this is news live from berlin more than one million people have been evacuated in india to escape the devastating force of cyclon funny that storm slamming into the east coast early friday it has brought terentia rains and violent winds to such a pass over the homes of some one hundred million people we have the latest live from our correspondent also coming up. on world press freedom day we meet

a journalist in slovakia who says growing right wing extremism in that country is a threat to journalism and the personal safety of reporters. i'm dr thomas thanks so much for joining us one of the biggest storms ever to hit india has made landfall it's battered the east of the country with winds of up to one hundred eighty kilometers per hour cycling fani struck the coast of a state at about eight am local time that's close to the seaside resort of perri the cyclon as damaged homes as toppled utility poles and as yet luckily there have been no reports of any casualties authorities evacuated over one million people in coastal areas ahead of funnies arrival fearing that storm surges could endanger lives. let's go straight to me should gys while she's covering the story for us

from our delhi bureau good day to you can you give us the latest on the cycling. well as you mentioned the cycle needs landfall at eight am local time and the impact is expected to last at least six hours there will be strong winds as well as the danger to see conditions in which the central authorities have put out warnings about and the cycle is moving in a nod to the northeast to a direction now as a tall grasses it's expected to weaken and it's heading to was another indian steve the state of west bengal the landfall happened on the southern coast of the state of what they saw and really when she pasta was bottom of this but at that point of time i mean one hundred million people are going to be affected by this sorry clone how how in the affected regions been preparing for this scale of. well central authorities have already evacuated one million people from cause

serious and it is worth noting that while the lawsuit was like no one was in one thousand nine hundred nine in the region that's two decades ago the region is not unfamiliar with these kinds of weather conditions in the past as well people have been evacuated and casualties have been brought down as a result india has one of the largest national disaster relief forces in the world and the indian army as well as the air force is on standby the navy and coast guard are already already on the ground trying to help people and to ensure that the need for rescue operations can go on smoothly food relief material and medicines have already been deployed and we should mention that this is the biggest storm since ninety nine so it's been two decades for authorities to prepare is there is a sense among the people in the affected areas that it's going to be better this time around if your thirty's have learned their lessons from the events of two decades ago. but there have been obvious like the ones that have hit

in two thousand and four two thousand and five even two thousand and seventeen i'm also back similar to this one look at it out there then as well and casualties were brought down thousands of people died in ninety nine but around forty were in the last cycle and that was about to hit you a few years ago and so on terms of human casualties of course that has been a positive response from subtle authorities however infrastructure is expected to. give you a damage because already central authorities are saying that the patched houses as well as get to the people as communication in mumbai the ones who will be affected roads will be affected really as has already been disrupted so the truth of infrastructure damage and want to become clear once the cycle impossible. thanks very much for that in the show. was struck you know some of the other stories making the news at this hour in washington tensions are flaring after attorney general will. embar missed a congressional hearing into his handling of special counsel robert miller's russia

report bars absence was due to a disagreement over allowing staff lawyers to ask questions democrats are reportedly considering holding the attorney general in contempt of congress after he also declined to provide congress with an unredacted version of the russian report. malaysia has released the last remaining suspect being held in connection with the killing of the estranged half brother of north korea's leader kim. died after his face was smeared with a nerve agent at all in poor airport in february of two thousand and seventeen. it's to venezuela now where state prosecutors have ordered the rearrest of the influential opposition leader leopoldo lopez days after he escaped from house arrest and appeared next to self-proclaimed president juan why dope lopez is a longtime opponent of venezuelan leader nicolas maduro and he's now taking refuge in the spanish embassy and he's calling on the country to continue what he says the

fight against president nicolas maduro. he's a symbol for venezuela's opposition leader has led the first maija movement against nicolas maduro that was over five years ago the protests ended in failure and lopez's detention fast forward to tuesday lopez the skates from house arrest he says soldiers frayed him it's the beginning of the latest military uprising against madeira one that so far has again failed to dislodge venezuela's later right now once more leopoldo lopez he's confined this time to the spanish embassy but the opposition leader says he stay they won't be long because venezuela's leadership he believes is poised to switch sides you know you can come on down and i've been meeting with commanders. with generals. i've been holding talks with the different factions of the military you know and we agreed to put an end to this usurpation of power. but nicholas madeira has been trying to show he still commands the troops

