this is the w. news live from berlin scotus leader nicolas sturgeon declares a major incident following a train accident near the city of aberdeen police say a passenger train derailed near the town of stonehaven todd reports of serious injuries the crash follows severe flooding in the region over nuts. and lithuania's foreign minister tells news that it over the television opposition leader. fled to

his country after being put under pressure. to meet. the true spirit of court but up to defeat the goal. was updated with. the c.d.c. . and senator harris is set to become the 1st woman of color to run for u.s. vice president she was named tuesday by joe biden as his running mate on the democratic party ticket. as welcome to the program and we start with breaking news from scotland where the nation's 1st minister has declared a major incident after the drill meant of a passenger train on the country's northeastern coast you are the 1st pictures of off the crash which happened close to the town of stonehaven that's. just south of

the d. dozens of emergency vehicles on the scene and local media say one person has died and there are reports that a number of people have been seriously injured here scottish 1st minister nicola sturgeon speaking a little while ago i have just come off a call with network real and the emergency services and lou details are still emerging i am a fee to see that there are clearly reports of c.d.s. engines my immediate thoughts and i'm sure the thoughts of everyone across the chamber i with all those involved in this incident from the mallee in scotland i'm not joined by a journalist and there's 4 of us what else do we know so far. well count as you say a train derailed this morning at about 2210 local time near the town of stone here the store haven in the northeast of scotland that's near the city of aberdeen. local media reports that one person has died although this house not been confirmed

officially but all are also reports of various serious injuries and nicholas sturgeon the 1st minister or scotland has declared a very serious incident small could be seen rising from the scene and around 30 emergency vehicles including helicopter are at the scene. now at this hour as i say this is has been the terrorism very serious incident well they have any further information about the possible cause of the jew i mean there were reports of months slides and flooding. that's right although it's too early to be sure of the cause there have been reports by a network rail company that operates the railway railway infrastructure that there was a landslide in the area although it has not been confirmed whether this contributed to the derailment however we do know in part is understood i have to say that the

locomotive as well as the of the 4 carriages on this train a local train from aberdeen to stonehaven has has slid down an embankment so that sir the latest that we hear. network rail say that's this landslide occurred in the area this morning well there's been a lot of criticism with the recent governments about lack of investments due to austerity and what is the state of the country's well system at the moment. that's right coutts in the early years of privatisation in the 1990 s. and early 2000 there were a number of serious crashes on the railways in britain one for example a lot more growth where 31 people died in 1990 however since then safety has been improved considerably and in 2013 the european railway agency reported that britain had the safest railway in europe so i think really we have to look to the weather

here to find an answer to this one turns into a small 40 from scotland thank you fink you. the below is nowhere until government protests have entered their 4th day the interior ministry has a police in the southwestern city of brest used live ammunition against protesters demonstrating against the result of last weekend's presidential vote the ministry says one protester was wounded president lukashenko claims he won 80 percent of sunday's ballot but the opposition and the european union say the vote was not free and fair e.u. foreign ministers will meet on friday to discuss sanctions. a 3rd night of anger and unrest in the capital. protesters here are still furious about an election they say was rigged but as demonstrators rallied once more to voice their outrage police moved in to make arrests. we are all belarusians how

is this possible fighting against your own people this isn't fair. president look i shan't go has vowed to crush the protests and crackdown on the opposition that crackdown has now claimed its most high profile victim opposition candidate svetlana. on sunday she was claiming victory in the country's presidential election 2 days later she fled to lithuania citing concern for her children's safety. she believes she and i made a very difficult decision for myself and i made it absolutely independently the it's me in the beginning of a moot many will understand me many will denounce me and many will hate me. god forbid anyone should face the choice that i faced because others here saw really that still are far ahead of things diety too for the families of detained

protesters many have been gathering at detention centers like this 11 able to locate loved ones arrested amid the unrest. yesterday in the evening my father was kidnapped they were walking on the streets one riot police ran to them and took him to the police vehicle police do not give any information 24 hours have already passed since he was kidnapped but we have no information about his whereabouts we are worried and we are searching for him. at the european union has denounced the result of sunday's election which saw president look at shankar when a 6th term with a widely disputed 80 percent of the vote in a tweet the e.u. used top diplomat your sapporo called the poll neither free nor fair and pledged to conduct an in-depth review of relations with by the roofs he said the $27.00 nation

bloc was considering sanctions against those responsible for violence unjustified arrests and falsifying election results. earlier i spoke to lithuanian foreign minister leno's link and asked him for more details on the arrival of. in his country but was not known. actually was disappearing from overeager screen all 7 hours. thereabouts 'd which is what other conditions was it a tense night. and then we understood that they were she was provided the true space tourist well actually the feet of other this was not a good lawyer. to say the least so she had and she asked kagan actually. children where being here already take a decision took

a decision and the thought of this didn't prevent even the guilt to travel and now if you see you like the children she's indicated. let's just listen and again to the video that was released yesterday in which the monitor going to raise an appeal to the protestors. let's listen in to this because i was asking these political rivals last month almost ok you mustn't chance to tell her because her past not on purpose he tells her. that listed plan to meet her shares the same question the. tension will have to continue normalcy is a must when you muslims of course he wanted to go on and i seen him get passion passed into the stands hitting more home runs in the course into something of a tense relationship passing to peace and then he said he said well that is clearly

