this is the news live from the struggle to reintegrate fighters from one of the world's most violent militant groups al-shabaab has spread across somalia for years fighting the government and killing civilians. sense of being offered a chance to rejoin society g.w. speaks exclusively to former fighters who are coming to terms with that violent

past also on the program. the president he's got the truck for something pressed by francis national day celebrations the staging a military parade as we saw in washington for the 4th of july and it's proving. to be afghanistan women's football coach tells me fifo president should resign over his handling of a sexual abuse scandal. i'm phil gal welcome to the program. the islamist militant group al-shabaab has been waging a violent campaign in somalia for more than a decade it's a race to replace the un backed government time to impose its limits shari'a law though the capital mogadishu is now controlled by a force from the african union al-shabaab still controls around 20 percent of the

country now the government is offering amnesty and rehabilitation to militants who leave the jihad ists melody chord of balad has been given rare access to a rehabilitation center in juba province she spoke with former militants about why they left al-shabaab and the nightmares they still enjoy. that they were part of a killing machine terrorizing somalia's population but now they're asking for forgiveness this facility in juba land it's home to 86 young men who used to fight for one of the deadliest islamist extremist groups. here in southern somalia and a town once under siege by al-shabaab a program is being implemented to rehabilitate extremist fighters with the hope of peacefully reintegrating them into society. the former fighters here mostly men aged between 24 and 29 have been granted amnesty and are seeking a 2nd chance 2 of them are willing to share why is it decided to defect. for their

safety and security we have withheld the location and real identities by calling them and that. he says i was just 15 years old when he joined the group 5 years ago but the warden book would be at 1st people join because a religion they say they're promoting religion but this is just a front actually that killing innocent people for no reason or to fight in this could be. similarly who joined us above at the age of 16 it took them 8 years to escape from the group just. as they also killed muslims in that attack when i saw my people dying i decided i had to break away had been. through so. many men growing up in disenfranchised and poor parts of the country but led into joining us about for financial reasons and to spend that belonging. to address this

these men now receive location on training and hands on group classes. i did not know how to live within society i learned that here i've learned how to support myself. but many here are still haunted by nightmare as they struggle to fathom how they were capable of such violence. to 70 kilometers away from this now peaceful town peacekeepers mandated by the african union are still waging a war against the militant group. but. it is a we owe it for the lot and liberated several areas in the past 2 or 3 months. we are also working on a plan to liberate the areas still under the control of al-shabaab and hand them over to the somali army. back at the rehab and taishan facility these young men receive professional

psychological support. but above all it's companionship and leisure time that are helping them to overcome the trauma. but we can talk to each other about all the things we've done wrong and give each other support about how not to fall back into our destructive ways. to look for somalia a hope for the birth of a united government and for my life i hope to work for the benefit of my country and for my people with their new skills meant intend to make a positive contribution to society again. i hope other young people won't repeat them mistake of joining up with us but. the report was produced by d w that melanie could have to bow who joins us now from nairobi welcome bellamy how successful are these rehabilitation programs well fairly it seems they are very successful of course it's impossible to get

nationwide numbers we are speaking of a country which is currently at war but at least in the south of somalia we can say about this facility almost 300 former us about fighters have been in rehab and taishan and i there are about to already have gone back into their communities and start a life that the government grants amnesty to everyone who wants to leave the group so there is an incentive but of course that's very difficult to do the man i spoke to told me that they had been wanting numerous times that if they did leave their families afford experience of violence that they themselves would be killed so many are terrified of retaliation by al-shabaab but do feel like they want to speak out and inspire others to follow suit and they as well do they face retaliation from ordinary somalis as well people whose families may well have been killed or injured

by these people once they try to rehabilitate rehabilitate themselves back into society. they don't really feel that they have to be scared of retaliation by the somali population and speaking to many somalis on the ground i can say that they themselves believe that having amnesty programs having rehabilitation programs like this one is very essential in order for the country to move forward to build peace to defeat al shabaab in the end and that could be surprising considering that they have been at the receiving end of brutal violence by al shabaab spoken to many women who told me about witnessing their husbands being killed in front of their very eyes about being on the run for a year is not being able to go back to their villages which are still under control and it was heartbreaking to see how scared they are to live in their own country there is no safety but at the same time they're hopeful because there are programs

