defeat of you news live from berlin europe's top human rights court rebukes russia over the death of the anti fraud campaigner surrogate magnitsky the court says that his treatment in prisons led to his death in 2009 so what if any will the consequences be for moscow. also coming up results president says that he won't accept an offer of aid to help fight fires in the amazon unless french president emanuel micron apologizes for his quote insults across had proposed an emergency fund of 20000000 dollars that the g.

7 summit on monday. and campaigning for votes in the final days ahead of a key regional election in germany more than ever smaller parties like the environmentalist greens are expected to change the political landscape. i'm sorry kelly walk into the program the european court of human rights has condemned russia for multiple violations against the late sergei magnitsky a russian corruption whistleblower who died in detention in 2009 his death came after he would say he exposed widespread tax fraud that implicated russian officials he was arrested for alleged tax evasion the european court did reject a complaint that his arrest and detention or ill founded it also said authorities had read. suitable grounds to suspect him of being involved in tax evasion but it

determined that he had been ill treated and was denied medical assistance in prison in russia his death led to the u.s. congress passing the magnitsky act which allows the government to freeze assets and ban visas of human rights violators around the world. and we are joined now by one time friend of sergei magnitsky bill browder is head of the investment fund and capital management which was once the largest foreign portfolio investor in russia he led a campaign to punish russian officials for magnitsky his death and later lobbied the u.s. congress to pass the magnitsky act he joins us from london bill thank you so much for joining us this afternoon we know that magnitsky he was your lawyer when he said that he uncovered this massive fraud by russian officials you've been fighting for justice in his case is this what we have seen today justice well i wouldn't describe this verdict as justice per se but it's

a big vindication for sergei magnitsky family after 10 years of trying to get the truth out to the world basically the judgment says that sergei magnitsky was murdered by the russian state and he was tortured he didn't receive a fair trial and that the whole thing and the russians lied about it at every step of the way and this is a very important milestone i would say it's final justice but it's a milestone in the overall campaign to get justice because as as we've always believed from the very beginning after he was murdered that the only way we're going to get justice is outside of russia but bill you know we have to acknowledge the court also on the other hand basically saying that russian authorities they had reasonable grounds to suspect might nixie of of tax evasion so in other words they condemned the circumstances of the custody but not the custody itself what do you say to that. well what i say to that is that the we were. only allowed to submit

evidence as late as 2012 and since then we've we've uncovered a massive amount of evidence proving that the russian government did this in retaliation for him blowing the whistle on a massive corruption scheme but we weren't allowed to ever put that evidence and we have whatsapp messages and emails and all sorts of other internal documents which prove definitively that he was unjustly arrested but the way that the european court system works is you file your claim in 2012 and we wait 7 years later to get a judgment and we can't put any more evidence in after that this judgment that we have seen what if any consequences do you see the rolling having for russia concretely. well the main issue from their perspective and from our perspective is that sincerity and yes he was killed i've gone around the world and i've advocated to put laws in place named after him called the magnitsky act which would freeze assets and ban visas of the people who killed survey and other human rights

violators there are now 6 countries that have this the united states canada the u.k. dystonia latvia and lithuania and i'm working on getting the european union and other countries in the european union like germany france and other countries to pass magnitsky acts and this judgment will make it that much easier to get the magnitsky act passed and it will get rid of a lot of the fake news lies and propaganda that the russians have been spreading as i've been going through this process to get these acts passed away thank you so much for joining us this afternoon to tell us live a more about those efforts and also your reaction to this verdict today bill browder head of the investment fund and retouch capital management we appreciate it thank you. in other news brazilian president triad of both an auto is threatening to reject an offer of aid from g 7 countries to fight fires raging in the amazon french president emanuel macron announced the group's offer of 18000000 euros

a bowl so not all said that brazil is being treated like a colony he is demanding president mccrone withdraw insults also not oh says he made more than $80000.00 fires are burning in the amazon many of them out of control. this gale of destruction it's plain to see. brazil's run journey of state is one of the worst hit regions as soon as one fire is out and not this starts. after international pressure brazil's government has sent in the army to work alongside firefighters is but ministers have been blamed for allowing parts of the amazon to be developed and for turning a blind eye to forest clearance this farm of those says he has no choice or the link will show you more than you have to make a clearing by felling trees and then planting seeds. even if you take

