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online. this is g w news live from berlin tonight in a cairo courtroom egypt's 1st democratically elected president has died mohamed morsi collapsed today during his trial in espionage charges with his body leaders of a hospital he was ousted from power by the military in a coup led by the current president back in 2013 that followed massive protests in the country also coming up tonight german investigators established a far right forward in the murder of a local politician investigators say
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a suspect in the killing of an official from german chancellor angela merkel's party has an extremist background it's alleged that he shot this official in the head at close range before he was arrested last week. i'm off to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin tonight with news out of egypt former president mohamed morsi has died warsi reportedly collapsed today during a court session in cairo and was rushed to the hospital where he later passed away he was a key figure in egypt's muslim brotherhood and he was the 1st democratically elected president in egypt's modern history morsy had been in jail. since 2013 after the
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military else did him that thing that followed massive protest against his route. for more on what happened today the man and the legacy i'm joined right here by my colleague. she is from egypt you've been covering this story so let's talk about what happened today in that courtroom in cairo so the former president mohamed morsi was facing charges on espionage for links that he has with the islamist palestinian isn't his group hamas at now he was spoke for about 20 minutes before he collapsed egyptian state media saying this was a diabetic coma where he was then taken to an unnamed hospital and pronounced dead so this is really coming from a whole host of medical issues that he's had in the past he was a diabetic and yes he was a diabetic and he wasn't really getting reports again report to scare us but we
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wasn't really getting proper medical treatment while he was in prison we even have a court that his son gave us and gave the news about this that he's also just spoken to us today and he said no one contact contacted us to tell us where his body is we haven't been allowed to see him since september 28th so really he's just. he's been before that in solitary confinement since yet imber of 20 well we have when he was in solitary confinement we can't really say again in terms of details of of how long he's been in that but they all reports where he's been in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day again not being given medical treatment not giving 120 access with a noir these are the kinds of things they're hearing and we know that the muslim brotherhood has called for an international independent investigation into his death is that likely to happen well the thing is in egypt at the
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moment is that with the new well i say new regime that the regime that replaced him is that support for the muslim brotherhood has really been quashed if you will there is less the poor now really it might be the weakest time for the muslim brotherhood in egypt and its 90 year history. in terms of what we'll see for morsi now is it might be scarce it might be nothing it remains to be seen but what does that tell us to the belt the way he will be remembered moving forward if the muslim brotherhood as we and you know egypt is a country i mean i'm thinking of mubarak as well i mean when your else did your else did. yes that's exactly right i mean egypt state television hasn't really been covering this as much as you might expect a country to cover the death of its former president and of course with mubarak as well even with mubarak his his his court his trials were televised we didn't
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have that with morsi for example so in terms of whether people supporters get to mourn this whether it will be big in egypt it'll i really don't see that happen quickly yes or no do you think they'll be an official day of mourning even acknowledge that he passed away i think as we've probably got as much acknowledgement as we well. done it both times he's giving us the latest on what happened today in cairo thank you. well here in germany federal prosecutors have revealed that they are treating the murder of a local politician as an act of far right extremism valter luko was a member of german chancellor angela merkel's conservatives and he was a vocal supporter of the chancellor's welcoming approach to refugees he was shot dead earlier this month at his home in the central state of hausa elisei the
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suspected killer or who was arrested on saturday has a long track record of hate crimes. in the early afternoon a spokesperson for the federal prosecutor held a press conference 45 year old stephanie is being held as prime suspect and the police believe they have established a motive begin of point because the current state of our investigation we assume that what we're dealing with is right wing extremism that taught 100 to suspects past gives us grounds to believe this. as do his public opinions and beliefs if you keep in mind in 1006 on june 2nd daughter lives could consul district president was shot dead while standing on the terrace of his home 2 weeks ago the police began a broad search for evidence one of the 1st suspects was arrested on a north sea ferry but the authorities turned out to be on the wrong track the 45 year old suspect arrested last weekend was found by means of d.n.a. identification the police acquired comparative material when the suspect was
