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this is the. u.s. president lashes out after the supreme court says federal prosecutors can see his tax returns as a political. issue for. today's ruling means the public will probably not see those tax returns before the november presidential election the court ruled that the president's immunity against prosecution is not unlimited also coming up with germany's domestic security chief warning the country
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is seeing a new flood of hate and contempt including racism we need stream isn't. and a tourist destination turned into a flood ravaged a wasteland in central japan. landslides have killed dozens almost half a 1000000 people have been advised to evacuate. i'm burnt off to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome to the u.s. supreme court today blocked congress from obtaining president trump's financial records for now but for federal prosecutors the court has paved the way to see trump's tax returns the rulings mean that the public will not see those returns before the november elections the justices ruled that a new york prosecutor can subpoena to see the president's tax return. manhattan's
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district attorney calling the decision a tremendous victory for the u.s. justice system no. u.s. president donald trump has reacted to the rulings calling the proceedings a witch hunt bruins were basically starting all over again sending everything back down to the work working the story. so for a certain point satisfied when i'm not satisfied that. this is a political witch like you would be there if you were just a few of which are folks just like them already mr peters approach that i want and this is a hoax this is purely political. i for now i'm joined by a washington bureau chief just told for more on today's ruling is going to need to you in this so we've we've heard from the president that many times it's a witch hunt he's obviously not happy with the rulings today what exactly did the
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justices say well he obviously is not happy that the justices said that his immunity is not unlimited that was what t. and his lawyers were hoping for so the justices decided to things 1st of all they've blocked. they they blocked the house from getting the information about donald trump's tax releases box they allowed new york prosecutors to have a look into that material this is which is hot material in this election campaign but before the prosecutors are allowed to have a look lower court has to do cites so it's kind of a mixed bag for donald trump but again on the trunk obviously was hoping for one clear decision so he would have not to deal with that any longer the president in his he did score a victory today though by gaining more time before the presidential election in november didn't. yes he did indeed because you know before this lower court
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will make a decision and then the prosecutors really have to dig deep into this material that will take months at least weeks probably longer than november that's when the election will take place before the public gets some information so for many of the only hope is now that something gets leaked before the election so that the democrats have someone to real they can use in their comparing against the president and we know the new york federal prosecutors they want to see these tax returns they will be able to do that subpoena subpoena to see them could this still end up hurting donald trump. oh if they would do so yes you know but it might take longer than november 3rd then longer than election day before that happens but again this all is taking place in a situation which is not really looking good for donald trump the polls are going
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down he's facing a huge health crisis here with coronavirus i mean there more than 130000 american already dying. because of the wires the economy's going down and so all this comes in a difficult time for the president and he was obviously hoping for a more decisive more. resolve than he got today. a washington bureau chief in a spot on the story for us tonight thank you. here's a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world and police in the south korea have found the body of souls long time mayor mark one soon that after he was reported missing by his daughter police say there was no sign of foul play a former secretary reportedly filed a sexual harassment complaint against park on wednesday australia has suspended an extradition agreement with hong kong after china imposed
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a national security law giving it sweeping new powers their prime minister scott morrison said that australia would also extend visas for skilled workers from hong kong and that australia wants to lure hong kong businesses to the country the dutch prime minister mark a router is the 1st head of an e.u. government to meet german chancellor angela merkel here in berlin since germany took over the e.u. council presidency on july 1st the 2 leaders discussed implementing a controversial e.u. recovery fund ahead of next week's e.u. summit. with germany's interior minister and domestic security chiefs have released a report profiling crimes committed in the country last year they conclude that the biggest danger facing the country is right wing extremists. the security threats in germany are manifold with one area still a particularly high concern says the german interior minister.
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let me start off with the area of right wing extremism racism and anti semitism this area is the greatest threat to security in germany. nothing is change that on the contrary the number of offenses the number of people linked to rightwing extremist circles and the number of violent far right extremists has increased further. to extremists used. a number of particularly brutal far right acts made headlines over the last year and 29000 pro migration conservative politician vital 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 in hama. 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
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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. but opposing politicians want the whole party to face scrutiny. of the legal is not the entire a 50 but it has spread across the entire array of the fuel is deeply rooted within the f.t. which is why it would be important to put the f.t. 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. as
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a society we must be alarms that the threshold to commit violence has been declining steadily that the number of violent acts has risen exorbitantly and that online we are witnessing the rise of a front of haydon 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. for our political correspondent. this report. back.
