this is g.w. newsline from berlin tonight the us is warning russia no meddling in the 2020 presidential election u.s. secretary of state my campaign of delivering that message as he holds high level talks in russia including with russian president putin of russia still denying that it ever interfered in any u.s. election so it is moscow listening also coming up tonight deadly violence in

sudan's capital khartoum protesters killed during clashes at a demonstration calling for civilian rule or just years accuse ousted president omar al bashir of dividing the country and an island in the grip of sectarian tensions our correspondent visits a police station intro lanka that's become a refugee shelter for muslims seeking protection after the easter sunday suicide bombings. i'm brinkerhoff to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin tonight with the u.s. russia and iran u.s. secretary of state mike pump aoe today visited the black sea resort of sochi where he held meetings with his russian counterpart sergey lavrov and russian president

vladimir putin all speaking ahead of those talks with the washington envoy putin found words of praise for the recently published report. on russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election no denying that russia ever interfered in the elections the u.s. leader desire to completely restore the bad relations between his country in the united states a feeling that he said he sensed was reciprocated by donald trump so both are this talk about that a bit more joining me here the big table is sarah palin she is a political analyst in russia expert with the german council on foreign relations it's good to have you on the show let's talk about what we're looking at the u.s. in the russia and russia they disagree on many things still the valve to improve their relationship how are they going to do that they're probably not really going to do that as leverage if they want to they want to improve their relations again because it at an all time low basically but they do not have

a lot of how to make that happen most of the iris are talking about are conflicting areas so areas of conflicting interests like like iran like arms control so it's unlikely to happen actually the alleged russian meddling in the 2016 u.s. presidential election it did a lot of damage to the little trust there already that there was between washington and moscow russia's foreign minister he has responded to these allegations that russia was culpable for the interference which take a listen to what he said today i gave mike and on official paper and on official memo. and it lays out the. relevant to actual inference information of. u.s. interference in the domestic policy of the russian federation including the notorious law in support of freedom in the ukraine it was adopted by the congress

where the secretary of state is instructed in its he's obligated to promote democracy in russia directly through working with russian and geos. so he's saying i gave my pump a list of examples where the u.s. has no though in russian affairs so that doesn't sound like the 2 sides are planning to kiss and make up you know so actually the russian viewpoint on this whole affair is that russians just are now to the gas what us have been doing for decades actually to other countries so they're still stating that they're not responsible for any meddling in the us. elections but still that's kind of kind of a way to also say you're doing the same so we're just what you are but is there proof that the u.s. is ever trying to interfere in a russian election. the viewpoint of. election meddling from russia is

quite different so all the funding for example by you say by other. funding or a funding organizations for parties for civil society organization in russia is seen as election meddling and it's an interesting way that the perceptions are different when we're talking about the same thing which is elections start a little bit about iran u.s. secretary of state by campaign he found cautious words for the u.s. strategy on dealing with the increasing tensions i want to take a listen to what he said we're looking for iran to be of like a normal country and that's our ask and we have applied pressure to the leadership of the islamic republic of iran to achieve that we we fundamentally do not seek a war with iran but we've also made clear to the iranians that if american interests are attacked. we will both certainly respond in appropriate. so when we're dealing with iran another case the u.s.

and russia are on opposite sides they are right. not agree guarding the ultimate goal both sides want to prevent a you or a new nuclear program but the strategy in achieving that is totally different while russia still see. sereny and deal like the e.u. as worth it and they want to uphold it yes quit the deal last year and won it wants to put more pressure on on iran to to to get another deal and is it possible to say that the us is actually pushing tehran and moscow into each other's arms because of what has happened with the iran nuclear deal because tehran you could argue that they are closer than they've ever been. yes for example in economic terms as we have again of course tehran turns to moscow because they are one of their remaining big allies but still russia is not powerful enough to make up for all the all the elect us influence here that lack of us for foreign and economic power sarah palin

