biala gassed at frankfurt airport c.g. managed by from. this is the w. news live from berlin europe's top human rights court rebukes rush over the death of the anti fraud campaigner sergei magnitsky the court said that his treatment in prison led to his death in 2009 so what if any will be the consequences for moscow . also coming up the results president says that he won't accept an offer of aid to

help fight fires in the amazon the last french president emanuel not crown apologizes for his quote insults. propose an emergency fund of $20000000.00 at the g. 7 summit on monday. i'm sorry kelly welcome to 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 decade after 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 were ill founded it also said that authorities had reasonable grounds to suspect him of being and. volved in tax

evasion but it's a term meant that he had been ill treated and was denied medical assistance in prison in russia is death led to 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 magnets is 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 had covered 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 his 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 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 bad 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 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 in 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 since 30 minutes 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 on 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. brazilian president dyad 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 mccrone announced the group's offer of 18000000 euros but paulson are all saying brazil is being treated

like a colony. this gale of destruction is plain to see. brazil's run journey as a state is one of the worst hit regions as soon as one fire is out and nothing starts. after international pressure brazil's government has sent in the army to work alongside fire finances 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 bank will do what you want but 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 tree one of your

lord. of the river though you. get at the g. 7 summit french president emmanuel mack on secured an 18000000 euro aid package to help fight the amazon fires of the whole world but brazil's rightwing president giant bolsa naro has threatened to reject the deal accusing his french counterpart of colonialism. what google. mccrone off as a true rich countries to the amazon. does anyone help anyone without wanting something in return. why do they have their eyes on the amazon what have they wanted that for so long. the. micron has stressed it's not only brazil that's affected by the fire is. the 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 of course the hopping on. the runway that aid heats up the amazon continues to be. the lungs of the world in desperate need of help. let's get more on this story now we are speaking with how to fund she is an ecologist the university of nottingham in the u.k. and an expert on the amazon rain forest and you know we just heard it there that report that our longs of the worlds are in desperate need of help just how bad is the situation in the amazon right now. it's pretty bad i think we obviously this big parts of it burning and carbon is getting into the air which is a massive deal for for for climate change so i do want to note that lots of these areas are burning where agricultural land before but also part of the forest are indeed

but and so it's it's a catastrophe. just how important is the amazon rain forest for the global climate and what sort of long term impact could these fires have on it. well it's. very important i was very important for the global carbon balance they you know by growing all these forests and they draw a kind of a suit too from the atmosphere which you saw in that wood and by burning all by deforestation this would be caving and the carbon gets released back into atmosphere and obviously the more carbon there is in the atmosphere that they get effective it will happen on climate change so this is a pretty big deal and i think this is also will have an effect for times to come especially if wildfires are going to be. a bit more happening in the future and i think good governments and in the mountain countries and in this encompass will

help preventing some of the fires. but that important assessment. apologists of the university of nottingham in the u.k. thank you welcome thank you. let's get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world russian president vladimir putin and his turkish counterpart to type there to one have said that they will work together to keys tensions in syria's if the province relations between the 2 countries have been strained as they support opposing groups in syria the leaders also discussing defense industry cooperation during their meeting in moscow . british opposition lawmakers led by they really are jeremy for been have agreed to work together in parliament on legislation to stop and no deal for exit corben 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. and dozens of women who accuse jeffrey epstein of sexual

abuse have been heard in new york court the hearing was set for the criminal case against the wealthy financier to be formally dismissed following his death but the judge said that he wanted to give the victim's a chance to speak at the scene committed suicide in prison while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. health officials in the united states say that a person who used the cigarettes has died after developing lung disease at least 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 ysaye gretz which is also known as a. they've been marketed as a healthier alternative to back o. e. cigarettes are now a $1000000000.00 industry popular with teens and young adults but after a wave of dating 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 of mung our 22 cases is that all individuals have a reported history or receive. babying or use. devices urged 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 each 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. the annual m.t.v.

video music awards brought glitz and glamour to the city of newark new jersey pop superstar taylor swift won the award for best video the best artist prize went to ariana grande day and there was also a special and many say long overdue nod to a veteran musician. though. it wouldn't be the music awards without a lot of wild and crazy. i heard. an event daunted by megastar. after megastar her. fan presence was guaranteed. her. taylor swift won 2 of the iconic m.t.v. awards including video of the year for her gay pride anthem you need to calm down she said her win proved that fans want a world where all are treated equally. rap icon missy elliott

received a lifetime achievement honor ascii event. missy elliott is being honored tonight she's one of my favorite entertainers our time and i think that this honors over to god lover as a person she has made. heart but as an entertainer she's the game changer so i'm so excited to be in the building and i want to. hand the steamiest performance was delivered by shawn mendez and camilla cabello something to keep fans warm until next year's award season begins. a quick reminder of the top stories that we've been following for you here at d.f.w. news the european court of human rights has condemned russia for multiple violations against russian corruption whistleblower sergei magnitsky who died in detention in 2009 his death came after being exposed widespread tax fraud and implicated russian officials. and still to come on the program after a short break

a major ruling on americans opioid crisis a court in oklahoma orders drug maker johnson and johnson to pay more than $500000000.00 for fueling the epidemic that kills thousands in the u.s. every year. more coming up in just a few minutes time on business africa with bank to 0 lender and don't forget you can always get all the latest news and information on our web site you that you dot com you can follow us on social media i'm sorry kelly in berlin thanks for watching have a great day. my 1st by psycho social sewing machine. where i come from women are columns by this ocean for. something as simple as learning home to write about is that those is and . since i was a little good i wanted to have books by cycle of my own and he took me as the going to buy.