this is the news live from berlin a new prime minister for france it's all change in paris after philip tendered his resignation ahead of the government resourceful paving the way for money where my call to push ahead with plans to reinvent his presence. also on the program the record number of new coronavirus cases in the u.s. but with mixed messages coming from the trunk of ministration of a market independence day with american strike the balance between safety and celebrations. in turkey 20 saudi nationals are being tried in absentia for

their role in the killing of dissident journalist jamal khashoggi. welcome to the program it's all change at the top of the french government the country's new prime minister has just been named as suspects he was responsible for coordinating france's reopening strategy after its coronavirus lock down earlier the previous prime minister in wa filipe and that in his government's resignation to president manuel markhor lives decision to stand down has paved the way for a reshuffle which had been widely expected president might call for mr chart a new course for the last 2 years of his term that will focus on efforts to relaunch the french economy. now let's go straight to paris and bring in

correspondent lisa lewis for more on this lisa who is the new man what do we know about john caustics. he's a 55 year old senior administration of official a public servant who's well known in public servant circles he's been the mayor of a small town in southern france for a few years he was also working at the elizee under the cozy the former conservative president and as you said he's been part of the team we've that now former prime minister you have to leap to put in place france's strategy to come out of the lockdown here after the coronavirus crisis of the peak of the coronavirus crisis he's known to be working and very efficient very well known in circles of public servants but quite unknown to the french public a bit of a technocrat it seems does his appointment as prime minister marks the beginning of

a change of policy then in france. well it does mark the beginning of a change of strategy by in one of our clan used to have this widely popular prime minister a love for live feed who is seen in a positive way by more than half of the french now he's got someone who basically no one knows so yes not. likely to take up part of the limelight and imagine my client wants to re invent himself indeed in the coming 2 years ahead of the 2022 presidential elections that is unlikely to happen through the prime minister is more likely that it might not take up more space he said that he would invest lots of money into the economy to get it back on track also invest money to help young people find new jobs after the coded 19 crisis and also help elderly people you know who are dependent and do reform and that area but he also said in an interview with regional newspapers this morning that he wouldn't change completely course

actually he wants to stick to his major reforms such as the pension reform the very controversial pension reform against which french had been demonstrating for months before the covert lockdown happened and it looks like him out wants to give a fresh impetus to his time in power to give him a chance to get reelected in 2022 but without changing course completely. it worthily wasn't the only want to step down the whole government resigned why was that necessary well that's not completely extraordinary also happened under him and my course previous i saw the socialist law and it's it is a sign again that in my car is trying to reinvent himself his president presidency his image to show to the french that he will now do something new and that they should trust him again so that he has a chance of winning the presidential election again in 2022. years to lose in paris

thank you. i know to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today indian prime minister narendra modi has made an unannounced visit to a military base in the remote region bordering china is where the 2 countries have been facing off a nearly 2 months in june a confrontation left 20 indian soldiers dead. guillen maxwell the former girlfriend of the late financier and convicted paedophile geoffrey epstein has been arrested in the u.s. on sex trafficking charges maxwell is accused of recruiting girls to give epstein massages during which they were sexually assaulted aswell as previously denied any wrongdoing. officials in turkey say more than 50 people have been killed in an explosion at a fireworks factory in the northwest of the country an estimated 150 workers were in the factory at the time for the explosions have been hampering efforts to bring

the fire on the control. the u.s. has reported record number of new coronavirus infections 55000 new covert 900 cases where logged on thursday just as the country gears up for the 4th of july independence day weekend let's look at the data showing a daily new cases from the beginning of the outbreak in the u.s. of the rising steadily to begin with the curve flattens from the end of april to mid june but as the lockdown was dixon's eased new infections shot up again. as the pandemic accelerates independence day events have been scaled back and officials are urging caution and both public and private gatherings washington bureau chief in his pool visited a popular beach resort to gauge the mood that. for many americans this is the 1st time out of 2 months. they are hungry for fun and some. want to celebrate this

4th of july weekend as they normally do. to keep moving on do the fireworks continue normality as much as we can moving back to normalcy is what we'd like to do i think if you take the right precautions there's nothing to be scared they don't want your party to know what you enjoy yourself but you have you know how many thousands in a group on the protests how to deal with the pandemic is highly politicized some fear that the restrictions are taking away their personal freedom others just see in the responsible actions. i expect here in our community. because it's tore season now that these cases are going to come back as people do not socially distance or where they're. visiting our beaches i don't think president. i think he will continue to say it's a hoax and not believe in the science that is there so many cases and. this lack of guidance creates a dilemma for business owners between health concerns and remaining competitive.

