trunk food court city managed by for a part. this is due to the news live from byrd in human rights on trial in turkey to formulate is of amnesty international's turkish branch and sentenced to jail on terror charges we'll hear from a german activist cleared in the same case as arrest sparked a crisis in relations between turkey and germany also on the program german or mike is back to plans to phase out coal as an energy source by 2038 climate activists

say 18 years is just too long to wait. and americans prepared to mark independence day in the year of the coronavirus some say they want to celebrate the 4th of july as always others are angry at having their freedom to have fun restricted. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program and istanbul court has sentenced former amnesty international later tanna kimmage to 6 years imprisonment on terrorism related charges the harsh verdict has ended what critics say was a politically motivated trial targeting opposition activists in turkey the court also sentenced 3 other turkish activists to prison 7 of the 11 defendants were acquitted german activist no was among them his arrest in a stand. 3 years ago triggered

a crisis in relations between germany and turkey. and i'm now joined by human rights activist that one of the defendants in the trial was also arrested in 27 tane and spent more than 100 days in pretrial detention but was returned to germany late of that year peter thanks very much for coming on the program you have been acquitted today 4 of your turkish friends and colleagues will go to jail what do you say about today's verdict well we would have expected the acquittal or all 11 of us this would have been a good foundation for human rights in turkey but we saw the opposite 4 of us receiving jail sentences we hope that we came go into the appeal court with it so that the sentences will not be legally binding or buy in soon. still i'm happy about my career it will but it also gives me the energy to now

campaign for the left over for it to be created and how i view managed to be able to do that this trial has been ongoing since 27 saying how closely have you been able to follow the proceedings from berlin well i'm quite closely linked was my lawyers and the other you stumble to and in turkey. we have been really in close close contact and they inform you about everything is going on i was supporting and doing international campaigning public work here in germany and doing also some low be requisite german government and other authorities hopefully this pressure we can continue to create the left over for. now all of the 11 who stood trial the 2 foreign nationals yourself and gorani from sweden were acquitted or among the acquitted what does that tell us. well it tells us about the if it is efficiency of international pressure international political pressure and sure

enough priests are 5 or 5 more of the turkish activists also being acquitted so i hope that we can mount up international pressure german government pressure we cannot make pressure that human rights get implemented her then turkey and that means that the other 3 or 4 will go free. broadening this out somewhat this is one wouldn't admit another setback for human rights in turkey what do you see for the future of human rights in the country their goal to have a very limited scope on turkish human rights because what i'm only involved in at this in 3 years ago. i can see 2 strings in a way one would be that yes human rights are under attack in turkey stronger than ever but there's the same time i see also that within turkey civil society in the united network is stronger than ever energy towards preventing the people who

are detained and these are not just the for is the will 10 atomic age it's also a lot and many other journalists politicians human rights defenders so the urgency of the energy is era i think with more creativity was more solidarity we can reach further. speaking to us on the day of your acquittal thank you very much for speaking today damage indians welcome. out of some of the other stories making news around the world a separate court in turkey has opened the trial of 20 saudi nationals for their alleged role in the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi he was murdered at the saudi consulate in istanbul 2 years ago the defendants being tried in their absence as riyadh has rejected demands to extradite them. officials in turkey say at least 4 people have been killed and about 100 injured in an explosion at a fireworks factory almost 190 workers were inside at the time further explore

explosions have been hampering efforts to bring the fire under control. killing maxwell the former girlfriend of the late finance year and convicted pedophile jeffrey epstein has been arrested in the u.s. on 6 trafficking charges maxwell is accused of recruiting goals to give abstain masses during which they were sexually assaulted maxwell has previously denied any wrongdoing. germany's parliament has approved a plan to phase out coal as an energy source by 2038 minutes promising billions of euros in aid for regions whose economic economies demand on coal about climate activists say 18 years is too long to wait to end its use in the entrance to the german reichstag where the parliament gathers climate's manage to get overhead to unfurl a banner that read a future without coal power. has more on the decision by german all my kids.

