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justice system the lower court will also have to decide whether or not those records will be made public. let's join our washington bureau chief in this poll who can now walk us through what's going on oh well so one of the supreme court rulings today went against the president talk us through that decision from the justices. well phil the big news i think is really the checks and balances are still in place here in the united states some people already started to doubt that right so the major decision is that a sitting president that a president is not immune against criminal investigations that's the easy part to understand now it's getting a little bit more complicated so the supreme court's decided that new york prosecutors will gain access to don't trump's tax records and his financial records if this lower court decides so which is likely but it's not definite this is
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something donald trump really likes doesn't like because he really wanted to have a definitive decision on that because he wants it from the table so therefore after this were ticked he tweeted out immediately this is a hunt this is a political harassment ok but the president also had some good news today of the supreme court. right because the democrats were hoping that the congress would gain access to these papers we were talking about but that's what the supreme court blocked and obviously the democrats would have wished to use this information for the election campaign let's have a listen what nancy pelosi and pelosi had to say about that. the supreme court including the president appointing have declared that he is not above the law. the point the path that the supreme court has laid down is one that is clearly
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achievable by us in the lower courts and we will continue to go down that path the decision enables. it to enable the trumpet ministrations. and i know what they're even saying about it i hear he's tweeting one thing and then other people are saying another but whatever it is it's not good news for the president of the united states was pick up nancy pelosi is the point what does this mean for the president. well it means. we won't know a lot during the next week i think before we will get any insights about his. financial records it will take weeks if not months most definitely we won't learn anything before november for the very lection day but it also means that this is another problem hanging over a president from was not
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a very good face right now i mean the corona virus is increasing we have more than 132000 americans who died of the wires the hospitals are overwhelmed so that's just another problem for donald trump. washington bureau chief in this poll thank you. well take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world serbia has banned gatherings of more than 10 people to reduce the spread of the coronavirus bomb followed 2 nights of violent clashes between police and thousands of the hood demonstrators in the capital belgrade protesters oppose the government's lockdown mushed. australia has suspended an extradition agreement with paul called off the china imposed a national security bill giving it sweeping new powers said mr scott morrison said australia would also extend visas for skilled workers from the chinese territory
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but wants to lure hong kong businesses to his country troubled boys. with origins in italy have seized the migrant rescue boat operated by n.g.o.s say watch a claim that it doesn't comply with safety regulations the vessel sea watch 3 was used to rescue more than 200 people trying to sing last month in april it's a band like a rescue ship from docking at its ports because of the coronavirus. a german interior minister and domestic security chief have revealed a report profiling crime committed in the country last year they concluded that the biggest danger facing germany is a right wing extremism. the security threats in germany are manifold with one area still a particularly high concern says the german interior minister. if you can. exclude music let me start off with the area of right wing extremism racism and anti semitism this area is the greatest threat to security in terminate. nothing is
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change that on the contrary the number of offenses the number of people linked to right wing extremist circles and the number of violent far right extremists has increased. extremists used it to. a number of particularly brutal far right acts made headlines everything. last year in 29000 pro migration conservative politician vie to look good was killed and a gunman killed 2 people in an attack on a synagogue in holland in february this year a gunman shot dead 9 people and hamill. some 90 percent of anti semitic acts in germany are far right motivated the report lists around $8000.00 more right wing extremists on the radar of german intelligence agents compared to last year that spike in numbers in part comes from the authorities putting the so-called good of the party under observation an unofficial grouping of far right politicians.