with the german council on foreign relations i thank you. well here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world turkey's military has launched a massive exercise in the mediterranean jian in black sea for the 2nd time this year the defense ministry says one $130.00 warships and almost $26000.00 members of the armed forces are involved in the drills come amid renewed tensions over on korea's plans to extract natural gas off the divided island of cyprus venezuelan security forces have surrounded the opposition controlled congress members say they were refused access to the building ahead of a planned debate the national assembly has come under increasing pressure from president nicolas maduro since the opposition appealed for a military uprising back on april 30th a california jury has awarded more than $2000000000.00 to a couple who claimed that monsanto's roundup weed killer calls their cancer they

used round up for more than 3 decades at their home and on other properties german chemicals giant bayer acquired monsanto last year. 5 protesters and an army major have been shot dead in sudan's capital khartoum this was just hours after protest leaders reached an agreement with the ruling generals to transition to a new elected government protesters have been demanding a civilian led transition and they have kept up pressure ever since the uprising that led to the removal of longtime president omar al bashir. in nighttime khartoum congress met with a show of force. purchases come from security forces were quick branching guns they're not afraid to use the idea of. these images show the moment a tense standoff tons of violent. terrified civilians ducked for cover as uniformed

men fired into the lives of other evidence that. tensions escalated when security forces began clearing wrote blogs i read line for demonstrates as they have been defying the military for weeks of the. season not just warning shots some of the bullets hit their mark a number of sudanese processes and an army major was shot dead that was the protests up in a whole day to increase pressure on the military council took over after president obama bashir was forced from power of the law to get a month ago and the old regime is not full and yet so we're staying you've seen with your own eyes the oppression we've asked protests because we reject the decisions by the transitional military council we've lost knol street to pressure the government we want to ensure our voices a hood we hate what they're doing they even use whips on us. a little bit on the

flip up. on monday some dance moves to counsel and opposition groups finally agree to a power structure for the country's transition. process is one civilian rule but the makeup of the governing bodies has yet to be agreed. at a news conference on tuesday during general spent bashir supporters within the security forces for the violence. the money is that the situation has been exploited by other factions and by sleeper cells of the old regime and others who are still targeting this revolution i believe. heightened tensions between the military and civilian protests as well to plain to see that the demonstrate has refused to go quietly talks between the 2 sides continue. in sri lanka muslim mobs have killed one person and attacked mosques and muslim old business as the government is extending a curfew to a 2nd night as they try to contain the violence a carry on anger has been building since the easter sunday suicide bombings by

islamist those bombings killed more than 250 people now in the city of the gunboat hundreds of muslim refugees mostly from afghanistan and pakistan have now fled their homes because many of their sri lankan neighbors say they see them now as a threat to our reporter every quha office on spent time with a group of refugees taking shelter in a police station in. a city where one of the easter sunday attackers killed more than 100 people. nightmares don't compare to this ordeal more than 150 people are crammed into this makeshift shelter so the office is only 12 but it's fear for her life before in afghanistan it was less than terrorism those things and cars after that we leave afghanistan really we have a country and we come here and so brings a lot of problems and so we come it get blessed and people blame. and out there in place station. they came to this police station for their own

protection all had been renting homes in the gumball for years as they waited to go to 3rd countries as the locals had generally been friendly but after the easter sunday bombings some call them terrorists several refugees were attacked at home and on the streets there was some people they were. going to sell me under this. or i've got enough gun there to those soon after one while i was in it also he told me to leave the house because we can't guarantee we don't have any responsibility to about you landlords scared of being targeted themselves asked the refugees to leave but others for lankans have come to their aid activist ricky fernando has been helping them but feels more needs to be done so i think the government needs to take the initiative to inform the local people particular only got more that these are refugees and asylum seekers who are flick was aggressive in their countries they have trusted sri lanka we've all been about the countries that have been off