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previously convicted of right wing crimes authorities were tipped off to the connection between the murder and extremists when they observed right wing celebrations on social media shortly after loop because murder although the federal prosecutor does not believe the suspect is a member of a larger extremist network they are still investigating that possibility. or more now i'm joined by my colleague paul gerges standing outside the home of the assassinated politician that's in the german state of has he needs you to talk to me a little bit you been able to talk to neighbors and people in that area what's the atmosphere there. yes indeed i actually could speak to some people and the atmosphere is very still and his people are very shocked that there might be of white going behind the death of a to look they knew him as a very friendly person hey i talked with
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a neighbor who said he he took out the cattle with him sometimes when he was home so they are shocked that his political stance and especially his support for refugees might have something to do with his death of a few weeks ago is that what they're telling you or do they actually assume that they know why voltar luka was targeted and murdered so that a look of us well known for his stance for refugees pro refugees he opened up a few refugee centers as a politician here and has a and all of this heated up in the evening in 2015 at a council meeting when he stood up for refugees saying everyone who disagreed with this belief of welcoming them was free to leave the country at any point so the reaction was very dramatic he received death threats hundreds of them he was under police protection for a while and over all of this repeated itself after his death hate speech or create
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online saying that his death was. that it was a good thing that he was a trader of the people that he deserved to die so this obviously brought the police to this fried wing suspicion of the crime and what do we know about the alleged killer. so the killer is a 45 year old man and the alleged killer was arrested saturday morning early saturday morning he had allegedly been in contact with the extreme right wing seen here in germany several times especially with the group combat 1818 here stands for both hit and also he allegedly committed his fost crime against refugees when he was already or he was only 20 years old attacking a refugee center here in hester and don't know if this stands in quite a clear contrast to what the neighbors were saying and describing him as someone as
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oh nice family father who always greeted when they passed by so they couldn't actually imagine that he had a contact gee the frightening scene and if he might actually turn out to be the killer then he predicts succeeded in living this double life and what are you hearing from authorities are they saying that this could be the beginning or this could be part of a fresh series of right wing killings because you know there are warnings across germany for all kinds of minorities at the moment you know to be on guard. yeah obviously we shouldn't make any such such assumption just now the investigations are still ongoing some people might think of the n.s.a. case actually when they hear about this though the in a suitcase was a group that in the past killed a few foreign people but the foreign groups here in germany and and there was the idea of a connection between the 18 and this group but nothing is clear so far and we
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don't know if the perpetrator act on his own or in an organization so this needs to be seen in the next few days yeah lots of investigations still to be done our my colleague has a vulture there outside the home of that. german politician in the german state of has a as a thank you for staying here in germany the far right immigration party suffered defeats in a mayoral election in the city of gurlitz that's located in the east of the country the party lost the vote after a concerted effort by other parties an outsiders including some hollywood filmmakers to prevent the a.f.d. from coming into power the vote is seen as a possible indicator of how elections in other german states might go this coming september. it was a close call but in the end conservative who was able to breathe
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a sigh of relief with the support of all other mainstream parties the candidate of chancellor angela merkel's christian democrats managed to prevent the election of the country's ferry stay for the mayor in the east in germantown it's both the candidates of the green party and the left party to opt out of the race to throw their weight behind the c.d.u. man and against a candidate who won the 1st round of the election last month. the majority has chosen an open society that is very clear but i have also said it is an important task for me to listen to those who didn't vote for me in the far right parties candidates of us jim vip is trying hard not to look disappointed at the contest was seen as a key test for germany safety who were hoping to win their 1st mayoral post in germany. it was not enough in the end it was not a vote for mr o's or it was a very to get the candidate against me. head of the vote even hollywood actors and
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producers had wanted to ken's voting for the f.t. fearing that if the mood in the future is one of hating xenophobia filmmakers might stop coming to the picturesque town locally known as girly wood for the many films that didn't center before it as i am really happy with today's results and i think it's also a signal to the outside world that girl is really is the european city we call ourselves is there you many things i don't like about the a f t but right now it's the party that understands the people and that concerns them and. the outcome of sunday's municipal election was being closely watched with state elections in september expected to serve as a further barometer of the political atmosphere in the former east. well here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world at least 12 migrants have drowned after their boat sank off the coast of turkey officials say the boat capsized in the aegean sea near the greek island of coast 31 other migrants were pulled alive from the water it's not yet clear just what caused the
