this is d.w. news mind from berlin tonight a german politician and her final push to secure the european union's top job parcel of on the law and today quit as german defense minister she's making concessions now to her political opponents on the eve of the european parliament's decisive vote a vote that could make history tomorrow also coming up tonight south africa's former president jacob zuma shrugs off corruption allegations on live television but it was his testimony enough to counter the evidence against him and scores

killed millions contending with floodwaters and buildings collapsing his monsoon rains sweep across the whole india and bangladesh plus the congo is ebola outbreak spreading with the death toll already at 1600 the virus reaches the crowded city of goma on the border with rwanda the world health organization describing the new case as a potential game changer. i bring to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome germany's arsal of fun and has announced that she will step down as the country's defense minister and a big gamble for her hope is that the european parliament will vote tomorrow to give her a new job as the 1st. female president of the european commission now that outcome

is far from certain underlying faces skepticism from parliamentary groups angered at the way she was forced on them by national leaders as a 3rd choice candidate so she has been on a charm offensive making promises to win over. keeping up with. not an easy task last week. she was on the move constantly meeting almost all of the political groups of the e.u. parliament. she needs to convince enough parliamentarians that she's the right woman for the commission presidency and that could be a problem especially with the social democrats in the european parliament. they've called her commitments too and they dislike that wasn't even one of the lead candidates especially the german social democrats are up in arms about the members of the democratic group in the parliament has not taken

a final decision yet so i guess there are some that might. need further questions and of those who are. already. clear that they won't including you including me. so far needs to do the math will give her a hand she needs a total of $376.00 votes to be elected commission president let's just say so get all $182.00 from our own group the conservative party now it gets dicey the liberals from renewed europe who have 108 seats seemed rather positive but not completely convinced with 70 votes. to the social democrats lots of opposition but also lots of support from the spanish delegation there are $153.00 seats total if she's lucky might get $100.00.

finally there are the conservative euro skeptics from the e.c.r. group c. total 62 realistically she could expect 30 seats maybe even more from them. and that would put her over the hump. to get those votes from the lion has a twofold strategy number one make sure the e.u. parliament feels respected the world is calling for you for more europe more engagement and therefore we must draw all our strength i can. here to work with how you meant and i'm confident that we will work together. number to emphasize her european side so now she's tweeting in german english and french.

nevertheless it will be a close call to succeed fun and i and will probably have to give the speech of her life right here in the european parliament in strasburg. at the speech of her life in in parliament and that is where our very own brussels bureau chief max hoffman is this evening good evening to you max we understand that ursula fund a lion has now written to the parliament's social democrats do we know what she said. well she touched upon many of those topics where the social democrats insisted that she still needs to do some work you remember she visited the social democrats last week in in brussels but there were many questions open and the feedback from those members of the european parliament was that she's too vague so she wrote this 8 page letter now saying that she wants a fair and social europe for example that she wants to have more competitive or

tougher goals to counter climate change to fight climate change for climate protection but what really struck me was that she told him she would use the full tool box when it comes to enforcing the rule of law in certain countries because some of the social democrats that said she was being too soft on the countries like poland and hungary where the commission has some some beef as you know all because of the rule of law procedure that was kicked into action against those countries and of course it was a definite i will need some of those votes but now she clearly took positions she said she would be for on those procedures that might cost her a couple of votes on the right from those countries you see it's a real balance it's a balancing act and do you think max that you know this letter to the social democrats and the promises that she's made is this going to be enough to bring them on to her side on the road to more. what we're hearing is rather

positive right now if for example take the brits the british delegation up until a couple of days ago said that she they would probably not vote in favor of enough on the lion but now she also has a page letter had a chapter where she said that she would do anything in her power to avoid bragg's that basically and that is something that goes down well with the social democrats of great britain not with other parties but with the social democrats it does so she can expect some votes from them we really don't have that much opposition anymore within the social democrats except from the austrians and also when you saw the report you know it from the germans that really seemed to be. absolutely convinced that they need to vote against was often allied yeah and explain to people around the world watching max why are german social democrats why are they so against one of their fellow country women especially when it comes to making history like this at the e.u.

