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meaning success for. the cavalry starts to lead to something. this is good news live from berlin the u.n. agrees on a new lifeline for syria. this ensures council votes to extent humanitarian aid deliveries to the rebel held north but russia and china insist it's entered the country through a single border crossing also coming up to 25 years on from europe's worst atrocities since the 2nd world war the world remembers the victims of the stripper
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and some massacre. in brazil the country's the country's 2nd worst hit by the fraud a virus it's the indigenous peoples who fear they will suffer the most. welcome to the program the un security council has voted to extend humanitarian aid delivery is that millions of syrians rely on to survive. the council back the proposal that would see only one or thrice crossing point for aid supplies into the country from neighboring turkey and earlier a solution that would have allowed to crossing points was vetoed by russia and china but they abstained from saturday's vote. now straight to washington where do you w correspondent is standing by with the story col why would russia and china allow
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one border crossing but not to well this vote has been a battle of who can push through their will basically russia and china or the western nations on the u.n. security council russia and china support the assad regime and they have been saying that humanitarian aid should come from within the country rather than from neighboring countries like turkey so they have been opposing this idea from from germany and belgium that there should be 2 border crossings open to get humanitarian aid into the rebel held northwest's and they are now only allowing this one border crossing. at the turkish syrian border so this means the western nations had to back down from their original proposal had to go with only allowing one border crossing and this is mostly
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considered a win for russia and china. what will this mean for the people on the ground in northern syria. for the 2800000 people roughly who are in this in this northwestern region off syria that is held by rebels this this could turn into a huge problem 8 is crucial now more than ever because the region has just experienced its 1st case of covert 19 and it is experiencing many more of course looking at how the virus has developed elsewhere several aid organizations have already criticised the veto policy by russia and china and they are calling this a cynical and cruel maneuvering on the part of these 2 countries. in
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washington thank you. 25 years ago forces captured the bosnian town of trip and carried out europe's worst massacre since the 2nd world war on saturday a ceremony was held to remember the thousands of muslims killed general. was eventually convicted of war crimes and genocide but the families of the victims say they are still at peace. the bosnian national anthem played at a ceremony to remember the thousands of muslims killed on this day. the commemorations had to be scaled back to coronavirus but world leaders like former u.s. president bill clinton who was in office at the time of the genocide contributed via video message. it is moving. every
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time every opportunity to continue to watch those across the world who grieve for the family wounds kill to support the ongoing efforts of sing justice those lost. they recover their remains and bring them home to the european leaders also sent their condolences via video link in on those lives and the remember ends of the pain and suffering is a crucial element for reconciliation as is criminal accountability is seen as. the international community also used the event to recognize its shortcomings in preventing the massacre. when we are the mighty nation city member beneath so we do so much unity and regrets as we are not alleged affair you know the international community including our own organization to prevent this tragedy
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many relatives of the victims haven't found closure forensic experts still haven't dug out and completed work on all the remains newly identified victims a buried each year on july 11th in the memorial cemetery at port a sorry just outside celebrity it said yes i'm getting there get it finished that i buried my son in 2013 there were only 2 bones which i had hoped that more would be found but nothing has been so far i still hope they'll be something that they will find i'm not that tribute their 1st so much for the so here i am with the remains of my father died murdered in the genocide of july 111905 strieber nitsa. it's the only crime in europe since world war 2 there's been declared a genocide and while many bosnian serbs continue to deny the extent of the massacre
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the increasing amount of white gravestones confirms the scale of the suffering. earlier we spoke to valerie hawkins of the financial times in srebrenica and also how the mosque massacre is being seen 25 years on i'm just back from the graveyard and it was quite emotional although people were not only missing their family members that they lost during the genocide but also the people that could not come today to mourn with them there were still several 1000 people there in attendance on to commemorate that their dead and the 9 people who were buried today that have been found of the last year. but they also remember that 1700 people whose bodies have still not been found what i speak about a regional or even a local context that is located in what was called during the war and still now the republicans and its leadership and actually the mayor of servants and is an ethnic
