the news this is the w news line cumberland tonight, ethiopia as troubled the election, the opposition claims harassment as voters give their vertical foreign minister. i'll be operated reform agenda, but not everyone in the country is allowed to cast a ballot. also coming up tonight targeting bela roost, yet again the european union, expand sanctions on sectors of the economy to increase pressure a long time leader alexander lucas sync up. and how to find this a free press, a leading voice upon con, democracy may be no more. just

a matter of day. the government freezes the assets of the apple daily newspapers. ah, i'm regarding our viewers on p b. s in the united states into all of you around the world. welcome. we begin with the election in ethiopia, opposition officials say they have faced harassment during the countries elections . despite prime minister, i'll be off with promises of a fair and peaceful vote. polling places have extended their hours to accommodate the long lines of people waiting to cast their ballots. this election is a delayed election voting scheduled to take place last year before the pandemic arrived. but the corona virus is not the only obstacle that standing between ethiopians and a truly nationwide but its election day any p o p o. but in the region of to

grey, it's difficult to tell people here on my own, in a humanitarian crisis that began last november when widen set up did between the local ruling party and the p. o. p, and government. with her then you can send in the situation is dian with reports of denial of many to access in some localities loading of a supplied by soldiers. an estimated 350000 people are threatened by. i mean, the prime minister of the man has been calling to c t o p for the free election, but the claim is belied by who truly gets to vote. only one 3rd of the country's population has registered to vote. and one 5th of ethiopia, constant human seas are absent. these regions are deemed too risky to hold safe elections. those who could vote started gathering outside polling stations before dawn, they were met by poor infrastructure. it's really time consuming. to that point,

i have friends who even gave up on voting because of the large q. i was expecting more woman to come off and it didn't go until today. the 5 elections we had, you didn't see much hope. we're now sitting here waiting to world in villages neighboring take. i borders have also feet long ways to cost a balance. meanwhile, in the take dry region itself, people are still struggling to get basic necessities, like food and fuel. ever more now and joined by a baby from the international institute for democracy and electoral assistance in the hey, got them. it's good to have you on the program. i'll be archman was awarded a nobel peace prize 2 years ago, but that was before the war broke out in the t gray region, how much is left of obvious image as a reformer and peacemaker?

i think you are right that the reputation of the hammer has suffered particularly at the international level, but domestically he still maintains quite large following a significant following. and there is a lot of hope that what he promised when he came to power could be, could be realized. so the war going on in integral in the tried to do, unfolding there have damaged his reputation. but he still maintains quite a following in the country. and those promises that he made when he was campaigning . the 1st time, i mean had those promise has been kept while he has been in power for 3 years, he has started with pardons and institutional reforms. and perhaps one of the successful reforms with the reorganization of the national electorate board of utopia. and i think the way they have 100 elections shows that that has played a role. but unfortunately,

because of some of the problems that he inherited and some of the miscalculations that he made, there is conflict integral life. and that has also been problems, particularly in romeo in relation to the elections. so that he has delivered on some of the promises he still has a lot to prove and he hopes that after the elections you will get a renewed monday to deliver on those promises. you mentioned the way the election has been carried out. the prime minister has described this vote as the nation's 1st attempt at free and fair elections. to what extent is that true it's certainly relatively free and fair election. the dilemma that the government faced was was whether to postpone the elections because of the tried to integrate or hold them outside of to grow and see and organize the lectures into grow when it's possible. ultimately,

the decision was to go ahead with the lectures. and there were over all better preparations in the, in the past months. unfortunately, the boy called in the, in romeo region, which is the largest region. if you have a nice that voters, they're almost more than a 3rd of the voters in the country will not have genuine choices to make from so the lectures are relatively friend fair, but they leave a lot to be desired. yeah, i mean, if you've got a 3rd of the electorate not voting and what does that mean about the legitimacy of the results of the election? or what i meant was, was not a sort of the lecture was, will not vote. it is not because of the boy called that there is a large political sentiment that will not be presented in the country. but you are right about a thieves of the country will not vote including to the right. but except to why the rest of the vote, the voters are supposed to get the chances in september. and if everything goes