a deserted area you still have to mow and burn to build a house for yourself to make a home for your children but. we're not birds and can't live in treat one of your lord. of the river though you. get at the g. 7 summit french president emmanuel mccall and secured an 18000000 euro aid package to help fight the amazon fire hill of the whole world but brazil's rightwing president jaya bolsa naro has threatened to reject the deal accusing his french counterpart of colonialism. look google. chrome off as a troll in rich countries to the amazon. does anyone help anyone without wanting something in return. why do they have their eyes on the amazon what if they wanted that for so long. micron has stressed it's not only brazil that's

affected by the fires. there are other countries in the amazon that have asked for our help it is important to mobilize it quickly so that colombia bolivia and brazilian regions who want access to this international help can have it and can reforest quickly we preach. well the wrong way that aid heats up the amazon continues to. the lungs of the world in desperate need of help. let's get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world british opposition lawmakers led by labor leader jeremy corbyn have agreed to work together in parliament on legislation to stop a no deal bribes it has also invited conservative lawmakers who oppose a no deal scenario to join forces against prime minister boris johnson's plan to leave the e.u. even if a deal cannot be reached. italy's center left opposition democratic party are

reportedly willing to keep prime minister g. separate conte as head of a new government talks with conti's anti establishment 5 star movement have earlier been on the brink of collapse the 2 parties are attempting to form a coalition that would shut far right. out of power. and the spanish capital madrid has been hit by flash flooding as heavy rain sweep across the country streets looked like rivers several metro stations had to be closed after the sudden downpour on monday in some areas residents had to clear away huge piles of hail stones that had built up along the street. turkey's president writes of type area won is in russia for talks with president vladimir putin well ations between the 2 countries have been strange in recent years with ancora and long. on opposing sides of the syria conflict during a visit to an airshow near moscow the 2 leaders seemed keen to stress the relaxed

nature of their encounter. emily sherman is in moscow she has been watching the meeting and it really looks as if you know emily putin an heir to juan demonstrative lee want to show unity why. well the 2 leaders do have have close relations for a while now and they were it seemed key to stress that keen to stress that today they seem very at ease with each other they have met very frequently in the last few years aired on always calls putin his dear friend and today they kind of presented a picture of friendship with putin even buying aired on an ice cream on the sidelines of the aviation show and i think in many ways that's a strategic partnership that we're seeing in defiance of the west today the 2 leaders were looking in part at fighter jets that of course against the back drop of the fact that turkey is buying from russia $400.00 missile system much to

the dismay of many of turkey's nato partners so they were i think showing a picture of defiance of picture of friendship to the west and kind of yeah defiant what about syria and only because i mean these are these are 2 countries they're pursuing very different goals and the movement. absolutely the 2 have to have huge differences over syria turkey box the rebels in syria russia has been backing the syrian government of course but they still seem to try to prevent present a united front despite all those differences today at their press conferences those differences have been showing particularly in italy a province where the 2 nations tried to establish a demilitarized zone last year there have been difficulties and even clashes

between russian backed government forces there and in syria in general and turkish forces and putin today expressed concern over it live he said that he was worried that it would be a safe haven for terrorists and said that russian forces were under threat while turkey well aired on said that turkish forces had been under threat and that the these attacks shouldn't be well that the fact that there could be a terrorist threat shouldn't be used as an excuse for attack so there were certainly those differences were certainly simmering under the surface but both emphasized the importance of talks can 2 went to new and talks and they said they would meet again with the iranian leader in september as well for more talks on syria i'm really sure when in moscow thank you ali. health officials in the united states that a person who has used the cigarettes has died after developing lung disease as these 200 cases of respiratory illness have been reported across the state of

