this is deja vu news live from berlin the stakes are high in israel as that country holds its 2nd election this year benjamin netanyahu is hoping to hold on to power that despite the threat of corruption charges but he's facing a strong challenge from former military chief. also coming up on the show us president saying he's almost certain the drone attacks on oil facilities in saudi arabia work carried out by iran but he says the u.s. will not be rushing to react. and just one last thing you see on the street she.

honors environmental activist reservation in bird calls for more protests in the fight against climate change. and he changed the world by revealing mass surveillance by governments and corporations now edward snowden has laid out the details in a new book. by bryan thomas thanks so much for joining us polls have opened in israel's 2nd general election this year is expected to be a very tight race prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his wife voting earlier today is hope today's election what end the political crisis in the country that began with netanyahu was on able to form a government after the last election i was 5 months ago in april the former army chief benny gantz. yahoo's main challenger he's running as a centrist and there's

a possibility he could win. for more let's get the latest now with did have used time kramer joining us from jerusalem good morning to you how's the voter turnout been so far where you are. well meaning people here are coming since the early morning to the polling stations they opened at 7 am people have a day off to go and vote. and there's a lot of expectation here because it's going to be a long day exit polls are not expected before $20.00 to $100.00 tonight here local time or we will know a bit more what the trend is going to be these elections so if i was talking to this morning said you know maybe it's more of the same they don't know really what to make of this 2nd round of elections in a year others might hope for maybe a change it's a neck to neck race again according to pollsters and we have to take always those

pose with a grain of salt because they're not always highly accurate between netanyahu is likud and then you guns blue and white so we'll have to wait and see for tonight what kind of results are coming in a time when we look at the instability in the region especially in iraq and in syria but also closer to home in gaza how much is that factoring in for voters in this election. well that's certainly always on people's mind over here but all the candidates have made it also a topic in their election campaign which has been very fierce between the likud and kahala vann. mr netanyahu of course is always you know pushing his image of mr security when it comes to you know also know what's happening in lebanon syria and iran and also in gaza but also. many guns he's a former army general he served under netanyahu as well as other generals in the

leadership of color when they're also very much you know put on this image of security which is very important to them so this has been also topic but it's mainly these elections you have to say about the candidates the personalities and very much about benyamin netanyahu himself human services term so people are waiting to see whether this will happen and people are also waiting to see how this is all going to turn out to being such a close election what are the chances that it will produce the very same results we saw 5 months ago and the same political stalemate. well that's entirely possible and i know listen commentator seo already talking bout different scenarios what could happen for prime minister netanyahu he once through go for rights being religious coalition if it would be up to him betty faith it's last time to bill such

a coalition and that's why we having again those selections hisa riva have to see all also like the other smaller part is will be doing for example the is read between a party of i've it did you go men he was so one actually to crushed a party for mr netanyahu because he didn't want to go into coalition with him so how you were be doing whether he would be the king make at this time time as well don is thanks a very much for that talking a crime or for us will have much more of course throughout the day from tanya from jerusalem also the us now are present doll trump says he believes around was probably behind the tax on a saudi oil installations over the weekend but he also underscored he's waiting for definitive proof of who was responsible that he'd consult with america's allies trying bad it all options remain on the table but that there will be no rush to annoyed terry response is thank the crown prince of bahrain to official visit to the white house was planned long ago but it couldn't be more timely the biggest

question was would president tram take military action against iran without precondition the will you do united states is war prepared than any country and the history of in any history where what or i don't or war were going to be going to somebody that would like got to have war these satellite images released by the u.s. military purportedly show you the damage inflicted on the sahni will plans and demonstrate how precise the attacks were carried out with drones well possibly cruise missiles washington says the attacks was simply too complicated to be the work of who the rebels in neighboring yemen saudi arabia claims iran was behind the strike. these weapons are iranian weapons our initial investigations show the terrorist attack did not come from yemen as the hooters claimed white house representatives have also publicly blamed iran for the bombings but have yet to provide any definitive

