this is g.w. news a live from berlin britain and the world more prince philip. terry salutes and moments of silence are being held in tribute to the 99 year old husband of queen elizabeth the 2nd we look at how his country is grieving along with the boyle family also coming up on the show it's just days to go until the islamic holy month of ramadan programs and that's raising fears that this time of bringing people together could help spread comfort 19.

0 i'm claire richards and welcome to the show britain is mourning prince philip husband to queen elizabeth after he died on friday at the age of 99 flies will fly at half mast until the day of his funeral which is yet to be announced and although buckingham palace has asked crowds not to gather or lay flowers during the pandemic people have been coming out to express their grief today the military paid their tribute to the prince. the sound goodbye. across britain military guns fire salute to the late prince philip a day after his death. many british people are pausing to mark the passing of a man they held dear. i have a huge huge amount of respect for the royal family. because actually even just

talking about it we have a nice break as we walk if you pardon. my thoughts for i said it best if i just thought if we had come down here and just being in the. safety of a state mosque and everything else and just the place that will family today the prince philip was some wonderful father and a real asset to british life and i'm sure the queen is grieving terribly my wishes to her very sad actually shed a tear i felt really it's we knew it was going to happen but still very very sad sad sad he's been with those all through our lives says the pair of. people in london have made their way to windsor castle and buckingham palace to pay their respects to the late duke of edinburgh. the royal family urged crowds knott's to gather due to a pandemic asking them to make donations to charity instead u.k. prime minister boris johnson says his thoughts are with the queen who has lost her

husband. so we mourn today with her majesty the queen we offer our condolences to her into her family and we give thanks as a nation and a kingdom for the extraordinary life and work of prince philip you could read. and britain flocks will continue to fly at half mast all over the country until the princess funeral. and for more we're now joined by culture reporter robin at merrill robin great to see you there what do you think will be prince philip's lasting legacy. well i think a legacy and a life for this whole to queen and country if you think 73 is in a very difficult role of number 2 you know the. number 2 anyway playing

2nd fiddle to his wife which was difficult for him because he was quite a guy. he once said his job was. first 2nd to last to never let her down and indeed in most of these areas in public he never did let. the other great legacies of course the juco better wallace team which he starts it. way back in 1956 actually it's all about connecting young people with nature and the outdoors he was an environmentalist before his time and it continues to this day it gives young people self-reliance it gives them recess bolts ability and it belief in serving the community and will continue to do so waves of the future how has the queen it been fairing because he has as you said been such a rock for her and what must be quite a lonely role at times. absolutely awful stupid. at this very difficult time

because. it is said he was the only man indeed the only person who world who could speak to her normally there is a funny how he said when he was driving rather fast and she was gasping and he turned 3 said if you do that again i'll throw you out of their car recounted anybody else being able to say that to the british mother getting away with sally not that they were a couple times 3 quarters of a century so despite the queen knowing this was going to happen she must be numb to the last week or so i think maybe we hold it but it comes when someone passes as you know as i know when that moment happens it does hit you very hard and i'm sure she is grieving she's in deep sorrow as it said on the message it was true

outside of the palace yesterday and the nation is in mourning but it is also important to remember that prince philip was a times quite a divisive figure what more can you tell us about that. well yes in this age of political correctness absolutely a divisive figure he was famous for his gaffes a lot of the unrepeatable here he didn't suffer fools gladly and he was actually quite blunt this won't talk about the message training and astronaut and he looked him up and i said well you're a bit too fat. he's most famous dad here in germany he did speak german when he was a child he he was a case in for one here in germany. he called chancellor helmut kohl the rice cans now this is a gem that is only associated with adults so that didn't go down very well i would like to say though the people who knew him and work with him my brother

worked for pat. sometimes and they said he was actually very easy to deal with because he always had something to say to. my rosary he was very relaxed within himself so there were 2 sides are divisive as you said. robin merrill thank you so much for that update. and let's take a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world police in greece have launched a manhunt after a veteran crime reporter was shot dead outside his home athens. was ambushed and shot several times as he arrived home from work media offices in greece are frequently targeted in fire bomb and vandalism attacks. chad's president interest debi has held his last campaign rally ahead of sunday's presidential election he's expected to secure a 6th term in office extending his 3 decade long rule human rights organizations have accused his government of cracking down on the opposition in the run up to the