well, there should have their representatives ready in october when the parliament is supposed to start. so by the time the parliament will be reconstituted in october, more than 90 percent of the voters would have voted. but the exclusion of degree because of the conflict. and the fact that in oral me, i, the opposition have quoted me that the elections would not be as, as competitive. and as 3 as they were supposed to be about. as i said, it was a dilemma that the government had to the government and the national board had to reconcile. and in the end, they have opted for elections. and hopefully they will consider addressing the rest of the issues once the elections and for a baby from the international institute for democracy and electoral assistance. joining us tonight from the hey other, thank you. where here's a look now, some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world armine as prime minister, nico flashing, neon has one another term in office following snap elementary election official

results show his party, won some 4054 percent of the vote. dance despite widespread frustration with his handling of a war last year with historic rival iser by john sweden's prime minister, lost a no confidence vote in parliament today. stefan lawson now has a week to resign or announce a snap election. the vote was triggered by a plan to ease rent controls often is the 1st swedish prime minister to lose a confidence boat space. prime minister says his government will pardon the 9 joe leaders of cavaloni, isn't it is failed that 2017 independence bid. sanchez said he hoped to ease tensions in the northeastern region and kick start negotiations with along with the european union has approved new sanctions against bela rues targeting. more than 80 individuals and organizations. member states want to increase pressure on leader alexander the machine co after he forced

a passenger plane to land in order to arrest a dissident journalist on board. state representatives met today with belushi and opposition leader before approving the latest measures. you is also planning wide ranging sanctions that would target host sectors of the bell ruffian economy for atlanta tech, enough guys message to the you with clear, take courage and don't wait. the bellows, the opposition nita had been invited to luxembourg as the guest of e. u. foreign ministers, she's demanding decisive action against fellows the leader, alexander lucas. shank. and that is exactly what the e. u is now doing with far reaching economic sanctions discovered us. i think that the sanctions that will hurt. and i had heard so much that this regime will come to it's nice in the us targeting the state, potash industry, and better us imports a fertilizer with billions of dollars will cindy band, the same applies to oil, an oil products from belarus, negotiation also,

it became initial opposition from austria to agree sanctions targeting dollars in banking and other financial sectors. this is, and of course the nice and this one's long as it really is. a great achievement that we have succeeded in the last few days and making sure that everyone does their part to ensure that the sanctioned and now implemented of despite the fact that it also affects our own financial economy by midnight. and she gets all that you ladies have expressed concern about retaliation and the possibility of dollars helping refugees. and to the you. we have information that the russian government is actually facilitating their arrival from my rack and, and turkey into, into minutes can then they're being led to, to living in border. the may have taken action today, but the final chapter in the conflict with bella rose is too far from being written and the w. brussels bureau, g valley center phenomena,

she's been covering events for in luxembourg. good evening to you, alex sandra. this is not the 1st time that you had slap sanctions on the bell roof economy. so what is different this time around? while this is the 1st time that the european union is ready to target multiple sectors of the bill, i use in economy and get talking about key sectors of the economy that are considered the main source of revenues for the caching co regime. and this way the european union is showing that they are determined to ramp up the pressure on the shameful. and this is also coming at the price. and this is we have to stress bad when we take all share, for example, or stress banks have deep ties to be a la ruth. so if they're not allowed to give 2 grand to new loans to the lucien state companies as it is planned, this is going to have an impact on their business as well. and alexander,

we know that you issued sanctions against bell ruse soon after lucas chicago force that ryan air jet to land immense. so are these latest measures? are they likely to be any more effective? well yes, it seems so because we really talking here about key industries that are providing lucas shanker with heart currency bill. our roof is not allowed anymore to export its potash or petro chemicals. today you are p in union. there are going to lose millions or billions of years if you call the state companies in billers are not allowed to anymore to borrow money on the european market. this is going to hurt the regime. and those sanctions are actually in line with what's the bill? i receive in a position has been demanding for quite a long time. so the you is sending a strong signal here. however,