evidence on twitter u.s. president trump hinted at the possibility of military action he said there's reason to believe that we know the culprit and a locked and loaded depending on verification so is this simply saber rattling from president trump or is he heading down the road to military strikes. the president's going to have to make some very hard calls. with his political base will be divided over whether there needs to be a direct u.s. military response or whether the u.s. we should ports should be supporting. countries in the region responding to attacks against. the iranian president hassan rouhani met with his allies in ankara and defended the he's campaign against saudi arabia. or to get him out of the way you many people are simply defending themselves these attacks

a reciprocal and have to end the only solution for yemen has to be political. white house officials announced said to be debating the best course of action communication or confrontation. did have years washington correspondent all over solid has been following the story for us and says the u.s. has 20 twentieth's actions are playing a role in how the president responds to the attacks on saudi arabia. this was a typical dollar trump play lots of mixed signals back and forth maximum pressure the president threatening retaliation but eventually walks everything back saying he does not want any military escalation and let's not forget we are nearing the 2020 election campaign and president trump knows very well the majority of the americans are tired of war and conflicts a president trump also needs to be care for the more he threatens the more he will be forced to act and therefore even if unlikely america light bumble into

a war that nobody really wants let's brief you know some of the other stories making the news this hour in a letter to congress u.s. president down from has announced that the u.s. will enter a limited trade pact with japan in the coming weeks the initial trade deal is expected to cover tariffs and digital trade it's unclear whether the deal will include agricultural products. on kong's leader kerry lamb has said that shown gauge in direct talks with community leaders that in an effort to and 3 months of protests she said further discussions with and be opened up with the broader public being able to join the. lawyers for the jelled cardinal george pell have appealed to australia's high court in a bid to overturn his conviction for sexually abusing choirboys as a final bid defenses were committed at st passers to be drawn melbourne in the late 9 months. protesters in haiti burned tires and barricaded streets

in the capital port au prince over the weekend angry about fuel shortages supplies have been scarce for more than 3 weeks because distributors are refusing to live or more fuel until the government pays out some 100000000 that's overdue. well european union officials have criticised the british prime minister boris johnson after talks on the u.k.'s departure from the block commission president john claude youngers said it was britain's responsibility to come up proposals to break the deadlock but says it has failed to do so thus far johnson for his part decided to skip a final news conference. for boris johnson it was anything but a warm welcome as he made his way to a meeting with luxembourg's prime minister. earlier johnson met with each new commission president john called to discuss breaks it over lunch the british prime

minister expressed optimism that a so-called heartbreaks it could be avoided yes there is a good chance of a deal yes i can see the shape of it. everybody can see buffy what could be done but it will require. movement and the us system by which the e.u. can control the u.k. after we leave. the so-called backstop. to go from that treaty but e.u. officials caution that johnson has so far failed to come up with an alternative to the backstop. the prime minister says he does not seek to delay breaks it beyond the current oct 31st deadline. he seemed to be in a rush to depart from the meeting with his luxembourg counterpart and cheviot patel was left to hold a joint press conference alone and he did not hold back his frustration. you called hold the future hostage for policy political case.

so now it's its own. mr johnson. he holds the future of all u.k. citizens and every us citizen sleeve in the u.k. he sense if he's responsible to. your people our people called on you but the clock is ticking use your time wisely. luxembourg's prime minister also accused johnson of playing the blame game i repeat sprigs it's not my choice it's been a decision from the party it was a decision from david coming to do it they decide they decide i regret it but don't blame us because now they don't know how to get out of this. situation he put themselves in. it's not my choice. talks will continue but the e.u.

