people have to be at solutions my name is on the attack and. this is g.w. news live from berlin tonight a rare victory for gays and lesbians in africa the high court in botswana ruling it is no longer a crime to be homosexual the ruling was handed down today amid much anticipation and it goes against a trend elsewhere in sub-saharan africa where anti-gay laws remain on the books also coming up. cheers today after police released

journalist eve on. drug charges against him have been dropped calling huge public outcry and the deadly heat wave scorching india temperatures soaring up to 50 degrees celsius as residents hope for relief from the heat. i'm bring to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome it is a major win for gays and lesbians on the continent where they rarely have reason to celebrate botswana's high court today overturned a colonial era law criminalizing gay sex it is a landmark case for africa accord said that the law should not regulate private acts between consenting adults. and that penalizing people for who they are is

disrespectful the court unanimously rejected walls which had previously carried a sentence of up to 7 years in prison and this makes the country a pioneer in sub-saharan africa where most countries still in force laws against homosexuality and it comes less than a month after kenya's high court up held a law making homosexuality across the well to talk about today's decision i'm joined now from the capital in botswana by kut call anya. i got your name right you are from botswana a trans artist and l.g. v.t. activists it's good to have you on the show tell me what does today's ruling mean for people like you in botswana. hi lot of the major things that this is going to means to an. easy life stresses and what i know is that we ought to be recognized constitutionally as well as the

because we've had a few legal provisions that alatas to exist within the country without any torment how their and their being these 3 crosses that then people could wish it made people quite wary of. what out presence or status in the country may and so this ruling activity says we are not only just humans eyes people but we are also the citizens who look we're ready our citizenship consistent good within the country and that's what the court that's the message that the court is sending what about among the people in botswana i know that across sub-saharan africa it is not easy to be gay lesbian or trans do you think this ruling is changing what's inside the minds and hearts of the people in your

country. consequently i think what makes it easy or difficult to be. issued a rarely used community because of the snow over is that. our contexts prove we exist for market genders. seats is very different counties which have the liberties of what. exists at the stresses when we look at the 1st state of the traditional clock exists why would you put that in my case which should have been one of the major push backs of people who don't understand why. you get such laws route here we are not i look. out our attic is community level it is getting to the

fore bryant our legal advocacy has come into the plot front and we are more of a victory so we're trying to you mate but i have been trying to tell us that we are making too much noise i don't understand that we haven't been in boys we just had to share information that they needed to hear and heat in the heart and that we weren't saying it and now we are back by courts to say not only have the time to say that this in and learn but listen learn and just look you're not about one are all good little times anymore we were never but on a difficult time we inherited a lot that was is dated in the united kingdom and 3 we inherited it and even $55.00 why should those tax still influence. in

2000 and. keith kidney and all the other things. that they have to be a little bit better through that the media doesn't ask you what about if people in the community in botswana what about if they need help from the police now do you think people are going to feel comfortable and confident but calling the police to help them we've been doing a lot of sense i think she did when i think we i mean collectively the war as people practicing within the civil societies space so let i've always been given by sure that was i had been doing and that they should training which is when the religious. community british tactician is to say how do you start in fall the l.c.c. try plus people with even the work that you do this you know how do you tolerate. people so i think do you think that it will take a little bit once high for it can be easy to trust that the police and police

officers will heat the end my sentence. the carts and not i don't think that it's going to take that much of an effort for us to feel as though we can't go either on the law or in the way and we talk to law enforcement officers all right because we certainly appreciate you jerry in your time and your thoughts today certainly a momentous day for the people in botswana thank you definitely and words says that i'm happy and thankful for the support that we're seeing around the world or here in germany the country's health minister is backing legislation to ban conversion therapy now that's the term for so cold treatments which are aimed at changing the sexual orientation of gays and lesbians some in germany who have undergone conversion therapy are working to make the practice illegal. today bastiaan measure

is open about his homosexuality but getting to this point was agony as a devout christian being gay seemed like a sin discussion groups and so-called conversion therapy were meant to heal him but dr even tried to drive out his demons. after he saw a big black form coming out of my back and that this was supposed to be a really big evil demon that was causing my homosexuality and. germany's health minister wants to stop such methods and ban gay conversion therapy he has the support of doctors and lawyers boston moshe also sat on the committee the expert's opinion is clear. live on all the relevant major medical experts associations have clearly stated that homosexuality is neither a disease nor a disorder that's why from a medical or psychotherapeutic standpoint there's no need whatsoever for treatment

