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sniffing recipes for success the strategies that make a difference. baking bread on the d.w.i. . the but . this is coming to you live from berlin and did not freeze to reuters journalists for their reporting while known and possible are reunited with their families after spending more than five hundred days in prison despite their ordeal and this is their looking forward to getting back to work also coming up. president enjoyment of turkey gets his way he stumbles
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election is to be redrawn after edge on starting complained about using the bullets that the opposition says the decision is the latest sign that the country is being drawn out like a dictatorship. does station morality to undershoot. clear people. know this is a bad thing to do. yes why not. with me to a group of german scientists working to make artificial intelligence more compassionate. and on but i'm not that she. they faced seventy years in prison but suddenly they're free to reuters journalists jailed for their reporting of the writing a crisis in myanmar have been released as font of
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a presidential amnesty wallow in and arrested in december two thousand and seventeen for that and that case prompted a global outcry by human rights campaign as. arrests wallonia and just became international figureheads in the struggle for press freedom they were convicted of breaking the official secrets act for their coverage of the massacre of ten during your muslims in myanmar speaking shortly after their release while and told reporters he was keen to get back to work side every day in an on going around the world which he to reveal. my pursuit that he might be really happy. about it that i can with my use right now right now reuters said the two men which ailed in retaliation for their reporting and have not committed any crime we are enormously pleased that mean maher has released our courageous reporters while on and toss so since their arrest five hundred eleven
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days ago become symbols of the importance of press freedom around the world we welcome their return. their case through international criticism and put the spotlight on myanmar state council and. chief who was already under pressure for the oppression of the revenue minority u.n. investigators said it amounted to genocide. the release of the two men comes at a time when it is traditional for the president to grant amnesty to prisoners today they have back with their families but the future of press freedom in myanmar is unclear. i'm joined by freelance journalist a diva good of all in a young girl and did as a journalist working in me and my you must be delighted by the release of the two reuters journalists. yes certainly the right of them and relief for them and their young families that have been there just an absolute nightmare for more than five
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hundred days now so in that sense relief yes but on the flipside the truth is they should have never been arrested in the first place i mean they did an incredible pulitzer prize winning investigation of a mass killing by security forces that led to them getting the pulitzer prize as i said by and then during their trial police captain who was called by the prosecution testified that he and other policeman were ordered by superiors plant documents on these two reporters and entrap them that came out in the trial it also came out in the trial that these supposed of state secrets were not secret set of actually this information was already public so the truth was and any legitimate independent criminal justice system if these charges were even brought they would have been thrown out at trial so it's terrible that they had to go through this to begin with but at least this nightmare finally ends today for them and their families and of course if they happen to be reunited with their families and why
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these journalists who had relieved after having been given a prison term off a seventy or. so it certainly been there certainly a lot of pressure mounting on the me among government and there was you know a lot of discussions going on that involve a government that represents united nations that involves foreign diplomats and also involved reuters so that have been going on really since their arrest why did it happen today well first off this is the time of year when we see a lot of amnesties going on and prisoners getting hard and that usually happens around the time of the burmese new year which is in april and this is the third there is you know this is the third wave of parties to happen ballons of prisoners have been released during the last few weeks that's one reason why it happens now but there are also some who were released earlier several weeks ago. so that give you a sense of why maybe it happened during this time here but why was it specifically today and not one of the earlier releases that's really unclear and definitely
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you've been looking him in much as a journalist for many as what are conditions like for local journalists working there yes if you're talking about the medium aren't nationals you know those with me in our citizenship a lot of them are in a climate of fear not only because of this reuters case but there are been you know a number of local reporters who've faced charges and and suits brought against them by the military and the police and isn't typically involves coverage of what kind state when the military or the police don't like the coverage now keep in mind the conflicts there it's not just involving the run into there's also another ethnic group the ethnic were kind and there is a group of ethnic or kind insurgents that have been fighting me on our military and it appears when they don't like the press coverage as coming from the local press the military the police don't like it they tend to bring suits so a lot of the local reporters are living in a climate of fear. david going to bomb in younger than me and my thank you very
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much for that update from that sir. not a major political controversy in techie election officials have shown off the result of the vote for the man of istanbul turkey is president of egypt and don't have suffered a humiliating defeat the vote his ruling party won the local elections overall but lost key. in. the legitimacy of the results now a new vote has been shed for next month. rising into the night time sky the a at the rerun of may oral elections at an impromptu rally on the outskirts of istanbul the winner of the election vowed to fight on certain that it. caused by my fellow citizens the trying to take away the elections we won on the evening of march the thirty first they have tried to steal our hold work. show mertz rather still.