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but opposing politicians want the whole party to face scrutiny. of the gun. bill is not the entire a 50 but it has spread across the entire array of the flugel is deeply rooted within the f.d.a. which is why it would be important to put the f.d.a. as a whole under surveillance because there are traces of the few clever way. and as far as security is concerned left wing and islamist terrorism remain the 2 other big threats cyber attacks and espionage also play an increased role readiness to commit violence is growing on all sides. this. as a society we must be alarmed that the threshold to commit violence has been declining steadily that the number of fires and acts has risen exorbitantly and that online we're witnessing the rise of
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a front of hayden contempt which makes the unspeakable acceptable and paves the way for violent acts in real life. the german interior minister stressed that no previous german government has been as active in its efforts to combat right wing extremism 3 far right groups have been banned they say here alone new special units within the agencies have been founded and a special government committee will hand over its findings to the german parliament next spring. take a closer look at this report with the political correspondent. well so this report but so many others that have highlighted a rise in anti semitism in germany. exactly what the reports make it makes very clear that the biggest threats of war one comes from germany's security even foreign agents leftwing is trying isn't the islamic terrorism but the far right terrorism indeed and if you look at the rhetoric of the far right here in germany
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that was fighting conspiracy theories for years against migrants for example especially after 2015 and a wave of asylum seekers that reach germany define right kept on saying that and to send it to get a view was imported even gemini by muslim migrants but if you look at the report you see that over 90 percent of anti-semitism tax here in germany stem from far right says and not from muslim communities and whole as they are for the interior minister to say that dispose of these greys that anti-semitism was on the rise in germany over all countries referring of course to germany's nazi past and to responsibly for the holocaust we've heard the interior minister saying that this government to do more than others to tackle extremism what is it doing. well the emphasis right now is put on trying to tackle new forms of extremism efforts are directed towards identifying isolated individuals or terrorist says outside to see
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if it's already known by the authorities and the need today that's more difficult to detect the reports of so high lies the threats represented by doe's individuals especially if they are in possession of weapons and something that's taken very seriously are threats being sent email post and look at a petition who was murdered last year had received such threats so bomb threats are taken very seriously and of course decimus such as the one established by to far right terrorist group not course which had planned on targeting tarzan's of left wing politicians journalists activists helping refugees for example so the focus on the all targets is right now he's very much on the old those terrorists. political correspondent let it all shots thank you. which passed a new law that stops transgender people from changing the gender recorded of their birth certificates critics in the o g b t community say this effectively ends legal recognition of trans people who spoke
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with some of the people that affected to find out what the law change means to their. software engineer event took a big decision to change gender and start a new life she's still young has a successful career and says she feels lucky but at the same with her and i know they're my friends have accepted me as i am hardly anyone has turned their back on me. but for events hungary's new law is a step backwards when you can coin a hungry you always need your id whether at a hotel renting a bike or at the post office and every time that's a risk because i don't have to out myself as a trans woman. the law makes it impossible for people to legally change the gender critics of the government say introducing it during the pandemic was undemocratic but it's a politically popular move for prime minister viktor orban. first found a topic that fits both his opinion and the view of most trying gary and that's how
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he can keep his voter base together even when we're going through an economic crisis right wing premia isn't commenting nor is the minister responsible for the law but a year ago a speaker of the hungary and parliament defendant the ruling party or. not there appears to being populists empty european islamic and homophobic just because we're here to our culture and traditions. the young actress adele was the 1st trans woman on the conferee of the hungary in addition of elle magazine she no longer feels saif in hungary when she was picked on threatened and assaulted she fled to believe. i think it's horrible because. it's not legal already if you want to change your your name and. and identity because i don't have rights there. transition use and homosexuality are not
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widely discussed in hungary many think they should stay private transgender people find the policies all fit desh especially troubling. the government strategy is to find a convenient scapegoat for them but they're not trying to improve people's lives just to achieve their own men and. heave it on a dog fears the new law will poison hungary and society and could drive her out of her country. we've got some sport major league football has returned to competitive action for the 1st time in the 4 budgets and begun with a protest against racism into miami the orlando city size fell silent for 8 minutes and 46 seconds before they gave the time that george floyd was held in the new uniform and the emperor's police officer that show that much was held inside the bio security bubble is this world wide of sports complex the 1st north american
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professional men's league to return to action since pandemic lockdowns began. this is d.w. news here's a reminder of our top story the u.s. supreme focus this fall congress for its main president trumps financial records but the court has ruled that the president does not have absolute immunity from could. criminal investigation and that he may have to hand over documents including tax returns to new york prosecutors. situ up to date at the top of the hour i'm going to. come bearing the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and. our corona update. from the covert 19 special next on d w. in the. climate change.
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