animist weapons systems. collapse starts august 14th d.w. . this is d.w. news live from in germany delivers her verdict on donald trump's racist remarks. i reject trump's comments and stand in solidarity with the congresswoman he attacked it was a most forthright. news conference at which she also credited the young activists for spurring her to act fast. also on the program the dutch supreme court finds the

state partially liable for the deaths of 350 muslims in the 1995 minutes a massacre by dutch troops failed to protect the victims from forces. and in football the new champion of africa is about to be crowned the excitement is building across the continent had a fit africa cup of nations final between san diego algeria the showdown kicks off in just a few hours. i'm for a welcome to the program. i'm going back home has rejected u.s. president donald trump's racist statements against 4 nonwhite u.s. congress women speaking at her and he will serve a news conference the german chancellor said she stood in solidarity with

a 100 questions on a wide range of topics the chancellor also credited young people and their fridays for future movement with spurring her on her environmental policy. the german chancellor arrived ahead of schedule to answer the many questions of the international press after a turbulent year within her coalition and concerns over her health there was much to talk about. she began by addressing the election of a lion as new president of the european commission and welcome to vote of the european parliament. this is the author of she's the 1st woman to head the commission and i'm very glad it was possible to avoid conflict between the institutions because europe must be able to act. on a personal level unless it is a topic that was on everyone's mind her health after 3 bouts of shaking at public ceremonies sparked concerns about her ability to govern she stated that everything

was fine. i can fulfill this function and secondly as a human being i'm also personally very interested in my health in the woods and. after all as already mentioned in 2021 my political work will be finished with may not need to. but i hope life will then go on. and i would like to live it in good health. isn't. talking about her climate policies merkel expressed support for greater turnberry the young swedish climate change activist who was speaking at the friday for futures rally in berlin today the german chancellor said her government was committed to the paris climate agreement and also wanted to put a price on c o $2.00 emissions. concerning the 2030 goals we don't know the exact details yet but the experts say and i agree with them that the

most efficient path to achieving these goals is to put a price on carbon dioxide emissions. but we must also take into account the social impact. of ms merkel answered a range of questions at the annual press conference when asked whether she distanced herself from trump's racist comments to us congresswoman she was very clear. i reject trump's comments and stand in solidarity with the women he attacked . a strong signal that the chancellor often hailed as the leader of the free world hasn't given up her job just yet. political editor was about to press conference welcome what was the chancellor strongest message well foreign policy wise he also talks about iran but by far that statement about this congresswoman that she would display things as self so in solidarity with them was

a stronger statement she was also that was actually the final question of this press conference but earlier she was asked about whether there still is the same value base between the united states and germany and this is what she had to say on . if we've got 30 so let me say clearly that in my view america's strength lies precisely in the fact that it's a country where people have very different nationalities have contributed to the strength of america as a whole and. so these are let me say comments that very much run counter to the firm impression i have i have to say that he does my look for meir dagan 1st. since we don't just. so once again once again we see her differentiating that quite clearly between the president and his administration and america as a country and i think is this is one of the clearest instances so far well where she's seen we've seen her try and quite clearly distance herself from certain what

donald trump are saying and what are the chances have been concerns because of these bouts of shaking what was your impression well she seemed very stable today i mean we saw her throughout this week where she turned 65 where she also saw quite a few political triumphs also in seeing all that are funded and have former defense minister becoming the new e.u. commission chief throughout all the ceremonies that went along with that we saw her sit down and use a tear which was her very kind of pragmatic way of solving that issue she clearly was having and probably still is having but she also is remaining rather cagey about what the exact source of this is at the same time making quite clear that this she's saying you know me in the sense of if i couldn't do this i wouldn't be doing this. interesting the german public here also largely sees this as a very private message matter we've seen quite a bit of poll polling on that but we saw a lot more wild speculation internationally on this particular issue of her health

