this is v.w. news who live from berlin and athens court delivers a landmark verdict in a marathon trial protesters clashed with police outside of the court while inside leaders of the far right golden dawn party are found guilty of running a criminal organization. also coming up u.s. president donald trump stops talks at the stimulus package on a stimulus package for the u.s. economy congress fails to agree on how to prop up businesses and consumers as the fed warns of time necessary hardship for americans at g.w.

goes to indianapolis to find out about the hot button issues that all but guaranteed donald trump the back teeth of christian evangelical voters and 2 women when the 2020 nobel prize in chemistry for their work in developing a method for editing genomes and manual sharpened c.j. of france and jennifer doubt to us were recognized for what the academy called rewriting the code of life. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program a court in greece has found the leaders of the country's far right golden dawn party guilty of running a criminal organization they face up to 15 years in prison a supporter of the group was also convicted of the murder of an anti fascist rapper in 2030. outside of the courthouse police fired tear gas as scuffles broke out at

a rally attended by thousands of anti fascist protesters the guilty verdicts capping marathon 5 year trial with almost 70 defendants. i'm joined now by journalists and the carousel who is standing by in athens so what more do we know. well the scuffles is actually pretty much died down there were pretty tense at some point and quickly after this verdict was sounded across the the courthouse initially there were kind of. of celebration and clapping and applause but then quickly we saw these scuffles breaking out between far left activists and the police as a result he authorities struck back have fired tear gas to disperse them protesters

also at the scene and. tried to seek some kind of refuge in inside streets but at the same time however authorities are telling us that these 2000 plus peace men who were deployed for fear of violence today will remain on the ground in case there is yet another flare up of violence that we saw earlier today and meantime we know that the verdict it was released it took 5 years to reach this for dick why so long. well this is being called the biggest trial of an anti fascist organization since the nuremberg trials and it was supposed to. take for this to run for just 18 months but it well into greece's financial crisis that night and that there were a lot of stright lawyers who were refusing to attend sharon being down the courtroom there were also facilities that were not available i remember one

instance they couldn't find a video projector to project evidence that was brought into the case by the prosecution also another circumstance where there was a key meeting in the room that forced the trial to be suspended but ultimately it also refract greece it is very very slow and problematic just this and how just takes forever to get things that judy kaye did here which of course however has become an issue for the government which believes in says in his firm in saying that it will want to remedy the situation what kind of implications does the verdict have now for the ruling of the government. well for the government it really. spouse nothing substantively because this was a work of justice and in fact for the particular government the conservative

government this was something that it wanted was this particular government it was this particular party that launched this crackdown again golden dawn so there is a huge sigh of relief that that is not sprout the and. far right extremism in greece with the end of this trial this stirred a lot of that look in around and that still has yet to be addressed fact of liam's country and think anthy carr sava joining us from athens thank you. let's turn now to some other stories making news around the world fresh clashes have broken out in care the sands capital bishkek following sunday's contested parliamentary elections officials nullified the results of the cold overnight and agreed to nominate a new prime minister opposition groups to control of most of the government apparatus on tuesday after storming keep building as. prosecutors have searched the

offices of the german football association as well as homes of current and former d.s.p. officials on suspicion of tax evasion 6 people are suspected of falsies declaring income leading to innovation of 4700000 euros worth of taxes. facebook has banned from its platforms all accounts that support the q. and conspiracy movement the social media company says that the move is part of its efforts to clamp down on misinformation ahead of the u.s. election q. and promotes stories alleging u.s. president trump is waging a secret war against an international pedophile ring. and saying in the u.s. democratic presidential candidate joe biden says that he and donald trump should not have a debate if the president is still infected with the coronavirus biden and trump are due to hold a 2nd televised debate next tuesday meanwhile the president has abruptly called off

negotiations on a major coronavirus stimulus package for the u.s. economy this after congress failed to reach agreement on a price tag democrats including biden blasted trump for abandoning the american public in the middle of a pandemic the size of one of the bloodiest battles in the u.s. civil war for you over here used as the backdrop for joe biden's cool from unity thank you. today once again we're a house divided. but that my friends can no longer be we are facing too many crises we have too much work to do we have to brighter future to have a it shipwrecked on the shoals of anger and hate and division. it is presidential opponent appears to delight in division donald trump may still be

