another. democracy of google search joy 1st on g.w. . this is deja vu news live from berlin criminal charges in the uk 6 the biggest oil spill more than 20000 tons of field leaps into was always near the world's most rolled of the city russian investigators blame the mayor for their sauce also coming up. political wrangling hampers the fight against a krone fires in cameroon the government has ruled the opposition's relief if it's all illegal we need to pay for his watch to find the bat.

hello i'm christine wendell welcome to the program the mayor of the holds most northern the city has been charged with criminal negligence over a massive oil spill in siberia tens of thousands of tons of diesel fuel have leaks into local waterways around. investigators say the may have failed to react quickly enough. environmentalist are calling it the worst disaster in the region in living memory. more than 20000 tons of fuel have leaked into rivers and waterways in russia's arctic north turning large expanses of water red. the pollution has already damaging ecosystems and wildlife group ability it is foolish

to say or think that nothing will perish and that what happened will go away without a trace our workers saw a dead donkey today i myself saw a dead muskrat if a bird lands on fuel or if a muskrat swims in fuel it is definitively condemned to death. the spill took place after a power plant fuel tank collapsed near the city of nor it's a number of plant employees have already been detained now the local mayor has been accused of criminal negligence for failing to react to the impending disaster and to coordinate a response. who doesn't it when you'll see investigation found that the mayor being aware of the amount of fuel that is spilled from the tank did not take proper measures to respond to the emergency and to eliminate its consequences. that may or may have to go to prison if found guilty investigators think the incident happened

because the company failed to carry out repairs and some reports suggest equipment became unstable because permafrost in the area is melting officials say the situation on the ground is beginning to stabilize but that a full cleanup will take years. joining us now from. project director at greenpeace russia welcome to you how serious is the situation do we know the true scale of the damage. just how will this is the biggest ever. heels in the polar arctic both in russia and globally and it's damaged here doesn't you warm it does and lakes of russian arctic so a business that big big damage comparable with the. acts of all this accident aged 9 and was seen as a region in comedy public in 93 so it's one of the biggest and for the well argued this is the biggest and. harmful for the vulnerable archippus is the church you've

sent to your organization greenpeace has sent a letter to russian authorities today talking about what they could do to prevent something like this from happening again. yes at the moment the core reason the main problem why this accident from time to time happens in russia is that because the companies are not more to break it to invest properly i'm not one to break it to invest enough into the infrastructure especially if i share the risk is always life there are more frozen zone which is the growth rate in our due to the climate change all of the companies save huge money or for profit for 'd shareholders and this is the cost of of of for the eco system and greenpeace suggest that 3 people and many months for existing federal mushing russian legislation to force the home police to who to pay full compensation

in such an extent multiway the economy coming. ok and we've been told that it's going to take he is 16 up the mess that we're currently seeing and but what can you tell us about the last thing impacts on the environment that this particular disaster will have. but you know this case we can as you christina said it about the years of a bug in the in the future not so 1st of all this is the impact or are we the ecosystem for the fish living there any good grounds car along with the beast them's the old eels went down towards the arctic ocean and was the concentration of this book seclusion for the fish so this is the question for same t.v. monitor or be very full of it won't be going to dominate will keep this one and tory in for sure greenpeace morning for how relevant morny to all of this is. that

is fair to mention prof greenpeace fresh air talking to us from moscow they thank you very much. and now a brief look at some of the stories making headlines president donald trump has authorized sanctions against international criminal court staff investigating possible u.s. war crimes in afghanistan secretary of state mike on pale will be able to block assets of course in coal use and stop them entering the u.s. corded a kangaroo court. the death toll from the sinking of a migrant birds off the coast of tin this year has risen to almost 50 all told for its he's recovered more bodies the bush safe house at the weekend aiming to reach italy but capsized near the city of suspects 53 people have been onboard. the german chancellor angela merkel has called on chinese premier league to secure equal treatment for german and other foreign companies operating in china with germany taking over the e.u. presidency in july machall and also discussed how to stimulate post corona trade

amid growing tensions between beijing and washington are being. built on sissies it employs 22000 more people than are needed hinting at possible job cuts the german carrier has been massively affected by the current virus endemic tons of pilots have offered to take a 45 percent pay cut to help alleviate the situation. to the central african country of cameroon now and the story of how political rivalry is holding back the fight against the coronavirus prevention efforts concentrated on the biggest city now after a disputed election the government has banned the work of the opposition leader maurice come tall but he and his party are determined to press ahead blaze it all made some of the aid work is defying the ban. these wooden tears income ruin are getting ready to dish because it may do provision keets. they are not fish