top level fred it's not only that it's also that the german social democrats are in a coalition with the party of was enough an ally in the c.d.u. they governed together in berlin and yet here in the european parliament they're absolutely opposed against her or the reason or one of the reasons is that up until the end the social democrats were hoping to get their lead candidate through to have their lead candidate become commission president france to moments and things were looking really good in the end it changed again it's switched and it looks like i'm going to back i had her way and that's something that the s.p.d. so the german social democrats often had that they look like they you know they would have their will but in the end i get a makeover wanted to seems to be that feeling that is motivating them and come tomorrow if the if an ally and she loses this vote do european leaders do they have another surprise candidate up their sleeves that they can pull out. they would have to come together again in summer and decide on that surprise candidate we have some

names but quite frankly we're not there yet you know christina gear given is one of them she's the director of the world bank at the moment she is also a conservative she's a woman but she's not backed by her own government back in bulgaria we do know that if it was enough on the it does not make it the post of commission president or the next suggestion at least from the leaders will again be a conservative somebody from the european people's party so even if the social democrats the german social democrats in this case prevent funding the end they'll have another conservative candidate after that all right next off and on the story for us and straw for a difference tonight max thank you. but here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world eve foreign ministers have pledged to support efforts to keep the iran nuclear deal alive and that's despite america's unilateral withdrawal and iran's and subsequent breach of your aim enrichment restrictions and

you foreign policy chief federica marina said iran could reverse its steps and go back to full compliance police in italy have seized a stash of weapons including an air to air missile from suspected in the nazis in the north of the country 3 men were detained in turkey in and nazi memorabilia and neo nazi propaganda we're seeing just u.s. president donald trump is rejecting criticism of a series of racist tweets in those tweets trying to say that for democratic congresswoman of color and all of them american citizens should leave the u.s. and go back to the crime infested places where he says they came from the president says that he stands behind those remarks. that turkey is marking 3 years since a failed coup attempt against president richard pryor pair to one since then many questions remain unanswered be including were top members of the military or even

foreign powers involved in efforts to topple the government what is clear to see today the consequences of the crackdown that came after the coup attempt. the night of july the 15th 2016 was filled with chaos and violence elements of the turkish armed forces launched an operation to unseat president red chip type at one craft attacked government buildings troops occupied bridges and squares as many as 300 people were killed. on the 15th of july officers told us it was a trying operation but they just we went out onto the streets then the police came and we let the reality when they did time dos i forces loyal to add to and put down the coup his government has since arrested tried and jailed tens of thousands of soldiers teaches journalists and other public servants countless others have been removed from their posts they stand accused of supporting the attempt to take over

or at least of disloyalty to the government i many more ticks at home and abroad still support at iran but that's not guaranteed to last a week currency skyrocketing inflation and high interest rates have shaken his grip on power relations with the west are at a low point that if an opposition figure in the next matter of istanbul add on help the post before he ascended to the national stage a parallel not lost on some voters. say much on the president was merritt's well a criminal who is following the same path we will see added i guess. no one can say when those better times for everyone's opponents may come he survived the bang of the coup attempt the whisper of every day politics make post because challenge. and our correspondent in the hun she is following the story for she joins me tonight from istanbul good evening to you i mean this is definitely uncomfortable even a painful anniversary for

a lot of people talk to me about how the country marked the moment today. well yes this has been a very emotional day for many people here in turkey july 15th is a public national holiday now and we've seen a number of events commemorating the victims of that dramatic night president laid flowers at a memorial in the capital ankara earlier today he also spoke at a huge event here in istanbul at airport a very symbolic location the airport was briefly occupied by the putsch is said that night and everyone later who returned to the city he was not in the city he returned to istanbul via ataturk airport announcing that the coup attempt had failed his message today one of his key messages was and i quote him here traitors have been trying to drag turkey into darkness but the citizens prevented it and