recovering from cope with 19 but he's refused to let that stop play in a series of tweets about toolbox with democrats over coronavirus relief legislation the president declared i have instructed my representatives to stop negotiating until after the election. u.s. stocks fell sharply on that bombshell. hours later trump appeared to row back a bit demanding congress approve extra cash for the airline industry as well as calling for handouts to help struggling americans. it all adds to a sense of chaos in the white house trump's team trying to keep his reelection campaign on track while the corona virus continues to spread. here with the president's senior adviser in chief speechwriter stephen miller just

the latest to test positive. trump continues to play down the virus even up to his 3 days in hospital. joe biden says he won't debate the president if he still infected well. i think if we do our program we should have a very. good trump insist there face to face next week will go ahead division even here and yet this show goes on. a lot of the breakdown here and we are joined by correspondent my a stranger who is standing by in washington my i'd like to begin 1st with the debates because we're looking at 2 more presidential debates that are planned later tonight the v.p. debate is going to take place what should we be expecting. yes certainly never a dull moment in washington what we're going to be looking for tonight is we are looking at vice president pence to smooth over shall we say somewhat rough

performance that people have been saying president trump gave in the 1st presidential debate now pence is a career politician a much more conventional politician and he is going to be looking to emphasize the good parts of trump's presidency the fact that the president up until recently had a strong record on the economy a lot of job creation and now a harris is task here is to make pence answer for everything that the truck administration has done wrong she is a career prosecutor she's known for these kind of very strong lines of questioning when she's in the senate but this is the 1st time that we've ever seen her in one of these one on one debate formats now the debate is going to be we can very well fairly assume all about cove it all about the pandemic with the president that is theoretically still recovering from it or recently had it appends is also the head of the task force the presidential task force to condemn the contain the pandemic

and there is a lot to talk about there is the pandemic fallout there is the lack of economic recovery and harris's job is going to be go in there and make pens answer for all of this now and interesting thing to note by the way is that both of these candidates are going to be watched very closely because the presidential candidates who they represent are both in their seventy's and harris especially eyes are going to be on her absolutely and let's talk a little bit more about the fact that trump has had 19 he might still be contagious how is this affecting the campaign now going forward. this is really much the 1000000 dollar question sarah we can assume that trump wants to pick up his campaign schedule you know those big rallies with thousands of his supporters that's what gives him his energy that's what he really loves doing that's what his supporters love is the centerpiece of his campaign and while he was in the hospital over the weekend he had to postpone or outright cancel several big rallies in some

big key swing states so the campaign is going to be struggling to make up some ground there the biden campaign on the other hand is going to be using this to draw a bright line between how the trump administration has handled that pandemic versus how biden would handle a pandemic emphasizing more health care for everyone emphasizing their pandemic recovery plan their economic recovery plan and going really hard in these swing states maya straighter joining us from washington thank you. well one of the issues that is always a hot button question in the u.s. is abortion pro-life evangelical christians make up a significant body of the electorate and for them a candidate stance on abortion is often the ultimate decision maker went to indianapolis to meet some young religious voters with no doubt about who's box will tick on november 3rd chris uhlmann ring meets fellow

activists they are all devoted to the calls for student found inspiration in the bible which she takes this route. they are on their way to an abortion clinic to try to persuade women to keep their pregnancies. and like her make up 25 percent of us voters most of them share a central goal to ban abortion. we are kind of the the last stop before that abortion we want to reach them one more time and so that's why we're here it's my duty to do what i can do here to persuade as many people to not have abortions as possible but ultimately that's in god's hands and one day they will have to give an answer to god. she and her fellow activists believe donald trump is as committed as they are to banning abortion abortion is

such an important issue in our time and i cannot trust a president who believes that abortion is ok without the right to life we have nothing so if we're taking away and it's a wife's no one has right the right to life is so important and i'm seeing that from him and that's why i will be voting for him. politics professor laurel from the university of indianapolis has been analyzing trump's supporters the evangelical vote is critical to donald trump's reelection they've been essential part of his base since he began running in 2016 and even though sometimes the president has wavered on policy issues the evangelicals have never wavered on their support for him there's no generation gap in terms of the evangelical bloc you see this with younger voters obviously with older voters in their support as well and you don't see a difference in terms of age. christina studying to be a nurse in her spare time she's already trying to save lives one way talking with people about abortion another way she says. for trump there's

