see. this is g.w. news live from berlanti china's president xi jinping arrives in north korea for the 1st time ever the leaders of the 2 countries have met before but with ties now strained she and the world korea's kim jong un the full take up the stalled talks on the north's nuclear program. also coming up the u.n. says that a record 71000000 people have been displaced by work and persecution worldwide growth refugee day we look at the plight of age broke into muslims from myanmar

living as refugees in bangladesh and who will get the top job france and germany clash over who should become the next president of the european commission. plus at the women's world cup in france scotland are on their way home after crashing and burning against argentina the scots looked into well until their opponents mounted a for profit and controversial comeback. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program chinese president xi jinping has arrived in north korea for his 1st state visit their talks with host kim jong un are set to center on pyongyang's nuclear weapons program now a summit earlier this year between kim jong un and us president dol trump ended without agreement to china then backed sanctions on the north so ties are currently strained between these 2 countries. it's been less than 6 months since his

handshake kim jong un has visited china north korea's closest foreign ally many times over the years. she jinping on the other hand is the 1st chinese leader to travel to pyongyang and well over a decade. we are ready to work with the d.p. r. k. to continue to carry forward the fine tradition of china d p r k friendship and promote the continuous development of exchanges and cooperation between the 2 countries in various fields. relations between the 2 authoritarian countries have been strained since north korea began amping up its nuclear weapons testing i beijing supports denuclearization of the korean peninsula and recently backed the raft of international sanctions against. these talks aimed to relieve tensions. the u.s. will be watching closely a summit between kim and u.s. president donald trump in february broke off without an agreement. south korea said

it is hoping talks between she and kim will move things forward opening up the chance of renewed negotiations on the north's nuclear program. let's cross to the region now i'm joined by far the approach mare a journalist. so tell us we have she's been paying having a very warm reception yang given that how high are the hopes that these talks will be fruitful for both parties today. you know they might be but i find it really remarkable how tightly controlled every piece of information is that we get out there and there was no live coverage from the welcoming at the airport in pyongyang by comes on in always greeting teaching ping and it was different for example in south korean president hu jia in the went to pyongyang so it's a really sensitive issue and you might not even for sure we don't get a press conference everything is and behind closed doors but we know that i'm china

wants to push north korea to get back to the negotiation table with the u.s. and on the other hand the north korea really needs the diplomatic support from china because without china. they cannot economically survive so they really need the ok and the pick up from them what message are the 2 leaders hoping to send with this meeting it's definitely a message of unity and they really emphasize the historic friendship sheeting ping has published an op ed that was also published in north korea's biggest newspaper where he praised the historic friendship where he said that north korea is moving in the right direction but this is of course like a little bit of white washing actually the relation between china and north korea is quite complicated they need each other by don't they don't necessarily like each other the visit it comes just ahead of the g. 20 summit how important is the timing of this meeting. that's very crucial

because in this g. 20 summit xi jinping will meet donald trump and of course they have a big discussion and argument going on with the trade to war and china has some leverage in that conflict because trump needs china to keep his strategy off next month pressure without china this whole strategy doesn't make any sense because china is by far the biggest ally and economic partner of not north korea 90 percent of north korea's trade goes through china so to keep the pressure up definitely needs china on boat and on the other hand she will try to use that cart in future. when it comes to trade talks the trade walk. in seoul thank you a quick check of some other stories making news around the world iran says that it has shot down an american spy drone over its southern province of hair most gone

the commander of iran's revolutionary guard says that it is a clear message to the united states a pentagon source says that a u.s. drone has been shot down but in international airspace over the strait of hormuz homes gone chinese state media say that the former head of interpol mang hong way has pleaded guilty to accepting nearly 2000000 euros in bribes to be sentenced later vanished last year while visiting china from his home and his wife says that the charges are literally motivated. and german media are reporting that several of the country's politicians are facing death threats from the far right extremists police say that this includes colognes mayor henrietta record now she was seriously wounded in a knife attack 4 years earlier this month a pro-immigration politician was shocked at. the united nations says that a record number of people worldwide have been forcibly displaced this year by war persecution or violence the number of displaced people around the globe now totals

