my farms or comes children. this is d.v.d. is live from berlin ivory coast's prime minister dies suddenly a model gone quickly by these unexpected death throws the west african countries upcoming presidential election into just over a company but it was the ruling party's candidate also coming up the fire fighters in eastern ukraine battle to bring deadly force blazes under control only

a short distance from the front lines of the country's war with russian back separatists. rushed clashes in serbia the country in turmoil over the pandemic public anger and drops over plans to reimpose a nation wide lockdown some say president bush's political ambitions possibly for a surge in new corona virus infections. i'm told me a lot of all welcome the prime minister of i have a coast am i to go on clooney but he has died unexpectedly at the age of 61 conclude by he was also the ruling party's candidate for the presidential election coming up in october and his death raises questions about who will replace him in that race the cause of death has not yet been disclosed but gone clear but he had a heart transplant a. years ago and had just received medical treatment in frogs. and it's today did

open your report in full but has told us what going by his death means for ivory coast it's a big shock 5 recall suddenly because he was only in march so declared being the presidential candidate for the ruling party as you said earlier they elected him coming up this year in october. tomorrow and so all these. him as a kind of presidential candidate is because. the president since 2010 has only 2 to 5 years one term and there was a big movement all over africa to restrict these long time long ever standing presidents so he said he couldn't go another time and. he is one of his closest allies so that was his decision that he be president and all these nice funding is now has exploded to people living on the frontlines of the war in eastern ukraine

are also battling deadly forest fires the blaze a started earlier this week at angola villages in a zone where separatists backed by russia active many locals say they don't believe the fire started by accident. flames fueled by high temperatures and fast winds have consumed most of this do it in eastern ukraine robbing a new record of everything they own. she with this rule there were flakes of a fire flying in the air for lack of them barred meant not just here fire seemed to jump from place to place. hundreds of firefighters and rescue crews rushed to save villagers and their homes at 1st they successfully battle the blazes back but the flames returned resuscitated my gusts of wind. through it happen quickly we saw fire in the distance jumping from one patch to another changing direction then moving closer it became dark as night i knew handsfree jen has been

a risky place to go for years because it is partially under the control the progress in separatist this village is just kilometers from frontline fighting between the separatists and ukrainian forces the local governor says he believes arson is to blame with the fires out of the present lot in new zealand ski came to survey the damage and to lend his support. i want to express my condolences to all of the families of those who have lost loved ones because of these fires. an investigation into what caused the fires is underway president alinsky says that they don't to be compensated with the equivalent of $9700.00 euros each to buy new homes i. anti-government rallies athol serbia's capital belgrade for the 2nd day but protesters angered over what they see as the government's mishandling of the

pandemic after a surge in covert 1000 cases after a peaceful march in the daytime protests have turned violent for a 2nd night with demonstrators throwing flares and bottles at least in riot gear president aleksander of which it appears to have followed to public pressure and backtracked on his decision to reintroduce the curfew this weekend. critics say the shop spike in infections was caused by a series of politically motivated decisions by voltage. pandemic frustrations bubble over on the streets of belgrade chaos erupted as thousands of protesters battles with police and try to storm the parliament they're angry over the president's handling of the coronavirus. the main reason we are here is to support the protesters during these abnormal times when the country is falling apart. cases have spiked across the balkan country in recent

weeks serbia recorded its highest scope at 1000 death toll on tuesday it forced president alexander to take action announcing a weekend curfew to belgrade the protesters have pushed him to backtrack. justice for 2 weeks i considered it but the crisis team thinks there's still hope to slow the spread so we may introduce harsher measures but without introducing a curfew. that hasn't been enough to keep the peace as police and demonstrators face off with flares fireworks and tear gas. demonstrators say they want to return to normal and for the president to resign. let's not take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world u.s. universities harvard and massachusetts and institute of technology are suing the

u.s. government over a bar in international students remaining in the country the trumpet ministration is said foreign students must leave if they're attending institutions where classes have been moved online because of the coronavirus and demick. u.n. secretary general antonio has warned that the war in libya was entering a new and dangerous phase with foreign interference at an all time high he said the military build up that signaled a violation of the u.n. arms embargo. surgeons at a hospital in rome successfully separated twins who had been conjoined at the back of their heads the 2 year old sisters are said to be recovering well the rest surgery was aided by a 3 d. augmented reality map of their skulls and brains. german chancellor angela merkel has called on the. night and emerge stronger from

