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changing climate optics nose mouth scientists are. usually frozen. i'm phil gail welcome to the program the european commission's next president. has promised to work for united and strong europe to work constructively and pragmatically to achieve it germany's former defense minister is the 1st woman to be elected to this top you position either she only won the vote in the european parliament by a narrow majority. uncertainty until the very last minute. the members of the european parliament knew the vote on the next commission president

was going to be close but not even the candidate herself was off on the line i would have thought it was going to be that close vote the 5 votes in favor 3 shots 383. on the line secured the majority by just 9 votes a week results in the end still enough to celebrate. my message so all of you is let us work together constructively because the endevor is a united a strong year old. the former german defense minister spent the last 2 weeks building a majority trying to convince the political groups in the european parliament to support her bid. her final address to parliament which some called the speech of her lifetime seem to have tilt of the scale in her favor but having the backing of her conservative group she could afford moving towards the left and resonating with

other groups on issues such as climates. this is the greatest responsibility and opportunity of our times i want europe to become the 1st climate neutral continent in the world by 2050. 1 the night has vowed to fight for a greener fairer and more beauty based here but relying on a parliament so fragmented building majorities around any of these issues is likely to prove difficult. brussels' bureau chief max hoffman spoke with the commission's new president elect shortly the last night's vote. is with us today and i have a very simple question to start the interview how are you feeling. relieved and happy because it was a tough ride over 13 days now i had to. formulate the guidelines the

political balance and to convince the parliamentarians this was not a lot of time and i made it and i'm happy right now does the majority bother you that it was only 9 votes ahead majority's majority and 2 weeks ago i didn't have at all a majority of course i understand that because the parliamentarian said we want to know more of you we want to know what your program is we want to know the details of the topics we're dealing with so it was a tough time a very intensive the most intensive in my political career i've ever had but now i'm happy and you happy with the speech you delivered the feedback you got yes because it showed my conviction and it's worth to fight for this europe and it's best to tell the story of our europe united and strong how i see it for the future and so this was a important moment you made a lot of promises today you do realise it'll be very tough to keep all of those

right but it's right it's not promises it's politics and policy would want to bring forward if we're talking about the climate neutral continent in 2050 it's necessary that we act we have to take bold action to achieve those goals and we need it for our planet and for life so these all these topics are extremely important and we have to be ambitious and what would you say of all those topics you talked about which is your absolute top priority i think top priority is. climate mutuality 2050 with a goal for 2030 and digitization those are the 2 biggest concerns all opportunities. we have to tackle you're going to work with a divided parliament where it's harder than ever to get a majority and also you could say with a divided council because you have a rift between eastern europe and the other european countries for example on migration how will you handle this i think we absolutely have to overcome the

division of east and west between east and west i know that people in the eastern countries central european countries often think they are not accepted as they should be and as i've been working as a defense minister very much in those countries i have a lot of friends and they trust me so i know how to work together that we can improve the relationship and there is a division between north and south has to do with questions of competitiveness and flexibility and we have to solve that too why that because europe has to be united there are many many big questions we have to tackle and europe has to play a role and we only can do that when we are united ok so what are you doing over the summer. i'll spend it in process of getting my cabinet there the commissioners on board and to work on my work programme that i have to lay down and lay out in

october. president elect of the european commission thank you very much for talking to us. reporting sir with a sort of on the line stepping out germany's defense minister a former post has gone to the head of the country's ruling christian democrats and a great column about both women attended an official handover ceremony with chancellor i went back home today as crabb cot about took over from chancellor record as head of the conservative scene thank you last year and is widely tipped to succeed asked chancellor. more. political correspondent simon young welcome simon so got a great comeback carabaos moved to defense come as a surprise. a big surprise phil because previously she ruled out taking on a ministerial job she said she didn't want to be in miracles cabinet she wanted to concentrate on her job as leader of the christian democrat party which she's had

since the end of last year but the truth is she stumbled a little bit in that role so this gives her new momentum and also what it will give her is some ministerial experience which she hasn't had up until now she's been a interior minister and then leader of the small german state czar land but she hasn't had a national level cabinet job and she doesn't really need that i think because the playbook sais that she should in time. and especially from the c.d.u. point of view will be the best placed person to succeed angela merkel as chancellor and of course a bit of ministerial experience won't harm her at all in that effort but this is rather a challenging ministerial brief to have to cut your teeth on defense has been

a difficult day here in germany what sort of challenges does a. face. it is challenging and ursula fonda lyon has not left the defense ministry in a particularly good condition there are problems for instance with weapon systems that need modernising plenty of other equipment doesn't work properly there is a need to recruit germans to the armed forces a lot of them are all willing to join there's been money wasted on expensive advisors have plenty of other internal problems and also there's the question of the military budget and a great cram karrenbauer is known to support the idea of increasing military spending but of course you have to argue that out with the finance minister and one of the chancellor angela merkel she's in her final chancellor does she still carry 3 or 4 or 2 she used to when she said she's not going to stand for chancellor again

so she's in her final years but i think it's been a good couple of days for the chancellor she's got 2 of her close allies now in the front rank and of course with a lot on the line in brussels. will be assured of being at the very least heard and understood. at the top level of the european union and the movement of care of our into the defense job i think is also good for america all because she too is a close ally but it also means that a potential successor is no longer you know scheming in the wings as it were she will now be on stage and being tested so you know moving more women into top jobs was also something that anglo-american has said she wanted to do she certainly done that over the last 24 hours and i think she's got lots to celebrate today which is her 65th birthday of well. simon young thank you.