100. given the considerable psychological stress conversion therapy causes the committee also says about as logical and legitimate this up office as mine that's why in my view there needs to be a strong signal from the states and also from lawmakers in order to protect homosexuals from pathologies in discrimination stigmatism and suffering. bust and measure is fighting for the acceptance of homosexuality and to keep others from going through what he did. with you or some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world the french emergency room workers have protested in front of the health ministry in paris against deteriorating working conditions calling on the government to increase the numbers of staff in beds injuries salaries budget cuts and in egypt population of increasingly put france's enviable public health care system under strain for just leaders in sudan have reportedly

agreed to resume talks with the country's ruling generals on handing over power. a civilian government the move will indeed a 3 day strike which has left the capital khartoum largely deserted this was called by opposition groups after security forces killed dozens of people breaking up a peaceful protest former fark guerrilla leader. has been sworn into congress in colombia. became a lawmaker for the fart's new political party under the terms of the 2016 peace agreement which he helped negotiate he is wanted in the united states for alleged drug trafficking amazon has moved past high tech apple and google to become the world's most valuable company the value of the e-commerce giant's brand surged to 50 surged 52 percent i should say to $315000000000.00 now this leaves apple in 2nd place and last year's top brand google now in 3rd place.

in moscow investigative journalists yvonne golan off and has been released from police custody after officials dropped drug charges against him due to a lack of evidence the circumstances of arrest last week triggered protests and criticism even from some senior officials and people in the media who generally support the government and he told a crowd in moscow today that he will now continue his reporting. even walked out of police custody a free man early tuesday evening he thanked supporters outside the interior ministry and vowed to continue his work exposing corruption. that would be everything is fine i still need to get to gotten my wits and i have to work very hard now to show that your faith in me is justified thank you for that. yes you are . right one of. those supporters had been protesting at the ministry since

news of golan off the rest broke on friday one person pickets don't have to be authorized in advance so protesters took turns holding signs calling for even calling off to be freed. 3 major newspapers also joined the protests he trying the same headline in monday's additions declaring i am we are even gholam must go as i did in that several prominent media personalities also criticizing the circumstances of golan off the arrest was considered because of this the only thing might set up. in court on saturday golan off insisted he was innocent and that the police planted the drugs on him his lawyers said the fingerprints weren't on any of the items police seized and that go enough had been beaten in custody and denied a lawyer for more than 12 hours. police released several photos that seem to show a drugs lab at colon off's home they later admitted only one of those photos was actually taken at the journalist's apartment. go enough is well known for exposing

corruption medusa to the let you have based news website he works for was preparing to publish his latest reporting on russia's crime ridden funeral industry go enough the rest seems to have hit a nerve yes well just as a political speech there is a demand for justice in society because this case is not just about you but and it concerns many citizens who could end up in the same situation it is no secret that police often break the law in situations like this. in a turnaround it's those law enforcement agencies that are now coming under scrutiny . the interior ministry has opened an investigation into the officers who arrested called enough and they've asked president putin to fire 2 senior moscow police officials. are for more on this now we're going to go to our correspondent in really sure when she is in moscow in front of the interior ministry good evening to you in releasing what was the atmosphere like there were you are when the minister

