pretend to be a hero want to keep board or you want to join the fight in the past year much of which will be cut down to. the mayor has already taken one of these so-called heroes to task he was offensive on facebook. and my equipment but i mean that all of the band saw i contacted the offender and called him to account and what mistakes he admired but i also invited him to read some of the books which are listed in the ordinance our phone conversation ended in a very positive way. mayor andreas costa is certain of his convictions and the painting will remain as an inspiration against his fight against nastiness. well that's all for this edition of focus on europe but you can always get in touch with me on twitter about this week's topics i'll see you again next week thanks for watching and i'll see those in.

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this is d w news coming to life from anger across the u.k. as prime minister boris johnson suspends parliament ahead of the brakes a deadline the move has outraged both remainders and leaders opposed to a no breaks it deal no deal breaker rather more than a 1000000 people have already. he signed a petition against the suspension we'll get the latest from london also coming up italy's 5 star movement agrees to form a new coalition government with their rivals the democratic party in a bid to block all right leader material salvini will this mean more stability for europe's 3rd largest economy. plus the us military presence here in germany has been a constant for 70 years but now the americans are threatening to move to poland are

specials board looks at what that could mean for the biggest u.s. base in germany. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us there's widespread anger across the u.k. this morning after prime minister boris johnson surprise move to suspend parliament it will close for 5 weeks in september and october reopening a little more than 2 weeks before the u.k. is due to leave the european union johnson says he needs the time to pursue his domestic agenda but opponents say it's an undemocratic attempt to stifle debate and over a 1000000 people have already signed an online petition against it. it dropped like a bombshell in a letter to m.p.'s boris johnson explained that he wanted to suspend parliament

until just 2 weeks before the u.k. is set to leave the e.u. that severely limits the time opponents need to stop a potential new deal brags that johnson denies it's a clever move to silence them there will be ample time on both sides of that crucial october the 17th summit ample time in parliament for m.p.'s to debate the e.u. debate breaks it and all the other issues. it's a mockery to the ears of the opposition parties and yesterday they had agreed to quick. he put a bill before parliament designed to him and no deal preggers it now time is running away from them the speaker of the house of commons dubbed the lengthy suspension of parliament as a constitutional outrage the leader of britain's main opposition party jeremy corbin also condemned the move suspending parliament is not acceptable it's not to put the promises to him this is sort of smash and grab on our democracy nor as

a force through a no deal exit from the european union what's he so afraid of to these suspend parliament to prevent part of the discuss and he's not just you know i and there was fierce criticism from scotland is not democracy it's dictatorship and if m.p.'s do find it we have coming together next week to stop in his tracks then today will go down in history as the any semblance of u.k. democracy. the queen has approved johnson's request to suspend parliament the opposition figures have now asked to meet with her putting the politically neutral monarch at risk of being dragged into the dispute. was cross over to london now and get the latest from our correspondent there biggest mass good morning baguettes the opposition clearly outraged by this decision to suspend parliament but what do the british people make of this. you have mentioned a petition really within hours over

a 1000000 seeking to stop the pro geisha of parliament demonstrations i was there last night i would say thousands of people and yes there was a sense of this is happening without our consent they were chanting stop the killing of course there are others there are others here might not approve of the means but day one says he breaks it seemed through so they approve of the end and they say well if this is what it takes the parliamentarians they are the ones that hot well undemocratic so they should really it's really not not a bad thing to you to throw parliament if this is what it takes to see breaks in truth there's a lot of confusion about what this move actually means suspending parliament do we know what it means for the breakthrough process. well what it means it's not just that boys johnson has put a lot of pressure here on his opponents in the u.k. but also on the european union he has sent

a signal that he really does mean business and what he wants she wants to have some concessions he wants have some changes to the withdrawal agreement and this is for this reason mate has not succeeded in but 1st answer is to time and to put pressure he says we are leaving at the end of october do or die that's what he said and now he's signaling well if you want to have a deal with us you better be give me something i'm ruthless i'm going to see bricks a tree this inches here of course closer to it no to break see because it's a high risk strategy might not play it might not be something and that with everything is done here in ukraine it's very difficult for him she'd get out of this corner he we will have to be at the end of october whatever happens the british opposition parties are outraged even backbenchers and boris johnson's own party are upset about his move to suspend parliament as you say