illinois but it is still unclear if the death or the illness were caused by the use of the cigarettes which is also known as faithing. they've been marketed as a healthier alternative to tobacco the cigarettes are now a $1000000000.00 industry popular with teens and young adults but after a wave of a ping related illnesses including a death in the u.s. experts are scrambling to pinpoint the cause. at this time here in illinois we do not know what is contributing to these respiratory illnesses a common link among our 22 cases is that all individuals have a reported history or recent beating or using electronic devices urge people to use caution and consider avoiding the use of such material while tobacco use is at an all time low in the u.s. they ping is on the rise more than 3 and a half 1000000 teens used electronic devices last year. no clear link has been

established between the cigarettes and illness but the devices do contain heavy metals and cancer causing chemicals the american dating association has rejected claims that vaporizes are harmful blaming the cases on quote tainted black market t.h.c. products the team from the center for disease control is now investigating the cause of the illnesses. you're watching news still to come on the program fighting is a list on you tube we'll hear a regional power regional german government satirical counter offensive against the so-called islamic state is trying to prevent new fighters from being recruited and saving one of the world's of rarest cats with only $1000.00 persian leopards left in the wild a new nature reserve is being planned to northern iraq it could be the species last . cave regional elections are taking place this weekend here in germany of the eastern states of brandenburg and saxony they're being carefully watched because

traditional parties are expected to lose support and the far right a.f.p. is forecast to make big gains also for the 1st time the environmentalist green party is seeing a surge in its approval ratings in the east. met up with the cold leader of the greens. to talk about the party's prospects and the idea that he could succeed chancellor angela merkel. this cycling through small town saxony could well be on his way to succeed angela merkel as germany's next chancellor in recent months but harvick has taken his green party to new heights in the opinion polls they're expected to double their share of the vote in next sunday's regional elections in the eastern states of brandenburg and saxony a development that raises big questions about bigger ambitions rather my walking through the countryside here with the future chancellor of germany. because most of

all you're walking next to a party leader who's campaigning in section of the brandenburg together with his colleagues at the beginning of the year everyone said sure you have a good opinion poll did you get all crushed in brother bergen sectioning and now the opposition could happen as germany's big 10 parties lose support the greens have been going mainstream. the greens the new center force of jump politics. your visits nearly certainly hold positions other parties used to hold the forests and that have become part of germany's d.n.a. like the fact that a social market economy is there to serve the people and that we don't want to die hard capitalism and that europe has to be the core aim of german foreign policy. the former rebel greens at ease with becoming establishment so again ready for chancellor. it's a fair question as we've been around the 20 percent for a while now but it's too early for that. and saxony the greens try to

prove they are unafraid of the right wing populism that is dividing the country further north they're aiming even higher whereas this side of the road here in saxony the greens are unlikely to significantly change the political game just across the road in the neighboring state of brandenburg the greens are well on the way into regional government. here they have been able to score with voters in the race to offer alternatives to the far right if tea party the tightly contested race between those pushing for change and those promising the return to good old days seize the greens also an anonymous a trained doctor up against the f.t. parties and yes kind of bits an army veteran. because we cannot afford to fail on our climate targets time and time again we finally need to get serious about meeting the 1.5 degree target of the paris accord we only have

a couple of years left to do that. a liberal leaning crowd feels the a protest too much overt rhetoric on migration. we have to openly address the problems people have and that's what the f.d.a. is about we don't start fears. of the high hopes of the greens prove that the political battle in eastern germany is not simply about the rise of the far right it's also about who might replace angle america as her political era draws to a close. now the fight against the so-called islamic state may be winding down as the extremist group has lost much of the territory it once held however online the fight continues the fight against the ideology as the extremists seek to recruit new fighters for their cause well now the german state of north rhine-westphalia has launched a counter offensive of its own on you tube as it turns out let's begin till bowler

who is g w editor now for more on this story so you basically have fighting islamists on you tube how exactly is this working in this case they flow to you tube channel want to recover and one with an educational approach so let's start with the fun part that's the satirical channel that's called jihadi fool. what clay on the top jihadi cool which islam is used to brand jihad as much as a fashionable lifestyle so now they use this to combat extremism and just poke make fun on radical islam and bending there is the educational channel which is called. which roughly translates ground ish which is used to. dissect that islamist propaganda and conduit with fact yes this is the right

