this is d.w. news live from berlin she wants to be the european union's next leader can she convince the powers that be in brussels germany's arcelor fungal i admit opposition lawmakers today campaigning to win their backing for her nomination to become the european commission president. victory is not a sure thing we'll go to brussels and ask why also coming up it has happened again until americans seen trembling in public for the 3rd time within a month and it is fueling concerns over the german chancellor's tell plus algae in

the world's oceans there's more and more and that is a problem we'll find out why and look at some of the areas most effect. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome she once but top job in the european union and she is campaigning now at full throttle germany's defense minister ursula fund a lion is on a charm offensive in brussels in her quest to become european union commission president on her agenda fighting climate change and improving cooperation among europe's armies. freetown i made the mistake of easy it's fun to lions 1st public appearance as nominee for the. the e.u.

commission presidency the european union's top job her priority is to speak with any peace 1st to clarify her standing and gauge the mood she's meeting with european social democrats who are critical of funding lyon a conservative. and i didn't feel she was specific on some issues but in other areas she stayed quite vague so that was definitely not the end of our discussions . fund a lion needs 374 parliamentary votes to get the job it's not clear how much support she'll get from social democrats greens and business friendly policies she can rely on the 182 votes from her own group the e.p. p. and possibly the european conservatives and reformists or e.c. our critics are hinting their decision on her stance on climate policy rescues of migrants at sea and the parliament's rights of initiative. in the 800 i'm convinced she's a passionate european but in some of her statements she was still quite unclear

she'll have to deliver more by next week and not. fund a lie and has little time to engage in further talks the outcome of the secret ballot is hard to predict. and for more on this now i'm joined by our correspondent mark zonder in brussels tonight good evening to you max we know that ursula from the lions she was not the 1st she wasn't even the 2nd choice for the job so the question is can she win over those skeptical any penes. well brant what i can tell you at this is that she has been trying very hard she has been touring the groups for the last 2 days as we just heard in the report and she also show that she's trying to emphasize that she is a true european responding to those n.e.p. questions in english german and french but it's not certain at this point not at all that she will get a majority in parliament the majority that is that that she needs to get the job.

because many are unhappy with having to vote on a surprise candidate plus the european greens an ounce this evening that they were as a whole group not going to vote for her against her because she was too vague or didn't go far enough on issues like a rule of law and climate yeah i mean that's that's a big blow to her chances it taught me a little bit about the biggest concerns that the members of the european parliament have concerning her nomination. while some argue that she's not experienced enough on her european level other any piece say they simply do not know her well enough they don't know what she stands for on a european level and then many are unhappy with how the lead candidate process was killed in the european council because every essentially every party had their elite candidate who was campaigning who was running for this office and was enough on the line was never one of them the very important point to make there and i'm

wondering what happens if she does not win this nomination if she does not become president of the commission. if it wasn't on the line by the end of this week or perhaps by the beginning of next week. senses that she doesn't have enough votes enough any peace to back her then she can try to drag out the process with the help of political groups like the c.r. that support her in the parliament and she can perhaps try to drag out the process and then the vote will not take place next week but after summer break in september but then there is only this one chance problem it can only vote on was enough on the line once and if she doesn't get these votes then the heads of state the european council will have to stick their heads together have to come together for another summit and come up with a new name and as we know from experience this could take some time that is indeed

the case mark thought on the story for us tonight in brussels max thank you very much. well there are new worries tonight about the health of uncle americal that after the german chancellor was seen yet again trembling in public it's the 3rd time that she has been seen on camera in this condition in the past month you see it right here this latest incident occurred as the chancellor stood outside with finland's visiting prime minister today they were watching military honors to welcome is a rival you can see here clenching her fists they. are this bring in our political correspondent now in my neuroscience for more on this so many people are asking more and more questions is 3 times now and they're asking is she suffering from a medical condition well there's something going got going on there and we say i don't have the answer as to what exactly it is this that this is a sad occurrence months ago though it was a case during a q.