a 1000000 signatures now are collected against it just a virtually overnight can these people who are opposed to suspending parliament do anything to reverse it. post johnson's movements been very effective in just containing the top and basically for legislation and column and to be seen through in that little time is virtually impossible it's very very different not impossible but it's very very difficult say for them to come together in the last months has been an enormous toss the haven't really found a comin the way the opposition is a disparate group that not really united now we have seen moves this week for the empty seat to be more united to you to. having said something in the way of bars john said but they have very little time to do so to say most likely keep you in the version of it's of no confidence against the prime minister also opposition

m.p.'s 30 to against iran if conservative m.p.'s are a vote against their own government say if that succeeds most likely receive new elections to get thank you very much. there in london. in italy there has been a breakthrough in attempts to form a new government the anti establishment 5 star movement and the center left democratic party have agreed on a deal to form a coalition government which includes reappointing just happy conti as prime minister this coalition sidelines but beeny the popular far right leader who sparked the current political crisis in a bid to take the premiership for himself but will the new government any more stable than the one it replaces. after talks with the italian president this evening both the 5 star movement and the social democrats made clear and one wants to stay in power the others still want to be involved. today

we inform the president of the republic that the 5 star movement and the democratic party will reach a political agreement giuseppe conti will remain prime minister and try to form a lasting government. it's time to form a government that will move in a new direction no more business as usual. it should be the beginning of a new political and social arrant in italy. there's no lack of similarity between the 5 star movement and the social democrats when it comes to social economic and financial policy but the ability to work together has been repeatedly scuppered because of reluctant key players in italy's volatile political scene the conflict swirled around personalities even after the collapse of the previous government since the nonpartizan prime minister conti is close to the 5 star movement he will remain in office. francesco

a journalist for the news agency has been following the story all along and joins us now from rome so francesco italy will keep its prime minister it seems but the governing 5 star movement is getting a new coalition partner so what changes can we expect in terms of policy. you're right i mean that it has remained the same while de lakes one of the 2 lakes is going to change that what changes some in them i'm quite sure a lot there's going to be more social policies and more attention for more good i mean for a lot of classes and for the who are a part of the country which have been striving so fun which is of course echoes of the fact that true forces were shot basically from this who knew that before will center leftists best active i'm now getting together to form a government of course playing c o o n's where it will get equality in the feist out movements we've got to find an agreement i mean that just think about this

a railway fos railway which is going to go next to rain early on in france just to give an example but not all the days that so many issues a waste that you force of been fighting got the guts and dogs in the box one in the house here it's not going to fight it done it's going to be easy to find an agreement with you that you have them by then show that it would love to find a balance if they want to carry on and then that is that you're to jump to the national finish of the term where does this leave material being pulled his far right lead party out of the government in the hope of becoming prime minister himself. well somebody made the banks it almost now he's in your position he announced a few years strong how that hoof less opposition should. go in and coalition and we've got to see whether he's going to be able to count the lights on

himself the support of the rest of the center right we're talking 1st of all about c.d.o. but i'm sure many will appear kind of redundant and they're really not i'm sure they're going to presidential palace yesterday when the obvious talk with president not that a lot and yesterday we have to see what is going to be able to coult they attention of the fact that he down in the air which is a kind of saw her nest and published it on the seat which used to be part of the extreme right which is now trying to impose itself within you but so there are real but 1st of the need is really manage your night to send to run it all without you just sound bite self we will find it in the next few weeks and cesco been going on with the news agency there in rome thank you very much. now to smother stories making news around the world today indonesian authorities are investigating an alleged racist incident that triggered a week of protests in the country's pump oil province on wednesday

a soldier and 2 protesters were killed in resulting harshness the controversy surrounds allegations that police hurled racist insults on students for allegedly desecrating the indonesian claim. self korea's supreme court has ordered a retrial for displaced ex-president park when high park was sentenced to 25 years in prison on chain charges of bribery extortion and abuse of power after being on move from office in 2017 the latest ruling could result in an even lengthier sanctions. and hurricane dorian has reached and it has caused damage and flooding in the u.s. virgin islands but it has skirted past puerto rico forecasters warn it could grow to a category 3 storm as it moves toward the united states florida has declared a state of emergency with dorian on track to hit the u.s. coast at the weekend. a swedish climate activist grace