for a moment in research. and phosphoric mistresses are so that they can go quickly some families have now been in this space for more than 3 weeks a space met for police vehicles not parents with small children there is little protection here from the intense heat and conditions are only getting worse i am worried about them all the children not i would my only my children about all the children what will happen to them if they get very serious sick and if we lose money off them it will be great no the condition is very good back to eritrea to go straight home. we couldn't believe that the real fairies search kind of strange and there are just a few toilets for everyone to use and these stalls are also were people being killed but you're still doing what he does for you for deportation is a reality for this catholic family they say they face death if sent back to muslim

majority pakistan. must be worn say our life so now we have got the news that the government says syrian government's rejected people will be sent back to pakistan but we can go that we don't have any more time so blue do something put us . nearby saddam since we're. her mother in the parking lot instead of in a school with her classmates. actually i am really worried about my future because i have a lot sometimes for my future after those things that happen in here i really don't have any interest i just want to say when i met her the dreams that i had to become a doctor. just . was.

actually good to her. and it's really hard to even hear. that report from the w.'s abbey who had this on there in sri lanka well hate crimes often motivated by religious or anti foreigner sentiment are also a problem right here in germany according to the government hate crimes increased 20 percent last year and that includes anti semitic crimes the government says the far right is to boy demonstrate to us butting a self-made israeli flag an attack against a jewish restaurant a bond same bull. these are signs of a worrying problem in germany and one that is growing according to new figures released by the interior ministry. anti semitic crimes have increased

considerably by 19.6 percent in the last year the vast majority and this finding is important for the evaluation of these offenses namely 89 point one percent can be attributed to groups on the right wing of the political spectrum. parties described as far right such as alternative for germany have been accused of downplaying germany's nazi past and normalizing hate politics something that they reject. german chancellor angela merkel's government meanwhile has vowed to fight the rising problem of anti-semitism last year it appointed its 1st anti semitism commissioner félix kline and it set up an office to document hate crimes this is a new consequently this is a very problematic development and it's therefore good that the government now has an anti semitism commissioner. and i will discuss this with him and by ministry.

you know what we can do in the way of prevention so that we can reduce these problematic numbers in germany. but officials have added that given germany's troubled history fighting anti-semitism is not only a challenge for authorities but for society as a whole. well it remains an unresolved and disturbing question what to do about the children board to german citizens who fought abroad for so-called islamic state many of those children are now living in miserable conditions in syrian refugee camps but one warrior is fighting to bring 2 orphaned little girls here to begin a new life in germany a life in safety. these children aged one in 4 are being held in a syrian refugee camp their mother a former member of the so-called islamic state is dead according to german

politician and lawyer dick sunni and the children should be brought to germany as quickly as possible he's representing the children's grandparents and he's just made a legal application to meet its initial father and that medical care is by no means guaranteed. there is a danger of epidemics breaking out and there's also a danger of sexual abuse especially for defenseless children who was a kid. thus it is all class for children to live and can. this is where the children are living the alcohol refugee camp in northern syria aid workers here report of undernourished children suffering from disease many children live in confinement their parents germans who joined the i.a.s. . the german foreign ministry in berlin says they can't offer any consular services in syria but extensions can be made in certain cases on humanitarian grounds. to

swedish government has recently collected 7 orphans from the camp and lawyer diff sunni and says the country is setting an example that germany should follow. our we've got some breaking news coming in british prime minister teresa mayes office says that she will put the brakes it withdrawal agreement billed to parliament again for a vote at the beginning of june u.k. lawmakers have rejected the deal agreed with the european union 3 times already this will be their 4th vote on teresa mayes breaks a plan may's office saying that talks with the opposition have been useful and productive again the prime minister saying that a breakthrough plan will be put to a parliamentary vote next month. are there is increasing pressure now on governments to do more to slow the pace of climate change last week france and 8 other e.u. countries announced that they would try to halt almost all of their greenhouse gas

emissions by 2020 germany has been falling short of its own declared emissions cutting targets were today at a climate change conference right here in berlin the transfer i'm going to medical she indicated that germany will be joining that initiative. and many expect her to send a strong signal. for a long time i'm going to america was d. climate chancellor but you know admits that germany hasn't met its goals. we have agreed on quite a lot at the european level and have set targets but there is a gap for the 1st goal of 2020. the a in a look at. back in 2007 america was active under field in greenland in front of meeting last year's and international stage she talked about global warming as a crucial issue during her men date governmental leaders of the 8 biggest industrial countries agreed to a 50 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2050 but in germany