a lot about donald trump that i don't like that i don't agree with but in the areas that he does promote truth and justice i pray that god would boss's administration heavenly father we thank you that you are of author of life and that prayer over those crucial support for her and her friends they are also praying for donald trump but he recovers and is reelected to fight with them against abortion. and now a court in kenya has found 2 men guilty of involvement in an islamist attack on a shopping mall in nairobi back in 2013 at least 67 people were killed in the mass shooting and subsequent days long seen age at the upmarket westgate complex the court said that the 2 men helped launch the attack carried out by the somalia based militant group al-shabaab a 3rd defendant was acquitted. and from the court in nairobi i am joined

now by mary of. east asia east africa correspondent excuse me mariel was this verdict expected. so the verdict didn't provide much comfort to the families of the victims they expected new insights from this ruling and also they actually expected that you know more suspects would be in the stock and also more suspects you know could be behind bars in the future but actually this ruling does this convicted to a man that where here in court today they. and 2nd they were not the masterminds of the attack they were also not the attackers themselves they attacked us themselves believed to be either dead or fled the scene during the 4 days siege when the attack happened in 2013 let's talk a little bit about the whole length that it actually took to to render this verdict why did it take so long. so this is the

1st high level complex terrorism case that's been tried in kenya so you have to collect a lot of evidence to actually make the case and that means that you have to determine you know if these suspects are actually have supported this terrorist organization to do that you have to trace the money you have to trace the phone calls you have to attribute those phone calls to the suspects they use alliss they use money mules and so it's very difficult to build such a case and you want to build it meticulously because you can't afford to have any mistakes that you make any mistakes so because otherwise the public and the people in kenya they lose they lose trust into the judiciary system here this was such a horrific attack from al shabaab militants marielle just walk us through how high the risk is remaining that something like this happens again in kenya. so since the westgate mall attack in 2013 there have been several and even deadly

attacks in kenya and also in somalia committed so just to name just to remind you of 2 of them saw in 2015 there was a gruesome attack on the university in northern kenya in which more than $140.00 students and staff members were killed or just here in nairobi and close to here at a luxury hotel last year there's been an attack of which more than 20 people died actually so if you ask kenyans they don't you know they don't ask themselves if there's going to be a next attack but when d.w. east africa correspondent marion will the thank you. well now the winner of the prestigious nobel prize in chemistry has been announced in stockholm this year the prize goes to the french scientists emmanuelle shop and

t.a. and jennifer doudna from the u.s. for the development of a method for genome editing the royal swedish academy of sciences said that the technology is contributing to new therapies against cancer and inherited diseases they ward comes with the shared prize money of around $1000000.00 giraffes very much and speaking about her when earlier and berlin here is nobel laureate emmanuel shop and today. yes she did extremely well know them and to receive. use for cognition from sweden i mean it sounds surreal that i says but i could not believe it even though i knew that. one day the 20th up owns that crash to digest it and realize that it has happened let's get more on that i am joined by derrick williams from d.w. science here in the studio derek was the surprise it wasn't a surprise it's for one of the 1st times ever since i've been reporting on this it

wasn't a surprise these these 2 researchers are kind of rock stars and in the science world because this discovery that they made really only 8 years ago has really changed completely changed the landscape and in a huge range of fields ranging from from from what we understand about how genes work so basic fundamental research to the cancer research to genetically modifying plants it's had it's made all of those things possible and so it's not surprising in the least in fact i think they probably would have gotten it earlier if not for the fact that there's been an ongoing sort of patent battle and patent battle and with another group where dahl knows sort of famously said well you know we discovered tennis balls and they discovered green tennis balls and and. actually i think that the nobel committee has sent a signal by only honoring the 2 of them to send a signal that that bats actually what they believe as well and it's really time and