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exactly and what the reports makes very clear is that the biggest stress of all when it comes to germany's security even foreign agents leftwing terrorism terrorism on the but far right carries i mean if you look at a rhetorical the far right here in germany that was spreading conspiracy theories for years against migrants for example it's specially after 2015 and a wave of the xylem seekers outreach germany one of the far right that kept on saying that and to send it to behavior was imported in germany by mostly in migrants but if you look at the report you see that over 90 percent of those and to 7 take attacks in germany stemmed from far right sounds and not from muslim community communities and wholesale food interior minister say that he used a very strong language and say that it was a disgrace that and to seventy's and was on the rise here in germany of all countries referring to germany's nazis past and responsibility in the holocaust what used. to turn. well the emphases of the go that the
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government is putting right now ease on trying to tackle new forms of extremism or efforts are directed towards identifying isolated individuals or terrorist cells outside to see a cause that they already know and that's need to be way more difficult to do and the reports also highlights the threats represented by those individuals especially in possession of weapons for example something that's taken very seriously are threats that are being sent by email or post put it to go who was murdered last year had received such threats and of course bomb threats are so taken very seriously and beschloss for example such as the one established by the far right terrorist group north crowds which happened to target cows of left wing put it to show that is the activists helping refugees for example so to focus of authorities right now is very much on those terrorist cells. images with the latest here in berlin and i thank you the humanitarian group oxfam is warning that the
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coronavirus is worsening the hunger crisis in the poorest parts of the world they say that as many as 12000 people a day could die from starvation as a consequence of the pandemic disruption to food supplies and decreasing aid funding could push more than 100000000 people to the brink of starvation this year the report finds india south africa and brazil to be especially at risk let's bring you up to date now with some of the other developments in the corona virus pandemic the united states has now surpassed the mark of 3000000 confirmed cases wednesday so a new record more than 60000 new infections the biggest daily increase so far kyrgyzstan and other central asian nations are also struggling with the surge and infections pushing their health care systems to the breaking point lockdowns there were lifted in may the world health organization has launched an end dependent
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coronavirus response panel to review the w.h.o. its handling of the pandemic. protests against a new coronavirus locked are underway in serbia for a 3rd day running and that's despite a new government ban on mass gatherings and more than 10 people several 1000 returned to demonstrate outside parliament in belgrade today most remain seated with some carrying banners urging call it comes after anti-government rallies turned violent over the past 2 days. for jesters are angry after the government proposed a 2nd walk down due to a sharp spike in 1000 cases some blame that on these serbian president's desire to hold elections. palleted for the 2nd night in a row the parliament building attacked once again by angry rioters these are scenes
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the serbian government desperately wants to reign in. the building of the port and belgrade there will be a total ban of organized public gatherings of more than 10 people both indoors and outdoors. serbian president alexander who change the protesters hooligans while addressing the nation via instagram during an official flight to paris. overthrow so i promise you that we will be able to preserve peace and stability despite the criminal hooligan violent attacks we are all shocked by that i am urging our people in belgrade and in other cities not to confront the hooligans themselves and we will do that as a state we will do it and we will win the 2 people villages. earlier this week brooches had announced that a new coronavirus lockdown would be imposed protests erupted just hours later but
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many serbians accuse the autocratic of being the one who allowed the coronavirus crisis to spin out of control in the 1st place in june here promptly eased previously strict measures in order. to hold an election that tightened his grip on power since then serbia has experienced a surge in new coronavirus cases and deaths. i don't have a problem with these measures but i do have a problem with shutting them down just because of the elections and then reimposing them with what he said me our government is simply looking after its own interests the people are just collateral damage not a door at all at that on this day it was that. serbia went back 5 centuries under president. responding to the protests the government backtracked on its knocked down plans and instead banned large gatherings effectively making the protests illegal how plans on enforcing his new ban remains unclear but the
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prospect that enraged protesters will abide by it seems highly unlikely. it has been 25 years since the srebrenica genocide bosnia is marking this anniversary with the burial of 8 more victims since 1906 scientists have recovered and identified the remains of thousands of people their bodies were scattered in mass graves in an effort to hide the war crimes on saturday as happens every july 11th relatives of the most recently identified victims will gather in trouble for a funeral 8 new model headstones will soon join thousands of others at this grave site east of bosnia and family members like facility will finally be able to lay their loved ones to rest after decades of great. name a machete there are no words to describe the pain the sorrow you feel when you are
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looking for your loved ones are in by byron in mass graves i visited every new found mass graves i've seen the inside of every one of them of. facilis husband and son were among the 8000 bosnian muslims killed in srebrenica in 1905 she's been searching mass graves for their remains of a sense after finally finding 2 of her sons leg bones she decided to lay him to rest in 2013 for which to move i wanted him to be next to his father and to be able to come and pray over their graves to know that inside there is at least one of his parents where's the rest of him grow scattered among mass graves many mass graves are still hidden and open to people and identified some of us will die without finding their children. at this year's memorial event her son and husband will be joined by the bodies of 8 new bosnian men recently found in mass graves and identified through d.n.a.
