stories the media and the courts and those of us when we go to town where the government is the point now let's carry to fight i'll be back at the top of the hour with more headlines i mean of late and the entire team here and berlin is watching the. robots they're still in the development phase. but it's going to happen when they grow up will humans and machines be able to peacefully co-exist or are we on the verge of a robot collapse. artificial intelligence is now spreading through our society

ai will experts be able to agree on ethical guidelines for the world this technology creates deadly new autonomous weapon systems. robot lives starts aug 14th on t.w. . this week on the world stories. italy and ireland tale. spain heading to the moon. but we begin in south africa for gang violence is a growing problem in cape town over 900 people have been murdered this year alone the government is now putting soldiers on the streets. i was

singing and marching for peace right in the cape town township of man and when the local gangs in charge i. have to carry adam's these daily demonstrations have become a disappointing ritual he's lived here for almost 50 years and says the level of violence nowadays has never been so bad father to 5 children adams worries about their future none of us feel safe in this is in this environment how schoolchildren congo's gone wild freely in the olds use a lot of innocent people it says to that's been dying men and look at them shows us around his township men and brick has been considered a troubled area for many yes but in recent months violence has escalated with several gangs involved in the brutal battle over drugs and power this is still limited considered to be in there they'd say. there's an odious vengeance was. so

it's really straight they divided the terrorists yeah. both gangs reached a truce but it didn't last long just a few days ago shootouts took place and a man was killed. the protesters express their solidarity with the victim's mother by marching to her house. we've been marching and we had. the show now we have to march again. to try and get peace again. and continue with what we're doing to try to make manama could be to police. the military is now patrolling the cape flats area of which men and brokers a part there supporting the police for 3 months to bring the violence on their control residents demanded for more security but adams doesn't believe that will solve the problem there's a lot of unemployment in many bug. and unemployment causes. so we need to look at

programs to get people really doing this he is. having the army is not going to solve the problem. when our men but says he still plan on giving it to us so they say they will continue until the streets are free but. 6 for years the italian island of lampedusa has been a popular gateway for migrants seeking to reach europe the numbers have recently decreased the island inhabitants still face a number of challenges. lampedusa island of recreation island of refuge. as the closest european shores of the coast of libya lampedusa takes in several 100 asylum seekers in an average month those who survive

the treacherous journey across the mediterranean. no see claims as many lives as this. once migrants arrive on the island most are taken to this immigration center where they are registered in a 1st step toward applying for asylum. after being registered the residents are free to leave. at the church in the center of town i meet mahmoud. levy on it early there is. a frequent and leave it and so there are these. these i left leave you. as i'm leaving the church square a man begins shouting. i've known or should have that if it wasn't for the migrants the media wouldn't come to lampedusa. no one cares about us lampedusa us. but there are as many opinions in this small island town as there are people. and

events of waste we feel sorry for these poor people who are arriving some of them are women some children these people face terrible things in order to get here and they're not doing it for pleasure. they produce as mayor tells me he welcomes those rescued at sea boy. boucle of because we are an island of fishermen who think well look at the my father was a fisherman i am a fisherman. biscoe and one a fisherman rescues a person at sea we apply one loan. not the french up not the chairman or anyone else's lol. they scoff and chase a pig. they don't have to be dying so you don't have to document them insecure that you just saved them and this is a bit incoherent trickles on saturday evening another standoff begins a rescue boat defies the government's order to stay away it enters the port

carrying 41 migrants the vessel is called alex operated by italian angio meditate and. there's commotion at the dock where locals have gathered to watch. an argument . that if you want them here take them home with you someone shouts there. a representative from italy's right wing lega party is here too she wants to send a message to the new arrivals as well as the boat's crew sockpuppet get the damn i'm here because we have to fight against those who traffic human beings these people are not save us they are people who traffic human beings so the boat is taken into police custody on the other side of the bay. the exhausted passengers wait another 7 hours before they are let off the boat as the mayor of lampedusa told me immigration to this island is nothing new. he believes the current standoff can only be resolved by european solution.

