good night. everyone t.w. . this is to give you news along from berlin she's been called a hero and a criminal captain. in hiding but says she has no regrets about defiantly bringing rescued migrants into an italian for another rescue boat is on the way to italy speaks of those onboard the alan. and southern california season rattled by one of its biggest births quakes in 2 decades the magnitude 7 point one quake

shakes buildings cut power supplies and sparks find more tremors may be on the way . also venezuelans hit the streets for rival independence day rallies president shows his military off opposition leader ones like goldfields his own mark and rejects the committee. a michael thanks for joining us the german captain of a migrant rescue ship says she has no regrets for defiantly docking at an italian poor. last week angered italian authorities by landing her boat carrying dozens of migrants rescued at sea she's gone into hiding and faces charges of assisting illegal immigration ok to gavan. of interviewed

a german broadcaster. on route to a secret location in italy reporters are off to interview count on. the sea watch 3 captain has been in hiding since she rescued migrants off the libyan coast and brought them to the italian island lampedusa a mission she doesn't regret. thank you. if i think we did everything right we obeyed maritime law school through so there was never a question of whether we should rescue people or not is. the whole mission see watch 3 sailed to lampedusa after 2 weeks of waiting in vain and despite a recent ban the captain says some of the migrants were suicidal and others threatened to go on hunger strike. and what is important in the end is that we rescued these 53 people and brought them to a safe harbor that's 53 people who don't have to go back to some torture camp in libya. italian interior minister matteo servian he called her

a criminal and now she wants to sue him for defamation but she faces likely prosecution herself on charges of being an accessory to illegal migration a hearing is planned for next week proved in part of the name case of an indictment which we don't expect i will of course turn myself in because i expect to be acquitted if it comes to that tough on national maritime experts suggest another possible outcome entering the harbor could amount to a violation of italian law she had to move to be that she should have kept waiting she could have tried to get other harbors to open up and continue to ask for help from italian authorities. other rescue boats have have the same problem the german rescue ship island kirti saved 65 people off the libyan coast on friday it's also seeking safe harbor. and we'll go live now to the ship alan kirti just mentioned in that report marcel did is with the german aid organization c i which rescued 65

migrants off libya on friday and is heading to lampedusa i should mention to our viewers there's a little bit of a sound to lay between the 2 locations marcel where are you right now. hello we are currently close to the coast of lampedusa we reached the coast this morning and i'm now waiting could you describe the rescue that took place what happened and where you heading right now. the rescue happened yesterday in the morning we spotted at. 6 am. after were 3 approached about. alaric's. first of all it went away from us coast thought we had the libyans afterwards we could convince them and we approach each with all rescue mission just to be the life jackets and took all the people on

board we currently have 65 people on board 39 of them are i'm 5 miners and there was one woman we think. we were in the whole night to lampedusa now we are at the coast this morning we had the goddess. on board made a check up of the people and informed us about the tradeoffs of the need and now we are waiting for further instructions myself you say you have $69.00 people on board more than half of whom are miners can you briefly describe the conditions on the boat and how the people you've rescued are doing so far. yes yes we have 65 people on board. all of them are very experienced it some of them are in bad conditions you so you can see that they have been an

honorable place in the last month or sometimes years. we started talking to some of them and. had been full time years in libya in the detention centers so. we tried to restart the medical check up which is still ongoing we just have 2 doctors on board. but so far the people are ok. myself this is a sensitive issue for all parties involved in this is a sensitive question why are you heading to lampedusa despite knowing italian authorities refused for weeks to let this he watched there some people might call it a fool's errand. the rescue we did was approximately 30 miles from the libyan coastline so we had to run from the libyan coast guard to. reply so that they could offer

a safe part of the which is west of tripoli this but due to the geneva convention really refute this and lampedusa is the next safe part for us so we just follow the maritime law and plan to the next part. of course mark there is another option but right now we are not to do south waiting marcelle dick from the german aid organization cia thank you so much for joining us and safe joining us. a magnitude 7 point one earthquake has struck southern california the region's strongest tremor in 2 decades the epicenter some 200 kilometers north east of los angeles injuries and fires have been reported but so far no fatalities it's the latest in a series of recent quakes to hit california and experts are warning that more are likely to come. residents watched helplessly as the quake hit