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used we really written back our rights with a smile on our face as well as hope love and respect. his supporters had been see them with anger all day. this is a preplanned game and the election authority is a part of it what else can i say and this decision doesn't represent voters it clearly has been made ignoring the people's will. i didn't know this came from somebody who doesn't want to lose his power so it's no surprise the vote should not have been cancelled monopolies. perhaps also unsurprisingly the losing candidate disagreed. in that's. why have the elections gone to the electoral board . because of the irregularities in wrongdoing as the cheats and stain
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happens during and after the elections we have detected. that. after his justice and development party lost control of both istanbul and the capital ankara president had put increasing pressure on the supreme electoral council he delivered his latest broadside on sunday one of every show i've ever watched work on the has been cheating has been corruption all this is clear and unambiguous you know come on let's go before the people and we will accept what the people's wish dictates it's the simplest not but on monday night the people of istanbul gave their response to claim that he's acting in their interest. and he did these correspond jones joins me now from istanbul durrant edge on has just lashed out at critics still questioning how they can read out the election for the marathon what is the basis of his canes that the election was rigged.
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yes president won in a very impassioned speech lashed out at this istanbul vote saying that it was a fake circles of evil and corruption that took the victory away from them he then also targeted turkey's powerful business community same place and that's because several leading figures within turkey's business leaders have been voicing concern . on the country the turkish currency has fallen steeply following the announcement of a revoked and he should a warning saying he knows who's responsible and they will be dealt with like any other terrorist adding to i think concerns of the opposition is that he says the shortcomings in the last would be addressed present heard one has sweeping powers that he can introduce or any real reform ahead of the vote which will add to fears that he could plan to change the rules of the game ahead of this key vote so they
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strong words from ed on their dorian and there's a lot of anger on the streets of istanbul as we saw in our report what is the opposition's strategy expected to be ahead of the region on june twenty third. well the opposition c.h.p. leadership are still meeting they held meetings last night and those meetings are still continuing today about what their strategy will be is under sort of one item on the changes a possible boycott of the vote and possibly even withdrawing from parliament there has been voicing growing calls within the party saying that these democracy is basically failed in turkey and if you participate all you are doing is legitimizing a broken system at the same time. did when the vote has been on the offensive he's been continuing his policy of of condemning the vote at the same time reaching out to all sections of society with a message of of inclusive and he has received important boost three minor parties that participated in the stamboul polls are reportedly announcing that they will
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withdraw in the next vote and offer support to those folks amounted to a hundred and that's ten times the margin that. the task burdwan even greater and just condemnation of the returns are also being echoed in international circles as undermining democracy in the country under how much pressure is the judiciary in turkey from and his government. well ever since. executive power two years ago on the clue to power to appoint many of turkey's leading judges and there has been concerns of the judiciary he's basically under the control of the presidency nobody's tonight but there is this fear that the judiciary is no longer in the founded on the eleven judges that did make this announcement when all the vote most of those were appointed by one on his government and the fact that they have taken a decision is widely condemned and seen as being very partisan will add to concerns
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over the impartiality of the judiciary. during jones in istanbul thank you very much for that. has been happening after the if it's among the stories making news around the world full frances is celebrated mass in north macedonia the country is orthodox christian but people of all faiths turned out to welcome the pope who's been touring the balkans he's the highest profile visitor says the country agreed to change its name to end a decades long dispute with neighboring greece. dozens of people in india station demonstration outside india supreme court after a panel of judges dismissed such a complaint against the chief justice the protesters were demanding a fresh investigation to run. after a former cultist distant accused him of making unwanted sexual advances he's denied the charges. of being led to the ballot in the thai capital bangkok to pay their respects to the newly crowned king kong the white elephant is
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a sacred symbol of royal palace in thailand the king three day coronation ceremonies and did on monday. not a series on a journey two thousand and nineteen the big issues correspondent kate brady has been travelling around the country to find out what's on people's minds on the latest stage of a journey katie takes a look at what many say is a housing emergency the population is growing but. not enough affordable housing is being built in the city of heidelberg case met some students have their own ideas on how to tackle the problem. the next part of my journey i'm heading south to the historic town of hydro back in. japanese old university and the scientific hub. picturesque with a green our space and good job prospects it's no wonder the back is booming