halfway across the world in california the situation is not so different the border angels as they call themselves are caring for refugees in the desert and standing up to trump's anti migrant hyperbole. with every step they take the dangers of the desert become more and more evident heat sun and no access to water may crossing the mountains a risky undertaking 15 volunteers of the so-called border angels try to make it safer by dropping water in the desert. traces tell them they're on the right track this is a heavily traveled area and bad. because the border patrol presence has been stepped up in other areas more people are feeling funneled into this more dangerous ravine and region and coming through here and there are

discarded things out there go along. along the way empty water containers shoal that their efforts are not in vain. among the volunteers are descendants of migrants like seek his son chess whose great grandfather migrated to the u.s. from mexico 100 years ago there were no roads there were no interstates there wouldn't nothing so the only possible way that he could have gotten up here him in my great grandmother were. walking. you know. somebody had to help him along the way. here i am. others want to make a statement against the u.s. government's migration policy. and ministration and the current political climate is to represent a mass majority of americans to welcome in the prius. finally the group reaches its destination time to deposit some water containers for migrants coming through from

the nearby mexican border the bottles will be among the 1st things they find when crossing into america a personal message in spanish when i sweat up the good luck to those who might need it. we have brothers and sisters that are in need that are facing death and facing hardship that because of a gallon of water might be able to be saved and become productive. at the end of the day the border angels hiked 10 miles through the california desert they say helping migrants is their duty because america has always been a nation of immigrants. practice makes perfect on the holiday our wonderlands a rotating one european astronaut is getting ready for outer space. from the european space agency he's training to go to the moon d.w. went to meet him while he was still on earth. this

dusty landscape is not the moon but volcanic ground on the spanish island of lance a rotor muchas mara and french astronaut trainer every step along are gearing up for the next moon landing they're testing equipment and gathering igneous rock which is similar to that found on the moon if marty is mara does make it to the moon he'll need to be able to identify everything he sees doesn't mean that's a lose even a mineral that comes from deep underground from close to the earth's mantle geologists are really keen on making a discovery like this on the moon. because samples like this could tell you a lot about the moon's composition to see if the ball this morning is on a. mountain or is one of 7 astronauts preparing for what may be the next manned flight to the moon liftoff could be in 2024. they station from our is

the astronaut training center at the european space agency in cologne. china is investing heavily in space technology so much he is mauer is learning mandarin as well as russian he wants to work with chinese astronauts and eventually fly to their planned space station. moments from. the chinese space capsule will have a weight limit for astronauts 75 kilos so fitness is a key part of training. but. this is a typical exercise that prepares you for space in a space suit is so tight that you can practically only use your arms there's a risk of injuring your shoulder muscles. next stunt brylin has come to this planetarium to persuade politicians and business leaders to support

the moon mission. please complete the sentence i'm glad that people are going back to the moon because. let's move on because it'll be an amazing adventure and not only for astronauts with the right technology we can bring everyone along using virtual 3 d. technology people can just put on a headset and join us when we explore the moon. in november the european space agency will decide whether to pump money into the race until then much is smaller can only dream of being the next human to set foot on the moon.

into the conflict zone of funding the pulse of. the european union about to go on some a vacation looking for ways to. go largest this week. strong m.e.p. germany's moving through democrats one of. those promises about greater democracy looks. at all the 77 percent we talk about the good stuff to. african fashion is on the rise the real one designer just a little tony was a big inspiration for her and she dances run around the world i can bring in beautiful gowns which has a story something which is connected to my kotter. in 60 minutes long t.w.

. we speak different languages we fight for different things that's fun. let me all stick up for freedom freedom of speech and freedom of press. giving freedom for its global news that matters d. w. made for mines. there is a deal and there is not something that you can choose like this and like that oh please your party is doubtless isn't it not cooperation at the expense of principle not at all fixing the principle by talking to each other the european union is about to go on some a vacation but not before it's heads of government coughed up some of the top jobs in late night sessions but frankly with very little transparency my guest this week here in brussels is andreas shirov m.e.p.a. for germany's ruling christian democrats one on the happen.