now that those issues have been largely resolved it's really time for them to get the prize so then let's break it down get into the details of what makes it so special well it's about genetic engineering and the problem is basically the mechanics of it are a little too difficult a little too complicated to go into but basically they created what's called what everybody calls genetic scissors which which is this molecular tool that allows you to cut d.n.a. and not only cut it but cut it into very specific precise plates which is really everything when you're when you're editing genes you have to cut it in very specific specific precise places because otherwise you get off target effects and not only that but this molecular tool that they came up with is also relatively simple to use compared to older systems we've been able to do this for several decades but the older systems really really clunky ends and imprecise and this is extreme this is the opposite it's straightforward and precise and it's also it's also fairly fairly simple to use which means that labs all over the world have been

able to employ it without investing a lot of money and a lot of really expensive equipment so for all of those reasons and others they've done really well with the nobel prize is supposed to do which is the ridge the original alfred nobel's for the greatest benefit to humanity and this falls sort of squarely in that category absolutely fascinating congratulations to them derek williams from thank you. france has recorded more than 11000 new coronavirus cases in a single day as it continues to try and curb an alarming number of fresh infections the country imposed one of europe's strictest lockdowns in the spring and has since frampton testing but that hasn't stopped the onset of a 2nd wave. lunchtime. in the era of coronavirus the last time m.f. n e had fries she shared them with a friend who later tested positive for 19 and then ventured temporary testing

center close to university here in surgery not far from paris but she never received her results it was annoying because over of my friends were meeting i'd like apartments sign anything to just like leave and i couldn't even go to the school to look at them because physically when i cool so it was with the like but we'll just stay home and do nothing but. i think you have to go through that so it's not usual for test results to get lost in france but waiting for them isn't unusual recently people here often had to sit tight for several days in some cases over a week to get an appointment and the result time during which many others could have been infected france was hit is especially hard in the spring at the beginning of the covered 1000 pandemic that's why the country ramped up tests and it's now carrying out more than $1000000.00 per week like in this lab led by josh extremists

he says the situation has improved. given the facts that their requests were twice as high as we had to make sure that we could technically carry out the number of tests requested. on the big question. today in this situation is currently being resourced. bad rep to testing is not the only solution cases are especially high in big cities like paris where the density of population is very high. this hospital in point of paris was going through a hard time during the 1st wave into our divorce court in aging the covert done response here. he sees another main reason for the rise in numbers in france. the french population suffered a huge trauma during the 1st wave nevertheless with another wave we're seeing

a relative lax behavior in people who. devotes personal responsibility is key in fighting the virus keeping a safe distance and meeting us few people as possible but since the virus is now heavily circulating in france the government is toughening rules in paris for example bars have to close down for now. and a sober no somber note now legendary rocker tara just a songwriter eddie van halen has died after a long battle with cancer together with his brother alex in 1982 he formed the band that later became van halen 10 years after their family emigrated from the netherlands to pasadena california and helen became one of the world's top selling bands with songs like. eddie van halen was born in amsterdam in 1955 and he moved with his family to los angeles

in the early 1960 s. he started life as a musician at the piano but later switched his ambitions to the guitar the rest is history eddie and his older brother ehrlich's formed in the 970 s. they had a distinctive style with and it is that infamous guitar solos and from this band dave evolves flamboyant taken the wrong. they appeal to people from all age groups . younger fans don't even know we have 11 other records i saw with her if we give a taste of each one and decide which one they want to buy. so it's not for the money because we want to. buy em all the hard rock band released the 1st album in 1978 which shot into the top 20 on the american billboard charts making it one of the most successful debuts of the decade. eddie van hayden's pioneering virtue as a technique and him the place he wrote school of fame alongside the likes of jimi

hendrix and eric clapton in 2000 every just poll in the popular us music magazine voted him the greatest guitar player of all time. you're watching t.w. news up next it is a go africa i'm sorry kelly thanks for watching. good.

luck on. their subs a long. grey crown cranes bring good fortune to the environment i pod in kenya their numbers are sinking dramatically. now volunteers are getting locals interested in protecting these majestic good luck charms. coming up for a last bottle of the for. the