has confidence in johnson's ability or willingness to achieve a deal appears to be fading fast. the swedish climate activists. has been handed amnesty international's highest honor for her unique courage in standing up for human rights amnesties the secretary general to me. presenting the ambassador in washington. userspace to say that governments have much more work to do and called on people to keep up the pressure. so what i'm telling you to do now is to act because no one is too small to make a difference i'm urging all of you to take part in the global climate strikes on september 20th and 27th thank

you. and just one last thing see you on the streets alex our washington correspondent publicly ileus talked with the secretary general of amnesty at that of that you were you know an activist yourself as a young man and here you are now what advice. have you given to create a tumor gore the other fridays for future activists and what do you want to pass on to them that maybe they can learn from well firstly i say to young people who are standing up to secure their future and to defend their ready rights is don't put any faith in the current bunch of about the this is not a fresh ideas. we talk talk talk without action and that young people need to bring to the public debate the freshness of their perspective. new solutions on all

problems many of the. politicians and business leaders all recognize that climate change is a serious problem but don't have the political will and the energy and the passion that young people have and that's what they need to bring to it so actually. very hesitant about giving young people advice is look how good how well my generation of activists have done in the sense that we still have all of these problems so i think right now with humility i must say that really looking to young people to bring in numbers their passion but also young people need to push back when adults say young people are the leaders of tomorrow if young people wait for tomorrow the won't be a to maul for them to be able to take leadership given the realities of what climate change represents which is essentially a mess that penalty facing the entire population of our planet why do you think it is that it's taking place now because we've known about climate change the climate

crisis for for many many many years but it seems like now it's really beginning to finally hit home that sort of my impression of a couple of things are changing one is that in the last decade we've seen almost 100 percent increase in extreme weather events so today you don't have to be a climate scientists or something you just have to watch the weather bulletins or whichever country you're in you can see something is changing drastically in the u.k. for example where they've had the highest temperature days recently now 85 percent of the people in britain recognize that climate change is one of the biggest threats they face the 2nd is the new social media environment allows for a different kind of organization that crosses boundaries. that it's light it's flexible it's less bureaucratic it's decentralized and there's a real power in that kind of organization. what we're seeing here is

more lead to full organizations all lead to full moons so who's the figurehead an initiator as we really keen it pains even when we were speaking to about the war she said provided it's for the movement and for everybody who participated and that kind of leadership with people who don't want to be leaders you know but see that they've been put into a situation that after lead is the kind of leaders that we want and forcing the world we live in today with too many people or too desperate to be leaders when in fact they should actually i believe stay at home and they would help society much better then by capturing the white house for example. that was deed of use pablo speaking was amnesties secretary general. well edward snowden's autobiography permanent record hit the shelves today it details what the former n.s.a. contractor calls quote a crisis of conscience that led him to leak classified documents revealing the extent of u.s. government surveillance it is 6 years now since snowden shared that information

from hong kong the place he chose to unmask himself now as soon as he did so he found himself under threat and he found an unlikely hiding place with a group of asylum seekers they sheltered him in their homes for a couple of weeks before he fled to moscow where he's now living in exile but most of those people are still stuck in hong kong authorities there have rejected their asylum applications they now face deportation to sri lanka the country they fled their only hope is to have their asylum applications accepted in canada we met up with one of the families in hong kong. it's just a game for 3 year old enough but for his family hiding has become a way of life one they're desperate to leave behind a 7 year old said sunday was just a baby. and tina was not even born when their parents asylum seekers from sri

lanka found themselves sheltering us intelligence officer turned whistleblower edward snowden. since their role in his story came to light they haven't felt safe father suppose and received threatening phone calls some course. in reality or to study for their trade rescaling so we brought it home and we hear it from a whole people importers mislabeling. one really that horrible one we really have to be always be appropriate we have to be always be safe be aware said well it's very difficult the family's lawyer says they've been followed and questioned by hong kong authorities due to their association with snowden but despite the pressure they're under now supposin and his wife need to say they don't regret helping him he need that head of the day. we we're here when he saw. someone he when you come to me you know i was his help me and i want to stay here

somebody is someone i want to. kill me and this for me i will help you know move to . hong kong has rejected the family's asylum claims but they have one hope they've applied for asylum in canada. earlier this year that country accepted one of the other families who helped edward snowden in hong kong filipino vanessa wrote down and her daughter kiana her father is supposed to both families are close and the separation has taken a toll. on my kids know she has. the freedom and independence they always have a lot to watch. the family always stick together when they leave their tiny apartment in downtown hong kong the parents face deportation back to sri lanka where they fled persecution and abuse canada is still processing their asylum claims they wait and they hope to be together and to be safe from them as the.

