this is t w news coming to you live from donald trump takes aim at his democratic rival in a fierce acceptance speech joe biden is not a savior. of american troops so. he is the destroyer of america's jobs and if given the he will be the destroyer of american greatness. presents himself as the defender of law and order and calls november's vote the most important election in u.s. history also coming up embattled president of belarus turns to russia for help

protests continue in the couple minutes despite a crackdown 20 journalists are among those detained including a d w reporter and. a pianist in the ruins no longer we hear the story. about who fled syria and found sanctuary in germany 5 years ago. following terry martian good to have you with this double trump has except at the u.s. republican party's nomination during an hour long speech on the south lawn of the white house the u.s. president's acceptance of the nomination closed the poor day convention and comes amid simmering tension over police shootings and racism this week the republicans have pitched themselves as the party of law and order a point of. donald trump drove home repeatedly in his address. this election

will decide whether we save the american dream or whether we allow a socialist agenda to demolish our cherished destiny. thank you it will decide whether we rapidly create millions of high paying jobs or whether we crush our industries and said millions of these jobs overseas as has foolishly been done for many decades your vote will decide whether we protect law abiding americans or whether we give free rein to violent and our kids and agitators and criminals who threaten our citizens. and this election will decide whether we will defend the american way of life or whether we will allow a radical movement to completely dismantle and destroy it that won't happen.

our correspondent in his poll is in washington was following trump's speech in his how is donald trump's nomination speech going down in america. i tarried really depends who you ask why it's like. the liberal media call it a far too long speech full off lice and. beloved broad kos a fox news says president who is says johnson is off of the littering one of his best speeches they call this a trump big night. twat to agree in as did donald trump use his speech to reach out to voters beyond his traditional base. i think it was a very effective speech she reached out to his base and just played everything they

wanted to hear if you can say so but he also made some remarkable convincing points i think reaching out to possible swing voters when he talked. to his plan really bringing back the economy especially when he talked about how hollande strongly he will fight china so there were some moments which probably went down pretty well also for those who would rather have thought there will never be able to vote for it on the trump ok both the democrats and the republicans have their nominees in place what can we expect from their campaigns as we move toward the november election no. right so normally we would see many many rallies right but because of the pandemic this won't happen so it's extra exciting to watch both the vice presidents and all the vice president and the vice president candidates

come in the hair is and the president and joe biden during the debate and it's possible that. it is kind of mike pence but it shall be interesting to see how how to biden i answer is to this very strong and kind of. president donald trump in this thank you very much good to see you. in this poll in washington. donald trump of course launched numerous attacks on his democrat opponent joe biden here's an example. joe biden is not a savior of america years so he is the destroyer of america's jobs and if given the chance he will be the destroyer of american greatness for 47 years joe biden took the donations of blue collar workers gave them hundreds and even kisses.

and told them he felt their pain. and then he flew back to washington and voted to ship our jobs to china and many other distant lands and joining me in studio for some analysis is peter lloyd adalah from a us elections team good to see you again peter so does joe biden have more reason to be concerned well i think the short answer is yes absolutely i mean his his lead is narrowed in the polls over the past and if there's one thing we've really learned over the past 4 years with donald trump is to never count out trump and he really proved out with this speech you might even say that he acted presidential something that we don't see all the time from trump know as as a father who cares deeply about america and americans but i don't speak challenge is that you know despite decades of washington being

a prominent politician vice president many voters say they don't really feel like they know him what he stands for and trumped by thing managed to make it quite compelling case for what he stands for 8 but didn't speak advantage at the same time is that trump is often his own worst enemy and so the big question is how long will trump be able to stay on message. and how long until he maybe has another meltdown on twitter reminds people that there is that side to him as well what about the message just talk about the vision what sort of view. trump offering for his 2nd term as president is that much of the same or something new no it's really a mix i think i mean it's still very much america 1st it restore law and order as we saw but it's also a promise to you know build a more united a more just an inclusive american that is certainly new. and that is also a message that is directed squarely. awards black voters i think he promised to