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slur also have not acknowledged. do not use the word genocide to know much the extent of the crimes that were committed here so that's quite painful for many of the people journalist valerie hopkins they're unsure of an answer now let's take a look at some other stories making news around the world. there's been a 5th night of antigovernment protests in the serbian capital belgrade saturday's demonstration remained peaceful following large clashes and. the rallies began after the government announced a new coronavirus lockdown critics say the country's policy on the virus has been mismanaged. more than 500 migrants have arrived on the italian island of lampedusa over the past couple of days according to the un migration agency calm seas have allowed several boats to dock with authorities warn of overcrowding on the island. u.s. president donald trump os appeared in public wearing
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a mosque for the 1st time on the mosque to visit injured soldiers at a military hospital near washington until now chung has refused to wear a mask in public claiming he was tested regularly for the corona virus. and there are some other developments in the coronavirus pandemic new infections in the united states are still at record highs with more than 60000 new infections recorded on saturday several states logged record figures including south carolina and hawaii at least 16000000 mexicans have been plunged into poverty by the coronavirus that's according to a new study the number of mexicans in extreme poverty has nearly doubled since february amid widespread job losses and the wife of brazilian president. says she has tested negative to the coronavirus the brazilian president announced he had the virus on choose day he scored in
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a separate bedroom to his wife. over 1800000 people have tested positive for cover 19 in brazil that's the 2nd highest number in the world after the u.s. more than 70000 have died and it's the poor who are the most at risk of contracting the virus by people in the slums and the countries indigenous people. it's one of the most remote parts of south america if not the world the enemy people live in the depths of the amazon in brazil found north. this is one of the country's largest indigenous reserves. but even here the fear of the coronavirus is growing almost shut down when we came to ask for help here to see if we are well . we walked for hours to reach.
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locals believe the virus was 1st brought to the reserve by prospectors searching for gold. in the remote missive this place increases the danger for the ghana mommy who lack access to health care services at the beginning of the month the brazilian defense ministry organized a flying clinic it's not the constant on ground presence that indigenous rights groups have been calling for but the testing is much needed the same. let's shake it why do you arrived a little bit afraid they noticed us from afar but then we can trust they came closer it all went wow and it's all been so rewarding. to have made it. there are hundreds of indigenous groups living in brazil and not all of found in the amazon. for ronnie and be a live on the edge of the country's biggest cities. here to
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a community is threatened by the coronavirus. its residents have been learning how to cope in theory. but not all of the government's advice applies in practice to those who live communally. there isn't a proper space to recuperate or to isolate we don't have any of that and this is what worries us. the corona virus is ravaging south america's largest country. and the fear is that it's peoples like days who will be hurt the most. disease added to poverty and palace. a further challenge in brazilian indigenous people struggle for survival. and in poland's presidential runoff election populist incumbents on jay do to position himself as
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a defender of conservative family values his main challenger is the liberal pro euro mayor of walsall opinion polls showing a toy trace. conservative versus liberal big city versus countryside poland is divided. is a community of 8000 people in central poland most here work in agriculture the town is a bastion of support for incumbent president i'm j do the people here say things have gotten better under his party did to say things that i have 2 children and i get child support during the drought we got 8000 euros that was a great help and there's also more money for the animals there's. a dozen beers on to opposition candidate rough l. just called ski has also made extravagant campaign promises he's courting the youth vote. i propose a graduate program for the 50000 best and most talented young people from towns and
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villages so they can develop their abilities and get a shot at an education from the best schools and universities. just coasting appeals to people who are disappointed by the incumbent president. so in watching the at how was i going my son just went to holland as well because his apprenticeship from the employment office paid only $240.00 euros a month that's what kind of salary is that for working 8 hours a day and president do to have talks about opportunities for young people their only chance is to go abroad that's it hundreds of people come out to see and to me as mayor in towns like rochester. but due to the incumbent attractions crowds of thousands of people who don't want things to change they're satisfied with the child support extra subsidies for pensions and tax cuts he's provided. stuff that could have been no law that restricts or liquidate such benefits will be signed by me you can be assured of that. due to is confident of victory but it looks to be
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a tight race chelsea has the lead in liberal cities victory and sunday's elections may well be decided by a handful of votes. you're watching the w.'s live from berlin michael okwu will be here with more news in 45 minutes and it would also come from the entire news team perrin villain thanks for watching. staying up to date don't miss our highlights. program. w dot com highlights. look closely. carefully.

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