crane and president say less his visit i got america in front of the camera for the 1st time then a few days later again she couldn't blame that on the heat is shadow on the 1st time around she had another trending episode and now we heard from a source close to the government that the 3rd shaking could actually be done to psychological pressure that she would have not so trumbo after the 1st sit up in arms about it yet maybe let's listen to what i got america has to say about her condition. as would help i'm fine and i think i've recently said that i'm working through what happened during the military honors for the visit by the ukrainian president this process is clearly not finished yet but there is progress and i have to live with this for a while but i'm very well and you don't need to worry about me ok so she says she's

working through something and we don't need to worry i mean is that answer going to do suffice for the public. well you know here in germany there isn't a culture of can i say voyeurism into the house of officials and also germans are very reluctant to to pack into the personalize of their leaders and that's very much respected here in germany re so that the press is being quiet about this condition and apparently that's explanation does suffice for the time being of course it brings up the question as to whether or not and america is to have faith as a chance of a parent if this 1st explanation when she says that she's doing fine and that as she can go through our schedule as usual as she has proven so flot apparent at this explanation that's a good point she does not cancel any appointments so far all right our political correspondent emmanuel charles thank you thank you well the court here in germany has sentenced a former asylum seeker from iraq to wife in prison for the rape and murder of

a 14 year old girl this case prompted a public outcry because the suspect should have been deported from germany after his asylum application was rejected instead he was allowed to stay in the country and then is when he became a murderer. life imprisonment for 22 year old ali bashar that's the toughest sentence allowed under german law the judge said he had shown not the compassion nor remorse for suzanne his mother this made it even harder. i was right on the one hand i'm grateful for the verdict he can't do anything to any girl or anyone else anymore but on the other hand it still doesn't bring my daughter back. in may last year bashar rate and murdered susanna 2 weeks passed before any trace of her body was found acting on

a tip from another migrant who had been living with bashar police discovered susanna's corpse next to a rare way track in a hole covered with dirt and branches. the rejected asylum seeker and his family fled to northern iraq but he was arrested there and handed over to german authorities he confessed to killing susanna but denied raping her susanna's father said he was shocked by bashar unrepentant misfortune istic remarks as were others at the trial it's. the perpetrator showed no remorse empathy or understanding that he could have done something wrong couldn't if this was really a crime. and as the present i don't judge also put it as if the perpetrator try to blame others implying the girl was promiscuous and her death was her own fault and that he is not guilty i don't know social to mock him or to improve to all kind of short far right groups have seized on the case saying it shows the government's

migration policy has had disastrous consequences of thora he's had denied bashir requested asylum and that he was supposed to have been deported long ago because of the severity of his crimes the court has ruled he will not qualify for early release from prison that he bashar faces another trial on charges of raping an 11 year old girl. well here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world an airstrike on a syrian hospital in the rebel stronghold of it lived has killed 6 people and put the hospital outs a border now that's according to the white helmets activist group fighting in syria's north west as ground on while the government to give c.h. with the united nations over a possible peace process algeria has placed the country's former industry minister under arrest for alleged corruption use it usefully is the latest senior official to be detained amid ongoing investigations since mass protests began earlier this

year prosecution of corrupt officials has been a chief demand of demonstrators the united states wants to build a military alliance to safeguard the strategic waters off iran and yemen the u.s. says it aims to guarantee navigate navigation in the strait of hormuz and. both crucial trade routes this comes amid an escalation of tensions between washington and tehran the us rapper nicki minaj has canceled a concert in saudi arabia she said that she wanted to send a signal of solidarity with women's and gay rights in the kingdom and now is was supposed to headline the world music festival next week but backed out after widespread criticism over saudi arabia of human rights record britain's ambassador to the united states derek has resigned just days after his confidential memos branding president donald trump's administration as inept were leaked his

resignation comes after trump hit back calling derek a pump is full and british foreign minister to resign made foolish when she backed the diplomat. scientists are sounding the alarm about the growth of algae in the world's oceans a huge mass of algae has just been located off the coast of south america now sometimes it's toxic and killed wildlife like dolphins and turtles seaweed is another form of algae and it is starting to take a toll on tourism of the caribbean and the gulf of mexico are tourism magnets posting some sandy beaches and crystal clear water but this picture is being disrupted by an unwelcome visitor like here at the beach in tulu mexico which now looks like this saga simu to come a brown algae which spreads rapidly is upsetting the sensitive ecosystem the