a complete change of tack you said earlier that she was given a couple of options that are not so pleasant but do you mean. i mean that this other option was not related to the freedom that was my point and the you showed that tape which was recorded during the tension she was reading some paper let's be realistic you cannot take for granted what was said in this situation in these conditions and also let's take into account that she's a young woman who was never in politics was never fighting and never never could understand what. heather but i the challenge just said definitely she was under stress and it was really a very difficult time for us so basically i knew are you saying that when you when you talk about these options that she was given are you saying on simulating that she was life was threatened children's life was threatened or maybe even her

husband's life who is in prison i would look interpret what they do not know making assumptions and seeing that these other options where in some kind of blackmailing that she was under pressure including this tape you just hear. have you spoken to it you know she was a guest i spoke very recently she's recovering she's in good good skater that will 'd all when she will be willing able people speak still. not going to speak for her because that maybe she will she will tell herself what are the plans for that the intention is the most important thing what we have as i said she's free united for the children and that's that's the good news for call out so i want to you all next . sorry for interrupting again but what can you do to help mrs to come oscar and her husband who's in prison diplomatically maybe. oh we're trying to go best not

interfering in the internal affairs of neighboring countries but at the same time we're not indifferent and we're trying to help those who are exposed to danger trying to be active trying to can relate with it european position talking to colleagues in the region preparing for his one of his council meeting friday you do you mentioned your so i think we really have to do our best in order to show that what we're saying we mean that means we have to put it in relation review and to do some political cosequin sequences so those who acted look. the same along the lines of law and use the rights. excessive for unnecessary it was no reasons. they should be held accountable and that's exactly what we have to discuss on that foreign ministers meeting on on friday do you expect much support for sanctions against us as usual sanctions that sort of 2nd issue or that if you

said you should take side i don't know how it will go to discuss and see what are the opinions of the colleagues but they very much hope that all options will be kept on the table including sanctions because it's maybe not serious yet another statement because service it will not quite basically making no difference. how convinced are you that look at shane cole will actually catch a bow to your opinion sanctions. i don't know i can just cookie it must appear it cannot stay in this world of illusions thinking that it has mandates to act like the acts in this might stop the elections. this violence in the streets must stop and frankly he should respect the. opinions of all citizens at

least to talk to them he will see no 'd place for political dialogue that will be a way. to get into the stalemate is already busy too complicated is there any house that you think you can do to influence the situation on the ground and support the opposition only it will have posted it here position saying what this possible what this is not the only way that it will leave a field with a substance so a statement that should be consequences only then we can have some influence so just just a thought except it will not will not have any any influence whatsoever which was. during previous exercises in getting the previous crisis and this is something we have to really take it very seriously and bring bring to our 'd eager spin events and be a little despite the challenges in other. places of the world but this is happening in europe in our continent we can see in different. business in terms of.

foreign minister of lithuania thank you very much appreciated. time now for a quick check on some of the other stories making news around the world today seem of united nations experts have arrived in richest aid efforts to prevent an oil spill from further damaging the nation's environment salvage crews are racing to pump fuel from the japanese ship which ran aground last week authorities fear the vessel could split into cracks in the hologram. 3 people have been killed in the southern indian city of bangalore after a facebook post that was derogatory to muslims sparked violent protests thousands of people took to the streets over the problem provocative posts about the prophet mohammed which was allegedly written by a relative of a local politician. singapore has started destroying 9 tons of seized elephant ivory in what it calls the largest such action globally in recent years

authorities hope to disrupt the global supply chain of illegally traded ivory conservationists say the trade has pushed elephant poaching to crisis levels across asia and africa. new zealand's prime minister to send dern has delayed a key step towards next month's general election following a new outbreak of coronavirus in the country refers to the deferred the dissolution of parliament until monday for new cases of covert 19 were confirmed yesterday in new zealand's largest city oakland. economic growth figures for the 2nd quarter have been dismal across europe heavily struggling with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic the economy in germany shrank by 10 percent and france for 14 spade by more than 18 but no contraction was as bad as the one in britain where the economy tanked by 20.4 percent in recent months and that's despite

unprecedented government interventions. barra's johnson visited a building site this week a trip and boosting confidence in his country's flagging construction sector. but there is no plastering over the cracks of the u.k.'s battered economy. figures released on monday showed that british g.d.p. collapsed by a massive 20.4 percent between the 1st and 2nd quarters of 2020. that is the worst of europe's major economies a substantially more damaging drop than that suffered by germany and countries like italy france and spain. those figures are from the time when britain was in a very strict phase of lock down. the economy has since reopened and there have been signs of a modest recovery the hope johnson is clinging to. obviously we want to see