market and these constitute toys under my. in the contest not just. come across opposition leader come to create a do going to to hook up the spread of the current virus. people happy to get the equipment but no tory to see otherwise. the government sees these organisationally stayed off. base out of the rides this speech it wasn't just the streets it is this past sunday august and it's time i come for a security forces. sister started a program to a month ago i lease a dozen people hugging the rest it across the country. despite their raised who want is reached out to disadvantaged communities almost every day. 300000 keats have been donated in over 15 community so far. because they come up to on

a senior member of the team says they are not backing down. we have work records in your despite all the office and we'll continue and that was the point somebody might address that point you'll see that i was arrested him we have a young mind of this your retarded boy out to be i'm not going back to the wall and i don't want you know one day i'm a wilcox because the need is enormous and we need to do our best so there is no way to stop it. congress interior minister who bondo ghana's isham was not about billable on our request for an interview. in new crew not by a rose is not police spread in the country when more than 6500 cases fis must we make composing in april. 2 positions continue to distribute hygiene kits to people who can't afford them. no he said i am so happy i have spent much from my little savings to buy hand sanitizer and i don't even have enough money to buy

food but i had to struggle to get the gel or did i don't have. the government has cracked down on 2 bank accounts useful for a reason now the opposition has to hide its high disciplines from the police. every. courts means that thousands of women will not be able to claim damages of a false he breast implants a german victim wanted compensation after a french manufacturer used industrial instead of medical grade silicone implants up 240-0000 women qualified to be affected they tend easily and up packed with cheap silicone thousands of women have suffered after getting breast implants from the french manufacturer of p.r.p. insurance company allianz has paid out liability claims for affected women in france but it's refusing to pay damages to some 5000 women who had their operations

in germany the claimants say this is a form of discrimination based on nationality according to e.u. law. it cannot be that product is sold all over europe and then in a damages case only french citizens are compensated who happened to have been operated on in france. the european court of justice disagreed stating that e.u. anti-discrimination law only applies if the issue at hand is governed by european law the court held that french law requires medical manufacturers to take out insurance not european law for patients in germany this means they won't receive any money from its however damages claims are still pending against german test service provided to find land which had approved the products quality at the time and whether they will be held liable is not yet settled in the meantime the

manufacturer of the implants has gone bankrupt. ukraine is one of the few countries in the wild west is affordable and easy to arrange but the global health emergency has prevented dozens of parents from joining their new born children that always has been painful the potentially disastrous for their children's development on an economy made one such family one month and 3 days late but at least they're together. and your elders have traveled more than 10000 kilometers by car through continent in lockdown to finally meet their daughter. she still has to get used to us she doesn't know who we are. but daughter spent her 1st month with a care at an apartment her parents only able to see her on a screen. in the way you know the so sad we were crying just seeing her pictures and unable to do anything for her you just feel so helpless all you can do is wait

yesterday. as their daughter's birth came and went and with no end to look down in sight and your oldest could do was scour the ukrainian press with the help of a translation up on the lookout for some sign of hope neither the spanish government nor the ukrainian embassy could or would help when they read that ukraine's human rights on boats women had promised help parents into the country and your oldest jumped in their car to drive the 3600 kilometers from their home in madrid to kiev. and the then 1st trip was a leap in the dark we didn't know what we'd encounter at the borders on route they received a long hoped for permission to enter ukraine yeah we cried when we received this i didn't think of piece of paper could make you this happy. but it wasn't enough and he was not the czechs and were just 500 kilometers from kiev then they told us no we just couldn't take it anymore they were missing just one document enough for

them to be turned back at the ukrainian border returning home to madrid with the only option without their baby a week later they were back at the ukrainian frontier after 7000 kilometer round trip to madrid and back this time with the right documents and they were finally allowed into the country. other parents have been less fortunate separated from their children by even greater distances and still unable to enter ukraine how many babies are still without their parents no one can say with any confidence. you know we've lost months of our daughter's life. that's super important you know. it was actually a month or 3 days to leave the felt like a year spanish must sound strange to her she doesn't want to sleep she just wants to listen to us. now she's a final easily. this journey to becoming

a family like any other is not yet over to register their daughter's birth in spain will probably still have to go to court in spain as in many other european countries surrogacy is illegal grazer no other legal nor illegal immigrant of ours locked down which is the 1st of many obstacles on that path. as you're watching. it on and of the stories on our website it's been good having your company join us if we can. go beyond. that. whatever it takes. the running.

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