the most powerful in 20 years. no no no the tremors traveled as far south as mexico for tourists visiting the region it was a surreal moment well we were just you know it's alright what it did you know and all the sudden the room started sort of shaking and we didn't know you don't really know what it means you think what you did doesn't register straightaway that until being killed every everything's moving in the chandelier was shaking and the kids were saying it's an earthquake and every now we wait in the hall they all of us sitting on the shade and i don't think weight issues will be worth the rain and they would realise. when we run out of. the quake triggered fires power outages and damaged roads minor injuries were also reported. and it was the 2nd to strike the region this week the 1st came as americans were

celebrating the 4th of july experts are urging residents to be prepared for earthquakes of all sizes. so this earthquake is yet another opportunity for people to be aware that there will be a big earthquake in southern california it's not a matter of if it's a matter of when but the really important thing is just not to prepare for the big one even these moderate earthquakes like the one that happened yesterday in ridgecrest can cause damage. the anxiety has reignited fears of what's called the big one a predicted catastrophic earthquake the san andreas fault line runs through california the statewide warning system is currently being created to inform residents of impending danger. now to some of the other stories making news around the world. turkey's president erdogan has fired the central bank governor checked in cairo he's been frequently criticized by the president for not cutting interest

rates in response to turkey's economic downturn. has been replaced by his deputy. have been held for the 14 russian seamen who died in a fire on one of the navy's research submersibles the men were buried at a cemetery in st petersburg details of monday's blaze are still scarce the defense ministry said the sailors were killed by toxic fumes from the fire. a team of swiss scientists says planting one trillion trees would be enough to absorb the c o 2 emissions that are fueling the world's climate crisis the trees would cover a landmass the size of the united states but they say it's no substitute for using less nonrenewable energy sources. but if venezuela's president nicolas maduro and opposition leader have backed rival visions for the country on its independence day the 2 held separate rallies in the capital caracas

earlier $22.00 political prisoners were released but hundreds remain in custody has ruled out holding talks with president maduro. oh my god without their support president maduro could quickly lose his grip on power. the military parade was held to commemorate independence day but it also highlighted that most in the armed forces still seem to back then his whalers in battle president. maduro used the festivities to address the opposition saying dialogue is the way to end venezuela's political crisis don't have time to compete or stop with conspiracies stop with the plots stop with the evil stop with the plans to destabilize and harm venezuela the reason the need to be free the british military is while a wants peace and work and that's why i repeat my call for national dialogue of the

was meanwhile opposition leader one quite 0 was sending a defiant message with his own rallying. cry don't already ruled out further dialogue with the duros government earlier this week he cited recent reports implicating venezuela's security apparatus in thousands of extra judicial killings as well this torture and other rights violations no no no no the un has said it clearly venezuela now lives in a dictatorship but let the world see that's too we have not surrendered nor are we going to surrender to any dictatorship we're going to continue in the streets was. the us the fight for control of the his way the drags on millions are caught in the middle of the political turmoil is accompanied by an economic crisis that's left people short of basic goods and desperate for change.

cycling's biggest race the toward a false is under way not in the home of fine wine cheese in baghdad. but across the border in belgium the 1st stage is always a massive event in this year's grand of pargo called to power marks the 50th anniversary of a breakthrough performance by a belgian many consider to be the greatest cyclist of all time expense belgium is probably most famous internationally for its beer fries and of course chocolate that combo might not scream top level athleticism but it's not stopping some of the world's fifty's sportsman from sweeping into the capital brussels will host a grand day pass the opening stage of the tour de france for the 1st time since 958 the city has been transformed for the big start honoring belgian sporting history while putting the country back on the map as a cycling power is the primary goal for organizers we want to be the country of

bicycle again that's why it's so important for us to have the most important complete issue concerning bicycle here in brussels because over the next the 2 as belgium beginning has special resonance marking the 50th anniversary of national hero eddie metz his 1st tour de france win in $969.00 max who's 52 to france victories top a lengthy list of titles is still revered by locals to follow me it's awesome when any mets won his 1st tour de france i was 12 years old so it's great that we're doing the ground the power here in brussels it's nice. when things get rolling the condé power will add another exciting chapter to belgium cycling history books which mix helped to write. you're watching the news from berlin remember you can always get the latest news on our web site that's dot com we'll have more news as always at the top of the hour we'll leave you now with pictures of some of the

world's newest you know you nest heritage sites found in iraq france china and mexico over half of the whole team here in berlin thanks for joining us. for 1st climbing less of. the doors grandma with arrives. to join the reckoning on her journey back to freedom. in our interactive documentary story an orangutan returns home on t w dot com a tank.