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analysis usually attended by thousands this year's service has been limited to a small number of relatives due to coronavirus restrictions but the search for victims will continue as more than a 1000 people are still missing their remains scattered across more than 500 locations. dozens have died in landslides and floodwaters in southwest japan rescuers are searching for survivors and hundreds of thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate their homes meteorologists in japan are warning of more heavy rains over the coming days. flooding and mudslides have devastated this region normally renowned for its hot springs and scenic mountain trails a popular tourist destination transformed into a wasteland local residents hotel workers and visitors all have been caught up in the aftermath of the massive downpours. the land just crumbled more than i ever
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thought it could. be rocks were falling into the valley and the river also sounded different but you know you and i have never seen so much rain it just kept falling on and on. japan's weather agency has ordered the evacuation of nearly half a 1000000 people but moving into shelters is not compulsory and many a choosing to stay put perhaps because of fears over the coronavirus. will claim urgency units are carrying out search and rescue missions in various areas we will continue to do our utmost for the disaster prioritizing people's lives. the authorities are warning that more widespread heavy rain is likely to fall in the next 3 days for the destruction and loss of life look highly likely. we're now into china where some of the 300 lawyers and activists arrested in
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a 2015 crackdown have now been released 5 years ago they pushed back against president xi jinping moved to tight restrictions on free speech but they were arrested and sentenced for subversion of power u.w. news has been speaking with one of the warriors just albert prison he's rebuilding his life and his desire to support individual rights. a family reunited one term john a prominent human rights lawyer was released from prison 2 months ago he's one of more than 200 lawyers were detained in 2015 when china's government started an unprecedented crackdown on lawyers. machines are one of those you know is a you when you lose something important and then you get it back i cannot find the right words for this feeling. it feels like something exceptionally precious but
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there is also the fear that i might lose him again. hypothesis pressure of. one turn junk spent almost 5 years behind bars many things are new to him like this up that recognizes the names of plants. the farmer a hole where you could now i've been released i feel drawn to nature. i often go out to enjoy it that's how i started paying attention to plants i want to know their names i mean that during these years isn't whose name also took a toll on his wife. candida because our devon called these people came to my house and blocked the entrance. kevin as you would you be when i try to open the door a man told me if you come out i will kill you. china's government was taking a revenge on the can painting on his behalf his son to enter and also witnessed the ugly scene yes. yes thank you you know 7 want to take my sword and fight against
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them. this is what i really want to do the terrorists are. long term john was taken without warning after that his wife did not hear anything about him until his trial was announced more than 3 years later and to death i am very tense very nervous i could not sleep. on december 26th of 20181 trend john was charged with state subversion a serious offense and chandra levy was hoping to get a glimpse of him in court but again state security had gathered in front of a halt to change. the words you don't want i'm nervous i've been in situations often but every time is different. this doctor there were this is not about the rights of relatives this case is about state secrets here so we are going to load up on that right off my you know what. now the family is trying to put
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these experiences behind them will take time for them to get back to a new movie life. gun toters will after my release my son and i will very affectionate with each other at least on the surface but the estrangement is quite obvious. when i tell him something he opposes me he rebels this gives me a headache i feel embarrassed. i wanted to become closer to each other. right now one too many times a lot of time to spend with this family with origins have been times where we use licens but he's already planning to leave and to sue the government for its room to answer. our sports news now major league soccer has returned to competitive action for the 1st time in 4 months with a protest against racism in term i am me and orlando city players fell silent for 8
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minutes and 46 seconds before their game that's the time that george floyd was held under the knee of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvet the match was held inside a bio secure bubble at disney's wide world of sports complex and it marked the 1st north american professional men's league to return to action since pandemic lockdowns began stayman soccer byron will play the 2nd leg of their champions league tie with chelsea in munich following a decision from european football's governing body you a full buy in are monkey teams yet to complete their round of 16 ties they currently hold a commanding lead over chelsea after beating their opponents 3 nil in the 1st leg in london starting from the quarter final stage all remaining champions league matches will take place at neutral venue's in portugal.
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video chat software zune has become popular for online meetings during the pandemic but it's also been plagued 'd by hackers crashing calls some with rather indecent content well some companies are now trying to spice up their zune meetings by inviting a very different and unlikely video crasher we'd like to introduce you to buckwheat the canadian donkey. buckwheat is ready to work from home just like many people these days her professional career relies a lot on digital tools were crushing your meeting live let that happen why didn't. i didn't even happen to grade out. regression you mean this is buckwheat and this job at the sanctuary is not just for kicks so buckwheat is crushing people's meetings in order to make some money they donate to the
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sanctuary when they want to crush a meeting and so it's mostly a fundraiser so we can feed the cows especially during cold it and thanks to buckwheat these contented cows are having a good life despite the pandemic some of them have also started to follow suit crushing calls whenever necessary but the 12 year old is still a centuries number one crash having town over 100 bookings buckwheat's professionalism is hard to beat. i heard this is news here's a reminder of our top story this hour the u.s. supreme court has found walk to congress from viewing president donald trump's financial records but the court rules the president does not have absolute immunity from criminal investigation and that he may now have to hand over documents including tax returns to new york prosecutors. i don't forget you can always get the w. news on the go just download already out from google play or from the outside world
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i'm not laughing. well i guess sometimes i am but i stand up in. the german thinking consider jemma culture of looking at the stereotype question if you think the future of the country that i not. needed to be picked for this drama.
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training successful. sucker. starts june 27th. thanks to the u.s. supreme court it looks unlikely that the public will see u.s. president donald trump's tax returns before the november election but after the election those returns may very well become public with their rulings today the justices including the 2 conservative judges appointed by president trump gave the president time to out run the clock but not run the.

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