2020 u.s. election on the i don't know because on one of the biggest voting blocks in this country many of them find the language of behavioral stalled from politics to stomach but there is a small single issue which matters most. or should we all young christian voters why this he finds their decision on election night what solo record $20.00. every 2 seconds a person is forced to flee their home. the consequences been disastrous our documentary series displaced depicts traumatic humanitarian crises around the world. fuckin thing we don't have time to think i didn't go to university to kill people who don't act that way i mean. people feel for their lives and their future

so they seek refuge abroad but what will become of those who stay behind. this place starts october 16th on g.w. . hello and welcome to another edition of eco africa i'm now a time where i have the conservation foundation in lagos nigeria this week we have some really interesting reports on farming conservation and art let's welcome my co-host sandra hi there sandra hi amy a hello everybody from me to here in the capital of uganda i am so excited for this

week's episode of africa well fos report comes from western africa to be more precise from ghana but fast let's take a look at other stories coming up over the next. we look to help conservationists trying to stem the great ground plan you're. also seeing how people. living their lives devastated last year. and how some african artist. we've. inoculating see sounds weird doesn't it but with this method for most can minimize the use of even organic fertilizer it is one of the several new eco friendly techniques the farm was in northern uganda and learning from mohamed and he's the train as it's claimed the complex science in simple tums smallholder farmers who

called taken up the course and say they will have improved significantly. given the northwestern part of ghana farmers mainly cultivate soybeans for dealing out in the fields to care for full hectares of land. 4 years ago for the illiterate part in a training session for sustainable agriculture since then have crop hilton a profit have increased. in. addition to farming she has recently established a 2nd business she sells traditional textiles in the communities around her village . i used to have as 2 or 3 backspace proces i said are using the north koreans it's 7 to 8 bags but. not for long she learned how to inoculate seeds during

a training session conducted by the local company green e.t.f. today the farmers in gingerly cool also taking part. in the method is simple the seeds are stirred together with water and sugar before dried weasel bianchi had bacteria added bacteria keep pass the way each cow pct must be more just. once dried the inoculated seeds must be sown at precise distances to one another thanks to this method the farmers no longer have to use chemical pesticides. more than 500 farmers have been trained by the company so far mohammad's to cheap came up with the idea for the training sessions he actually studied business but soon switched to agricultural philosophy. his team instructs the farmers and how to run their farms in more sustainable ways such as by using the plant remains for compost or

bio coal the fabrics of kidnaped plants for example i especially well suited to enriching depleted soils will produce talk or projects and then it will have produced by which is very good soil progress i'll properties like you know what according. to me different also pollution so you've got a point i mean it would have been at us like. our use that we're going to do it. most farmers in ghana used chemical fertilizers and pesticides which has worsened the quality of the soul will escape eco pretty said she had a reason to search full term it serves. the farmers can even test the make up of the soil if needed the samples that then sent to the company's own lab although the training sessions for the small scale farmers are free the sole analysis const between one and 30 euros depending on what exactly is being tested for farmers it's

worth it because they learn exactly what this soiled needs. truth and the use of sex if you know anything made this preventing. some of these excesses and i doubt what our bodies run off into surface whatever these core simple lucene says at the social fair what our form i mean mass and i live in a kind of sense since having his soul tested by pharma just shot conlon really using specializes anymore before the analysis he found exclusively soybeans but now that's changed. 3 years ago when i started self testing with and. i produced me there commented to me and then my results doubled i got 70 bucks more. from us i always got on the fold and this has helped me to be able to acquire. a farm tractor which is health and my

production. joshua conlon expanded from small to medium scale agriculture for the isn't quite there yet but she's well on her way. from gunnoe we crossed the continent to kenya to check out a project that is full of bots well some gods anyway a conservation organization has made it its wish and to find for the survival of one species in particular. that's right sandra like so many of our feathered friends crowned cranes risk due to habitat loss and poaching now a community based ngo is informing the farmers children and others about the importance of protecting these majestic creatures. wherever the cranes go george newman is not far behind he leaves nearly called bull side in central kenya