loti. he dressed scores of them at the caracas military academy on stage with him some of the leadership a signal that they're literally behind him but the leader also sees rebellion in the ranks but. we cannot give one inch to the traitors to the conspirators we must go on the offensive and be active everyone must follow the command and detain any traitors and then it will. still mature our supporters our pines to sound a harmonious night after days of turmoil gambles. put cash in from the government and the duro is still number one but would the law fall from assured she stays discord could very well be reprised. facebook has banned a number of people it's described as quote dangerous individuals c.e.o.

mark zuckerberg so the decision was made to promote safety but many users are calling the move censorship among the individuals banned as the british commentator below in office nation of islam leader louis farrakhan and the right wing talk show host alex jones of info awards facebook has come under increased pressure after a gunman went live on the global platform before carrying out a massacre at a mosque in christchurch new zealand earlier this year. well today is world press freedom day and un proclaimed the day in one thousand nine hundred three to raise awareness of the importance of freedom of the press and also to remind governments of their duty to uphold freedom of expression. has been speaking to journalists around the world remember of reporter from the philippines or tries to report objectively on present but we go to territory we spoke to two journalists in nigeria who say reporting from boko haram controlled areas can be deadly and we

met with journalists in slovakia a country that was shaken by the murder of an investigative journalist and his fiance last year. they see it as a battle in the fight for slovakia's open democratic society the high court in russia slava is deciding whether to close down the people's party hours slovakia the state prosecutor says the party is too close to fascism it should be banned. journalist adam that's it feels party like this create this threat poll showed the slovak extreme right on third place in the lead up to the e.u. elections greatly in perspective of the markets of. democracy this rise of right wing extremists because these people go against us for the right wing spectrum anime's in any case the whole that you did me but i tell me . what the court decides against the party can continue. adam or

accept slovakia because. they're still absorbed in another side of the country story or the guard marion cochon or is now at the center of the could check case slovak media report that the men who admitted shooting the journalist said the audit arc himself had ordered the killing that hasn't been proven but it is confirmed that question organized a full scale spying operation against investigative journalists. suspected since last year that i was having me. that was when he suddenly released private things about me my child told my health but the police has only now officially confirmed from. adam also received threatening emails but undeterred he spent all of last year to go after his financial dealings and his political connections in government. it's about transparency the price has been renamed after you know it is from

a journalistic work and the fight for freedom of information but i'm. so how do adams colleagues feel about the spying operation in the new accusations against the oligarchs you know was crazy but we always thought that he's like he's dangerous but not the dangers we always thought that it's all about money and business. the newspapers editor in chief is worried for journalist safety but the stress pushed them to work even harder and she says return to the essence of the job. this was such a defining moment in slovakia's journalism because we realize that the country is on a crossroad and it's not only that these in order needs to be investigated but that we have to tell the story how we got to the point she and her team i determined to continue uncovering corrupt networks in the country and that is the feeling often

initial and political intimidation goes on on the good side the. support from the public we do have readers who are really to pay who are speaking to us because they understand that that this is important despite all the political and financial pressures the press in slovakia is a life and fighting on journalists message to the country's oligarchs is you can buy a paper or a news room but you can't buy us the people in it and many of them after last year's murder of one of their own see that event as a particular call to arms. on their way through gracias love us susan and adam often passed by the memory of their dead colleague young could shock when i see picture i still cannot believe that he's not here anymore we will never forget him and. it's very sad and i think of him almost every day.