protected democracy those were his words he's trying to push this narrative of a nation under attack and of course this day today is a chance for him to rally support and to show strength back then thousands of ordinary citizens took to the streets often just with their kitchen utensil ofter he called people to defend democracy against the tanks 251 people were killed that's a high price for victory we talked to a few people here in istanbul at one of the common aeration events earlier today let's listen to what they have to say. with full respect. fatah girl and try to divide us he has been trying to divide this country for years. it was an extremely difficult night for our country. i was outside on the streets i didn't even know who had

attacked people for what reasons and why things develop this way. we need to investigate all of this. he has lost many friends and neighbors and father died on the day of the coup for the sake of the nation. time a kitchen it's interesting the way people remember that time you know we remember that prison or one he described the coup attempt at the time and i'm quoting here a gift from god would he say that today. well he said it was a gift from god that would give him the chance to reshape the country and yes he did reshape the country but one of the consequences of that failed coup. are the mass purges and you wouldn't hear much about that on the pro-government channels tonight tens of thousands of people were sacked from their jobs state employees

academics journalists others were imprisoned and this is because the government says it's necessary to go after the coup plotters but this has really severely impacted this society you would meet former teachers who are now cleaning toilets or professors who are trying to make a living as waiters because they just can't get back into their old jobs and has had has led international organizations human rights groups to criticize saying this is gone way too far he's trying to get rid of all critical voices and to tighten his own grip on power with these purges. how has that. affected. well relations with a number of countries have deteriorated this is because some partners are concerned turkey is drifting towards authoritarianism turkish officials themselves have criticised western allies including germany and the us for not being supportive

enough in times of crisis for not grasping the magnitude of the threat turkey was facing and at the same time turkey has drifted to woods russia it is just acquired the s 400 missile defense system from moscow despite warnings from the us us despite threats of sanctions so this has definitely impacted turkey's foreign relations. thank you. rwanda's health ministry is warning its citizens to avoid unnecessary travel to eastern parts of the democratic republic of congo that after a case of ebola was confirmed near its border in the city of goma it's the 1st time the virus has reached the major urban centers since the outbreak started in congo last year global health officials are. the. it's

a health workers worst nightmare a highly contagious disease reaching a city that's now happened in the democratic republic of congo after a year long the bowl outbreak goma a regional capital home to $1000000.00 people has reported its 1st case of the virus a local pastor many of those who have been in contact with the pastor have been identified and some vaccinated global health officials have praised the response and prevention efforts but also expressed concern for what ebola in a major urban center may mean for containing the outbreak. the identification of the cases in goma could potentially be a game changer in this epidemic. that's because in addition to the high concentration of people goma is also a transit center on the border with rwanda ebola has already claimed more than 1600 lives in this outbreak u.n. officials meeting donors in geneva today said the global response would get a lot more complicated if the disease reaches rwanda and the situation is already

extremely difficult we're dealing with one of the world is most dangerous vitus's in one of the world is most dangerous it is rival militias and government forces have long been competing for power in this region of the congo health officials are a means to the brutal violence over the weekend 2 workers were murdered by unidentified assailants now the w.h.o. was weighing whether to declare the outbreak an international health emergency that could provide the containment effort with the additional resources and money it needs to stop the outbreak from spreading. or former south african president jacob zuma today denied. allegations of corruption at a public hearing in johannesburg he argued that he was the target of a character assassination by political enemies who wanted to push him out of power zimmerman's testimony is being broadcast live on television and is due to continue until friday. this isn't the 1st time former south african president jacob zuma has

had to answer to corruption charges but this was his 1st appearance before a high profile commission into graft he allegedly of a civil zuma is accused of presiding over a culture of must looting of state assets during his 9 year tenure that was before he was ousted as head of state by his ruling a.n.c. party last year speaking uninterrupted over to our was zuma dismissed the multiple graft allegations against him he claimed he was a victim of a conspiracy that has been. drive. you. to remove me from the scene it has come in different forms and that's why. they've been people who said it would be a way of trying to dodge things in one form or that.

