this is. from berlin suspicions of neo nazis within the german police force police raided some of their own officers earlier today 29 have been suspended for sharing images of such as swastikas in online chat groups face criminal investigations also coming up we need to go faster and we knew eat meat to do things better european

commission president or sort of on the line and said tell her vision for the future of the e.u. in her 1st state of the union address plus guilty of corruption the former head of world athletics and sentenced to 2 years in prison following a developing scandal his lawyers who say the court has made him a scapegoat and how to keep berlin's party scene going during the pandemic one businessman thinks he may have found the answer. to our viewers watching on p.b.s. in the united states and all over the world welcome we start here in germany where police have launched raids against some of their own colleagues officers suspected of trading neo nazi images. in private online chat groups $29.00 police officers in

the german state of north rhine-westphalia have been suspended 11 are now under criminal investigation images shared include pictures of at off hitler and nazi symbols such as swastikas and this is not the 1st time germany's security forces have been at the center of a scandal involving far right extremists. by this grace and a slap in the face for germany's police forces that's what the interior minister in north rhine-westphalia called the discovery of czech content in which 29 police officers shared right wing extremist material some by the beautiful including for example pictures of hitler of swastikas of imperial war flags but also many more horrible images like the fictional depiction of a refugee in the gas chamber of a concentration camp of police officers from different cities and $34.00 police departments took part in the czech groups they were all suspended pending the

results of the investigation they could face charges of inciting racial hatred a spokesman for the federal interior ministry said the reports are worrying. but suppose we go what we are hearing from north rhine-westphalia is very alarming. it is a disgrace for the police force there but of course it also has an effect on the entire police profession throughout germany. it's not the 1st case of far right extremism spreading within germany's police and military forces in july a former police officer was arrested for threatening politicians across germany referencing a neo nazi cell in his e-mails and in june germany's defense minister disbanded part of the army's elite commando after allegations of far right extremism within its ranks or earlier i spoke to sociologist alexander you asked him what he makes of this scandal affecting germany's police force. when it comes to my

extremism but i'm not at all surprised it's more time what the police officers in this way we. station. and also. what. a few years so it's not surprising at all of course when struck and it's not surprising do we have an idea of the size of this problem within the german police force. one of that's. a problem we only know that there is. problem and it's not a minor problem you know it is. racism or i think it's risen was a police brutality islands but the thing is there's not much research

released and was solely in the ministry of interior i don't have a great interest in doing research on this. on this topic so we don't know much about the expense of why having risen in the police but we can what we can say is that it is problem for instance we know might mean willie is which we interview and they actually don't bother with the police because they say they are police officers who were actually members of. the whites. and what we also. know is. there are. months which. you know so we only know that being said we don't we. do we have an explanation for why it seems that police officers in particular are so it seems acceptable to right wing extremist ideas we hear that time and time again. well i mean.

these officers i think it's. clear but it's a who is an organization which illegally used firearms and that are all trying to. find and it's down. to. a race these experienced. there's not only. who is drawn a nominee but we also know a problem with what i think extremist especially residents. ok so feel and is alexander joining us tonight mr we appreciate your time your insights thank you thank you very. far this take a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world hurricane sally has been downgraded to a category one storm it's pummeling the southern united states causing severe

flooding in the coastal city of pensacola florida the storm is dumping huge amounts of rain on the flood prone coastal area as it pushes to the west and north south africa's president cyril ramaphosa has announced a further easing of the country's lockdown which was one of the world's strictest borders to most countries will be opened from next month in a televised address from a frozen told the nation we have but withstood the coronavirus storm. the government of barbados wants to remove the britain's queen elizabeth as its head of state and become a republic the caribbean island gained independence from britain in 1966 but retained the queen as its head of state the prime minister says it's now time for the country to have a baby had a stick. greek authorities have formally charged for afghan migrants with arson for their alleged involvement in the fires that destroyed the memory of

migrant camp on the island of lesbos last week the fire destroyed most of the camp it left thousands of people without shelter the greek army and international aid organizations have set up temporary camps but some migrants say they need a different solution. row upon row of tents on the greek island of les boss have been set up for migrants displaced by the fires that gutted the morea camp but they're mostly empty. migrants are choosing to stay on the streets in squalid conditions many say they would rather remain here than run the risk of being detained for months in a completely new camp. some of even returned to what remains of moria. they say the temporary tents are not enough they want long term solutions. are going to be needed that comes do not get on a good month when we want to free life we've come here to live we are human and

we are not animals. they put us in a place where there's no life and it's like a jungle. a human cannot live in such tense. so far only about 1200 of the roughly 13000 migrants rendered homeless by the fires have moved to the new temporary accommodation the u.n. refugee agency says there's a capacity for another 8000 and is urging people to move it says it's the only way forward. people have been can come to this camp and we encourage them to come there because it is from here that their process will continue that their procedure will continue that solutions can be found and that people can leave the island because the idea is not that people remain forever on the island of this war. but