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vessel to see the defense ministers of france germany and spain have signed an agreement to design a cutting edge fighter jets for use in european air forces the deal was signed on the sidelines of the paris air show it's part of a larger plan to unify european military forces and to reduce dependence on the u.s. warplanes. well to hong kong now where protesters have again turned out in large numbers to demand the resignation of the territory's leader gerry lam she's backed by beijing and she sparked a wave of demonstrations with her plans for an extradition law that would have made it easier to hand over suspects to mainland china activists gathered outside the government headquarters and other sites after a weekend of massive popular protests. as night fell hong kong's young activists were staying put they gathered outside the office of the city's
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lead to carry law to demand have resignation. the system is the demonstrators latest move in a crisis over a controversial extradition bell that would allow suspects to be sent to mainland china for trial and i'm promised to suspend the no but protests this one to withdraw completely. earlier on monday just a prominent activist was released from prison he immediately voiced his supports of the protest as demonic. suspect is shown off to a photo is not enough because we show where. we activate the game that's why we call for withdrawal. apologized it's not enough because. she order police and allow police hold a gun should twist people just apply what beijing. did in 98
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annoyed. just copy what happened in tandem discover masa care and all cause such a more modern city is not capable anymore how can the leader of the government allow polish hold against twist people that's really terrible. a massive protest on sunday possibly hong kong's largest ever prompted an apology from them for planning to push the bell through but sources close to her say even if she wanted to step down beijing would be unlikely to let her fairing that would result in more instability. chinese authorities reiterated their support for them. to widen for the chinese government the central government has always fully affirmed the work of chief executive kerry lam and the hong kong governments who will be the central government will continue to fully support the chief executive and heard ministrations governing in accordance with the law shouldn't. for the
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protest is lamb's close relationship with beijing is at the center of their fears that their rights are being eroded and with them the freedoms that determined to protect. iran now and rising tensions over the country's nuclear program tehran says it is speeding up your reman richmond and will exceed the limits of uranium stockpiles agreed to that 2015 the nuclear deal it says it will do that beginning in 10 days iran has also threatened to enrich uranium beyond the levels allowed by that nuclear deal of the deal has been facing collapse ever since the united states with drew one year ago in re imposed economic sanctions on iran. p.s. leaders are urging tehran to be patient and to abide by the terms of the agreed. to film of this get any escalation is a step in the wrong direction and more help iran itself and the international community say we will do all we can with our partners to dissuade iran and find
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a potential path to dilate us from sequences i shouted to the dog about you for i still think the situation is extremely explosive military confrontation in the gulf would mean that the whole region would be on fire nobody could be interested matt and it's not enough for me that everyone just says that they don't want war they also have to prove that they don't want war that means that everyone must take active steps toward deescalation. as with the estimates or with your partner i was determined foreign minister there well at least 30 people have died in a triple suicide bombing in nigeria authorities are suggesting the islamist militants boko haram may be behind the attack the suicide bombings took place in a small village in northeast nigeria that's where government forces have struggled to rein in a spike in terrorist activity. the morning after
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a tragedy people gathered at the scene trying to make sense of the night before. 3 separate explosions scattered shrapnel and damaged buildings in the area the suicide bomber struck just outside a sports hall where people had gathered to watch a soccer game the group of mostly teenagers didn't know what was going on at the time. we were all here and we heard a loud sound we were confused and wanted to know what the sound was. people were running everywhere later we heard that people died some were wounded we stayed behind to help clean up and we lost. i lost a friend. or 2 with. dozens of people were also wounded 3 of them remain in a serious condition in hospital. the explosions reportedly took place within a minute of each other around 8 pm. the scene on the night was so chaotic
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local authorities say they couldn't even get through the military lockdown to assess the situation they had to return the next day. more stores were aggressive would not. suffer from what's critical so what is right this morning i would tell this to come back to the market might be good times but if you want to cross the border to start the kind of origin this you know is sort of what i just thought of casualties no group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack however officials say they suspect it's the work of boko haram the terrorist organization and its islamic state sponsored group have carried out numerous attacks targeting civilians and military in the borno state claiming hundreds of thousands of lives. surfing the internet it is not easy in cuba the communist island in the caribbean was one of the last countries in the world to allow its citizens to go online and it's still lagging behind much of the world when it comes to internet access less than
