this is deja vu news live from berlin benjamin netanyahu becomes the 1st sitting israeli prime minister to go on trial as he faces for option charges just days after beginning his 5th term in office also coming up on the shelf. protests returns of the streets of hong kong police fired tear gas at pro-democracy activists as they march along against a proposed security law they say threatens the territories autonomy. and in german football action leipzig showed they're not out of the bundesliga title race yet

with a thumping victory over minds we've got all the highlights for you coming right up . american tilton welcome to the show in unprecedented trial has started in israel with prime minister benjamin netanyahu facing charges of fraud breach of trust and bribery he is the 1st sitting israeli prime minister to face trial in a case that pits netanyahu and his supporters against the country's digital system and it comes just a week after he started his 5th term in office. not happy to be here netanyahu says lawyers had requested that he be spared this hearing but the court disagreed was it before the trial even began he lashed out at the justice system saying he's the victim of a conspiracy. most of them what stands for

a trial today is the attempt to thwart the people's will the attempt to topple me and the right wing. for over a decade the left hasn't managed to do it in the polling stations so in recent years they've found a new way. to include members of the police force and the state attorney's office have joined forces with the left wing newspapers i call them the just not b.b. bunch in order to set me up with ludicrous and hallucinatory cases. the prosecution presented its charges today case $1000.00 netanyahu is suspected of receiving gifts from wealthy friends case 2000 covers allegations the netanyahu attempted to influence a newspaper for more positive coverage and case $4000.00 alleges that he granted a series of favors to israel's largest telecommunications company for positive media coverage the israeli public is sharply divided anti netanyahu protesters call

him the crime minister. because there's just this is very silly. but netanyahu supporters turned out in force outside the court in strong agreement with his position. sorry robert the court should be on trial that's not d.v. let me back you are having i mean it let me out you mean netanyahu is a scapegoat they couldn't beat him in a democratic way so they took him to court on him demagoguing not. happy fio putting session lasted about an hour but the proceedings are likely to run on for years. so. let's take a look now at some other news stories making news around the globe the white house has announced new restrictions on people entering the u.s. if they've been in brazil in the last 2 weeks. now has the 2nd highest number of recorded cases in the world behind the u.s.

the travel restrictions will not apply to u.s. citizens. afghan president musharraf's ghani has promised to release up to 2000 taliban prisoners as a goodwill gesture a statement came after the insurgents offered a 3 day ceasefire during the eve holiday he also urged the taliban to free afghan security personnel. german flag carrier lufthansa as announce it will resume flights to 20 destinations for mid june including to some holiday hotspots the airline is beginning to restore business after demand plunged in march amid the coronavirus pandemic of tons of negotiations with the german government over a 9000000000 euro bailout continued on sunday police in hong kong have used tear gas and water cannon after thousands of people took to the streets to protest beijing's plans to impose a new national security law on the former british colony it would bypass the local

legislature and is expected to ban what china calls treason subversion and sedition pro-democracy campaigners say it's a threat to hong kong's autonomy. now police say they have arrested at least 180 people earlier we talked about barsh a senior expert in china and asia pacific affairs at the bedouins institute we asked him what this new law could mean for hong kong this law is really a devastating blow to the freedoms and autonomy of hong kong it is a big blow to the wrong people who have now. now that they did all right. to. the job the other way that it would be next for example. we get to some extent the internet this type of thing and we and of course a lot of the konami freedoms are also at stake no so this is very dire for.

bernard barsh from the battle for an institute there south africa's government is lifting lockdown restrictions despite the number of covert $1000.00 cases still being on the rise president cyril ramaphosa acknowledged that the pandemic would get much worse the severe lockdown imposed at the end of march spelled economic disaster for huge numbers of south africans ramaphosa said he was now moving the country to what he called a risk adjusted approach with the option of returning to regional lockdowns if necessary. health experts have predicted south africa's outbreak will peak in the 2nd half of the year causing at least $40000.00 deaths let's hear what round said as scientists had predicted they infections in our country have now started to rise sharply one 3rd of the cumulative confirmed cases where record it in the last week. and we should expect that these numbers would

rise even further and even foster various models have been built. by model buddhists to predict their trajectory of the virus and to help inform our planning and budgeting these models tell us 2 important things firstly that the coronavirus pandemic in south africa is going to get much worse before it gets better secondly and most importantly they tell us that the duration scale and impact of the pandemic depends on our actions as a society and on our behavior as individuals south african president cyril ramaphosa british prime minister boris johnson has said he will not fire his top