its greatest ever challenge a coronavirus pandemic. brussels to mark the beginning of germany's 6 month presidency of the european council with the e.u. in crisis mode. masks hand gestures and rather awkward head nodding have taken the place of handshakes german chancellor angela merkel's 1st trip abroad since the corona virus outbreak was marked by new pandemic etiquette as europe confronts an unprecedented threat already over 100000 european lives have been lost to the virus and alongside growing debt and unemployment the continent to seeing a marked rise in populism. this in for the pandemic can't be fought with lies and dissent from asian human nor with hatred and agitation fact denying populism is being shown its limits thank. you for the top priority of the german presidency is to ensure that europe emerges from the crisis united by just

short term stabilisation of europe will not be enough we also want to europe that offers hope in a while but us have no. merkel supports the e.u. commission's proposed joint recovery fund of 750000000000 euros to provide financial help especially to the southern european countries that have been hardest hit the commission president formally the longest serving member of merkel's cabinet feels that such radical steps are necessary we have entered the worst recession since almost 100 years but she faces opposition from the frugal for austria denmark the netherlands and sweden they are reluctant to give away money without strings attached merkel insisted that a compromise was necessary and sooner rather than later. mines on the sea this is our common goal is to find an agreement as soon as possible because the depths of the canonic slump urges us to hurry there is no time to lose otherwise the weakest

will suffer and. i very much hope that we can reach an agreement this summer long negotiations beginning in the coming weeks will determine the economic future of europe. germany's cabinet has approved a strategy aimed at boosting efforts to achieve equality between men and women in all future legislation and government funded programs and stated aims include bringing more women into management positions helping them reconcile family and work commitments and encouraging a fairer distribution of care work between the sexes it comes after angela merkel's party agreed a proposal to increase fuel representation within its ranks. and was well off one day ally and 3 women at the helm of german and european politics all 3 are members of germany's conservative c.d.u. but while their rise to the top may point to

a party that fosters women in its ranks the c.d.u. standing is actually quite poor with 20 percent of female m.p.'s the conservative parliamentary group is 2nd only to the a.f.p. as the group with the lowest share of women and far behind germany center left parties. the cd use party chiefs have now recommended the adoption of a female quota starting next year members hope this will improve the party's record on female representation however the measure still needs to be approved at the party conference in the summer. but women are underrepresented across german politics less than a 3rd of lawmakers in the german parliament are women and at the local level only 10 percent of mayors in germany are female. on wednesday the government presented an equality strategy aimed at improving female representation and promoting equal rights in all aspects of society including politics. there was

and the mission has been good there are certain mechanisms that prevent women from participating equally in leadership and if that isn't solved with a non-binding recommendation and that's all we've seen in the last few decades then binding targets need to be set whether that has to be a quota that's a matter that is open to discussion. but not everyone agrees quotas are an option the business friendly free democrats while still calling for more opportunities for women believe quotas should not be the way forward. does might result in some areas having more women in management positions but in the end it won't have an effect on many women and we will only be tinkering with the symptoms but not tackling the causes. of the c.d.u. is by no means the 1st to call for gender parity the social democrats and the greens both introduced quotas in the eighty's but as the biggest party in germany the measure could now become more accepted as

a means to empower women in society as a whole. and golf the ryder cup has been postponed due to the coronavirus and demick biennial tournament was due to be held in the us this year and has provisionally been moved to 2021 over golf tournaments are said to be held behind closed doors but the right of hopes organizers they decided to postpone as facilities were yet to be built for the event in wisconsin right a cop sees teams from europe and the united states compete. members of the england and west indies cricket teams have taken a knee ahead of their 3 much series the 1st international cricket match since the start of the pandemic in addition to the gesture in support of the black lives matter movement players so milton is the observe a minute silence to remember the victims of the coronavirus pandemic and other restrictions mean the matches are being played in empty grounds and the series will

feature a number of rule variations including a ban on players fitting on the balls to polish them. finally if there is one place in the us that is intimately acquainted with history making tragedy it is new york city in our lifetime alone the big apple has been home to the dot com bubble bursting the global financial crisis and ground 0 on 911 many of us remember that fateful day in 2001 and probably recognize this photo as well taken just moments after the collapse of the world trade center people fleeing in terra the gentleman you see on the far left wearing glasses and a black shirt his name was steven cooper is to cooper died earlier this year his family say he carried this picture in his wallet and showed people he met proud that he had survived the terror attack his family says the cause of death was covert 19 stephen cooper was 78.

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