like this one how has become so powerful that it controls a 5th of the country. many factors contributing to our strength one of them being that in a country plagued by poverty al-shabaab has money in many ways you could refer to as the somali mafia being able to extort money from the local population being able to make money from illegal choco production and exports then there is also the weakness of the state which contributes to the power of. is able to provide services to the somali population that the government is not at this very moment and finally yes there is an african union peacekeeping mission in the country which has successfully flushed out from many major and strategic cities but experts do say that there are simply not enough troops in the country to get rid of al shabaab

and to defeat the thousands of fighters that are still waging a war against the government now they could have to thank you those are some of the other stories making news around the world at least 80 people are feared to have drowned after their boat sank off the coast of tunisia 4 people were rescued from the scene near the coastal town this woman has since died in hospital migrants that set sail for europe from libya on monday. to both a says it has seized a supertanker suspect that they're shipping crude oil into war torn syria despite e.u. sanctions law enforcement agents who ordered the grapes one which is believed to have been carrying more than 2000000 barrels of crude oil from syria's ally iran. russia's president vladimir putin has but pope francis at the vatican they talked for nearly an hour but no details of their discussions of be released however it was expected to touch on the crisis in ukraine whose leaders are also due to meet

the pope on friday. and people across the united states are marking independence day but a celebration that's normally patriotic and a political is proving highly controversial this year president trump has ordered a military parade which is calling salute to america it's just starting in washington in a tweet the promise of great would be a show of a lifetime he was reportedly inspired by a bus deal day celebrations that he attended alongside the french president in my home across 2 years ago these are my pictures from the event the president wrote the right speech at the lincoln memorial martin luther king i have a dream speech. let's go to washington and join the d.w. correspondent to helena humphrey who is those 4th of july celebrations welcome how about a 4th of july like no other according to the president. that's right fail the

president is probably a state show of a lifetime it's certainly a departure from history like nothing really the country has ever seen before in terms of celebrations wait a minute 3 aspect which is not played without controversy you can see the for aids behind me we've just seen marches from many mendis of the military and the armed forces here later today we're expecting a flier from air force one as well as a number of fighter jets and of course. most controversially we've seen tanks which is stationed in and around washington d.c. and i should point out we haven't seen that well really in the last 7 decades the last time there were tanks in washington d.c. during an independence day speech was president harold truman and that was a time that the united states was at war with korea so certainly with very much seeing a departure from history and there is a certain irony in that as well because in the declaration of independence that

document to cry u.s. military occupation of course with reference to the british in 776 so what are people saying about this departure from the norm. well this really is a very divided country and still edge of i did set it right should many of the families i've spoken to today are happy to be out for a round but upset of ration i also spoke to one vietnam veteran who was shot aged just 19 and he said he feels this is the 1st time that the military has been suitably onet in these independence day celebrations that said protests are also expected and the anti war coalition post is expected to fly the famous the trump baby balloon last seen is in london but they're not allowed to fly all the way into the sky due to the loiter restrictions according to your thirty's and the democrats have already spoken out saying that this is meant to be ajay all patriotism and not a political rally certainly i've seen many political rally flags already for trump

2020 here and should the president touch on those themes in his speech at the lincoln memorial this evening the treasury may ask for that money to be repaid let's talk about the money where is the funding coming from. the white house hasn't put an official figure on it but you can sort of do the math going along we know that $2500000.00 has come from the national parks democratic counted it cost $3.00 . already said that money could have been used for example to tackle veteran homelessness which is the big issue in aid this country one hour of flying one fighter jet costs over $122000.00 and we're expecting that significant fly over later on the local government in washington d.c. it's already said that it will pick up the price if there's any damage to infrastructure just from those tanks so we can expect a very costly event here today. humphrey in washington thank you.