the end is nigh for coal in germany centuries of coal mining will come to an end not more than 18 years from now together with the switch off of nuclear power production set for 2022 germany faces a massive shift in its energy mix. this really is a historic step again germany is one of the 1st industrialised countries to end both coal and nuclear electricity generation at the same time the way has been prepared by a commission including many different groups and parts of society this is now been turned into law and that's a great success it is the result of 3 years of consultation a process almost as laborious as the gradual scraping of opencast mining itself. the aim to reassure industry that it will still get reliable power and at the same time to persuade people in the affected regions that after inevitable job losses

new opportunities will emerge more than $40000000000.00 euros to be spent on infrastructure such as road and rail projects in neglected corners of the country should help leaders of the mining regions in eastern germany are nervous of protests. this is a clever and balanced compromise but i think it's important that we do not have a repeat of what happened before when the commission produced its report namely that those who are directly affected coal workers and the regions support this compromise but other people start to demonstrate against it. in fact demonstrations are already happening climate activists say the exit plan is not ambitious enough compensation being paid to mining companies is too generous some say coal was on the way out anyway as renewables become cheaper but the exit strategy which germany hopes other countries may follow has now passed into law

giving clarity to firms and workers and leaving the coal in the ground. and i'm joined now by helena marshall of friday's future activist here in berlin helena thanks for coming on the program this new law provides support for the transition to renewable energy and also for workers and regions his livelihoods are dependent on coal why are you protesting against it. because to keep our climate goals and to be in line with $4.00 degrees we need to exit coal at the very latest in the 2030 so we're seeing that almost a decade longer coal is being sustained through this lot and we're seeing also that earlier coal x. that is scientifically necessary is scientifically possible and is we can finance that so honestly this snow was more of a calling on geisha north because coal is not it's not only very much money in

germany anymore 90 percent of coal power plants couldn't cover their own costs last year so to be honest if we could if we just let the free market rule for actually for once coal power plants were probably shut off on their own instead we are paying billions of euros for companies that are not earning anything from coal anyway in order for them to keep power and coal for another 18 years but the government says this is a project that will take a generation if you were in government how would you do it more quickly what we how studies that show that we can leave coal by 2030 and we have other governments in europe showing that they can exit cold before 2030 so obviously it's very possible and we can shut off coal earlier we can put more money to nuclear energy and we can still make sure that the regions that are you know dependent on on coal and so on can get proper. investments and structural change. germany's wealth depends on it industries and industry depends on

a secure and affordable supply of energy how would you guarantee that in the coming decades. well the thing is that coal is not a huge part of the market in germany and it's not a huge part of the energy market either so in the 1st quarter of this year coal is only between 16 and 20 percent of the energy mix which is totally possible to phase that out very quickly and the moment number of jobs depending on cold is somewhat under 30000 so compared to what we can create in renewable than what we can create in other places it's really not that big of a deal. what would be an ideal time line for you and your fellow activists well scientists we always we for one and a half years since we've been standing on the streets and we've had millions of people join us we said that we need to unite behind the science that science says that to keep the climate global climate change between under the critical tipping

points of 1.5 degrees we need to leave cold by 2030 so that's obviously what we want as well we need to leave call before 2030 helena marshall from friday's for future thanks very much for coming on the program no problem. the us has reported a record number of new corona virus infections 55000 new covert 19 cases were logged on thursday just as the country gears up for the 4th of july independence holiday day weekend let's look at data showing davey new cases from the beginning of the outbreak in the u.s. after rising steadily to begin with the curve flattens from the end of july to mid june as lock down restrictions eased new infections shot up again. as u.s. states report record numbers of coronavirus corona virus infections independent state festivities a big scaled back officials are urging caution at both public and private gatherings washington bureau chief in is paul visited

a popular beach resort to gauge the mood. for many americans this is the 1st time out after a month. 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 normalcy 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 what you have you know how many thousands in a group when it protests how to deal with a pandemic is highly politicized some fear that the restrictions are taking away their personal freedom others just see an irresponsible action i expect here on our community in maryland because it's tor season now that these cases are going to come back as people do not socially distance or where there are mass while visiting our beaches i don't think are going to prague will do anything i think he will continue to say it's

a hoax and not believe in the science that is there causing so many cases and. this lack of guidance creates a dilemma for business owners between health concerns and remaining competitive. rants 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 it's their right to wear a mask or not i don't feel safe with them when i'm not when i'm not you know that flat where i'm at. and i would rather that where. they can make it you can make it a law that you know that we have to wear it if it recommend it for our safety in our health. you know you to make it where you know you get fined $500.00 if you know where. the united states are facing a new record high of with 19 infections because little would you know here at the boardwalk in ocean city maryland the majority of the people is not wearing

a mosque 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 all in and that would bring them to their knees you know watching date of the news well have more headlines at the top of the hour until then. stay changed. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. hour carona. coated 19 special next on d.