a tour in back of arrived in new york on wednesday after a 2 week voyage across the atlantic she's in new york to speak at next month's u.n. climate summit going back had refused to travel by plane to avoid carbon emissions the young activist was greeted upon her arrival by hundreds of supporters but she's still less well known in the u.s. than she is in europe. for the 1st time in 2 weeks solid ground under her feet to just climate activist gratitude arrives on american soil after crossing the atlantic on this yacht she sailed 15 days to deliver a personal message to americans. the climate an ecological crisis. it is a global crisis and the biggest crisis humanity has ever faced and if we don't manage to work together to cooperate and to to work together despite our

differences there we will fail so we need to. to stand together and support each other. and to take action. $106.00 shown up to show to support to the 16 year old activist tone burke is known for her tireless campaigning time urged people are on to world to what she calls the climate crisis in the u.s. she will attend the un climate summit in september i'm sure in climate strikes that are inspired by her own school strikes in sweden. with her own activism she has inspired thousands and thousands of young people and you know the un is listening to their voice says they will be involved in the climate summit and we welcome that will open arms she is such a brave person as she has been in the ocean 1st 15 days. you know i don't know if her critics could be in the ocean for 15 days. tony burke and choice less fame in

the united states than in europe her rival in the u.s. was mostly noticed by international media and the american public now has to chance to get familiar with the correct thing and. just days ahead of u.s. president donald trump's next trip to europe senior u.s. officials have renewed threats to pull u.s. troops out of germany if berlin fails to boost its defense spending in june trump suggested moving the more than $30000.00 soldiers stationed here to poland but what it really be that easy for the u.s. military to leave after decades of military presence here a reporter probably and founder mark went to ramstein the biggest u.s. base in germany the biggest one in europe where most locals want the americans to stay for. a key american outpost in southwestern germany. and i'm stein air base the biggest u.s.

air force base abroad. just what takes place there is kept secret even 70 years after the base was found it. is impossible to get any closer to the airbase the entering the compound is a high security zone and we certainly weren't allowed to enter the base itself with a camera team instead the u.s. military gave us some of their own video footage from inside. the u.s. military shows how munitions and weapons are stored supplies for fighters in syria mali or afghanistan. paratroopers practice jumping fighter pilots set off from here on their missions to africa asia and the middle east. defending germany only plays

a smaller role according to this expert on the us this is not. of course is a bit of protection but at the same time history teaching importance of ramstein for u.s. foreign policy and security policy to not be underestimated. and it's not just the air base the biggest american military hospital outside continental united states is also nearby doctors and health care workers train here for emergencies and for working in a war zone wounded soldiers are brought here from all over the world. very. soon they will be relocating not to poland but closer to the airfield. a new hospital costing around a $1000000000.00 will be built more modern and better equipped forest at the edge of the airbase has already been cleared. the mayor of the large investment alone means there will be no move. you never know

what will get used or not but i can't see it happening. the u.s. has also invested a lot in modern warfare in recent years the air and space operations center is located at the airbase it's one of the u.s. military. it is now an open secret that i'm stunned plays a central role in the u.s. drone strikes important information on targets are relayed to the u.s. via out i'm stein opponents of the base are unhappy about preparations for war are being made in germany for them a u.s. withdrawal would be a reason to celebrate. but most people disagree that. germans and americans have grown together over the decades as seen at the german american friendship fest. among the guests form and active members of the military

who don't believe the air base where the relocated. in europe for the whole american forces and not only europe africa middle east everything is centered around ramstein and that's why this place is going to stay here i will need to leave mannus we have a good time of year. look carefully at the air base more than a 1000 buildings many of them underground i know the place for that reason they can't move it all to poland. the trump administration's threats to relocate or something people cannot imagine will ever happen. that joint location is too important for both americans and germans. let's bring in our political correspondent simon young here is simon we've just heard from some analysts and people in saying that they don't believe that that the u.s. will be pulling its troops out of germany any time soon but what about the political establishment here in berlin do policymakers here take trump's threat