the local consumption ist he's passionate about birds and founded the cranes conservation volunteers organization he regularly visits their habitats to monitor their activities greens. need to kill they will kill if we see this crazy allow is an indicator that can help heal the rift you know 80 and also that calls for protection that we have something here that these groups and not just koreans can attest to that the area is home to the largest population of gray crowned cranes in the whole country over the years grain populations have suffered a major decline as a result of human related to vittie like trampling of chicks by rights talk pushing from it both local and commercial level and collection of. but the cranes also disturb the farmers living around the lake with will be how do we. get to

reinvigorate and i guess you know how did we could exist with the corn cranes on our farm the very destructive when replant crops they take the seeds get 200 more you know medium and we have not so much sure like the plants they peel and eat him too they eat from the who farm. only 2 or more that. reducing conflicts between humans and wildlife is the main work of georgia dome. and his team mates regularly with farmers the conservationist explains that cranes also have a positive impact on the crops as they eat worms which normally destroy the young plants when have it's time approaches then courage them to get their funds to protect their crops even convinced porches to become volunteers on his team. you know when i fish at the lake i take care of the crew and cranes in accordance

with the government regulations you go on go. on are you girl. what i did the birds attract tourists and when they come here they have to develop the area and create masteries for schoolchildren. thought or copy. so much. when not to let their. volunteer conservationist also visit schools in the region twice a month this time he's at the market record primary school where 3 children received this masteries all together $32.00 best stories have been provided by the development fund the lake also became a protected area last year the queen's breeder tits show from july to february just before the breeding period starts the queen's conservation volunteers try to coordinate with farmers to democrats important breeding areas by the lake sometimes

community to cooperate in the tent because when. we tell them to exclude the livestock during the great season and during the past year i would say they lake it is minimal so that's to lead them to bring their cattle inside despite this had those judged doom works tirelessly to mediate with locals and keep the area protected for the benefit of the great current cranes and the local population who will benefit from the growing eco tourism. mazing it's terrible the risk of dying out because of the loss of their habitat it's important to preserve natural habitats and maintain ecological balance in tanzania a non-governmental organisation is trying to do just that let's meet the people on the archipelago.

or c is in high demand it's used in food pharmaceuticals and industrial products and it's one of zanzibar is biggest exports but it's under threat it employs over 25000 people 8 percent of those are women. rising ocean temperatures brought on by climate change are making it harder for farmers to maintain their sea weed fields that's driving them to use unsustainable practices damaging the fragile marine habitats on which their livelihoods depend. have been behaving the wheat from a has been getting me down recently. very little see wheat growers and we're making less money than before. but when farmed well seaweed can boost ocean health by improving water quality and providing a habitat for fish. the nature conservancy is an ngo that provides training for

farmers on sustainable practices the aim is to increase while helping the marine ecosystem and the women who depend on. it includes planting seaweed on ropes so it grows at the best depth to maximize nutrient intake. the project will select some of the farmers to become mentors to others unable in coastal communities to help themselves become more resilient to climate change. and how about you if you're doing your bit tell us about it visit our website or send us a tweet. cash tag doing your bit. we share your story. now that every. it's a cool project to encourage people to adopt best practices particular takes

a different approach to getting his message across a south african port an artist wants his extraordinary sculptures to help protect the environment his works made from animal bones and his spiritual philosophy. to do all the cat to prevent harm to nature. this is unusual and it also has a message. 78 year old south african sculptor professor and poet pretty can truly has created $45.00 bones sculptures called the exhibition. sweeney in the local zulu language translated into english this means return to the source. for the artist things have never seemed more urgent. we have to prepare ourselves for more. simply because we have disrespected me. we have

rounded nature with plastic always sleeps. with carry we have introduced the issues of. where people have to hunt in their own countries that just kill them so for them to get their heads to help them in their own. houses so the whole issues of crete the issues of. the other ones that have really led us to where. it is that other people our poll we have seen everything has tells us about how we must be cali. critic and truly has been working for more than 40 years with material he scavengers from scrap yards. with bare bones that he collects from nature reserves. coronavirus restrictions mean the public has not yet been able to visit his artworks but every sculpture can be

viewed online together with supplementary already. recorded especially for each piece. because for a long time with. additional. space. and . had. thought and the auto industry even how we speak of. and how art speaks to worst. critic and truly is also a traditional healer. before working on the bones he speaks to the dead animals.