71000000 that is 2000000 more than last year this figure includes asylum seekers refugees and internally displaced to mark the u.n. world refugee day i'm a see international is highlighting the particular difficulties facing older refugees i miss the films in camps that house will hinder refugees from myanmar now after a crackdown by myanmar's military almost 800005 him to fled to bangladesh and many of them were elderly. life in bangladesh so crowded refugee camps can be a constant struggle. for the elderly it's often nearly unbearable the human rights organization amnesty international interviewed nearly 150 displaced provender 54 to over 90 they found that agencies hadn't done enough to address the needs of older refugees. rwanda latrines not that far for the people

who can walk well it's only a problem for me on the island when i don't go to the camp to nic they don't provide good treatment they usually only give one or 2 tablets when my son buys medication for me i take that i'm wary of going that route i don't like i've done a great movie but it was hard to find this man was able to reach a designated age friendly clinic but such places are rare in the refugee camps for the elderly food medical and sanitation facilities are often difficult to reach researchers documented cases of older patients foregoing medicine because they could not navigate the challenging terrain to the clinics. and despite the challenges these are the lucky ones many other elderly wrote enjoyer were unable to flee when me on mars army attacked their villages in rocking state. you know mothers that we were in the field the soldiers with chasing people and shooting people who could run managed to escape but those who couldn't run were

killed and then out of the when the soldiers came and said house is on fire my parents were inside for the last 5 years my parents weren't able to move on their own we couldn't take them with his mommy flat my parents died when the house was told. it's uncertain when the road injured refugees will be able to return to their homes and lean on them are for the elderly it's not clear whether they'll ever make the trip home. was just and i'm joined now by to run a hassan in london she is the director of amnesty international's crisis response team thank you so much for joining us to speak with us this afternoon we just heard in our report we got a glimpse of the row him just situation in myanmar what are the biggest challenges that they're facing today. well it's not just the refugees which displaced do bundle it it's also the internally displaced in the complex that we

hear much less about in the north of the country in question and chance date for example and some of the biggest challenges that we're hearing is the older people is that they're literally invisible so the humanitarian response is trying its best to cater to these masses tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people in bangladesh but the elderly population is somewhat invisible they have mobility issues they have health issues and the camp and the terrain is incredibly difficult so you can imagine when you're living amongst its hillsides and in mud and in plastic sheeting just the simple task of being able to walk to access a little training which is shared with the hundreds of other families is a challenge and so we have documented issues around access to health care that you highlighted in your report but also access to latrines and basic services also access to information in a number of cases only people didn't know how to get information and so when the

food was being distributed in they changed like it just didn't know where to go and they just ended up going hungry now we know that the number of refugees worldwide critics of this new u.n. report has reached almost 71000000 what what goes through your mind when you hear that figure. what goes through my mind renee here a figure like that is that you know the weld is failing refugees we do not have a system where we are able to support protect and find safe safe passage and a safe location for many of the most vulnerable people in the world including the elderly you know what it says to us at amnesty international is that countries who have the resources to be able to take more refugees should indeed be increasing their quotas and taking refugees in and doing doing their part to relieve the global refugee crisis and in particular what we're calling for is for

a focus to be on some of these most vulnerable groups amongst the refugee population such as the elderly because there are simple steps that can be taken by humanitarian agencies by governments just simply by prioritizing humanitarian funding that would specifically go to the ugly because you don't see them because they do have mobility issues they can't walk they're not visible they're not being seen and so we need to ensure that there is humanitarian funding from governments to ensure that the humanitarian responders within that the u.n. or n.g.o.s are able to implement age specific services that specifically target those incredibly vulnerable groups including older people in the refugee population but we are seeing the trend unfortunately going in the opposite direction among some governments around the world building walls closing borders basically doing anything that they can to keep refugees out what would be your

response especially given that today is world refugee day. i mean it's very clear that anything which is blocking the safe passage of individuals who are fleeing for their lives is you know contrary to international law refugees we sending people back home to places where they are at risk is that prince is violates a fundamental principle of refugee protection which is willful mom you know states really do have an obligation worldwide to walk back on this very dangerous trend of you know extreme extreme positions where refugees out welcome these are some of the most vulnerable populations in the world and what we what we need to see is policies and funding and political will quite frankly that will see increased refugee quotas in countries that can afford to take them and increased financial support to countries like bangladesh who are housing the refugee populations around