. well go enough came out of the entrance that you see behind me and there was a huge there was a huge sigh of relief that was basically palpable in the entire crowd of journalists who had assembled here to report on this case people were chanting his name as well and someone had brought his dog to hand over to him he seemed very relieved at the turn of events that this case has taken in italy do we know what this move. well on the one hand i think it's the evidence the situation with the evidence which was rather contradictory and difficult from the beginning we've just heard that for example the police published 9 photos which showed some sort of a drug lab almost from apartment and later they then admitted that actually over

one of those photos had been actually taken in go an office apartment today we heard that the d.n.a. was actually on the drugs packages at all and also the other aspect i think was the huge public pressure that we saw. in the past few days we've just heard about the protests that were happening here outside the interior ministry since news of. arrests broke and that pressure was also reflected in the media and then in among politicians as well including among the highest ranks the speaker of the upper house of parliament. came out today and said that this case was difficult and that it looked a bit like a set up so it seems that this public pressure gave us a quick turn around turn around a journalist but what's the significance of this release for the entire country. well it seems that we can already see some of the consequences now the parliament

here in russia has now announced that they are going to be discussing their country's drug laws and that's because there is in russia something called a popular paragraph that's what people call it here which means essentially if someone is inconvenient to you you can kind of just stick some drugs in their bag and that will mean that they can be put behind bars and it seems that parliamentarians are looking to discuss that and perhaps change some of those laws to make it difficult more difficult for that to happen and the other thing of course is that this was a huge show of strength from the from russia civil society they came out in the media showed huge solidarity across the board including in the in state t.v. in state media not just in critical media outlets and they've really kind of shown here that there are red lines and that they won't let the kremlin cross those lines

or that they won't let anyone cross those lines. sherman reporting tonight from moscow emily thank you phil there are more protests in hong kong demonstrators against a controversial bill that seeks to allow extraditions to china are returning to the city's streets they're gathering in the government quarter where they are planning to spend the night opponents of the extradition legislation fear that it could undermine hong kong be from mainland china they're calling on the city's chief executive to scrap it more protests and strikes or expected on wednesday when the bill is due to be approved by the city's legislative council. correspondent much he is berlin has been at the gathering tonight in hong kong and he said this is report. people have come here to the premises around the parliament and around the government buildings in hong kong they want to spend the night he had to be here in the morning when the hearing starts and to prevent the government

from shutting down the premises around the legislative council and the central government office now none of the people i spoke to here think they have a real chance to stop this legislation with money said they want to remind the world of what's happening here they want to use what many perceive as maybe their last chance to voice their concern and to make the word here that they do not agree to this that was what he is billing to reporting in hong kong salvage crews in the hungarian capital budapest have recovered several bodies from the wreckage of the tour boat which sank on the danube last month rescue workers raised the whole of the besso which capsized after colliding with a large cruise ship only 7 of the $35.00 people on board survived. after 2 weeks salvage teams were finally ready to raise the boat from the riverbed steel cables secured the sunken vessel to

a massive floating crane the boat was then slowly lifted until it broke the surface and water could be pumped out. as the top of the mermaid became visible workers said they saw life jackets floating inside. the vessel was then hoisted onto a barge and handed over to police investigators. inside crews recovered 4 bodies and brought them to a waiting police boat. onlookers lined the banks of the danube many still shaken by the incident on the hungry in capitals beloved river. that was a lot of people. and it's. so horrible. the operation had been delayed by fast and muddy springtime waters it was only in recent days that the danube finally at low enough to give the crane the necessary maneuvering space for salvage teams and south korean rescuers who joined them soon

after the accident it was a challenging operation. but there were days when one could see 50 centimeters but other times visibility was just 10 centimeters it was like being in a heavy snow fall or fog we switched on strong lights but didn't see a thing that the water was so murky water so these. the nighttime collision occurred during heavy rain of the $33.00 koreans and to hungary and crew on board only 7 people survived. vast stretches of india are sweltering under a scorching heat wave around the capital new delhi temperatures are as high as 48 degrees celsius that's a 118 degrees fahrenheit they have been reported today much of india's northwest currently remains in the heat waves grip last week sure were in raw just recorded