while several european states have offered to take in migrants from lesbos others say they will not they're offering to provide more aid and even more tense instead . the president of the european commission has laid out her. vision for europe to tackle the climate crisis addressing the european parliament today ursula fund a lion's wide ranging speech also called on china to improve its human rights record and made a not so veiled attack on member states poland for its attitude towards gay people and she urged member states to resolve europe's paralysis when it comes to migration. also laugh underlying ahead of our 1st ever state of the union speech waiting to unveil more ambitious climate goals for the block we need to go faster and we need to do things better the european commission is proposing to increase

the 2030 targets for emission reduction to at least 55 percent catching emissions and becoming climate neutral by 2050 our part of the european green deal one of funder line speed priorities decision taken partly due to the mounting pressure of climate activists but ramping up the instrument targets it's not enough for some i expect those of us on the lion to keep on working with her commissioners and really to put pressure on the council because we know that there are member states who are not willing to do what we need to do when funder line took office late last year she presented a long list of projects by the car with 9000 pandemic slowdown many of them or brought them to hold she now said it's the year's 1st priority to pull each other through this that you commission chief also put a focus on human rights not only calling out china's treatment of minorities but

also criticizing your member said poland for introducing so-called free cell phones l g b t q i've free zones are sure manatee free zones funder line also said the e.u. finally has to decide in a solution on how to handle migration one of the most disputed topics among member states saving lives at sea is not optional and those fan trees will fulfill their legal and moral duties or are more exposed than others must be able to rely on the solidarity of our. whole european union alliance commission will present a long awaited proposal for a new pact on migration on september 23rd and its her who will be judged on its outcome. shortly after the speech the w.'s brussels bureau chief for all xander

phenomena called up with her for the law and she asked her about europe's poor work . well there are 2 things 1st of all this coronal world of uncertainty and fragility we don't want to stay in we want to move on. and we have a plan we have the concept and we have the investment next generation to use 750000000000 and therefore it's now that has to lead the way that has to show the direction we want to move on to a society that is more resilient an economy that is more sustainable therefore the european green deal and that is more modern therefore the digital decade decade for the european union still there are many issues and member states don't agree on like migration for example have he received any signals that after what happened at moria member states are more willing to change the course the good news is that

next week we got the commission is going to put forward a migration pact and this is a holistic concept to manage migration and i expect that the member states will engage in the discussion so that we can really move forward and have a common plan to deal with that topic and you made a point starting your presidency with a trip to africa so what concrete steps are you planning to actually build a threat to take partnership between europe and africa we are already. building strategy with africa but for example if it comes down to the pandemic right now. we are strongly invest. in cooperation on fighting the virus and important that we created a global framework to find them not to not only find a vaccine but also to make sure that if we have the vaccine. it's accessible to all not only the high income countries but also the low and middle income countries and

these for example is a classical work that we do together with our friends and neighbors africa. thank you there was a result from the lion speaking there i want to bring in now my tayo he's from the center for international studies at the university of oxford he joins me tonight from right here in berlin it's good to have you on the program we heard in that report that ursula from the law and that she will face opposition to her climate goals for climate policy goals does she have the the power to change the minds that matter in europe. well she's lucky in the sense that she comes from germany people little country and respect and of course the car industry there has to play a big role she's been accused of not being ambitious enough. to say that she's going too far and so probably she's somewhere right in this proposal revising the

commitments that it's taking to thrown 40 percent to 55 percent in terms of the level of greenhouse greenhouse gas emissions from the european union by 2020 compared to 9090 levels so she she is there or cut out there but d.c. is feasible especially if she gets political traction in germany dorrance unfeasable when we're talking about climate change what about migration policy the e.u. very divided here are some of underlying and she says that she will breeze in a new plan later this month that will bring unity to the e.u. when it comes to migration how can her plan how will it be different from all of these plans these failed attempts that we've seen in the past. she was purposefully very big today when she was talking about migration because next week they proposed the speech back it's now if you look at the negotiations have been going on in

europe over lots 3 to 4 years dues agreement actually on an exceptional number of areas pertaining to migration the keep the main challenge is still the doubling regulation and there's been a political decision not to agree any of the elements of a possible comprehensive reform of the common european asylum system until even the slightest element of the doubling regulation will be addressed so a lot of expect you can expect a lot of the focus and over proposals to focus on this one because if she can nail and she can unlock a very broad comprehensive reform this was her 1st state of the union address i mean she is new in this in this position here how much of her speech today i mean how can we say that she's guilty of bode yet wishful thinking.

you know so maybe that's a bit a bit harsh i think we should give her credit for having had the courage to to to say something very clearly she told member states that they have to stop talking and take responsibility because we had many member states that for instance the migrant the refugee crisis as well as you going to the early stages of the pandemic did know all support the work of european institutions she has been brave enough to mention the rule of law when it comes to bill poland and hungary and in debt respect i think it's a good start of course that was she's a big we should ask this question again one year and see if she had known the strength to follow through with works. to talk with you maybe in a year's time to see what kind of report card she gets i think you are a volume from the university of oxford thank you we appreciate your insights.