a hassan joining us from amnesty international in london thank you for having me. for now european union leaders are meeting today to discuss the candidates for the role of president of the european commission it is the block's top job but the e. used to the nations france and germany are at odds over who should get it we'll hear more from brussels in just a moment but 1st a look at who's in the running for the role. they are lining up for the top jump in brussels and it's anything but child's play who will make the race right now 3 candidates are in the running to become the next president of the european commission the e.u.'s high's dump what i want done as a politician might have it to invest aga she positioned herself as the liberal front runner and would be the 1st woman to serve as president of the european commission the star go made a name for herself as a fierce you competition commission are responsible for slapping google with

a huge and to trust fine she enjoys the support of several heads of states but she might be putting the cart before the horse because not everybody in her own party is backing her the dutchman and social democrat plans to moments has strong support in the south of europe but his problem is the east as my is president of the european commission funds to my months as an experienced politician who speaks 9 languages but some eastern european nations above all hungary and poland oppose him timmermans had openly criticized both countries for flouting democratic values and last but not least the germany's months played biba his advantage eastern europe lyceum a lot more than his social democrat opponent for some months would be about doesn't have enough political experience to become commission president a candidate must receive 21 of the blocks 28 votes veba is still far from that goal was really making this race so difficult france and germany disagree about who

should get the job french president even when my column doesn't want to be limited to the 3 candidates putting him at all. well the german chancellor anglo-american if the 2 conduct 3 the carousel could change direction and a dark horse candidate could enter the race. so let's go straight now to our brussels correspondent karen mattis who is standing by to tell us more about 1st of all the importance of this job and why it has become so contentious. it is sorrow of course an incredibly important job in the european union a job where you have a lot of influence your steering the boat through all the crisis and all the conflicts that the european union faces and of course that is why all $28.00 member states who are after all in the driving seat of their are the ones that are making the decisions at the end of the day but everyone would like to appoint the captain of this boat of course who sort of sets a roughly the course through matters now it is however not only the politics

between member states but also party politics that comes into this because at the end of the day whoever the european council on its summit maybe even today will appoint that person will have to have to be confirmed by the european parliament so by the political parties in the european parliament and that's why party politics come it comes into it as well if you look at last time around it was jungle junker he was voted in in the european council by member states 26 against 2 at the time it was the u.k. and hungry not voting for him but then he had strong support in the european parliament this time around things are a lot more tricky so with all of this disagreement i mean when we're looking at finally a compromise this is going to be a hard fought one when might we expect this. that's a tough question you know and clearly we do not expected today that at least we have no indications from all the diplomats that i have talked to it looks like

there will needs to be another summit some of said look the the kind of urgency that it takes for european decisions to be pushed forward just isn't there as yet but of course a potential compromise could be on the table with some have said michel barnier the chief negotiator is such a person is a frenchman and so he would be someone you could sell to a liberal like michael a but he's also a conservative of course and so for the center right of center right candidate someone that could live with at the end of the day another 4 top jobs are up for grabs in the european union so you have a number of including you know the president of the european council president of the parliament head of the european central bank and so you have a couple of bargaining chips on the tables that leaders tonight over dinner will shift around and then we'll have to see what they come up with garrick matus in brussels thank you. well now you're watching news still

to come on the program scotland are out of the women's world cup after their opponents argentina now today are growing and a controversial comeback. but 1st india is in the grip of a deadly heat wave with temperatures soaring in many parts of the country the monitors have hit 40 degrees celsius for 32 days now and the state of bihar has been hit especially hard more than 180 people have died as a result of the hate and in the capital delhi the temperatures are so high that officials have warned people not to leave their homes until those temperatures fall . even for india's dry season this is historic the capital delhi baking under record high temperatures raised and looking to the heavens for help. but i never experienced anything like it it breaks all records only rain can save us but it doesn't become a big if but it don't be harsh day this bore the washed crowded hospital call of