50 degrees celsius making it the hottest place in the country and the 2nd hottest place on earth relief however is forecast in the coming days in the form of pre monsoon showers in delhi and in the western state of gujarat. as the sun's rays beat down on delhi those that can't shelter indoors do what they can to protect themselves from the relentless assault. many need to be outside to earn a living even though business is slow. just almost automatically there a very few customers around the place is almost empty because of the heat we sit in our vehicles doing nothing for hours if it gets too hot we go and rest under the trees then we start again around 405 pm and work until late at night. for those trading in cool refreshments sales a brisk the main challenge is keeping drinks chilled in the blazing sun.

heat waves can be deadly especially for the elderly the chronically ill and young children. and many people experience negative health effects as their bodies struggle to cope. the temperature of the earth is rising every day. and because of that we are facing many problems people get diseases heat causes things like skin rashes and other skin problems. scientists say stream weather events will increase in frequency e.g. to global warming and india will be one of the worst sufferers human health is at risk along with our food and water supply. although temperatures across india have now started to fall after 3 weeks of all time highs the summer of $29.00 tain is on course to be the hottest in india since records began. or residents of sardinia are

facing a scourge of a different car in the tell you no island in the mediterranean is dealing with the worst invasion of locusts in 60 years it is proving devastating for farmers with the insects destroying crops and grazing pastures unusual weather patterns are being blamed for this year's invasion. it looks like scenes from the apocalypse inside an e a large swarms of locusts have devoured crops all around 2000 hectares of land it's the worst invasion of locusts on the island since the 1960 s. insects will eat any plant there's no little left for farmers to harvest to feed their livestock is done with the locusts are doing their best to destroy everything that experts say the population explosion could be due to a sudden change in weather compared to previous years may was unusually cold and wet this year while june has been dry and hot of unusual that meant that millions of locusts hatched from eggs at the same time huge areas of fowler land on the

island provided ample space for them to multiply. many farmers have simply given up . it immediately benefited from. and you have it and then from these abandoned fuel fields of the species goes through the cultivated girls there's no quick solution to the plague of locusts and cites the usual methods of employing fire smoko poison to kill them haven't worked families here can only wait and see if the locusts ones move on that will depend on which way the wind is blowing in the next few days. sports now let's go to the women's world cup sweden got their campaign off to a winning start with a 2 no victory over chile in group f. adverse weather conditions while the game delayed in the 70th minutes with the referee ordering the players to leave the field sweden took

a late lead once play was resumed those involved the last 34 to the 83rd minute madeline and no he did smashed home a stunning solo go to seal the no wind for sweep. of the netherlands kicked off their world cup campaign with a one nil victory over new zealand in a game largely lacking chances new zealand's best chance came from this rosy white effort in the 1st half but the netherlands struck a late winner through to take all 3 points in group b. between 2 year old midfielder getting her side off to a dream start. when germany put in a below par performance in their world cup opener against china it was a bruising encounter and germany were lucky to win one nailed they now face spain in their 2nd group game knowing that a win would all but guarantee them a place in the knockout stages. germany limber up for their match with spain

knowing their lucky to cut their grip despite a one nil when they struggled badly in their world cup opener against the chinese site that left them black glued. up as kind i think it should be doesn't kind of i don't think there's a single player without a bruce lee thank the mets now but i don't think we have to talk too much about that on the m spears it was a world cup game. and you don't expect to come out of it unscathed. an injury to jennifer moderation was the biggest body blow inflicted by the chinese early on playmaker will sit tight the spain game with a fritz njt. absence means expectation falls on the young shoulders of julia given the 19 year old became a household name in germany with the strike that broke the chinese resistance a similar performance against spain would see her star rise even higher and leave much unifies techmeme books team with one fits all coach phase. but here is a reminder of the top story that we're following for you bunce one is high court

has struck down laws against gay sex going against the trend in other parts of sub-saharan africa where entire gay walls have been upheld and remain on the books . you're watching the news line from berlin after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day stick around for that.

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