you're watching t w news still to come calling with fiction or scientific reality the plan to stop an asteroid from crashing into our very own earth that's coming up in just a moment. the former head of world athletics says been found guilty of corruption and sentenced to 2 years in prison a french court found that. solicited bribes totally 3000000 euros from russian athletes suspected of doping he then used the money to help them compete in events like the 2012 london olympics. he was one of the most powerful men in sports during his tenure at the governing body of track and field the international association of athletics federations and a french court says he used that power to rake in piles of money. that included a scheme that allowed russian athletes who paid millions in hush money to keep competing when they should have been suspended for doping some of those athletes

went on to claim medals at the 2012 london olympics medals that should have gone to athletes who didn't cheat. runner crystal donee said she was all smiles after the verdict says up on a warhead you can see the grin on my face with the mask i'm wearing but i'm very happy to have been recognized as a victim of the corruption by the i double f. leaders and i'm also happy for all the other athletes who were just told us he was out to pull to kids that. diac has long professed innocence in the scandal maintaining over 16 years he turned the track and field body into a much admired organization. now diac son. was given a 5 year sentence for illegally funneling out some $15000000.00 during his father's tenure but he spent a lengthy trial comfortably in his home country senegal which has refused extradition requests. you also on these accusations i can say that based on

everything i've read i'm not very reassured that the french justice system has no basis for condemning lamine. to remains free for the time being as his lawyers appeal the verdict a verdict they say made their client a scapegoat that after the judge told the he had purely and simply violated the rules of the game i mean you know if there. were it well it sounds like a script for a hollywood disaster movie european space agency has signed a deal with a german company to build a set of spacecraft their mission to redirect killer asteroids before they crash into earth. science sometimes takes a while to catch up with fiction more than 2 decades ago this film i get in proposed to bombing asteroids to save planet earth from

a collision as i. think now a similar plot is being hatched by the european space agency and nasa. the until now humanity has been powerless against the impact of asteroids and other objects circling close to us in the meantime we have the technology and the capital to defend ourselves. a series of spacecraft will be launched from june next year 1 will crash into an asteroid to see if it can change its trajectory another craft will analyze the debris from the collision if it succeeds it will be the 1st time human technology has shifted a celestial object. from the force everybody it's like billy it's a small force hits the asteroid that is heading for earth which should cause a deflection. we want to practice this so that we are ready if an asteroid is

really heading for us peter course of. the whole mission will take more than 6 years to complete better late than never is already being bombarded. and it continuously happens we get tons of material from the sky falling on earth lucky 3 fourths of the earth with walter. but you know that's like the. photog asteroid is intending to us but another one might be this mission could help us prevent a real life drama get a. mission that has to be successful or let's take a look now at some of the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic india has agreed to distribute 100000000 doses of russia's experimental vaccine indian

health officials reports now more than 5000000 cases of the by the u.k. reporting its highest daily cases counts in the beginning of may with more than. $4000.00 new infections prime minister boris johnson says he is against another full lockdown germany has issued fresh travel warnings for several regions which include major european cities on the list are vienna budapest amsterdam and rotterdam south africa's president has announced that the country will open its borders to most nations next month and that many strict walk down measures will now be gradually sed. it is renowned worldwide as one of the greatest party capitals in europe its most famous clubs typically attract millions of visitors each year however since mid march the majority of clubs have had to close their doors to party goers do. but one businessman is bringing a different way to part of the much loved clubs seem.

violent night life is once again open for business well kind of introducing the tele disco a phone booth disco his popularized fame in recent weeks is perhaps a sign of the times like a lot of guys it maybe it is a chance to say it's great it's the best thing i know. you may come party any time . many of the city's famous clubs are on the verge of bankruptcy. but the inventor of the tele disco is escaping the corona crisis he bought a dozen telephone booths back in 2016 and confessed to him to many nightclubs. and it's a business that makes people happy business this was all you have to do is put into heroes and choose your music. listeners and tourists alike grateful for the chance

to experience if that's a slice of violence club culture amid the pandemic even if he has a baby it's magnificent but it's great this little dance did make it. with no reopening date in sight for many of violence clubs for the city's raving urges the telly disco will have to sit face. to answer the telephone. well we've often reported on the wildlife photographer of the year award here on the news but the wildlife usually refers to the pictures rather than the photographer well the opposite is the case with this cheeky monkey who stole the smartphone of a young man in malaysia and got to some monkey business after monkeying around with a video camera this media savvy simian found the selfie feature and took some prize snaps of hugo itself the owner of the phone found abandoned in the bush later and

discovered the primates pictures on it along with a few bite marks. probably didn't like the filter art here's a reminder of the top story we're following for you. 29 police officers in the german state of north rhine-westphalia have been suspended over allegations that they shared far right content in chat groups this is said to have included images of hitler nazi insignia and they doctored photographs of a refugee in a gas chamber. watching the w. news live from berlin after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day stick around.

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