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since two thousand and seven the population has grown by about fifteen thousand and is proving to be particularly popular among taurus and the. but a lack of housing and increasing demand. has seen rent prices skyrocket over the last ten years making finding that very tail home here in hyderabad nothing short of a nightmare. demand for housing among students who make up about a quarter of the town's population is particularly high but here on the outskirts of hyderabad on the form of barracks of a u.s. military hospital a group of students has taken matters into their own hands the building their own student dorms this is colleague academic i'm afraid of we want to trying to find an apartment or a flat it's almost impossible to get an apartment through friends although i. the sixty million your project which is being funded largely by state redevelopment
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aid will provide housing for more than two hundred twenty students and apprentices at first glance the purchase type looks more garden shed than home but it's complete with beds bookshelf wardrobe and desk over three hundred years of month bills included as a voice i was on the one hand we want to listen that's why the entire building will be made of wood because the production has significantly fewer c o two emissions than building with concrete we also want to live together more sustainably where possible we want to share a lot of if you are individual spaces a lot of communal spaces in our own workshop where we can repair things. heidelburg deputy mag you're going out stark is pledging to build some eight hundred new apartments every year to keep up with demand cuboid if. we're hoping to achieve rental prices of under ten euros per square meter which automatically means
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we need subsidised as the market rate start at thirteen or fourteen year olds per square meter. and that's not the lower end of the scale of the scholars. but if the increase in rental prices of twenty two percent in heidelberg over the last decade is anything to go by rents are already heading off the scale projects like alegria macadamia really could office a relief to the housing crisis here in hyderabad but when the city really wants to avoid the extortionate rental prices in other big cities like berlin and munich there's still a lot to be done. and you have the next episode of that series by kate brady tomorrow the sting in germany and the u.s. secretary of state mike has canceled just planned trip to berlin at short notice he was expected here later today and the u.s. embassy in berlin has said the visit had to be postponed due to urgent matters a news agency report gives quote international security issues as the reason why
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u.s. president donald trump's chief diplomat was in finland earlier in the day to take part in a meeting of foreign ministers of the arctic council. joining me now from our parliamentary studios is up a little car is one of the hands brand welcome hans you were all set to welcome my company or any idea why he canceled his visit. frankly no none whatsoever has been no word on this from the german government there's been no word on this from the americans i actually spoke to the us embassy and they were not prepared or willing to tell me anything or pos possibly they didn't know either one big question also is that pump a zero was meant to go on from burden to london he was meant to spend the day in london tomorrow and then go on from there to green and to meet to meet danish government representatives in greenland it's not clear where the best parts of his trips are also being cancelled so it's everything's up in the air at the moment the
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only thing that we know is that the german foreign minister heikal mosfet speak on the phone to my from peo and afterwards said that he had some understanding for the reasons that the strip was cancelled a chance disconsolate postponement seems surprising because after all the many bilateral issues that need to be addressed between the countries is indeed pompei it has been foreign minister for more than a year and he hasn't ever been to germany which is quite unusual because jimmy reed is an important trading partner and obviously a very important country here in the whole of europe there are many disputes between the two countries germany and the united states they don't see eye to eye on iran for instance them to continue supporting the iran atomic deal which. the american administration has counseled they are disputes about german. armaments expenditure and its role within nato there is a pipeline from russia for russian gas being built by the germans which ends up in
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germany and is obviously something that the united states then like at all so there are many really many disputes that need to be discussed between these two countries and in that sense it's very unfortunate that this visit was not is not going ahead . strong is upon i'm interested just thank you very much. now to jordan and the fight for greater gender equality there one of the battles is over the issue of citizenship rights currently women in jordan are not allowed to pass citizenship on to their children that means babies born to jordanian mothers and non jordanian fathers are classified as foreignness putting major restrictions on their lives they are nesting mated three hundred and fifty thousand of these families pushing for full citizenship but not everyone welcomes their calls for change as this report by the news it to him.