let's find out more about the state of press freedom with scott griffin deputy director of the international press institute he's in ethiopia of capital addis ababa for the main celebration of world press freedom day joins us from there thanks for joining us the report out today points to eastern europe we just saw a report from slovakia as being of special concern can you fill us in on why that's the case. sure good morning and let me just say it briefly about an ethiopian for the main celebration of world press freedom day and yukio is one of the few countries in the world where we can say that press freedom is actually improving as a there are few bright spots where through this eastern europe i think we heard already from some journalists in slovakia that name problems at least is there the sort of smear campaigns and just information campaigns against journalists are critical journalists are regularly. smeared or described as enemies of state and

the double impact in our view on the one hand it's a calculated way so we public distrust of the media and blunting the impact of the work that the media to the critical media do so it's undermining the role in a democracy and on the other hand of course it puts journalists in danger and it says that journalists somehow targets and the other thing i think that must be met with regards to do so in europe is behind gary and model which is what we've seen in hungary is a combination of sort of economic censorship in which media are targeted by there tonight state advertising we have sort of ownership networks you know friends of prime minister are bonded by up an independent media and so what we have are basically an independent media which are encircled by a state midi in and the model is being borrowed by by other leaders in the region so these are the developments that we see is see is that concerning in eastern

europe and of course you know investigating killings a journalist like that of young slovakia you have the killing of journalists is of course very disturbing for anyone interested in and getting information that's that's unbiased and this report shows that. violence against reporters is also increasing what are the forces of work there what countries are especially at risk. then we have an countries where violence against journalists is unfortunately endemic or we have a cycle of violence that's very difficult to stop if you look to mexico afghanistan where thirty in journalism last year what's even more thrilling for us at the moment is that journalists killings have emerged in countries where we did not think they were possible it was our slow. or the keeping of daphne carline it deletes yet multi or even the murdoch method since wily and got it was a colleague of i'm ever journalist i'm not and what we have to say in cases is that

it's extremely important to stop the cycle of violence and impunity before it be as i said if you look at kind of mexico so difficult to get out of this that to get out of this cycle and you know in the case of multiple particular it's a scandal that there's been no progress in this investigation yesterday and you know you had a speech someone called him all these government an agent of impunity for blocking the investigation and into a death is murder and i think that's right and i think it's an absolute outrage that we have had cases in the european union of journalists killed it's terrible signal globally scott thanks so much for that roundup scott griffin for us deputy director of the international presence there joining us from ethiopia so i thank you very much it's to sudan now where huge carrier crowds of demonstrators have joined was being called a million strong march outside of sudan's army headquarters are demanding the ruling military council hand over power to a civilian administration talks between protest leaders and the military remain

deadlocked he'd have used to far a deal karim reports from khartoum where the protests began. the women who live in the isle body district of khartoum in sudan are overjoyed the regime has finally been overthrown their sons helped accomplish this even though they risked being beaten up each time they went to demonstrations lignite is the mother of three sons who took part the moment life swear to god if tortured and beat our children not to learn how you. live now invites us into her house one of her sons greats us the others are striking in front of the army's headquarters they want the old regime to disappear security forces were regularly sent to randomly search houses in their districts without any regard to their privacy. now as they came in here and looked under the beds i said no one's hiding under

there then they went into the kitchen in the bathroom and why they were looking for rebels. bullet holes document the violence the security forces use in this district. according to people who live here they detained protesters in this bus and interrogated them. hit it is where the uprising started here and that's why this street is called now the street of the you should and dispose here is a symbol for the confrontations between the security forces and the demonstrators the first riots in khartoum took place in this part of town where about five thousand people live. kids used to play soccer on this field. now it's known as the place where a bloody fights between locals and security forces took place these clashes led to residents being wounded and arrested. more ayad

who is twenty five years old was one of those arrested. he has a certificate in business administration and works as a salesman. the hard life as he puts it drove him to take place in the protests until he was imprisoned for three weeks he was released right after the regime was toppled. and then with that a lot of people a must for planning the protests in this district building the barricades and digging the trenches. here in the al bloody district not only the men but also the women young and old played a central role in the revolution. whether they took place in the protests themselves or gave moral supports and aid to the demonstrators but it wasn't easy.