brenda parker once in the bar and grill in the 5th generation. we want them to wear a mask but if they don't want to wear a mask we can tell them where i'm at because if they're right to wear a mask or not i don't feel safe with them when i'm not where i'm at you know that flat where i'm at. but yeah i would rather that where. they can make it out you can make it a law that you know that we have to where it is recommended for our safety in our health. you know you can make it where you know you can get fined $500.00 if you don't harm. the united states are facing a new record high of with 19 infections littlewood you know here at the boardwalk in ocean city maryland the majority of the people is not wearing a mask they tell us we are here to fun we want to celebrate we are done with this why was the business owners obviously do have

a different approach they fear that after the weekend they will face a new wave which will lead to a new locked ellen and that would bring them to their knees in 2 weeks' time we will know whether the right steps were taken if people celebrated this unprecedented pull from to life in a responsible way of the worst fears of a next wave. will come true. in turkey the trial is starting over the murder of dissidents saudi journalist to mock a shock she shocked he was killed in 2018 inside riyadh's consulate in the turkish city office to you know in getting papers to marry his fiance who was waiting outside his remains when a found the child was opening up censure of 20 saudi nationals indicted for their role in. you know your correspondent who you hon is standing by for us in front of the court in istanbul that has already been trial in saudi arabia why is another

one starting in turkey today. this is mainly because the turkish authorities and many others are unhappy with how the saudis explained and prosecuted. as you mentioned there has been a trial in the kingdom but it was largely secretive and human rights organizations have condemned it as a travesty of justice so in macho the istanbul prosecution here has presented their indictment they indicted 20 saudi suspects over their role in the murder including 2 top forma aides to crown prince mohamed bin sunland and they are seeking aggravated life sentences for all the suspects now if this is a trial in absentia none of the suspects is here in turkey is here at court today and according to our information there is old also no one here today defending them because the saudi authorities this is our information are not cooperating here with

the turkish court with the church authorities or you know just remind us what happened was killed in october 28th. well. a u.s. based journalist a columnist for the washington post and a well known critic of the saudi kingdom walked into the consulate the saudi consulate here in istanbul on tobar 2nd 2018 and he never reappeared we later learned that he had been brutally murdered and his body cut into pieces and as you mentioned his remains have never been found and that is of course especially horrifying especially horrible for his fiance a teacher jangles who has been waiting for him outside the consulate all the time she is an impressively brave woman relentless in her quest for justice she was here at court today gave a statement at court testimony if you wish and then later also spoke to the media

she doesn't want to come comment on the proceedings at court but she says she hopes the trial will help to shed more light on her fiance's death and to the question what happened to his remains so is that all really we can expect from the trial since the defendant's. saudi arabia is not cooperating well exactly that's the problem here with this trial of course they can continue with this trial but there's no defense team present so it's unlikely they will come up with a word even if they do it is highly unlikely that saudi arabia is going to extradite these people and that they are going to go to a turkish jail so i think this is rather symbolic it's made to draw the attention again to this case there have been calls to take this case to an international court these calls have been ignored so far so it's jim official g.'s that fiance

his supporters and friends who want to remind the world of what happened here almost one and a half years ago in the saudi consulate to this journalist. in thank you. german football now we're going to stick. to a draw by 2nd division i'm in the 1st leg of their play off the 2nd leg is on monday with the winners getting a spot in the german top flight and the losers having to settle for 2nd tier for florian coalfields vertebrae mn produced just donning 61 win over cologne last weekend to keep alive the hopes of staying in the wonders league or confidence was there for high for the home 1st leg of their play off again seconds here hiding time but it was the visitors who had much the better chances in the 1st half maurice motown string this shot wide for hiding time who have never been in the wonders league. lackluster graeme and were mainly reduced to long shots as the rain

poured in the 2nd half. and they had nick last month sunda sent off late on. hiding behind continued their strong showing and almost dropped the lead at the desperate team will be a man. nearly tended hiden haim has a population of less than $50000.00 and will be one of the smallest places ever supposed to men's bond as they get team but the dream looks very much on in monday's home leg when 4 times bond as they get champions braman risk only a 2nd ever relegation. now it's official manchester city's hero sent a joins us to get champions buy in munich and a has signed a 5 year deal until 2025 a fee of course to be around $50000000.00 yours interested in something as early as last year but an injury put everything on the german when it becomes 30 signing for

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