approach yes so going on you tube is definitely the right approach because scientific evidence as well as lots of personal columns show that this is the major online platform that form where radicalization happens. so this makes a lot of sense to go on you tube to counter islamism. the big question though of course is will it work yeah so countering propaganda is not as easy as just creating a channel because islamists are very professional in what they're doing and they know just the right approach how to reach their targets and to feed on them so they've not only focus them on religion also on lots of everyday topics or stuff like politics and identity and this is just the strip the state comes in to counter it they say with counter-propaganda with facts and with uma

and that's not as easy because if you want to win over the hearts and minds of young men it's oftentimes not about facts it's about emotions so what needs to be done that in order to counter radicalization more comprehensive or so we have talked to an expert on is the most radicalization. what she has to say there are very effective way to. prevent is is. trying to speak to young people i at. first it's not always but you can give young people to the space to talk about topics that are important to them because during the day in school maybe some sometimes even with parents they don't get that chance and we saw that in projects that and just type of approach.

can be very successful. so all in all it's new very interesting project but we have to see where it goes and if it can really be successful and as we heard this kind of i love a conversation supercar important to have this top down approach and they are we can definitely use some tweaks on this project or on the story thank you. this survival of asian big cats is high on the agenda at a wildlife conference currently being held in geneva one of the world's rarest cats the persian leopard there are is just over a 1000 of them left and they are rarely seen out in the wild but now a new nature reserve is being planned in northern iraq to help populate or repopulate the species it's partly the work of one biologist who has long fought to preserve the endangered persian leopard. summer temperatures can

exceed 40 degrees celsius here in qatar in the kurdistan region of iraq. that's why biologist timeout also and her colleague koresh are out like to get an early start. they're looking for traces of the biggest predator. that's considered the spirit of. good luck predator flagship species so it's very important it's on top predator so it's on top of the food chain. the passion that is virtually invisible. people who live in the mountains of qatar know of the leopard but very few have ever seen it. even hunted and been working and doing research here for years now has never encountered a leopard in the wild. that's why they use camera traps. so this through our growth. we get a lot of pictures of them on our camera trials which is

a good. indicator of their prey and a bit of an apology for the person hurt this is one of the reasons why we can't oppression my protection with. this leopard is their 1st photographic record of the persian leopard for iraq that we had. this through this we just rediscovered the persian leopard in 2011. this one is a new individual that we discovered in cardiff in 2017 and this way we know for sure that we have 3 adult love birds living and roam in these mountains. well white the population of persian is estimated at less than $1300.00 disgraceful yet ferocious big cats is listed as endangered. for years now has been negotiating with iraq your storage fees to establish a protected area in. seem to have paid off $2300.00 hectares of

mountainous terrain and to be designated and they. the locals have to be convinced as well years of unrest forced people to leave so there aren't many left and the younger generation often look for jobs in the big cities but after mohamed salah stayed. well but for me the leopard is a kind of natural heritage i'd like to see more of them in these mountains on. the new nature as a physical so meant to attract tourists a much needed source of income. a tourist lodge is now being built with the support of the ru c.m. the international union for conservation of. a lot of people wouldn't expect that this you know iraq is for vacation and for having fun but actually i can promise that this region is very safe. the isolation of the mountains in the kurdistan

region of iraq is the best protection for the law. only if the area is left untouched. just the spirits of qatar have a chance. now the annual m.t.v. video music awards brought the glitz and glamour to the city of new york which is in new jersey right near new york city pop superstar taylor swift won the award for best video for her pro gay rights signal you need to calm down accepting the award swift so that the vote show that fans one of the world where everyone is treated equally there was also a special and many say long overdue nod for veteran musician missy allen. you're watching news still to come after a short break looking for an exit can us in taliban to go shooters finally reach a deal to stage manage the withdrawal of american troops from afghanistan d.w.

before it's from doha and a whole generation of young young afghan professionals can barely remember life under the taliban rule what will peace with the militants mean for women like that . story and a whole lot more coming up indeed of your news in asia and don't forget you can get all the latest news on our web site i'm sorry kelly thanks for watching. the book. the book. the book.

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