things look a bit different denise will go to reduce gas emissions by 40 percent will not be met as america's 2 haven't tackled the issue with the transport and car making industry instead of government decided to continue using coal and has limited the development of renewable energies the german chancellor has already said that a 2050 goal to reach c o 2 neutrality was a no go but no she is open to the idea. we couldn't be of you how can we achieve this objective of climate neutrality on c o 2 by 2050 the question is not whether we can do it but how can we do it. if we can find a reasonable answer to this question we can join the initiative of the other 9 states when you and i actually isn't. for many young people however this simply isn't enough. many of those who take part in a fight if

a future of protest but only talk los when i go to america came to power ask chancellor and greenhouse gas emissions in germany hardly decreased since so for germany's youth to mess up the climate chances are is no more. what changes to the climate are monitored by scientists from the european space agency one of their projects is to establish the distribution of the earth's surface water and groundwater of the grace follow one satellite mission launched back in may. records changes in the earth's mass by movements of bodies of water. this is how earth looks if its gravity field is shown not completely round it's an imperfect sphere with dense and bulges and this is how the twin satellites of the grace follow on mission see it they orbit the earth 15 times each day and monitor its mass which constantly changes especially the masses of water on the earth's

surface and in the ground satellites are the best way to observe waters and flow across the entire planet. using microwaves they measure the distance between one another to the 1000th of a millimeter the satellites gravitate to varying degrees and their orbit depending on how big the mass beneath them happens to be this gravitational pull changes the distance between the satellites the water budget can then be calculated from the data they collect. every month the satellites deliver a new snapshot of the constantly changing distribution of mass on and in the earth the data will help to better document the impact of climate change. for example how quickly the polar ice caps are melting the previous mission has already shown that between 222016 greenland ice sheet melted faster than previously believed.

every year about $270000000000.00 tons of ice are being lost there. with the satellites help researchers can now monitor the global water budget and they can examine how far the groundwater level has sunk due to over use or how climate change alters precipitation and the distribution of water new insights from outer space. the life. earlier we spoke of. he is the director of the european space agency's earth observation program c he joined us from usas living symposium in milan italy we asked him what missions like grace tell us about the state of our planet. interesting mission because it provides information about certain aspects of the

climate in particular the. bodies and changes to the gravity. complementing measurements and therefore really. how the climate changes and impacts and affects our climate change in particular you have mentioned. there's also missions like. changes of the balance of the ice balance and therefore giving essential measurements of what the state of our climate is how much ice is melting. and also finally increasing. change. our sports news germany has announced its squad for the women's world cup which kicks off next month it will be coach martina voss techmeme berg's 1st tournament in charge there were few unexpected players in the $23.00 women lined up there were however

a few pleasant surprises during the team announcement launched about. the germany squad announcement fronted by coach martina forced started locate those soon result within our catching promo video it outlined the difficulties women face in the football world. that this is true thanks for taking. the next 5 people for whatever. reason so connected. to the needy bash christian yamma to fix but new insight to put. it was a tongue in cheek message to germany and the world they're demanding respect as they tug at a 3rd world cup toddle and want the fans behind the. guns and we wish with all our hearts that many fans come to the stadium far less friendly match and that we can take a world cup mood with us couldn't be all that you know now that the world cup is approaching more people know that we're playing. the squad so held few

surprises. was included despite injury problems alexander paul was named as the team captain and is confident germany can handle the attack as one of the favorites isn't in the months why in the here number 2 when the world rankings we know that on the one hand there is an expectation for us to do well but we also know that it's a positive thing because i don't think many teams want to play against us. woman thinking on now it's up to germany to show the world what that you can do. all right you're watching news from berlin after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day stick around for that.

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