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and explore fascinating for her to start with. t.w. world heritage 360 the good gear now. this is the w. news live from berlin the diesel gate scandal hits v.w. where it hurts a german high court orders the automaker to compensate tires of its diesel cars fitted with the nation's cheating software. also coming up hong kong authorities claim that terrorism is on the rise in the city police break up mass protests against a planned security law that gives authorities broad powers act if it activists say
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that law would silence beijing's critics. in the u.s. bans travel from brazil to reduce the threat of new coronavirus infections the south american country has the world's 2nd ticed infection rate its president was out pressing the flesh openly to find walked on talk to us. i'm serious i was gonna thank you for joining us a top german court has ruled that folks wagon must pay compensation to people who bought diesel cars with manipulated software the landmark ruling on the ongoing diesel gate scandal paves the way for tens of thousands of customers to receive damages. the federal court of justice in calls rua said anyone who bought a v.w. car equipped with software that manipulated emissions tests is entitled to
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compensation they can return the vehicle and receive partial financial reimbursement from the automaker. it can come down off whatever the plaintiffs can request compensation from the defendant on the purchase price of his vehicle but they must take into account of the car has been used and they must make the vehicle available to v.w. . so if. the plaintiffs are retiring that sort of full refund from books are going of around 31500 euros for a used v.w. sharon he bought in 2014. the ruling sets a precedent for 60000 people who bought vehicles fischer would devices able to cheat on emissions tests a scandal that has rocked. on the whole automotive industry since september 2015. let's bring in our financial correspondent ali bart's with more on the story he's standing by to frankfurt stock exchange for us hi lily 1st of all how are investors reacting to this verdict. they're not pleased they're taking the b. w.
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share down and b. w. was taking the other car makers in the docks b.m.w. and timely are also down with it but it's not a huge loss does stand in stark contrast to the general condition of the market you can see the curve of the docks behind me in the last little while going steeply upwards so the investors are taking note and they're punishing v.w. and the other car manufacturers as well but it's not really really hurting stock wise. and one of the reasons i think is it's not yet clear what this means in dollars and cents but at the core v.w. is still making a lot of money it probably won't change the course of the group. how does this impact fee debbie the company and its reputation. the reputation i mean when when you look at the wording that the court used translate it into english i somehow
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find that in english it doesn't sound quite as bad as it does in german but even in english it's strong wording intentional deception an ethical action and that's not the kind of wording that you would use for a partner that you would gladly do business with at least time and time again and yet this reputation i mean b w it's already been punished to the tune of some $30000000000.00 and this is likely to add to that bill but there are still millions of customers worldwide flocking to the w group product products including the volkswagen brand and the company is still making millions billions and billions and billions of profits our financial correspondent reporting there in frankfurt thank you. honk kong security chief says terrorism is on the rise in the city after police arrested some $180.00 protesters during renewed unrest tens of thousands of people took to the
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streets against a planned national security law that they believe will undermine hong kong's semi-autonomous status. the last traces of protests are swept away 24 hours earlier hong kong streets were packed with people rallying against beijing's proposed security laws and the stakes could not be higher for the territories future. yeah hold up with fire a lot of people think that we exploited their freedom when coming out to protest. but i think the national security door will affect our freedom in the future and the freedom of future generations of mourning like i said you know that yes on the guns where you are the scenes on sunday were an echo of last year's mass protest after months of come during the coronavirus emergency protesters came out again due to beijing's proposed new security framework for the territory they fear it would
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mean the further curtailing of hong kong is right to protest international critics say the legislation would also be a breach of the territory's one country 2 systems basic law in a joint statement organized by hong kong's last colonial governor chris patten more than 200 law and policy makers from around the world have joined in. this is a comprehensive assault on the city's autonomy rule of law and fundamental freedoms the integrity of one country 2 systems hangs by a thread if the international community cannot trust beijing to keep his word when it comes to hong kong people will be reluctant to take his word on other masses. beijing has been playing down the significance of the proposed law for hong kong's autonomy while warning foreign powers against meddling we sure do with us and i want to stress that hong kong is china's hong kong hong kong affairs surely china's domestic it is is within chinese sovereign rights to determine when how and what
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legislation to put on hong kong or. the communist party's national congress is expected to rubber stamp the new legislation later this week analysts think it marks the greatest reform to beijing's relationship with hong kong since china to control of the territory so. let's take a look now at some other stories making news around the world japan has ended its coronavirus state of emergency for the entire country following a sharp decline in new cases the move lifts curbs on economic activity in tokyo and other areas nationwide but prime minister shinzo adding one to the outbreak is not over. domestic flights have resumed across india air travel was suspended as part of a 2 month long shutdown implemented to contain the spread of the crop fires. children have returned to school in australia's most populous state new south wales which includes sydney as schools also we opened in queensland pacific toria plants and