aide for allegedly violating national lockdown rules by driving some 400 kilometers to his parents' house at the end of march. johnson said dominic cummings acted responsibly and legally when he travelled with his wife because he wanted to ensure childcare for his 4 year old son cummins and his wife were showing $1000.00 symptoms at the time the opposition labor party has called for an emergency hoary into the allegations. a man who survived a deadly plane crash in pakistan on friday has revealed what he remembers from the flight's final moments authorities are still trying to piece together why the pakistan international airlines flight went down in a residential area. just 2 of the 99 people on board survived through harm at last after a brush with death mohammed sabbat is one of just 2 passengers who survived friday's plane crash. after we crashed i saw so much mark on fire i had people

crying and shouting i opened my seatbelt and looked around me and i sort of tiny light so i followed it i walked through the plane and came out and i jumped down from about 10 feet high and escaped. 97 others on board were killed when the flight from the hall crashed in a residential area need to not international airport a people on the ground were also injured and dozens of harms damaged. mohamed recalls hearing the pilot mention engine trouble over the intercom before everything went black. the pilot announced the landing before we reached in and national and. later the plane hit the runway 3 times then came back up for the 4th time the plane kept moving on the runway with all of the i don't know why the plane didn't start that the pilot began flying again. with. the ball on the final landing attempt

muhammad recalls the plane violently jacking and then nothing until his miraculous exit. i'm glad to see my family to stay with them i'm feeling very good i have a new life my mothers sisters brothers relatives and friends friends but with me i'm very thankful in this holy month of ramadan that i got a new life one day and even the good while mohammed is just happy to be alive investigators to still trying to determine what led the plane to crash killing so many others. muslims around the world have been celebrating the end of ramadan but this year's celebrations of eve are so very subdued the coronavirus pandemic means no prayers at the mosque for the faithful no family reunions and no meals together to mark the end of fasting. mubarak blessid celebration the end of the holy month of ramadan in croatia some

mosques out sunday morning prayers with precautions in place against the coronavirus pandemic traditionally the focus of the prayers is to ask for forgiveness and mercy as well as peace and blessings for all living beings across the world. is read both remarks by i don't have the to all of the city at all muslims around the world and especially to my children in germany good luck there are a lot of them were daum up now we go home drink coffee and peace with family and relatives. celebrating with family and friends and delicious food is an essential part of the festivities following the ramadan fast but here in the philippines as in most parts of the world things are different this year. or this is the 1st time since i was a child that i wasn't part of

a congregation that i didn't go to a mosque for the prayers this time we're just praying at home and with our family. the philippine government closed many mosques to worshippers banned mass gatherings and families were not allowed to travel to celebrate. social distancing from each other 30 it was not an option at this camp in nigeria for internally displaced persons hundreds of thousands of people who fled the conflict in the north east now face the risks of the coronavirus in desperately overcrowded camps. i pray that god will ease the situation of those infected with the virus and protect those not infected it. faith is helping muslims in many countries stay resilient in times of great hardship. in syria's war ravaged city of lib parents were determined to offer their children joy on their. holiday with

the ceasefire holding they defied the threat of the virus and celebrated the end of ramadan and a pop up playground full of delights. the 2nd week of the bonus league is return after the complete coronavirus lockdown has wrapped up all of the matches were played before empty stadiums because of pandemic restrictions sunday's match ups featured title challenger leipsic up against a struggling mines club both clubs maintained their trajectory in this one as leipzig thanks a team of came up with a big win. transfer rumors continue to swirl around like 6 sharpshooter team or bella but it was his strike partner use of powers and who took center stage before kick off the day and was handed the captain's armband as he made his 250th appearance for the club and it turned out to be a bana day for the jew oh man i opened the scoring after 10 minutes. he

took advantage of lax defending to guide home conrad limas cross. shortly after pal's and marked his special day with the goal of his arm around. his head it was too strong to meit's keep floria. light sick in the mood. house and was also involved in like 6 3rd goal he sets up myself and the midfielder had no trouble finding the fuck on a. light sick were totally dominant going into half time. the break did nothing to hamper their momentum then a finished off a slick move to make it 4 nil. kevin campo and christopher and cuckoos build up made it easy for the strike it's a double his tally. and van event completed the route latching on to power long ball to complete the 1st game patrick. performance to remember the vanna.

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