restore american prosperity to create 10000000 jobs within the next 10 months he guaranteed health care something that republicans you might have actively tried to you know undo obamacare more than 70 attempts to repeal obamacare and he also you know he spoke of the pen demick absolutely many were looking for a clear plan in and this is what he had to offer. just save as many lives as possible we are focusing on the science the facts and the data we are aggressively sheltering those at highest risk especially the elderly. allowing low risk americans to safely return to work and to school and we want to see so many of those great states be open by democrats we want them to be open they have to be open they have to get back to work. we will have a safe and effective vaccine this year and together we will crush the virus so

promising about seeing promising to crush the virus what do you think peter did president trump make a convincing case for his handling of the corona crisis coronavirus crisis so far well if you take his word for it absolutely the problem is you know the question is whether voters will buy it the picture that he painted of how his that strain has been handling this crisis does not release square with the experience that most americans have. you know trump said for instance that he will that he will stick to science while he's actively fought science is within his own administration the perfect example was his own speech over a 1000 guest no social distancing barely anyone was wearing a mask no test almost being done. so you know he very much painted a picture of america the way that he would like it to be the problem is he's the president he is many of the crisis that we're facing right now in the u.s.

happened on his watch and the question is whether voters feel despite all this after this speech that he served the benefit of the doubt and a 2nd chance peter thank you so much for your insights peter lloyd dahl from d.w. us election to do what they say. now is a look at some of the stories making headlines around the world today recovery efforts are underway in the southern u.s. after one of the most powerful storms in years hurricane laura left at least 6 people dead. smashing into louisiana with winds of 240 kilometers an hour meteorologists have downgraded it to a tropical storm that threatens to bring strong winds rain and tornadoes as it moves north east. a spokeswoman for russian opposition leader alexa says she is not optimistic about a recovery of the remains in a coma in a serious condition he was airlifted to berlin for treatment after falling ill in siberia a week ago german doctors say he was poisoned and findings the kremlin has disputed

western leaders have called for a transparent investigation. japan's prime minister shinzo is expected to announce his resignation over health worries the sudden resignation would come just 4 days after he became japan's longest serving prime minister of his popularity have been declining recently over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and his economic program known as banal mix failed to deliver he's always seen themselves as a reformer set on shaping the future japan's prime minister shinzo and his party v l d p won the 2012 election on a platform of revving up the economy and breaking with obsolete economic traditions his main plan was to ease japan's monetary policy the country's central bank set the printing presses in motion and flooded the market with fresh cash then he installed credit financed economic stimulus programs he wanted to make japanese society it's legal system and labor market more business friendly one objective to

get more women into the workforce thereby increasing productivity he called his program abi nomics using rb nomics i will increase jobs and incomes and revitalize the countryside while making citizens livelihoods better. and it worked at least in the beginning abi nomics temporarily boosted the confidence of the. apennines economy and japan citizens but after the initial highs the stock markets in japan plummeted sharply. makes couldn't strengthen the economy in a sustainable way as g.d.p. during avi's term in office shows the risks of abi nomics me outweigh the benefits but over leveraging the economy to the point of sovereign bankruptcy not to mention the loss of confidence on capital markets. well for more let's cross straight over to tokyo where journalist michael penn is standing by michael what more can you

tell us about the reports that she is going to result. well basically certain because he's already according to the japanese media that's very well informed he's already told the ruling party. you know and they're already basically preparing how to elect his successor so while the public has not been told formally that's still an hour or 2 away the fact that the gears are moving and his resignation is in process now. is japan's longest serving prime minister he just reached that landmark what would his departure mean porch upin. well it's probably not going to bring about any immediate radical break in policy because. there's no chance of any opposition party or any any you know anybody who's about extremely different ideology becoming prime