those on fans working overtime to speak to the emergency hero staff overwhelmed with patients suffering from heat exhaustion since saturday almost 80 people have died authorities have implemented a daytime curfew to stem the casualty count. extreme heat is compounded by a shortage of water. off communities and lifesaving supplies money land you have to be in line early in the morning otherwise you won't get anything often people go away empty handed. scientists to the people of the latest victims of shifting weather patterns attributed to global climate change. 8. climate change and some was. because this also also

what is being depleted and it is that makes relentless heat waves i'm reduced when fall is playing havoc with india's mass of humanity. now at the women's world cup in france scotland are heading home after throwing away a comfortable lead against argentina you have used dave reneke is here to discuss all of that action what went wrong for them yeah it was an absolutely heartbreaking collapse from scotland they were up 3 nil against argentina with 20 minutes left to go they look to be in a great position but before you know it things turned around on their heads completely and they ended up drawing 33 and it's especially depressing for scotland because this actually would have been their 1st chance to advance out of the group stage into the knockout phase of a major soccer tournament for the men or women's team so this is kind of just

another in many tragic moments in scottish football so i'm sure they're struggling to get through that back at home but of course it was also a controversial moment as they could rightly you feel hard done by the referee and the video assistant referee for a last minute penalty but either way bad calls or not if you're up 3 no of 20 minutes left to go in. should probably never be going home with anything but a win but let's look at the action and see how it all went down. scotland didn't waste time taking the lead with kim little setting the tone with their 20th minute strike. scotland seemed to have things wrapped up at 3 nil thanks to an aaron cuthbert volley in the 69th minute scotland well on their way to their 1st ever knockout round appearance in a major football tournament. but argentina responded less than 5 minutes later with me da grossman then disses a neat finish launching an improbable comeback. up 32 in stoppage time

scotland keeper liao xander period a late penalty to look the hero. but it didn't stand for the 3rd time in this world cup the video assistant referee demanded a penalty be retaken and for the 3rd time this world cup the 2nd attempt was converted florencio bone sick into sealing the dramatic equaliser and shattering scotland's hopes. to have that controversial penalty which really sealed the draw for the argentinians what's your take on it i think it's really difficult i think there's been a lot of struggle with the implementation of the video assistant referee both in the men's and women's game but this specifically seems to be a recurring theme here in the women's world cup where for the 3rd time after a penalty was either saved or missed it had to be retaken because the goalkeeper was judged to be just a hair in some cases off of their line which before the video assistant referee you

never would have noticed so now that this new technology has given us tons of angles the ability to play something in slow motion is many times as you like it's really changed the way these calls are made which is really difficult for the keepers and players themselves to adjust to when you know they've been playing the certain way if it's been played this way for decades and so. suddenly i think the the rules have to kind of converge with technology and everybody has to know how it goes or else you have heartbreaking moments like these and a heartbreaking moment indeed it was we had to talk about the other game for group d. and managed to grab another one today they did yes they defeated japan 2 nil to come out on top of group d. which i think was really quite a big moment for them and it really showed that they're not messing around in this tournament it was a statement of intent against one of the bigger teams in the tournament japan are always a power when it comes to women's football and i think that really they showed throughout

the match with their attacking skill the way they were pushing forward and the way ellen white picked up 2 goals that they actually deservedly should be considered amongst the contenders in this tournament ok so what's coming up later today well while we're talking about contenders we have some really big match ups on what is the last day of the group phase so we'll have the final shakedown for what exactly the knockout brackets will look like after today's action i think what really stands out to me are 2 of these games the 1st being sweden the united states facing off they're both equal on points they've got a bit of rivalry that's been brewing over the past couple years that should be an exciting one and then we have enough the lanes they'll be playing against canada and the netherlands just won the euros and they're an up and coming young team against a sort of more established side in women's football and then in the other matches

they should be exciting as well because it's a bit of do or die moment where all the rest of the teams still involved absolutely need to win in order to progress so we should expect a good bit of flair and some fireworks in those games as well dave reneke thank you . quick reminder of the top stories we're following for you here at g.w. news chinese president xi jinping has arrived in north korea for his 1st state visit their talks with his host kim jong un are likely to center on pyongyang's nuclear program after a summit earlier this year between cam jong un and us president donald trump ended without an agreement. on the united nations says that a record 71000000 people have been displaced by war and persecution worldwide for the 2000000 more than last year the un's figures were released to mark world refugee day.

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