now we'll take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world turkey has said it will retaliate after a gunman shot dead one of its diplomats in iraq at least one other person was killed when an attacker opened fire in a restaurant in a building in iraq's kurdish region there's been no claim of responsibility. of orators in pakistan have the rest of the suspected mastermind of a series of attacks on the indian city of mumbai in 2008 feet saeed founded the islamist militant group lashkar e tayyiba which india and the united states blame for the attacks u.s. president donald trump praised pakistan for the arrest. south african musician and anti-apartheid activist johnny clegg has died after a long battle with cancer the grammy nominated singer who spoke fluent zulu crafted hips inspired by township harmonies and defied south africa's institutionalized

racial segregation by forming multi racial bands he was 66. sudan's pro-democracy movement and the country's ruling military council have signed a document outlining a power sharing deal it's a major step in the transition to civilian rule following the military overthrow of dictator omar al bashir amid mass protests in april 2 sides are still working on a more contentious constitutional agreement that specifies the division of powers but for the time being the capital of khartoum missing a set of brakes removed. these signatures marked the end of a bitter power struggle sudan's military and opposition have agreed to install an interim government 1st to be headed by the military and then by the opposition new elections will be held in 3 years time.

doric moment in the painful history of the sudanese people it marks the beginning of a new era in which the army and units will work together with civilians and with the leaders of the opposition. a chance for a new era following months of upheaval a long time dictator omar al bashir resigned at the beginning of april perhaps the protest movements greatest success but a 1st the military hunta did not want to give up power on june 3rd special forces brutally cleared a protest camp more than 120 people were killed and hundreds were injured. the international pressure led military and opposition back to the negotiating table a basic agreement was reached. but details were still being hammered out until tuesday night. at the fork of the green it is at least a preliminary breakthrough an important step on the road to peace but it's by far

not enough for a permanent peace. with deep seated mistrust on both sides the challenge for sudan now will be implementing the terms of the treaty. mexican drug lord el chapo guzman has been sentenced to life behind bars in a u.s. prison the brooklyn judge also ordered him to pay back more than $12000000000.00 in gotten drug proceeds goldman was brought to the u.s. in 2017 after he twice escaped from mexican prisons he was convicted in an epic drug trafficking trial in february before today's sentencing he denounced the trial and complained about the conditions he faced in solitary confinement the judge accused him of overwhelming evil let's look back on grossman's life and crimes. he's been notorious for decades as the head of the signal lower drug cartel mexican drug lord were keen guzman also known as el chapo guzman has been held in solitary

confinement as a high security new york prison since he was extradited from mexico to the u.s. in 2017 during his trial in brooklyn special security measures were in place including the deployment of a gas detection device because man made 2 or dayshift the states from jail in mexico most recently through an underground tunnel dug by accomplices in july 2015 a worldwide manhunt followed but there were few clues to his whereabouts until guzman invited american actor sean penn to interview him at his hideout for an article in rolling stone magazine along with mexican t.v. star kate del casio who wanted to make a film about his life. u.s. prosecutors spent years piecing together the case against guzman detailing a vast web of torture contract killings and bribes that reached all the way up to

mexico's former president. guzman faces the rest of his life behind bars but the cartel he founded nearly 30 years ago is still incredibly powerful and he remains a hero among the communities in mexico who benefited from the profits of his crimes . today marks 5 years since malaysia airlines flight m h 17 was shot out of the sky as it flew over eastern ukraine killing everyone on board a russian made surface to air missile was quickly identified as being responsible a conclusion that moscow has disputed ever since last month a dutch led international team of detectives charged format with murder over the incident is a look at how that investigation unfold. flight m.h. 17 was shot out of the sky on july 17th 2014. all 298 people on board were killed most of them were dutch nationals the plane had

departed from amsterdam and was headed to kuala lumpur but the boeing 777 disappeared off radar screens about 3 hours after takeoff while flying over part of eastern ukraine held by pro russian rebels. international condemnation was swift and fingers were pointed at moscow. sanctions against russia for its annexation of crimea what we already in place and western nations toughened those measures in response. in the investigation that followed an international team led by the netherlands found fragments at the scene of the crash which they said probably came from a russian mistrial they said the missile exploded outside the plane causing it to break apart investigators later said they had irrefutable evidence that the missile came from the territory of the russian federation last month they named 4 men 3 russians and one ukrainian as murder suspects in the inquiry. they're expected to

face trial next year moscow has always denied involvement and says investigators have not provided any proof it was responsible for shooting down the plane. commemorations of the people who died in that incident but in the happening today journalist stefan bourse joins us from the dutch red 17 national monument there i'm so that welcome stefan what happened at today's commemoration. well during a emotionally charged ceremony the dutch prime minister mark was very tough in his. campaign. and glorious lice and basically what he sent and he expressed sorrow for the victims all the names of the 298 people were at. several relatives and i can tell you that day told me that even though this happened 5 years ago they still remember it as happened yesterday and they of

course seek justice but also they are trying to cope with. their children also i spoke with a man who basically lost several family members and they say it is very very hard. very difficult. victims have been actually identified and dead of course makes it. day. especially for those relatives who are still waiting to see when they can finally bury. russia. as being behind. 3 of the 4 men facing a russian nationals what do we know about. we know that all 3 are russian soldiers one of them was a former colonel in the f.s.b.

