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biala gassed frankfurt airport city managed by for a part. this is you don't really use live from berlin a deadly assault on protesters in sudan turmoil breaks out in the capital hard to know where a military crackdown has killed more than a dozen people will look at what it means for efforts to end the army's grip on power and put a civilian government in place also coming up u.s. president donald trump is welcomed by queen elizabeth at the start of
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a state visit to britain but many in the u.k. are unhappy about the trip and we'll find out why and allegations of sexual and physical abuse against female football players we'll talk to the director of afghanistan's women national football team who is calling for action from. a lark it's great to have you along everyone the death toll from a military crackdown on protesters in sudan has now reached at least 30 according to opposition organizers the sudanese army use deadly force to disperse a sit in in the capital hard to win public prosecutors there have now opened an investigation into the military's actions according to state media and strangers have been protesting for months demanding that the judge. generals hand over power
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to a civilian government in april the military overthrew president omar al bashir after sweeping demonstrations against his brutal 30 year long rule. don't fear violent escalation gulf caught. police and army chased demonstrators through the streets. gunfire and explosions have shocked their protests breaking up the peaceful city. but even as safely the bullets the protesters mock the army and repeat their demands for change. freedom peace and justice civilian rule this month chant these protesters. are those and circled by the troops plead with the military to hold their fire. peacefully peacefully they shout. but since the early morning sudan's capital
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has been anything but peaceful. protest leaders have stopped cooperation with the transitional military council calling the crackdown a bloody massacre and said i cannot even evacuate the bodies of the dead they are calling them martyrs. hundreds of the injured are being treated in cartoons row care hospital the sudan doctors committee says the death toll is difficult to count and can only rise but the army is meeting determined organize resistance the opposition and thrown up their own roadblocks in response stringing stones and burning tires across the city. right after the dispersal of the sit in we went back to the streets and squares and thank god with the help of the youth we closed the street and we will close everything again god willing. a day of violence by the army may have broken up the protest
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a sit in that it seems to have simply dispersed the resistance throughout khartoum . the u.s. president and trump is getting the royal treatment on the 1st day of his state visit to the u.k. the president and the 1st lady are due to attend a state banquet at buckingham palace shortly a crowd of protesters has already gathered near. the palestra who is their opposition to trump's visit in early in the day the queen welcome donald and melania trump to the palace but the president stood controversy ahead of his arrival calling london's mayor a quote stone cold rooster. earlier i spoke with correspondent gary masse who was outside buckingham palace and i asked her why is london rolling out the red carpet for president trump he's blasting critics broken were protocol and doesn't seem to be enduring himself to britain. no he has been really under no backing just before he came very critical of three's i'm a old say all of sudden i may have a none but he's coming at
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a time of political instability to reason mase on the way out the regs in question is unresolved and britain is looking for a strong partner in the us even though i don't know trump past nearly is quite unpopular with a lot of people the u.k. warms to strengthen the toys with us in particular because when they're leaving the european union they're looking to do another trade deal with the us and the us has already signaled that they would be. very optimistic that that can happen so the u.k. and the u.s. traditionally very strong partners and the u.k. definitely trying to strengthen ties in this very difficult time in here in the u.k. . very good mosque in london reporting earlier for us there are i want to bring you up to speed now with some of the other stories making news around the world. a
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court is sweden has rejected a request to detain we kill leaks founder julian assange 2010 rape case a songes in prison in the u.k. and today's ruling down swedish prosecutors hopes of having him extradited swiftly from britain songes lawyer called the decision a big victory for his client. 5 people are dead and 10 wounded in the afghan capital kabul after a bomb attached to a bus exploded the bus was carrying government employees is the latest in a wave of bombings in the afghan capital where both the talabani and so-called islamic state are active. a heat wave in northern india has triggered warnings of water shortages and heatstroke temperatures have exceeded 50 degrees celsius in some places and people in the capital delhi have been advised not to go out during the hottest hours of the day and there have been several heat related deaths. the future of german chancellor angela merkel's government is hanging by
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a thread after the leader of her junior coalition partner resigned and their knowledge stepped down after her social democrat party's disastrous showing in the recent european elections america has stressed she's committed to sticking with the coalition social democrats for their part are now trying to find a new leader or leaders. after the upheaval of their party leaders resignation it was time for germany social democrats to put on the brakes on monday time to stop rethink and decide exactly what kind of social democratic party the s.p.d. wants to be a trio of leaders has temporarily taken charge of the party is neither panic stricken nor without leadership it's our task to make clear that we're leading this party and that there will be new roads ahead after just faulty months in the job and dry analysis left on monday but not without to go by commission. i've just said goodbye to the s.p.d. party executive committee. so we're going to have resigned. and i