seaweed can reach a length of up to 16 meters growing up to 10 centimeters a day and it does more than upset the local tourism industry according to a recent university of south florida study algae growth has reached an intercontinental level since 2011 the sprawling plant has spread to more and more parts of the atlantic ocean last year a 20000000 ton carpet of alkies stretched all the way from africa to central america but what has caused this explosive spread this idea is the one aspect is the rising temperatures of the oceans are so global warming supports the growth in the 2nd aspect is an abundance of nutrients. can double the mess within 11 days and if they have access to enough nutrients up due to the deforestation of the amazon jungle huge amounts of nutrient rich soil washed away into the oceans you bill. several luxury resorts spend hundreds of thousands of euros each year

cleaning that beaches once the algae reaches land it decomposes creating a punch and. stephen in it that every year it's different but there seems to be more as the years go by when cleaning it puts a huge strain on local authorities and it's only going to be honest this stuff affects all activity on the beach you're expecting to find a clean sandy beach. but instead find it covered in and. what's worse is the effect on marine life sea turtles for example cannot make it to the beach through the thick i'll be meaning they can no longer lay their eggs there a serious threat to an already endangered species. well tonight there are reports that a chinese anti-corruption activists who campaigned to force public officials to disclose their wealth has been arrested and charged with promoting terrorism.

arrest last week in beijing came as china claims dale on probably his party critics what prompted his arrest is unclear it's unusual for a chinese human rights activist to be accused of terrorism mr john's wife says that she fears it means her husband will receive a lengthy prison sentence or with more here's u.w. correspondent but he is berlinger in beijing. done by a tongue as a dissident who has previously focused on the visual corruption he's part of a movement of citizens that sprang up in the beginning of this decade who are mainly focusing on governance issues and human rights issues he has disappeared in 2014 and was sentenced to 2 years in jail that time after being released he refused to shut up he's been detained again just prior to the 30 years anniversary of the channel and crackdown that was earlier this year in june and has disappeared since

then. he's been charged with propagating extremism and terrorism that's a very severe charge and one that has rarely been used on dissidents before he might face many years in jail and this charge indicates also that we may be seeing another cv a crackdown on dissidents here in china well as the saying goes haters going to hate snow where is this true that on twitter for most people the solution is simple block them but for us president double trump a new court ruling means there may be no escaping the haters legislators here now to talk about that so what's this ruling all about so this case of holds an earlier ruling that said trump is not allowed to block twitter users because it violates their right to free speech which is in trying in the u.s. constitution and he had previously blocked 7 users who have been critical of his policies and when you block someone on twitter for those who don't know it means that you can't and their tweets you can't message that you can't interact with

their profile at all and the judge basically made the point that this digital space is a new kind of modern town hall where people come to express themselves and by blocking users specifically for their political views trump is shutting them out of this public forum discussion in their minds he uses twitter to us policy resolutely what are the arguments that are coming from the trump camp well trump's lawyers basically said that the after real donald trump account that we all know is not his official account rather it's a personal account and they tried to draw a parallel between trump owning a house and owning a personal twitter account saying that if you chooses to conduct government business in his personal property is it doesn't suddenly make it government property and that same logic should apply to social media accounts now we do know it's worth noting that president trump has an official presidential twitter account that's at p.o.

to us at protests or stands for at president of the. it states but this account as we can see has less than half of the followers of his personal account at real donald trump and really it's just retreating statements that he makes from that person all count so now his personal twitter feed which as you mentioned he uses to announce major policies promote his legislative agenda has now been ruled as an extension of his presidency whether he likes it or not the chords rationale here is that trope is a public figure obviously and twitter is a public forum therefore cannot keep people from exercising the 1st amendment rights to free speech i mean it sells like this could have consequences for a lot of people only the us president we're looking at a very interesting legal precedent now and we're already seeing some other cases pop up particularly against the new darling of the left wing new york congresswoman alexandria ocasio protests she's been accused of blocking members of the conservative media on twitter and we have a tweet from the former democratic new york assemblyman dov hikind who said he's

exploring filing a suit against her looking for other plaintiffs because she blocked him on twitter and we have a 2nd tweet from a republican this is what you see if alexander calls are going to has blocked you and i can tweeted we have a 2nd tweet from a republican who's running for congress bring up exactly this issue he's filed a lawsuit against a receiver blocking him on twitter trump is not allowed to block people on twitter will the standards apply equally stay tuned to find out he writes so it's good to be seen how this will in fact play out but this is a new standard set by the trump case as to how social media plays a role in public policy decisions certainly elevates the position of twitter as a way music thank you. new york city was in full party mode today as the u.s. national soccer team came to town with the greatest trophy in the game the world