russians russia's security service and 2 of them have been employed in the past by the g.r.u. which is the militant military intelligence agency here in russia and all 3 seem to have links to the russian backed separatists in ukraine all 3 suspects are currently believed to be still in russia of course russia does not legally they do not extradite their nationals for trials so it's very unlikely that any of the men will attend the trial next year but investigators have said that they will try them in absence of this case i want is moskos position on the downing of emergency. well moscow's position has remained largely unchanged since the. shooting down of the mh 175 years ago they strongly deny any involvement in the horrible tragedy that took place and they also have presented what happened and the

investigation into what happened as kind of an anti russian campaign and we've seen that again today there was a foreign ministry statement that came it came out today basically saying look russia is and has always been willing to cooperate with investigators despite the bias of the investigation as they say to find those who are responsible and russia has called this investigation biased because the joint investigative committee has been looking into it includes representatives from ukraine but not from russia or germany share with the mosque and so on cue. now to a heat wave in the arctic scientists in canada say they observed record temperatures this week at a weather station at the world's most northerly permanently inhabited spot it's a military base less than 600 miles from the north pole. t.-shirt weather in this treeless tundra here in alert the northernmost permanent human settlement on the

planet where snow and frost last all year temperatures hit a record high of 70 degrees fahrenheit or 21 degrees celsius. this summer has wreaked havoc on the arctic chill bringing balmy weather to a land not adapted to deal with it. a recent report showed greenland glaciers are receding faster than previously thought. this video from a greenland climate researcher went viral sled dogs sloshing across melting ice on the inglefield fjord. or an uncommon number of wildfires like this one in anchorage alaska have also lit up the arctic and sub-arctic regions this season fires are not unheard of in the arctic but scientists say this summer was an omen of global warming. there have been unprecedented wildfires in the arctic since the beginning of june according to

the world meteorological organization over 100 intense and long lived wildfires recorded in the arctic circle the northern part of the world is warming faster than the planet as a whole that heat is drying out forests and making them more susceptible to burn the wildfires in turn spew more carbon into the atmosphere increasing the effects of climate change scientists warn it's a vicious cycle that puts the future of the ice caps in doubt. so why does this matter marcus rex's professor of atmospheric physics of university of pottstown welcome to d.w. let's start there why does it matter if a few polar ice caps melt the arctic actually is the region of our planet where however it is made of weather let me choose where we live as a major build system off the northern hemisphere by the temperature contrast between those arctic cold air masses and the warm i am also as yet i want attitude

. that is the vest and the wind band which is known as a jet stream is that temperature contrast now goes down because of that arctic warming and the jet stream becomes less stable it can mean no one can produce more and that dissolves and weather extremes here and feel if the jet stream up through the warm air stream the sort of cuts across europe so if if the arctic gets warmer then the jet stream wobbles and we end up getting extremes of temperature is what we call predict weather correct so let's see arctic. yet i'll let you woods and if that becomes less stable then we can more frequently get those cold air outbreaks from the arctic to all attitudes and the other way around as we are seeing right now the heat waves of warm air makes a deep into the central arctic and affect the communities living there so we had in the film 21 celsius which is which is a. warm summer's day it is in the arctic how rare is that it's

unprecedented that outpost of. 82 degrees north and central arctic temperatures of 21 degree celsius warmer than we had in berlin you know on these days that is unprecedented we have never seen those temperatures at that particular location and occasions when it was very warm or happened during the last 10 years ok so do we therefore expect those temperatures will now continue to rise or do we can we it was just a blip it's an up and down what we are observing as the temperature extremes these heat waves became more frequent and more intense over the past decades we have observations going back to the 1950 s. there it's very obvious that. are getting more intense and more frequent and this is part of the picture isn't all reversible the hour when the arctic sea ice starts to melt sends the surface that used to be white white snow on the ice. retreats and

space much darker surface of the open with lots more some bright and accelerates a warming even more so it could develop into a self-sustaining warming and accelerated warming of the arctic in the future we've got the polar bears they're looking rather perplexed behind a spring. this is a. as this ice sort of comes in this is affecting their habitat this is affecting the result of all of those creatures that of course support a bear many other critters depend in their lifestyle on the sea guys in the arctic and if we just extrapolate what we have seen in terms of decrease the arctic may become ice free in summer in the 2nd half of the century that certainly would cause a polar bear well professor marcus rex you know i think you're going to give me nightmares now thank you barbara. when coming out of kilter thank you. this

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