the united states meanwhile has tightened sanctions against cuba by hitting its state run oil shipping for the u.s. treasury says it's imposing financial sanctions on a cuban metallica's because of its role in propping up venezuela's president nicolas maduro who president once removed from power the tightening of sanctions under president trump is turning the screws on ordinary cubans who have been coping with the u.s. embargo for more than 60 years former rizzuto merit to day's a good day there's fish for dinner cuba is surrounded by water but these days the 48 year old has to stand in line for over 2 hours to buy fish. i mean sometimes when a product is available again i call my brother or a friend right away and say hey there's chicken here and i get in line. but for marie it's even more important than food is whether or not she can get her

medication or her brothers both suffer from high blood pressure. we're living in a time of need that's the reality today. there was never really an excess of anything here but now even soap and toothbrushes are hard to come by staples like rice flour and beans are strictly rationed people here are lining up for chicken. older people are very often overwhelmed just recently a woman waiting in line right in front of me collapsed cuba has been hit hard by american sanctions cubans living in exile can't send as much money back to their families now nonetheless cuba is still putting on a happy face but even the tourism industry crucial to the country is hurting cruise liner operations have been canceled and any american doing business in cuba faces possible charges back home. oh my wish trump nothing but the worst is president

doesn't have feelings none now. but while the sanctions right now cuban say it's because of venezuela ever since the days of hugo chavez and fidel castro these socialist nations have been economically and politically close then as well against doctors and support from cuba's intelligence agencies and cuba gets crude oil but venezuela is in a deep crisis and can't supply much more oil many think the u.s. believes if cuba's economy collapses it won't be able to support venezuela. every conflict with the u.s. is difficult because of its leading position as the world's most important market and no one would risk an argument with the us because of cuba. without. mary to has arrived at her allocated pharmacy to pick up her medication she can only get it here in this lease things were looking good but then a problem arises. out of it and i got my medication but they didn't give me what my

brother needs maybe it was dr next week or i'll call the pharmacy central head office and ask if i can get it and another part of the city. the us is powerplay is making life here much harder it's his brother has to eat a lot of garlic supposedly this will keep his blood pressure down but at least today there's fish to go with it. though also of the lion house being in brussels meeting the man she hopes to succeed as president of the european commission. having secured the backing of european heads of government germany's defense minister now has to convince a skeptical european parliament that she is the right woman for the job president of the european council toscano i mean he has to approve this from the lines domination in their votes in less than 2 weeks. because one had better be got in brussels welcome bad so on the line already has donald tusk and claudio because

backing so why would she meeting with them today. well there was a fine line is basically continuing with a stop to through the european institutions today it was an easy stop in brussels because both men have a friendly with. but she has to go on a more support especially from the parliament and today she was seeking a she put it smart advice how to do that and that's very necessary because she never ran for office in the european parliament she never had the post in brussels she's a total surprise for many of the parliament terrorists and also for the people here in brussels so she's looking for some hints what she can do in the next 14 days to get more support for for her candidacy today as she was shallow it was kisses and hugs by john claudio because she usually as he usually does with all his guests she he showed her a new office but this is not sufficient the she needs to roll out

a plan for europe in the next 14 days as she put it and everybody is. very looking forward to see what she's really standing for winch when it comes to the european policies because nobody knows that exactly so who needs to hear a lot who does she need to convince but she needs support in parliament she needs support from our own party the christian democrats a lot who does she need to convince. but she needs support in parliament she needs support from a own party the christian democrats see she needs the socialists and borge she needs to deliberate and also she needs maybe some votes from the greens to get a majority an absolute majority in 14 days when the vote is set and that is still an uphill battle because there's fierce opposition from the socialists especially from the german socialists and also the greens are not convinced and they want to

hear from the fund aligned what she wants to do and there will be some more hearings next week when from the line we'll be back in brussels so what happens if they say no if the parliament says no. then europe will slip into a very deep institutional crisis because that never happened before and then the council has to come up with a new candidate within 4 weeks that's what the treaties say and you can imagine how difficult that would be because it took already 3 days to come up is funded line and nobody wants imagine what that means and then in september the parliament has to vote again and also this will then tangle with breaks it which is supposed to take place in october and if there's no new commission in place everything can get very messy. regret in brussels thank you.