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also wanted to personally thank you for years of good teamwork. you've spent many many hours here in the house thank you for that take a novice's resignation has consumed the german media now while the social democrats do their own soul searching there's one bigger question on voters' minds how will the coalition government of the social democrats and chancellor merkel's conservatives continue and rebuilding the guy that will be the end of a grand coalition if it continues this way other will change something and then we'll see what the new plan is and then maybe. this is the end of the grand coalition the it is they espied a earthquake is rattling the entire german government but on the sidelines of the conservatives post e.u. election summit it was all smiles from chancellor merkel she vowed once again to push on with her ever fragile coalition yet of course we now have to respect this
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phase in which the s.p.d. has to make its decisions had but from the conservative side it's clear there's a lot to do in our opinion and the ability to work is not only desirable but imperative. crisis avoided for now but with predicted losses in eastern state elections this fall fresh national elections could come soon and the medical was hoping. fifa is still examining allegations that members of the gonna stun national women's team were sexually and physically abused by men from the country's football federation former player and current team director how lead up to pa one of the whistleblowers has questioned why she and others are still waiting for an outcome the allegations 1st surfaced publicly in november last year the 1st suspended 6 people including the accused head of afghanistan's football association who denies the allegations. and in
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a statement. that the investigation was still ongoing and it will release a conclusion in the next few weeks if i added it was strongly committed to promoting the safety and wellbeing of all individuals involved in football activities and that it has a 0 tolerance policy on human rights violations and condemns all forms of gender based violence. all right i'm now joined in the studio by the teams director phyllida for policy who made the abuse claims she is in berlin for the discover football conference which aims to give women a voice against discrimination in sports it's a privilege to have you here with us on the set we basically ground you from the tarmac and got you here in the studio to talk about this very important topic i'd like to get your reaction 1st a few for statements a statement that it gave to do a news 1st of all thank you so much for inviting me here as 1st time i'm hearing this because looking so much forward to to the 1st.
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decision. i am looking forward to the same time i'm worried my worry is like there will focus on the on the president of football for the nation and leave the general secretary and the some other management team that we may delegation against . talk to us about what how have the what are the allegations what are their allegations how were female players treated unfortunately in my players my national team players they were sexually abused some of them they were raped by the president of football for the nation they were sexually abused and harassed sexually mentally physically by some of the coaches leadership of one of them football for the nation what tell us about the time span the timeline how long has this been taking place. unfortunately for from i would say
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from 2014. it took place. the 1st time i hear it was 2018 where for years it's been done for years before it came out and it was you know public why is it so difficult why didn't why didn't the women speak out before that unfortunately it's like i'm living outside a country and i was. not inside the country there was difficulty in terms of communication and trust and i was working very close to them prison the football for the nation and the management of the book for the nation without having any knowledge about what's going on with pless so to do with the fact that if you do i mean it's already i mean i'm gonna sign cording to the u.n. according to a lot of women rights organizations is the worst place in the world to be a woman so to even go and play so i can't even imagine to go out and play soccer i mean the courage of that must hate so then if you have these allegations is there
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fear of stigma is there fear that if i come out and say this powerful man did this that they will not be believed i want to sign is a male dominated country and for women playing football even living in that country is very dangerous but playing football is breaking all the barriers and rules and coming out to play football you know the you have to go to a lot of problems there women myself for example i i filed against so many people until i got permission to go to play football so when the women come and play football like fighting with this society with the family to get the permission to go in and on the pitch and what happens when they get harassed or sexually abused the it cannot go back to their families and the society and complain because this is the we told you that that football is not for women so they keep that and also for women talking about sexual harassment it is stigma it is it is bad and
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people will blame their blame the victim then the abuser i have unfortunately 20 seconds that's what you want to see if you really want to take this very. important not to leave the people who abuse the players and also take. the protection of players around the world very serious because. this is a beautiful game and we should think about how to protect women oh football us kelly the pope paul thank you so much for and spending time with us we greatly appreciate it thank you so much and are minor of the top stories that we're tracking for you this hour is sudan 30 people are reported to have been killed after the army used violence to disperse a sit in in the capital hard to state media see if the words will investigate the incident the protesters are calling on the generals to hand over power to a transitional government. he was president donald trump has met with queen
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elizabeth at the start of a state visit to the u.k. all thousands of demonstrators are expected to turn out across london and other cities in britain to protest against his visit. here watching you know we hear lose it from growing coming up to our business africa and news africa shows don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock by heading to our web site that's d.w. dot com one little rock n roll and i'll see you again tomorrow starting at 700 c.t. . he needs to know a sex phone operator to work her masters thesis on the potato. to greet. not return on well if it's more residuals from their. true list internationally the strange. land really be our fighters want to start
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