cup the team made its way through the canyon like streets of lower manhattan the financial district where the greed in the good had been celebrated in tickertape parades for more than a century the u.s. team beat the netherlands in the world cup final on sunday they have been heralded as game changers for the way they push themselves and for their stance on equal pay in sports. reporter benjamin alvarez gruber was at the parade in new york he had this to say about the u.s. team's achievements neil welcomes the u.s. women's soccer team and historic moment for the 4th time will champion and not only because of the performance on the field but also for their actions off the field for many fans this team has become a symbol for the fight against discrimination that we still see in women's soccer and also for fight for equal pay all right from soccer to tennis at wimbledon

where the men's semifinal lineup is complete top seed novak djokovic beat david goffin in straight sets to storm into the final 4 will hill face spain's or better about the star goot on friday 2nd seed roger federer is also into the next round after a grueling 4 set match against japan's chi is you federer has his sights firmly set on a 9th wimbledon title but 1st still have to get past you guessed it rafael nadal and they melt watering semifinal clash there was no stopping the spaniard on wednesday as he thrashed american sam querrey in straight sets. new zealand are in the cricket world cup final after beating india by 18 runs on wednesday india went into bat needing just 240 runs to win but a nightmare start saw them lose a flight of early wickets 3 batsman has fallen for just 5 runs its later on

ventura. did his best to get the win but was told out as india failed to reach their target new zealand head into their 2nd consecutive final where they will face either australia or england. on sunday. all right now in cycling pages sagan won the 5th stage of the tour de france the 3 time world champion sprinter to the finish to claim his 1st stage win at this year's tour despite losing time at the top of the standings france is purely on leap retains the yellow jersey heading into stage 6 on thursday. and you our show has opened at london's tate modern gallery and its creator danish icelandic artist all of her. hopes to provide a feast for the census you won't just see his art you'll also feel

smell and taste it. was previously best known for his giant blazing sun which drew more than 2000000 visitors to the tate modern 16 years ago. being lost in the fog or being confronted with changing color as visitors to london's tate modern can go on a bizarre journey experiencing themselves and their environments a new how our perceptions interpret nature and the elements a part of the show paola for us on the danish icelandic berlin based contemporary star who's highly paid world famous and who makes a few to months of his audience so this is how. sometimes going to a museum can be hard work so it's not like going to the supermarket yes and here we are here to question ourselves and to see ourselves in the context of the wider world or in the context of divorce. the exhibition is called in real life

and it shows a few decades of his work where natural spectacles like a wall of moss all rain that only fools inside the window but not outside have been a constant feature back in 2003 l.a.'s own inspired more than 2000000 visitors at the tate modern with the sun made of light bulbs and mirrors the giant hole became a huge public sunbathing lawn on how to achieve his goal. here just. how can we meet without immediately becoming polarized. how do we create a public space where we don't all have to be the same to share it in islands. tighten off the sauce and you think that someone else is completely different from you but it isn't good to want to be alone in this and songs installations make sense when you realize they bring people together and they are interesting and

colorful to the artist also says that people also have to come together to fight the climate crisis he has already brought the idea of climate change directly to european cities with melted blocks of ice from greenland at the end of last year he even put some rice in front of the tate so that people could experience for themselves how beautiful and how fragile that place is. he thinks that sometimes the climate emergency is communicated only in the discourse of fear and wants to change the way we think about it so dispose of enjoyment and love you know what do i love about the world and why should i care about it and so his thoughts today also revolves around scientific findings but it isn't enough that people just muffle nature's beauty they should finally act to stop climate change and save their environment. well here's a reminder of the top stories that we're following for you ursula from the lion is

seeking to win backing for her nomination to the european union commission presidency meeting opposition lawmakers in brussels today she said that if elected she will focus on of the rule of law climate change and improving european defense cooperation and germany's chancellor has been seen shaking in public again the 3rd time. as she's been seen this way in public in the months working concerns again about her health says she feels just want. to watch e.w. news after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day stick around for that.

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on respect. you. a diplomat who dared to be honest is now the former diplomat who had to resign circum darry the british ambassador in washington quit today his honest assessment of a troubled trump white house was leaked to the public on sunday a betrayal of trust that made his job of building trust impossible tonight there are fears of a chilling effect on both sides of the atlantic a world in which being diplomatic trumps being august i bring golf in berlin.