vote. and india has reported more than 145000 new coronavirus cases the largest a daily increase by far since the pandemic started infections have served in recent weeks prompting many states to impose tougher restrictions like curfews and weekend lock downs. and germany's far right alternative for germany party is holding a convention this weekend just what its platform will be for national elections in september hundreds of the delegates are meeting in person in the city of dresden just by rising numbers of coronavirus cases in germany protests are taking place outside the conference the party's anti islam anti immigration stance as well as its criticism of walk down measures to fight the pandemic have courted controversy the convention is expected to be the scene of a bitter debate between its extreme far right faction and its more traditional conservatives. and i'm joined now by our political correspondent simon young who is

reporting from the party convention in dresden simon as we heard the a.f.d. is finalizing its strategy going into the september's elections what issues are dominating the convention this year. you know the one thing that the alternative for germany wants to do you hear this weekend. election campaign programme they've launched that last night under a slogan germany but normal it's their vision of what normality should mean in germany they say they want to get back to normality that includes things like ditching the euro reintroducing compulsory military service banning minarets there's a lot of emphasis on the traditional family models and so on so they'll be discussion about that outside the party congress hall here i'm sure about whether that really is what normal should mean in germany but these discussions here about content of their election programme i think are overshadows as reports said

by a rift in the party about which is the real direction they want to go and do they want to drift more to the right and push the envelope of right wing rhetoric even further as some of wanted to do or do they want to get back somehow more into the middle of german politics and we're seeing that played out here but the more moderate leader. of the he will stay in the job it seems but that's only one of a few battles that are being played out here and the members have been active in anti coronavirus demonstrations the party has links to radical deniers how has the pandemic been featuring in their platform. there have been those links and we've seen senior politicians talking about the government creating panic and saying that corona reason are less dangerous than the flu they try to

play on those fears or. the idea that they are standing up for people's civil civil liberties and freedoms against a government that wants to close those things down so they've talked a lot about that they criticize the government for changing its mind on. it's policy. but they themselves have been a bit confused about corunna they certainly want to push back against things like any idea for instance requiring people to have vaccinations or to carry vaccine passports are going to have to leave it there some young reporting for us from dresden thank you so much. of the muslim holy month of ramadan begins next week at a time when people gather after breaking their fast at sunset and that's raising fears that this could cause the coronavirus to spread through preparations are in full swing this mosque in islamabad is being cleaned by volunteers. and there's

plenty of hustle and bustle at this market in the city this is another wave of coronavirus cases wallops pakistan making preparations for ramadan this year a struggle. this is the 2nd year of coronavirus under it's affected our business we're bankrupt and the reason is that the markets shut down early in the evening shopkeepers aren't open so people don't come to buy the markets our businesses depend on people. here in iraq street markets are quieter than normal to covert 19 is raging through the country and many people are staying away from crowded places another muted ramadan awaits so little the pandemic has forced us to stop visiting each other during ramadan and deprived us of our iraqi traditions and customs like visiting our relatives after we break our fast it's a painful situation for us and on top of that they'll be

a curfew when we break our fast. in indonesia the country with the largest muslim population cemeteries are busy with families visiting the graves of loved ones a tradition on the last weekend before the start of ramadan the holy month begins in just a few days' time and lasts for 30 days. let's get some sports news now and in the bundesliga struggling hosted fribourg on friday the visitors wanted a win to boost their slim chances of european qualification all the home side needed 3 points to help avoid a relegation an own goal by freiburg at 69 minutes won the game 4 below fells pushing them out of the drop zone at least until their rivals play tomorrow and today freiburg remain in 10th place in the standings. and european football's governing body has given 4 host cities of this summer's european championship an ultimatum give us your plan to bring fans into the stadiums or face being left out

so far 8 cities have assured you a fire that at least some fans will be able to attend matches with budapest planning to fill every stadium seats but munich rome bilbao and dublin have been given just 10 more days to come up with stadium plans or replacement sites will be found. and before we go a reminder of our top story at this hour. military gun salutes have fired in tribute to the late prince philip the husband of queen elizabeth the 2nd died on friday aged 99 people have been elaine flowers at the world president says although buckingham palace has asked crowds not to gather during the pentatonic. as your news update at this hour stay tuned for a porter on location with a look at the trial of a syrian torturer remember there's always more on our website at g.w. dot com you can also follow us on twitter and instagram at mir's i'll be back with

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