is a return to economic vitality and health and some parts of the economy undoubtedly showing great resilience but clearly there is out there can be bumpy months ahead and a long long way to get those potentially bumpy months we'll have more than just the pandemic to contend with. the prospect of a no deal breakers that by the end of the year still looms over the british economy . talks at the e.u. have yielded little progress so far time is running out but the 2 sides still quite far apart. to the us was democratic presidential candidate joe biden has chosen come of the harris to be his running mates in the firm's election the senator from california is the 1st black woman and the 1st person of indian descent to be nominated for national office by a major party and yet decision comes a week ahead of the democratic national convention where biden and harris are expected to be officially confirmed one time rivals no joining forces to launch

a historic presidential bid this was how joe biden asked the california senate. to help him reach the white house opinions are divided. but that is very moved up the ball over the course that will black women remember. the vice president i think it's a little bit risky because she's highly controversial candidate through freight in fact it was biden who welcomed the tough on crime prosecutor on to the national political scene when she was sworn into the senate in 2017 i believe. that people. from there she burnished a credential as a combats of lawmaker the president has asserted that torture works do you agree with that statement and for the last time yes or now did you have any communications with russian officials striking fear into her opponents you know i'm

not able to be rushed this fast it makes me nervous in 2019 she ran for the democratic presidential nomination herself that campaign saw her cross examine biden over his track record on race. instead of joe's got a real hurt for. to hear you talk about the reputations of 2 united states senators who built their reputations and career on the segregation of race in this country rich characterize my position across the board argue not prove is racist there buried the hot chip when she dropped out of the race and back to him to win the nomination. right. 7 on the money. and so on. and saw no is horace with rumors that the aging biden merely say over single term it's

a landmark pick that may 1 day propel her to become the 1st female president. follows this story and joins in the studio stacy what is coming to her is bring to biden's election well her addition is historic it opens the doors for so many young black girls who have been told that they can be anything that they want but in the back of their minds that they know that there has been a limit as to what you can do as a black person united states so representation is important so this is historic it's out of so the combination of so much hard work that so many black women have done as part of the democratic party to elevate it whether it was through canvassing or by loyalty casting their vote but in this climate at this time black women are saying enough with a thank you it's time to cash in these i.o.u.'s you need to put one of us on this ticket because we've worked hard for you and we deserve it so in the name of the

great civil rights people like any hammer and cheryl chisholm and carol moseley braun who was the other black senator from my state illinois we're seeing some progress here and joe biden knows what it takes in order to be a v.p. a strong v.p. and as you saw in that piece come over here is a fighter. 'd is her choice undisputed the democratic party is not undisputed there are a lot of people that supported of course the status from democrats love it there are some people that are part of the more composed of wing that are a little bit skeptical because of her record as an attorney general in california and as a district attorney in california but her supporters are quick to point out that when she became a lawmaker when she made it to congress she became more progressive and was pushing for the removal of mandatory minimum sentencing reduced sentencings over all and to get rid of bail bonds so this would keep black families together so what about

donald trump and his republicans saying about biden's choice but i mean if i were his v.p. i would want to go against her she's a fight she's a fighter she's a tough debater and i think that his the the administration doesn't really know what to do with her because he's trying to put himself as the law in order president but she was the top cop in california so he's going to have a tough road ahead and so far all he's been able to say is that she's a nasty woman that's what he says about all women who are strong and intelligent and who are not afraid to get his face quite predictable given think you very much for this analysis you're welcome. so it was news to american college football conferences the big 10 and the pac 12 been postponed until 2021 to protect student athletes during the coronavirus crisis college football generates well over $100000000.00 a year so other major conferences still intend to kick off this season's florida

state university part of the atlantic coast conference is gearing up to play this fight the potential risk. the top 8 football clubs in europe in lisbon competing for the highly coveted champions league crowned some of the sport's biggest stars like neymar messi 11 dosti and others are aiming to help their club become europe's best however the coronavirus has impacted the economy and the mood in the portuguese capital. lisbon's main square that should be full of football fans the coronavirus has turned the city into a ghost town lacking in atmosphere you wait for branding there's little evidence of european football's best 3 strange english then the end there is no one there is no tourists and actually in the middle of august this is like never seen before for me safe completely safe i prefer to stay in this country we are known as one of the

best i will say people to do to receive foreigners and it's quite hard for us not to have it because of a good part of the economy particularly i may say that the english bad in some point could make some unfairness and study oh delusion with the likes of by munich cannot be leipzig new hygiene regulations clubs must answer the pitch separately they have water bottle restrictions and there are guidelines around team buses perry says a man checked out the main venue for today's opener against atalanta. was. back in the center as portuguese tourism struggles could a strict back champions league be a source of hope and opportunity to list blesses how good is it is very good for our economy for our star yeah and for the ball yes.

there's not going to be any truth in his theories related to income out of this because it's just a team's no no no supporters so i think it's just a question of visibility really guys don't be afraid to discuss security found through them here to. you wait for in fact opted to move its flagship event to portugal because of the country's favorable coverage 19. numbers speak despite the precautions the planning the 2 outlets acoma treat players have tested positive for the coronavirus before the tournament even starts it is a reminder that this unique champion's league remains a risk to all of those involved and to portugal and its people. coming up next in the news asia there is a song. of the chinese government over his father's death from cold with 19.

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