2 people have died and 4 have been injured in japan after trench all right the south of the country the government has advised more than a 1000000 visits to evacuate the worst affected prefecture 14000 soldiers and be deployed to assist emergency relief efforts the rain is now moving towards central japan in the capital tokyo. a raging torrent on a river swollen by days of rain. since friday some areas in southern japan have experienced one metre of precipitation twice the seasonal average. the ceaseless down poor has caused havoc flooding and landslides are destroying infrastructure and homes and putting lives at risk thousands of sought refuge in makeshift shelters but most of the 1000000 people advised to evacuate have stayed home the emergency response is in full swing because i still police the fire department and

maritime security are working on evacuation call rescue and life saving activities and yesterday the governor perfect i called in the military which is already begun its work there then. last year heavy rainfall killed more than 200 people in the west of the country the high death toll was blamed on a slow government response to the crisis it's a mistake authorities are desperate not to repeat. this for time in the women's football world cup the netherlands have secured their place in sunday's final against the united states the european champions were pushed to the limit by sweden but came out on top thanks to a goal in extra time. the 2nd semifinal in 2 days and started with more crunching tackles think clear cut chances and say go quick to close down vienna meet him i hear. both sides could have scored in the 2nd half but both keepers

fiercely defended de goals sweden's neil official was denied by a figure to save from sorry found one end before a bullet header from media was met by an equally impressive stop from haiti lindahl the avar. ultimately neither team was able to break through in 90 minutes in extra time though a superhero from distance shouted the death of the jackie groener with her 1st ever world cup goal sending the netherlands into dare 1st ever world cup final no chance for keeper lindahl no way back for her side only the mighty us now stand in the netherlands way. and while the women's world cup has been attracting fans around the globe a darker side of the game has also been making headlines last month faith than the former head of afghanistan's football federation from all football related

activities for life is followed allegations that he and others sexually abused female players now afghanistan's coach is telling d.w. she is dissatisfied with the 1st handling of the case and things for president giani in fantasia should resign. let's have the link days of the footballing world is on france and on the sidelines of the woman's world cup a campaign has been launched to eliminate abuse harassment and exploitation in women's football in attendance was afghanistan's coach kelly lindsay who told me how difficult it was for her players to get the help they needed from following reports of abuse. the dialogue went on but it didn't feel like anything was progressing it didn't feel like our players were receiving the concerning care that they needed many of them were getting death threats many of them were being abused at the time we needed to get make sure they were safe we needed to get them out of the country so that they could speak the truth and help us understand what was really going on and it just

felt like 8 months of a tennis match where nobody wanted to be held accountable and nobody wanted to really talk about the details and sort it out. back in november it was former player paul who 1st went public with allegations that key figures in the afghan football federation had sexually abused players in june former president care of a team was banned for life and fined 900000 euros but a lawyer representing him has said he will seek to appeal the ruling. up to no evidence doesn't. stand the. truth. and that's that. decision. kelly lindsay disagrees but has also lost faith and future president giani in fenty you know. he's not my president of football he did not hold up the gold standard that should be held up by fifa on human rights and women's rights and i don't believe he should be the president

after the way this case was handled the woman's world cup has been a big success but the afghan abuse scandal is a reminder of the long road ahead. and. tennison day 4 of wimbledon has seen women's top seed ash pati advance of the 3rd round the australian took less than an hour to defeat alison that found 8 funk but germany's defending champion i'm going to get a cab is out in the men's draw and roger federer has a beaten britain's jade clock while the late match spanish 3rd save the rough on doubt is facing controversial australian nick kyrgios and one of the standout clashes of the tournament so far. this is de w. up next news asia what does the ask a waiting diplomatic route between china and britain over the protests in hong kong

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