this is the w. news wire from berlin i recall its prime minister dies suddenly a mother gone clear bally's unexpected death throws the west african countries upcoming presidential election into disarray going to anybody who was the brilliant party's candidate also coming up firefighters in eastern ukraine battle to bring the deadly forest lasers under control only a short distance from the front lines in the country's war with russian backed separatists. plus fresh clashes in serbia a country in turmoil over the pandemic public anger erupts over plans to reimpose

a nationwide lockdown some say president which is political ambitions are to blame for a surge of new new coronavirus 2 factions. i'm told me a lot of welcome to the program the prime minister of ivory coast amadu gone body has died unexpectedly at the age of 61 conclude by the who 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 while the cause of death has not yet been disclosed but completely had a heart transplant 8 years ago and had just received medical treatment in france. your reporter girl involved but told us we. what can you buy these death means for

ivory coast it's a big shock 5 recalls suddenly because he was only in march so i declared being the presidential candidate for the potting as you said earlier the election coming up this year in october. tomorrow and so all these. as a can the presidential candidate is because i was president since 2010 as only 2 to 5 years one term and there was a big movement all over africa to restrict these long time 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 planning is now has exploded. people living on the frontlines of the war in eastern ukraine are also battling deadly forest fires the blazes started earlier this week and gulf villages in a zone where separatists backed by russia are active many locals say they don't believe

the fire started by accident. flames fute by high temperatures and fast winds have consumed most of this village in eastern ukraine rather nadia and you record length of everything they own. there were flakes of fire flying in the air like a bombardment not just here fires seem to jump from place to place. hundreds of firefighters and rescue crews rushed to save villages and their homes at 1st they successfully battle to the places back but the flames were turned resuscitated by gusts of wind. it happened quickly we saw fire in the distance jumping from one patch to another changing direction and then moving closer it became dark as night i know house grecian has been a risky place to go for years because it's particularly under the control of pro russian separatists this village is just kilometers from frontline fighting between

the separatists and ukrainian forces. the local governor says he believes arson is to blame and with the fires out president flew to me as a lengthy came to survey the damage and to lend his support. i want to express my condolences to all the families all those who have lost loved ones because of these for. an investigation into what caused the fire is underway president selenski says the victims will become conceited with the equivalent of $9700.00 euros each to buy new homes. and government rallies have filled capitol belgrade for the 2nd day with protesters angered over what they see as the government's mishandling of the pandemic after a surge in covert 19 cases after peaceful march in the daytime protests have turned

violent for a 2nd night demonstrators throwing flares and bottles of police in riot gear president aleksander of which it appears to have bowed to public pressure and backtracked on his decision to reintroduce a curfew this weekend critics say the shop spike in infections was caused by a series of politically motivated decisions by. pandemic frustrations bubble over on the streets of belgrade chaos erupted as thousands of protesters bounce with police and try to storm the parliament there 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 coded 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. 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 now take a look at some other stories making news around the world u.s. universities harvard and messages the institute of technology are suing the u.s. government over a bar on international students remaining in the country trumpet ministration a set foreign students must leave their attending institutions where classes have

been moved online because of a coronavirus and demick. a key witness in the impeachment trial of this president donald trump has resigned from the military channel called all alexander a vent but said he had been bullied and refused for motion since testifying against trump had alleged that trumpet asked ukraine to investigate his rival joe biden which one woman called improper. u.n. secretary general antonio good terror has warned that the war in libya is entering quote a dangerous and new phase with foreign interference at an all time high he said the military build up there signaled a violation of the u.n. arms embargo. surgeons at a hospital in rome successfully separated twins who have 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 this calls and brains.

german chancellor angela merkel has called. night and stronger from its greatest ever challenge the coronavirus pandemic. brussels to mark the beginning of germany's 6 month presidency of the european council. 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 are 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 ation human nor with hatred and agitation in fact denying populism is

being shown its limits i've use of 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 and of hope but us hope. 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. then later in mines i mean see this is our common goal is to find an agreement as soon as possible because the depth of the konami slump urges us to hurry there is no time to lose otherwise the weakest will suffer i very much hope that we can reach an agreement this summer long in the negotiations beginning in the coming weeks will determine the economic future of europe the coronavirus crisis could become deadly for hiv patients who rely on lifesaving drugs it's estimated that nearly 40000000 people across the world are living with hiv all over although there's no cure for the disease that causes aids antiretroviral medication helps to control it but the covert 1000 pandemic is interrupting pharmaceutical supply chains which deliver hiv medication and there is a 2nd threat hiv patients are often scared to go to hospital because of the

pandemic to w.'s adrian krishna reports from south africa. tempi would have preferred not to come to the clinic today because of the corona virus and to avoid questions from neighbors to me is not her real name she prefers to remain anonymous i knew she is a charity causative and wants to make sure her one year old daughter does not become infected. so my family knows you. know. because they like to call from a little bit build a job to own this not crack the clothes you don't know your future husband to you after all. so you don't need to charge for. one in 5 mothers in khayelitsha township is age i be positive a few years ago 2 out of every 5 children also had the virus but now the chances of being cost on the earth are less than 5 percent south africa has made significant

progress of the fight against hiv the government pays for the medicines and aid agencies like doctors without borders with education programs in normal times a group of mothers with h i.v. meteo once a month of the crisis means the meetings have been cancelled. to gain from the group's ations discussing with p. is giving time to discuss the difference in the internet that so know that the group's happening anymore if it is really affected post natal clubs the medics know how the mothers on a one to one basis hiv is still a serious problem. the hospital is much energy than usual because of 19 many patients void hospitals and therefore don't have access to their medication experts believe this could have a strong negative impact on hiv aids but also with tuberculosis patients in the future. to be knows her medication significantly increases her own life expectancy

. in the future age every in corona will no longer be a danger to a daughter. in golf the ryder cup has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic the biennial tournament was due to be held in the u.s. this year and has provisionally been moved to 2021 other golf tournaments are set to be held behind closed doors but the ryder cups organizers said they had to postpone as facilities were yet to be built for the event in wisconsin the ryder cup sees teams from europe and the united states compete. members of the england and west indies cricket teams have taken a knee and ahead of their 3 match 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. news the observed a minute's silence to remember the victims of the coronavirus pandemic 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 spitting on the balls to polish the. other pandemic is having a major impact on the way we live work and whether we travel abroad to take of a cation now taking a jet plane to fall flung places is not an option for most places but holiday in your home country is if come thing is your thing how about this it's an art project consisting of teardrop shaped tents hung from trees in belgium the product has been around for several years but it's organized to save their seeing a big uptick in bookings due to the belgian government encouraging holiday at home so rather than flying thousands of kilometers to go on vacation why not hang around at home in a tent instead. you're watching the news

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