to get in between i did i ran from house to house to protect my granddaughter from the tear gas and bombs that i suffered with her. and it will lead us to that amount so how do you help or i kept taking her to places where there was no tear gas. at the time not a you know was three days old now she's all right she was born at the beginning of a new era. that i you know the protests that started in the old forty districts brought the women together now they meet regularly and they all hope that the revolution will change their lives for the better. their you that we hope that people here will be able to live in peace and that we will get a good government and that we can live in safety because if the situation becomes stable and secure then we will feel good about things again and this is the way you have a list of about it and. here in the al bloody district people hope that the revolution

will go on. and staying in africa the german chancellor all america has been visiting mali during her three day trip to west africa she visited german troops stationed there and women support project germany and a number of other european countries are trying to boost stability in the region in an effort to reduce migration to europe on the way to mali the german chancellor had to make a quick stopover in book enough fast so to switch to aircraft of the german military the blunders fear in gal when she visited german soldiers stationed there their most important role in mali is information gathering doing patrols and using heavy vehicles and drones it's tough work and roughly fifty degrees heat the essence of the first few days a very warm and very stressful you have to keep hydrated stay in the shade on the climate science. and i think it's nice that she shows her appreciation for the soldiers by coming here to visit us the chance to thank the soldiers for their

service and said their mission was currently the point is fears most dangerous this is the in you can clearly see that the african nations here in the region are reliant on external support with both material supplies and training. and then on the borders various mandate for the mali mission terminates at the end of the month the german parliament plans to debate an extension next week michael also visited the university of students there i asked questions about possible german investment opportunities and about germany's policies and strategies towards the african continent and they touched on the topic of german weapon exports to the region merkel said on the one hand countries have to be restrictive. numbs item is minutely but on the other hand we have to make sure europeans and your own african forces have the equipment they need and if they're not as equipped as the terrorists that would be bad this is also in the evening the chancellor headed to nice year where she will visit

a woman support project which she personally supports. it's to thailand now where there's a new craze in that country especially among young thrill seekers roller derby is gaining popular popularity in parts of asia and there's now an interim eason league did abuse charlotte chiles impel caught up with one ambitious team from bangkok they set their sights on the next world cup. kids. frantic and full contact. welcomes a grown adult be. good to the game about balance and free food but let's push because it's school i meant to try and stop the off of like the thought what next clearly this is no place to begin if. these guys are on a mission to set up thailand's first evan national team and skate their way into the biggest competition in the game is no doubt the world cup almost every roller derby player know as

a dream of competing in the world cup and it would be great to bring a team from thailand with thai skaters. trained in bangkok that would be a dream. with the world cup expect to say case in a few years time the race is on to qualify they already have the skills. and training from the chub rodolphe legends the experience international should stop the boats become team thailand's they need to recruit more tight players and they're counting on role of dobbies growing profile in asia to help them do it i think people are hungry they want it they want an outlet. they want to be able to get out of their body and get space and i think that's. what the. guys that has. been in the. team bangkok are already into asia niek tonight's the big game against rivals hong kong and last year's.

cops the number of asian teams competing jumped from one to three. and with more bins like this thailand should be runs alongside them next time around those weren't many asian teams on the last world cup but everyone really enjoyed watching team japan and team career and team philippines so i think. team thailand will be very exciting to watch in the case of how he. is tonight anything to go by these guys already six hand that into asian success international. was going on didn't screw it up. to a better known sport now football and to the europa league tournaments semifinals in england arsenal defeated the landsea three one in germany frankfurt scored easily against visiting chelsea look at yo bitch had it in for frankfurt at the

twentieth or third minute but there was little time for the serb and his frankfurt team mates to celebrate the us because chelsea tied it just before the break with spanish winger pedro agreed just beating everyone with a low shot and that's how it ended a one all draw frankfurt remain undefeated at home this season in the europa league second leg is in london next week. all star wars fans around the world are marking the passing of one of the brightest lights in the star were universe peter mayhew the man who played chewbacca in five of the star wars films has passed away the towering actor became an iconic part of cinema history after director george lucas cast him in the side epic may he was seventy four years old. let's get you now a reminder of our top story at this hour one of the biggest storms ever to hit india has made landfall cycling funny as a battering the east of the country with winds of up to one hundred eighty

kilometers per hour have been no reports of casualties but authorities have evacuated more than one million people close to larry. we're back with more news at the top of the hour first we have eco africa and the push to bring solar power to egypt's remoter areas stay tuned for that for me brian thomas and the entire team for now thanks so much for joining us.

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