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one percent believe it or not one percent of cubans have broadband internet at home so when 3 g. mobile internet was introduced 6 months ago it was greeted with joy like christmas morning but the joy was or has given way to frustration at the slow in costly service and cubans have now started a campaign in proved to. use cold housman he is here fresh with a return from the velo fields of cuba to talk about this so tell me about the protests well right now i mean mobile internet in cuba is not cheap for about 4 gigabytes and that doesn't get you very far these days we know that they cost about $25.00 euros in them but then a perfect into perspective cubans the average cuban makes about $25.00 euros per month so that's your tie your monthly salary gone just for mobile internet cubans are staging a protest on twitter they're saying the government needs to lower the cost of the internet and just hear some of those voices coming out of cuba in this protest one
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cuban here says my mother has never connected to the internet she has a remote idea that something called twitter or facebook or google exists but that's only from reading newspapers and watching t.v. the socialist prices from cuba are completely prohibitive another cuban here he did some research on these prices and he claims that the internet and the himalayas he's cheaper in cuba nepalese company that charges are around $9.00 for 16 gigabytes in just a few hours it out that's $0.57 per gigabyte cuba is 13 times more expensive you can send a selfie from the top of mount everest for cheaper so a text that's the name of cuba's government run internet agency they've been responding to these complaints they say look we have to be. this from scratch this new cell network given the u.s. economic embargo that's not a cheap endeavor it's not easy to do that it's also important to note i mean in cuba public protest is very rare youth
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a severe risk to face jail time perhaps if you speak out against the government it's interesting to see now with this mobile internet this is really giving cubans a safer and maybe easier way of making their displeasure known to the government is kind of the new public sphere there were hour they getting around these high costs because like you said they don't earn a lot of money a lot of cubans say you know we sacrifice we save up if we want this data plan others say there's a lot of cubans living abroad in miami a large community they'll send money back to cuba they say this is worth it's os will give you 30 bucks we want to talk to you we want to be able to skype with you from home we actually spoke today with one of these protesters in cuba we won't use his real name or his real voice for safety reasons he told us though despite the high costs the internet has opened up a lot of doors in cuba the internet is a powerful tool i can know what's happening when it's happening that's new for me and every cuban before the internet that was impossible now we have access to
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international and independent cuban media it's good to know what's going on out there and what the state is hiding from us which is a lot. now you also told us he believes that the government is actually monitoring this new mobile network as well and what about mobile the mobile internet i mean how is that changing life in it's hard to put a wall around there and when i mean imagine all of a sudden you know this is something we take for granted they have now have thought phones in their pocket they've got the internet and they're using this really to navigate some of the daily challenges that they face there in that country one example here i mean it can be hard to get your hands on simple things like diapers or or meat even sometimes in the markets this is a whatsapp group it's called don't the iowa where you can find something users sharing pictures of long food lines passing along tips for where you might find something like diapers even coca-cola as this example says after the tornado struck there in january cubans organized relief efforts on facebook you know that's
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something we take for granted the biggest problem the brand it's just still too expensive for most but eventually those prices will come down on this just a matter of when and as always thank you for the paris air show started today in the it's the largest showcase for the aviation in aerospace industries but safety concerns persist around boeing's 737 max and that has created a vacuum that is quickly being filled by your boss. the smell of jet fuel is once again in the air around live. is the aerospace industries biggest event both the military and commercial fly is the ideal setting to talk about its next project a smaller long haul aircraft built with fuel efficiency in mind the idea making the most distant flights profitable capacities we can fly from northeastern. asia interest south asia sapporo delhi for example we can fly from the middle
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east down to bali we can fly from japan and deep into australia across the atlantic deep from europe into deep into north america and vice versa a frontal attack on boeing which is also developing a plane in the same sector airbus as arch rival is in desperate need of a win its money making 737 max remains grounded worldwide after 2 fatal crashes once focused on production of the highly sought after model boeing is now battling for its reputation. we're committed to learning from this and have teams working 24 hours 7 days a week to ensure that we're meeting the needs and priorities of our regulators and our customers around the globe. friends germany and spain use the show to launch their next generation fighter jet project an air combat system that incorporates drones and satellites never has so much political uncertainty surrounded the
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showcase ploughboy britain's looming departure from the e.u. could throw a spanner into the works of europe's tightly integrated aerospace industry and other threats could come from the u.s. recently threatened tariffs on adverse words in the words of the company's chief be a disaster for everyone. you're watching d.w. news live from berlin after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day stick around for the.
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