement into the spotlight media there see the scandal as a reckoning for the male dominated company that's seen just a few women on stage did a song a phonic of caught up with one female comedian in delhi now at least this is a healthier power decision made by god and an unusual sight at a popular comedy club in delhi the other country maybe even bebo the world on loan from our t.v. shows. saying this isn't going and asking. is a woman tackling topics usually considered taboo like buying condoms and then given to those me all these ways israel and we'll see what. they were know as.

my brother. but not that. jokes about six marriage love masculinity and had a small calling out six of them and gender biases in the process she's well known in india's comedy circuit largely a boys' club the dissuades women from joining in. probation because you travel you are alone you're in front of drunk people. there's a barrier of exact didn't which is getting better no word and also you know we women get so much attention just walking on the road who wants to put it up on stage and i actually do wonder tention we're taught from childhood to not brought in to do ourselves so it's very hard to get over that my third. i think we've got a fairly decent crowd and those hurdles are all too familiar to you during the day

she runs a film production company evenings the office doubles up as a venue for comedy events the difference is that the shows here are only meant to aspiring female comics delis hostile as a space for women in either sex ratio his dad of the. women feeling safe enough to come out in the evening stand comedy happening in the evenings at night even something as small as that can be a huge barrier that men never have to consider and of course jenny the job of that is of course more. well hyper masculine and doesn't treat me any believe him enjoy says very much. but daily also provides rich material this is when he began her career as a comedian seven years ago she encounters rampant sexual harassment and grew great on the city streets and channels it into such article jokes act the stories and witty one liners spawned at a favorite cafe it's the perfect place for observing people where he honestly when

i started out movement or both this being i don't know her profession for a woman i was doing what i like doing. but then over a period of time we really started to notice the difference in the reaction that you get from the audience i mean although obviously we're told you know you were you funny i'm more street or you were you born hard headed for your father woman your course on stage you know you look just weren't there male artistry and so you know he wasn't funny thirty or he wasn't funny woman failed women are funny not that woman wasn't funny it's he and i woman quite frightening. right. comedians like need to also prompting the rethink among the predominantly male audiences by was refused. about a girl doing in a stand up comedy but the man we actually saw hope performing in. absolutely fantastic but doing the comedy is something which is reading this and they go to questions raising across lake using gone and how we look at it.

so that is something which is interesting thank you pushing the boundaries and challenging buys one joule at a time. that. the international olympic committee has picked its first african host of any olympics awarding the two thousand and twenty two games to senegal it was a unanimous vote says with senegal beating out botswana nigeria and tunisia senegal and president macky sall had promised the i.o.c. voters that his country would build a new fifty thousand seat stadium and make sure the whole country benefits from the global event. and not a crystal for a number of problems has the international monetary fund wire it that's right on rate and as a result the i.m.f.

has cut its global growth forecast to three point seven percent for for this year and next that's down from almost four percent topping the list of threats to the global economy is the trade dispute between the united states and china which policymakers underscored was going to be felt around the world this year's annual meeting of the i.m.f. and world bank took place in a measure where people are reeling after last month's devastating earthquake. the world's financial leaders did not receive an open armed welcome here ten days after a devastating earthquake and tsunami hit indonesia protesters want their government to focus on helping victims instead of hosting a summit for the business at least. their message didn't go entirely on her on a visit to one of the most part the affected areas i.m.f. chief christine lagarde promised to supply funds. i agree but you are going

to. go. soon after it was back to the usual order of business with the release of the i.m.f. salacious reports on the act look for global growth the spot between the world's top two economies drawing consequences not withstanding the present demand momentum in the us we have downgraded its twenty nine hundred growth forecast owing to the recently enacted tariffs on a wide range of imports from china and china's retaliation china's expected twenty nine thousand growth is also marked down another factor worrying economists is the rise in global debt in the last decade average national borrowings have risen from a brand a third of economic output to more than half that's an especially big concern for emerging economies many of which have seen money leave as a result of a rise in interest rates. with economic titans at loggerheads and developing

countries under pressure the threats to global growth appear very real. or for some more analysis let's bring in our financial correspondent conor eyebrows and frankfurt connor of the i.m.f. is talking about the no ray of threats to global growth how markets are responding . well of course this is not good news for the markets here in frankfurt trading lower today the stock market is because of course the decline of the i.m.f. talked about their hits germany in particular in particular the reduction of the growth forecast by the m.f. for germany was even stronger than the one for global growth the i.m.f. now calculates that gross domestic product in the country will grow by one point nine percent this year that compares to the previous forecast which was two point five percent a reduction of six tenths of

a percent that's quite significant and despite this caution companies are not shying away from going public tell us about the most recent i.p.o. in frankfurt. christophe you know i'm standing in front of the building of the frankfurt stock exchange and i'm also standing in front of the decoration which was nicely installed here today for this i.p.o. the name of the company is west wing just like you know west wing in donald trump's white house but i can tell you this is not the reason why the company had to reduce its price expectations in the course of this i.p.o. the share price is also plunging on the first trading day it's really tough times right now for i.p.o.'s there's so much talk about the potential end of an economic cycle threatening the markets companies that really have to really want to go i.p.o. really have to hurry and they're not necessarily always finding welcome on

a bosun reporting from frankfurt conrad thank you. a court in berlin is to decide today whether to ban older more polluting diesel vehicles and most of the capital in a bid to improve our quality. mission scandal thrusting harmful impact of these legends into the spotlight with some countries now on the verge of banning them altogether missions targets have taken on a new urgency after a u.n. report on monday called for unprecedented measures to reduce global warming. germany's motorists don't know which way to turn nitrogen oxide emissions are breached legal limits in seventy major towns and cities but which of them intends burning diesel's from this city centers and which cars will be affected. politicians or do the ring at the so-called diesel summit a week ago they greed with company chiefs the car makers would clean their diesels up but just how they'll do it remains an open question and the mooted measures are

not legally enforceable anyway. all it certain is that anyone buying a diesel can't be certain they'll still be allowed to drive it in german cities cities are imposing restrictions or plan to in countries including germany denmark norway sweden britain belgium the netherlands france italy spain and greece some countries like denmark and norway want to completely ban all petrol and diesel cars from their roads it's a response to air pollution data which shows four hundred thousand europeans a year dying premature deaths because of auto emissions. you wide limits have been in force since two thousand and eight but hardly anyone's inforce the me at the auto industry is far too important an employer especially in germany. no the wind just changed brussels is insisting that emissions limits are effectively enforced

pressuring governments on dollar to make is a like but so far there's no answer to the conundrum about how fossil fuel driven cars can be made and driven whilst also improving quality. and we have some breaking news for your reports from bog areas say authorities there have detained a suspect in the rape and killing of journalist and t.v. presenter victoria we'll have more details on that as they become available. now the escalating trade conflict between the united states and china is also showing in german trade leaving only a small dent in export figures in august german companies sold goods worth more than one hundred five billion euros abroad that's a drop of a tenth of a percentage point compared with the previous months and compared to august last year german exports rose two point two percent cars machinery and electrical equipment were among the top sellers the figures come as economist take an

increasingly cautious view of the german economy warning that more trade barriers could cause a recession. and that's your d.w. news wrap for this hour we'll be back with more at the top of the hour for now we leave you with some spectacular footage of the northern lights captured on film and take care.

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