seriously well certainly chancellor merkel has said that she's not unduly concerned about they she believes that american troops were here to stay and politicians generally point out that as we saw in that report you know the u.s. is spending hundreds of millions every year to support the infrastructure that these troops need germany by the way also spends hundreds of millions on things related to the u.s. military and people say you know these suggestions that the u.s. might pull back have been going on for decades but places like ramstein continue to grow not least because they are central to the defense not just of europe but of the united states as well put. does trump have a point though with respect to germany spending enough on its nato defense budget is germany really carrying its weight as one of the strongest economically richest countries in asia well in terms of spending perhaps not because the 2 percent

target that nato has gemini's up to 1.36 percent so there's still some way to go there germany doesn't like to get involved in combat missions it's jeweled your not war and that's one of the arguments is often made in this relation because germany says you know we put the emphasis on supporting civil society and preventing conflict in conflict regions and germany spends a lot of money there apart from that in recent years germany has got involved in all sorts of overseas military operations there peacekeeping in kosovo they're training in afghanistan they're doing that just ticks in mali and they're also involved in the anti i-s. coalition in iraq and syria of course alongside the united states and these foreign missions we should remind ourselves have only become possible since the end of the cold war in the 1990 s. politically in germany now the nato 2 percent spending threshold that's just one

point of contention between germany and the u.s. there are many others so many that trump has decided not to visit germany on his upcoming visit trip to europe well that's true i've not sure that that's a big problem from did also say recently these very happy to come to germany and looks to do that at some point but as he says a lot of tension between the 2 partners to give the iran nuclear deal u.s. has pulled out germany says it's still sticking to that plan to get iran on side of this is a trade tensions quite important wave trump saying you know that he's. live that u.s. companies are. he's done fairly in europe while. he wants a trade deal between the u.s. and the e.u. is seen as possible so there are all these problems jim he's also not signed up to the protection mission that the u.s.

is proposing in the straits of hormuz where iran has been threatening international ships and that is another example really germany says we want deescalation we want diplomacy and we're a bit worried that donald trump might drag us into some sort of conflict we don't want to be in sun and thank you so much political correspondent simon young. let's switch gears and drop in on the skateboarding scene in kenya the sport is relatively new in the country but it's picking up in popularity and with skateboarding having its debut at the olympics next year some in nairobi are already dreaming big as d.w. is mel in the corridor ball found out at the biggest skate park in the capital. i. can say one who sky using helps me to be strong when i'm on my skateboard i feel free when i'm leaving on the board especially when i'm dropping into the ball and i

come out i feel sorry good. whenever 16 year old playing in gets a chance to trains at this 90 s skate park she grew up here just a few metres away at the children's home in nairobi where more than 100 children in need are provided with a shelter making the meals and free schooling but the best part of course so the children say is that skate park. thank. you i just get so. i like getting the clothes out must get. the pop open in 2014 and it's not only east africa spassky but also it's largest. this represents much more than a sports facility and a space for leisure this is where the children of trying to build and sell the feed and went on the weekends they welcomed children of all backgrounds from across

nairobi to help and learn from each other help fund friending together and most importantly to build long lasting friendships. for the children who have been self-confident have been able to express themselves they feel like people from all . when the children from outside come. true but one thing for them all. and what food and also i would love for people to help open up and appreciate them. less money says that when she looks at the children skating she sees that trouble caused for the neglect and abandonment fade away she sees kenya's pride. is up and i dream of going to international competitions or to the olympics and also introducing other women to sky showing them that they shouldn't be afraid of skating because nothing is impossible you just have to be fearless and have enough

confidence confident enough. and that she becomes an olympic champion and not a man hopes to make a living with skateboarding one day when she does she wants to build a home for underprivileged children and in that dream house etc the past 2. authorities say no one was hurt after a volcano on the attack on the italian island of strong bali erupted for the 2nd time in 2 months the cell phone videos captured the dramatic plume as it covered the popular tourist island in. the explosion did not cause any significant damage to property there but travel to the other end was temporary the restricted as a for culture. you're watching news from berlin monica jones will be here in just a minute with all the latest business news and world news coming up at the top of

the next hour i'm terry martin thanks for being with us. absolutely.

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europe starts september 2nd on d. w. . believe. the british pound is on the pressure as westminster sets course for a no deal for exit prime minister johnson's move to suspend parliament as markets guess whether there's still enough time to reach a deal with the e.u. . also coming up china gets ready to expand its social credit system to foreign companies. but come to a business on one of the johnsonville in the tabby with us and it was yet another bad day for the british pound on wednesday.