minister at this time it will be the same ruling party that will act another one of its politicians to become the next prime minister now there is some variation in the views of the politician so it could be someone who has been an abaya ally for these past 7 or 8 years one of the major candidates on the other hand is one of his main critics within the ruling party so there will be some changes no doubt personality changes but probably not too many radical policy breaks with his resignation at least not immediately michel thank you very much for bringing us up to date there was journalist michael penn in tokyo. you're watching news still to come. the pianist in the room is no longer we hear the story they have found sanctuary in

germany 5 years ago my father wants me. that's coming up in just a bit but 1st russia's president vladimir putin says he set up a police unit to support the embattled battle racin leader alexander lukashenko putin said he was responding to a request from the shank although he said the force would only be used if the situation quote got out of control in a better racine capital minsk police again arrested dozens of anti-government protesters a number of journalists were also held including a d w reporter who was later released. for the very latest now let's cross over to minsk where our correspondent nick connolly is covering developments there nick tell us more about the demonstrators have been arrested on what grounds where they are they being held and how are they being treated. good morning terry well this is they have

a difficult to say at this point because telephones are routinely taken away from people brought in detained by police on the square protesting here this is interesting that so far as they haven't been many arrests for the past week or 2 protesters have been allowed to go out but they were filmed by security services yesterday evening then a group of what's believed to about 70 to 80 people were detained on independence square and interesting lead the authorities doing their best to prevent reports filming reporting on base threatening reporters with detention if they were to film this and this is indeed what happened including to my colleague who spent about 6 hours into tension she was providing access to her phone to provide she refused to do that and when she refused to that she was only released today had confiscated her phone so really tempted to crackdown on protests. and also in coverage of those protests. it's been almost 3 weeks now since the election and little has

changed do you get the impression that the protest movement is losing momentum. i'm not sure that's the case i think because the big question is here where does this all go there is no roadmap for this kind of protest here in better is this is a country that essentially was without politics for a quarter century opposition politics was a very nice marginal activity and now suddenly you have 2 to 300000 people coming out of the streets of minsk in a country of only 10000000 people so suddenly all over the place and people grasping for new forms of organization new kind of position people trying to work out who will lead this or if they even need a leader so i think that is the big question now where this goes but there doesn't seem to be any. bush great fear on the part of the test is any great willingness to stay at home and to stop coming out it's just totally unclear for now how this would go on given that the government is refusing any kind of dialogue ok that's the protesters but what about how much support does he still have president

lukashenko does he still have the full backing of the military for example. seems for now that the top brass is on his side but there have been. resignations from people the boots on the grounds that policeman army. soldiers and people throughout the structures who have left some of them left the country fair for part of reprisals after their decision to leave the government service i think the sheer numbers make it very difficult for the government to crack down fully. to 300000 people that is unprecedented and. goes regime simply doesn't have enough people to put all these people behind bars so i think there is safety in numbers for now but what's going no one can say for now the confrontation continues nic thank you so much data as nic connolly there in minutes. this week we're looking back at events in the summer of 2015 when europe faced his biggest migration crisis since world

war 2 hundreds of thousands of migrants fled their home countries in search of a better future on the continent most of them crossed from turkey to greece by boat and in flimsy rubber dinghies more than 750000 migrants landed on greek shores that year there they took what became known as the balkan routes travelling north through macedonia and serbia into slovenia or hungary that all into austria and other e.u. countries including germany. declared an open door policy for refugees from syria as a result germany took in about a 1000000 migrants although not all of them were qualified to stay one of those who did qualify was. here's his story. his songs tell of pain and a lost homeland but also of hope 5 years ago pianist fled syria

specifically the yarmouk refugee camp for palestinians. back there he played music to counter the nightmares. things and created beauty to fight despair. i was hungry or so and i don't count my family but i was keeping playing piano we die anyway we will die from hunger in 56 days vole when i don't die play piano at least it's held me i don't think music it's feed people or help people really it's held the mentality to see at least to the whites why to place in the in all this got us to off in the other more calm. yarmulkes a neighborhood of damascus it was under constant siege from i asked troops for years people there had no electricity no food or medicine and a ham played music. in