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when see him made an egyptian man almost four decades ago she never expected her choice of life partner would cause her seven children so much suffering down the line. when they grew up they had problems with work. unless they got a work permit they could get a job. if they worked on officially they would have problems getting paid fairly. if they went and complained to officials they had no personal id to file a complaint with. according to jordanian law only men can pass on citizenship to their children this means that sons and daughters born to jordanian mothers and nine hundred eighty and fathers i considered foreigners. addition to work issues. to own property their access to public education health care and their ability to acquire a driver's license. this is because as non-citizens they do not possess
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a national and restrictions to every day life her son status almost got him kicked out of the country he calls home. into a fight. a problem and within ten days he got a deportation order. if he was and he would not have been treated like this he was detained for two years pending deportation. and twenty fourteen authorities started issuing the children of jordanian mothers special id cards that were supposed to ease restrictions on their daily lives see her son tells me the card is ineffective in practice and is often not recognized by institutions like bank organizations including human rights watch have repeatedly overhaul it citizenship law completely any change in jordan citizenship law would require the approval of the country's legislative body measureless in the web but some parliamentarians
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here are still stunned opposed to the move this parliamentarian says amending the law would open the door for palestinian refugees. he says this would hurt the palestinian cause jordan is host to two million palestinian refugees. if we keep citizenship to this group all at once there will be a huge change in the demographics of jordan and. i tell this group to be happy with the current measures in place and the rights they've been granted thus far. for salmon her children however this is easing of the restrictions is not enough. i want them to have their citizenship this is the least of their rights if a man can pass on citizenship to his spouse and child i should be able to do the same. but it seems that for now a change in the law is nowhere in sight. that whatever we use the internet or
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social media some aspects of our identity are stored online artificial intelligence or a i can exploit that data in many different ways some of them of questionable morality so scientists at darmstadt university here in germany are trying to work out if they can teach it i'm machines some sort of law real code. people. no this is a bad thing to do for the current time. yes why not the moral choice machine analyzes masses of texts written by humans and determines which combinations of words appear together most often its answers based on that analysis. make a distinction kill time or kill people that means that the machine has acquired a kind of context within a sentence that it's a small step but it shows that it could possibly be taken further we can go further like this. but the question is how far is it
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possible to go so far that machines have a human moral compass and can make decisions independently based on that this. is a sociologist at the go to university in frankfurt he doubts that machines will ever be able to be fair. on this one from a force that we have to abandon the notion that artificial intelligence or algorithms create inequality and injustice it's always the people behind it who are allowed to be that way. but applied correctly these technologies can offer opportunities for the future and could even help to fight prejudices for instance by ensuring that when women in my new social networking they aren't shown different job listings based on gender or by making sure that the job application process is not amiss as possible things like that could be applied sensibly. the moral choice machine in darmstadt also shows that if people wanted to the machine can be used for good and it shows that it's going to take some time before artificial
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intelligence functions perfectly. this is debatable maybe you want to ask also someone else. am i going to ask about toast see if you get a positive answer. should i put toast into the toast. now this is not good . we have to make some improvements there is their daughter. i don't really see a competition but rather a partnership with which we can tackle a lot of the major social issues. correctly programmed to artificial intelligence can incorporate human values and that's important so that in the future only fred winds up in the toaster and not the hamster. i'm going to leave you with the celibacy of fitting the red carpet at the annual gala of the metropolitan museum of modern art in new york enjoy.
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