the commission in charge of the inquiry hasn't been tasked with proving a case against anyone and zuma supporters are angry at what they say is the media's unfair portrayal of him. in the in the case of president jacob zuma we've seen neverland just meet the attic and the avalanche of me to try and find in britain jacob zuma i can say without a fair trial they keep on telling us nonsense but they don't give us a tangible thing to take people to court t t t t j this should be able to jam right now if somebody is wrong that there's somebody must mean jade's. zuma set to face cross-examination at the inquiry which could last all week. and correspondent major increase is following the hearing in johannesburg. at the 1st day of the hearings ex-president jacob zuma did what many expected him to do you put trade himself as the victim of a campaign against him but we could also see that he takes the whole process very

serious and personal he actually said that it has a huge impact on the life of himself and his family but obviously also on his reputation remember he's still a very powerful figure here in south africa although he does not hold an official position anymore the a n c the ruling party is basically split into 2 major factions and one of the current presidents who is trying to reform the party and then on the other hand you have jacob zuma and his allies who are said to rather be happy if the status quo remains like it is so now it is really exciting to see how these next days are going to continue obviously zuma has a lot of supporters hundreds of them with you today and they have the opinion of jacob zuma but he is facing serious allegations and they are witnesses actually pointing the finger and shake up zuma now the question is where will this commission actually leads because it will probably still need a long time until the truth will be really established because this commission it will just try to establish the truth report it to the relevance of thirty's with

a final report who could then take prosecution action possibly so it's still going to be a very long time and a long process until the courts and also the south african people really know what's happened on the watch of jacob zuma. that was adrian krishna reporting from johannesburg about 3000000 people are on the move in nepal northern india and bangladesh fleeing months soon floods and high water close to 100 people have been killed more are missing the heavy rains have triggered landslides and deadly building collapses like this one in northern india soldiers had gathered for a party when this 4 story building collapsed on top of. the flooding has also affected hundreds of thousands over a hinge of refugees after fleeing their homes in myanmar during a violent military crackdown many now risk losing whatever shelter they've managed to phone. life for rohingya refugees in cox's bazaar is difficult as it is during

monsoon season it becomes outright life threatening flooding and mudslides have killed at least 10 people in the overcrowded camps and destroyed some 5000 shelters authorities limit what materials refugees can used to build here their homes are meant to be temporary making them particularly vulnerable. the rainwater enters my house i'm suffering a lot i don't live in a tent mine is a connected house but the middle section has been heavily damaged there's a hole in it. but structural damage is just one aspect of the problem more than 200 landslides have been reported in the camp since april disrupting logistics and daily activity. in the rainy season we have problems getting food. get sick. toilets and bathroom hygiene are

a problem. the kids can't get to school the school buildings a falling into disrepair it's all a big problem. the world health organization is warning that this could be only the beginning of a much bigger crisis. in an already unsanitary environment the flooding means there is a greater threat from water borne diseases and weather warnings suggest the downpour is likely to continue. well tonight the european space agency says its galileo satellite positioning system is not working and that it has been down since friday a technical glitch with equipment on the ground is being blamed galileo was billed as a future rival to the american g.p.s. navigation network. rocket launches like this one were supposed to bring the european union more independence and security. the payload a satellite intended for the european union's galileo navigation system

a direct competitor to the united states g.p.s. . but the galileo system has been crippled since friday with all 22 of its satellites offline officials from the european space agency blamed the outage on an error in galileo's ground based infrastructure industry reports indicate a glitch at an italian monitoring station is behind the disruption galileo has been in the testing phase since 2016 when fully operational it should offer navigation services worldwide recently more companies have begun to make use of the service including many mobile phone manufacturers however an outage of this scale is a painful misstep it may delay the european space agency's plan to make galileo fully operational by next year our sports now in cycling sort of fronts a ricky valve an art of the team has won the 10th stage in a sprint finish tuesday is the 1st rest day of the race and at the halfway point

france is. still holds the yellow jersey while defending champion again thomas has moved up to 2nd overall. you're watching the w. news a live from berlin after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day stick around for that.

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