the images of him playing went viral when a ham fled to germany in 2015 he was already a minor celebrity and was quickly offered a public stage but he felt uncomfortable with the attention. now that. i am here famous playing piano the pianist of your move but we are a group of people i thought i took a bit in connection with him it's not easy and when somebody is still dying from hunger and you tell him look we speak about you hear what it's done for me there you know this is this is not easy here he is performing at a refugee shelter in berlin a celebration marking 5 years since chancellor angela merkel's we can do it statement in the meantime ahab's wife and sons have joined him and he can work play in concert people listen to him. i am not star in the liver liver feel i am a star i feel responsible to tell it is blah blah blah what i tell it no maybe it's

important maybe it's not so important for people to hear it but at least i feel responsible to tell it and i use every mike every camera to tell that for people a ham songs deal with what he's experienced. and he's also written his autobiography which was published in germany last year in it he tells of his father who built musical instruments and of his own childhood in a still peaceful syria he tells of the children he watched die and of the moment when i asked fighters burned his piano but constantly retelling his story takes its toll. when i go on with this is story under the mumbai remembering the war it's city 2 heavy here and this is why i would disturb the music because when i go on i use the pianist and the promo in order that it's image but the horrible images from the. past won't stop so easily hopefully he won't give

up music that helped him during his darkest times and it helps him now allowing him to make a living and a new life in germany. say look now at some of the other stories we're following here storm has hit australia's 2nd largest city melbourne 3 people were killed by falling trees power outages cut electricity to more than 50000 homes and calls contamination at a water purification plant that left a quarter of a 1000000 households without drinking water. you know scott says it will seek hundreds of millions of dollars to help rebuild lebanon's devastated capital beirut although the august 4th explosion was centered on the port the un agency says $160.00 schools were damaged or destroyed you know scott also wants funds to rebuild beirut's cultural heritage. and in south africa violent clashes between

protesters and police have erupted in johannesburg demonstrators have been expressing their anger over the sick the killing of a 16 year old boy who was allegedly shot by police in the city on wednesday local media us. several officers have been injured. president trump who has criticized actions by the national basketball association after players spoke out against police brutality he described the n.b.a. as quote a political organization with very bad ratings the n.b.a. postponed thursday's playoff series games after players protested against the police shooting of jacob lake in wisconsin the decision comes after the milwaukee bucks who play of wisconsin boycotted their get their playoff game against the orlando magic on wednesday the n.b.a. said it was hopeful of resuming games on friday or saturday. the moonwalk he box

left officials confused when he didn't show up for the playoff game against the i-man to magic. in a statement the team later explained what had driven them to boycott the game their demanding racial justice and accountability after the police shooting of jacob blake. we take the court reverse it well with your spirit where the high will give us a little over the other a go we all are still to this day it is only your ready to say the only years oh of course. pay us across the leaks show to support the boycott prompt that the n.b.a. to postpone all playoff series games on wednesday and thursday the boycott had a ripple effect on us sports major league baseball and soccer also canceled some of the games. even tennis star and i only osaka announced that she would not play in a semifinal match in the vest and southern open to protest quote the continued

genocide of black people at the hands of the police. the only other time players boycotted an n.b.a. game was back in 1961. when play a bill russell and some of his boston celtics teammates sat out again to protest against racial injustice. n.b.a. players are again taking a stand the latest protests in the nation some are of racial reckoning. you're watching the news just a reminder of the top story we're following for you this hour donald trump has accepted the nomination of the republican party to run as its candidate in november his presidential election trump called it the most important election in u.s. history and attacked his democratic rival joe biden as a destroyer of american jobs. and personal roots has been offering has been offered help by russia's president vladimir putin as protests continued in the capital minsk despite a crackdown putin put

a unit of police on standby to intervene if necessary to a teacher. wallace were among the latest detained in government. you're watching to w. news for got more on the u.s. presidential race coming up for you and to the point after the break i'm terry marshall thanks for being with us.

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