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students back in stages early june australia has recorded 7000 covert infections and 102 deaths from afghan president bush has promised to release up to 2000 taliban prisoners as a goodwill gesture his statement came after the insurgents offered a 3 day cease fire during the holiday he also urged the taliban to free afghan security personnel. the white house is imposing travel restrictions on brazil starting may 28th foreign nationals will be banned from entering the u.s. if they've been in brazil 2 weeks prior to travel brazil's number of coronavirus cases is now the world's 2nd highest president jabal scenario has opposed the pandemic guidelines used in other countries saying the economy comes 1st. the least rarely seen in among us. and his supporters like it that way
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the compared with most world leaders will so narrow has not been taking the coronavirus pandemic as seriously as he takes the economy. and figures published by the country's health ministry show the results brazil has the 2nd highest number of infections in the world. coated 19 has killed nearly 23000 people here. yet despite the mass graves and the funerals both scenarios staunchest supporters still don't believe the numbers. will be here as it is today you don't have to study politics very much to know what this is about i saw the news about brazil today i think is the country with the 2nd highest number of positive cases that's certainly a lot. because they make they want to overthrow our president by dividing us they want to divide us. this would be the. whole scenario
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has enjoyed huge political backing from his u.s. counterpart donald trump they last met in march he's doing a fantastic you know great job. this election in the usa who are. we but if we could go even trump was clear there's a problem i don't want people coming in here and affecting our people i don't want people over there sick either way helping brazil with ventilators were sending their ventilators ok they may need ventilators i'm sending them ventilators we have so many thousands of them we're sending them we're sending a lot of people know brazil is having some trouble no question about it. till sonora himself has not responded to the chapel ban he's happily in tune with his supporters defying attempts to contain the virus.
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british prime minister boris johnson says he will not fire his top aide for allegedly violating lockdown rules donna cummings made a cross-country trip to his parents' home in march after the measures were imposed johnson said cummings acted legally when he traveled even though during that time the prime minister had instructed british citizens not to travel i think he followed the instincts of every father and every parent and i do a lot more came down for that johnson senior adviser dominic coming strivers families for a 2nd time while person was observing strict lockdown restrictions at the time his wife was infected with covert 19 coming stated he had no other way to ensure child . i believe that in every respect he has acted responsibly and legally and with integrity. and with the overwhelming aim of stopping the spread of the virus and saving lives doubts have emerged around cummings the story and many
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in britain are angry but if you have been thankful. you have been. a government advisor tweeted in a few short minutes tonight boris johnson has trashed all the advice on how to build trust and secure adherence the measures necessary to control coverage 19 and now deleted tweets even appeared from the official civil service account british newspapers also had harsh criticism including the conservative backing daily mail labor leader kids start criticized johnson's response this was a huge test of the prime minister and he's just failed the test he hasn't sat on that cummings he hasn't called for an investigation and he's treating the british public with contempt whether the pm will stick by his close aide is unclear but the damage done to johnson's credibility is already visible soccer now and the 2nd week of the bundesliga has returned after the complete coronavirus lockdown has wrapped up all of the matches were played in empty stadiums because of pandemic
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restrictions sunday's match ups featured title challenger like take up against a struggling might both teams maintained their trajectory take a look. transfer rumors continue to swirl around leipzig sharpshooter team or banner but it was his strike partner use of powers and who took center stage before kick off the dane was handed the captain's armband as he made his 250th appearance for the club and it turned out to be a banner day for the jew oh then i opened the scoring after 10 minutes. he took advantage of lax defending to guide home conrad limas cross shortly after pals and marked his special day with a goal of his are on. his header was too strong for meit's keeper florian. leipzig were in the mood. powers and was also involved in like 6 3rd goal he sets
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up muscles of it and the midfielder had no trouble finding the far corner. light cigarettes totally dominant going into halftime. 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 striker to double his tally. and verna van completed the route latching on to power long ball to complete the 1st ever goes game patrick. a performance to remember for valor. and a fitting way for powers and to celebrate reaching his milestone. let's get a reminder of our top stories on you a german high court has ordered car making trying to compensate owners of its diesel car stated with emissions cheating software they're willing opens a way for tens of thousands of people to perceive damages in feet at least long running into diesel take scandal. has already seen hong kong say terrorism is
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growing in the city after police broke up mass protests on sunday thousands demonstrating against a planned new security law which would expand beijing's direct control of the church. and the u.s. is restricting travel from brazil to keep out additional coronavirus actions the south american country now has the world's no is the new world's number 2 coping 1000 cuts but the facts. are watching t.v. . every day. for us and for our planet. good morning to us is on its way to bring you more conservation. how do we make city streets or how can we protect animals and their.

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