. she says she's going to go until 2021 do you think she will last that long well actually leaving aside the health issue for a moment even when you look at the political press or governing coalition with the social democrats on the right now it looks more likely that she won't actually serve the full course until 2021 the social democrats of one political nervous breakdown after another the epitome of this is actually those 16 delegates members of the european parliament who are in government the social democrats right now in germany not voting for the 1st german. and the 1st woman to lead the commission in decades so a lot of internal political pressure here regional elections coming up that could actually become a breaking point i dare say actually i wouldn't put my money on it for now that that's a full house or where any of us should put our money these troubled times for now

though. g.w. chief political editor thank you. now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world a strong earthquake has hit greece just north of the capital athens the 5 point one magnitude tremor sent people running into the streets and disable phone and wireless connections a 2nd tremor was felt 40 minutes later. kosovo's prime minister moshe how to deny he has resigned he stepped down after being called for questioning by a court in the hague investigating crimes against ethnic serbs during the country's 99899 with serbia mr howe to deny said he had agreed to be interviewed at the court next week and didn't want to do it as prime minister. and the top cause never moans as found the dutch state partially liable for the deaths of 350 bosnian muslims in the 995 minutes of massacre the supreme court ruled that relatives of the murdered muslims could claim 10 percent of their financial damages from the

dutch government the muslims were killed by bosnian serb forces after being expelled from the un safe haven being guarded by dutch troops during the post. the murders were part of an organized massacre that left about $8000.00 muslim men and boys dead. borg's is covering this story and joins us from the hague welcome stefan so what is it that soldiers did or failed to do to make the state liable. well what the supreme courts here behind me has established that they failed to protect 350 men who were among the thousands of people seeking refuge at the site of the dutch un peacekeepers new york. of course said they were hoping the dutch un peacekeepers save lives but then it's effect not to happen. actually to place the steps to the un

peacekeepers thank you way to be a man and women and of course soon afterward to serve forces that over end of town to build a site and kill them later in what was really the worst massacre in europe since world war 2 the court also said that the relatives of those men can now claim compensation that will be limited though to 10 percent over the damage and of course that's a little bit strange one would argue but the court's chance that there was a 10 percent chance that day would have survived hence the dutch u.n. peacekeeper. effectuated dam and in fact later and. or at least that's what happened so that is why the 10 percent came in that is of course a little bit of disappointment for the relatives but they also said here that was

for democrats a case of justice only for money and said that's how they see it at this point and why only 350 people being compensated when we know that about 8000 american boys were killed. well of course part of a broader case the. the group is there really wanted to see particularly this case because the government has always argued we really. really did forces effects were responsible they said the fact that these men. who were seeking protection were basically not protected. at least partly were responsible for genocide that is as one of their relatives food it so they see it as an important step to our justice and also surfer say that

the outcome of this trial is quite interesting because they say that from now on government sending troops in u.n. missions it can no longer hide themselves behind the bureaucracy bazza really can also be held responsible for their own troops and what they are doing in armed conflicts. voce in the hague thank you but. now tonight is the final of the africa cup of nations presenting senegal with a chance to win its 1st football title the lines of slide favorites against algeria but the algerian team has already defeated senegal in the group stages and will bring an army of fans. algeria fans have filled chartered planes to see their side in action in egypt and they are convinced they all claim a 2nd title after the triumph of $990.00 some even believe it's fate.

i can't disappoint 30 of course we've been waiting 29 years for this i'm 28 years old it's the perfect time so i'm going to represent everyone. it was a late winner from superstar that fired algeria into the final after the final whistle on sunday morez was full of the supporters optimism. we had. to play the final. tough game. we are capable to to win it but they are confident to be jubilant senegalese supporters back home who watched their side triumph over tunisia in the semi it's only the 2nd time ever that they've reached a final it's total joy it's national pride we're all happy we've been waiting for this since 2002 such your money and co have ended a long senegalese wait for

a 2nd shot at the title and they're delighted to have come so far. we're proud because it's been 17 years since we last reached this stage since the generation of 2002. and it's thanks to her severe inst and hard work. but the hardest part is still to come and only one set of supporters will be celebrating come friday night. cycling next on tour de france front runner ally felipe has extended his lead by rather surprisingly winning the individual time trial poll defending champion thomas finished 2nd in the stage and now trails and phillipe in the general standings almost one and a half minutes. this is life for about it coming up next in the business africa boeing faces billions of dollars in additional costs to the grounding of its

737. planes. to compensate airlines for disruptions and delivery so clear when i'm not saying it will take to the skies again. and for so little hot story on the rest of the day's business news in just a moment i'll be back at the top of the hour. to simply go in with the plans to make the game so special. for all true fans was. to call for.