direction they see ready to go their. freedom is that way but with no news from canada on their cases freedom feels a long way off. france has issued a state of high alert for farming regions after officials detected signs of a disease that destroys all of trees the bacteria which causes what's called all of tree leprosy have devastated groves in neighboring italy news that has crossed the border has growers in southern france rushing to take precautions. to tool trees infected with the feared plant as he's in southern france were discovered in private gardens not far from the mediterranean coast they had to be called but wouldn't have survived much longer anyway by senior back to the chief

suspects here ian that enters the sap that is carried by the staff of the plants and it causes the plant to dry out like it's running out of water to zillo it 1st to the us many different plants it's native to costa rica but has spread to other places through trade in agricultural products. in california in the late 1990 s. it almost wiped out an entire wine producing region it's found equally attractive conditions in italy where it 1st appeared in 2013 transmitted by insects like this one particular strain of the bacteria has ravaged olive groves across the country killing many trees that were centuries old especially in the southern region of the . experts say the disease can spread by up to 2 kilometers a month if an infected plant is detected the only response authorities currently have is to kill every other potential carrier plant within 100 meter radius in france the authorities still hope they can keep selema at bay. you don't cut down

a century old trees like this with pleasure it hurts but you have to do it is to preserve all the rest of our heritage but we want. all of farmers and southern friends can only hope the authorities were quick enough to stop the further transmission of fastidious this time and they know it probably won't be the last. now all his life this man tried to make an angular world a little closer to nature to do away with right angles for example following the rules of the natural world luigi kalani was a maverick among designers you particularly loved cars even though many of his designs never saw the light of day lonnie has died of the age of 91 here's a look at his legacy. luigi kalani was a visionary and one of germany's most eccentric designers his career spanned over half a century and he created thousands of designs and from the very beginning it was

clear that everything he touched became around. him we live on a planet and it's around us. began his career in the 1950 s. designing cars made of plastic that material inspired. all his future designs aerodynamics and ergonomics have always played an important role in his visual language. for decades i tried to get european coming to switch over to soft rounded functional and aerodynamic shapes i didn't succeed as many of the long run. but the all voluntary blur of 20th century international design kept barreling full speed ahead . kalani worked in japan the us france and switzerland as well as germany. everything he made his unmistakable signature. many of his ideas were too expensive

to produce they exist only as prototypes displayed in exhibitions. to many people kalani designs were outlandish but his inventiveness clearly knew no limits in 2003 he even tackled the world of fashion designing uniforms for the 100 police force. they're born in do we want to provide an example in this city and develop uniforms that a forceful formidable and functional specked i would fruit. in 2004 he and his studio team in calls for germany worked on a radical new idea the design of an entire city shaped like a human body. is there when you look at this that's the head the administration the lungs are the park and sensibly the power station

is in the middle of the park it's. eco city in southern china was one of colonies many castles in the sky. in fact about 70 percent of his ideas were never implemented but luigi kalani. never stop thinking outside the box. let's get your minder now of our top stories this hour voting is underway in israel's 2nd general election this year prime minister benjamin netanyahu faces a strong challenge from former army chief any god says running as a centrist. don't forget you can always get to the news only go download our op the little player in the apple store because you access to the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for breaking news you also use the app to send us photos and videos. up next we have a close up look investigate the impact of tire production on the world's rubber

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