we also have to mention that many experts assume that those strong sanctions are probably going to increase be dependent on russia. and that is something that the european union needs to address and as well, you know, the rush of factors important to you. russia is backing president lucas. shingo rushes, also dealing with its own set of e u sanctions. did foreign ministers did they? did they come up with a new plan to address russia today? not yet. i haven't seen any new plan on russia. the foreign ministers agreed that the you needs a new strategy there. about what we have heard so far is nothing new. when the foreign policy chief for l says that the you have to push back against human rights violations in russia. this is not new. when he says that the, you have to constrain rushes attempts to undermine your interests. this is also

something we have heard before, or when he says that the you has to engage with russia on areas where it is possible. this is also a common sense. so, so far, i don't see any new russia plan bear alexander phenomena the latest tonight from luxembourg. alexandra, thank you. italian prime minister mario druggie met with german transfer. i'm going to michael today here in berlin. they discussed cooperation in response to the corona virus pandemic. as well as relations with turkey and russia ahead of an upcoming e u. summit migration also on the agenda, including the continued arrival of immigrants to italy and stole in you efforts on how to deal with them. the trip mark. mr. druggies 1st to berlin is prime minister . he thinks uncle american for her stance on e u. reforms and case or senior. this is eve. ok. they like and i think the

chancellor for her support for the launch of the next generation in new project. the italian government is aiming for water always called it structural reforms rather than this mean systemic reform that's true throughout the day. and they can help actually become more competitive, more just and also more sustainable even if you a few source they need be there or you drug you speaking there, germany's national elections are just 3 months away. and the countries really conservative and formerly adopted their joint program for the campaign cd you leader, army lush, it and markers xander from bavarian sister party to see issue presented the manifest in berlin. today the program promises tax relief and fiscal discipline. but critics say, it's not clear how the plans would be funded. germany's conservatives are leading in public opinion polls. september's vote will be the 1st in 16 years,

not to feature on american. losh, it hopes to replace her as the new german chancellor. and our political correspondence, i mean young, he has been watching today's developments good to you. so i mean, so what are the conservatives? what exactly are they promise? well, but i think 2 things really change. but security, i mean lash at the c d. lead is talking about modernizing germany, modernizing above all, germany's economy, learning the lessons from the pandemic as he put it. and he also talked about unleashing the potential of german industry. and he said the phrase, we can't do it often heard in past years in germany. that's something you don't hear anymore. he says, as a result of the pandemic, people have found new ways of doing things. and that phrase is going to stay. history in germany has to become a can do. nation is his idea and

a particularly looking at dealing with the climate crisis. they are committing to that pledge of climate neutrality for germany by 2045. and there's a lot in the future about removing burdens, particularly taxation burdens from german businesses, but also also from german families. i would say it's not that swerve to the right that some people are fed coming off to the centrism of anglo medical. it's very much appealing to the middle ground, this manifesto and of course that will be important as so the conservative fight for every vote going through to be election in some timber. you know, the election is about 3 months away. so i'm in germany is still dealing with the pandemic. we know that summer is beginning. i'm wondering how attentive how receptive are voters to any campaign promises at this stage? well, i think there is evidence that the voters are looking at the campaign already. if

you look at the opinion polls in recent weeks, you can notice those polls which are all for the has to be said, pretty static here in germany, in the last few weeks, the cd you and see if you have gained about 4 or 5 percentage points support. meanwhile, the greens have lost a similar amount in that time. why is that possibly because of some sort of questionable statements and decisions made by analyzing a bad bulk scenes. the new chancellor candidate for the green party, they're attracting a lot of interest, but she shown possibly a little bit of inexperience and the cdc su, smelling blood there. i think they were saying today, oh, yes, the grains they have plenty of ideas, but no experience, said marcus. and that, of course, is in the coming against the background that the conservatives may well be in a position to form a coalition with the greens off to the national election. simon,

i'm going to america. she will be stepping down in september. germany has had a female chancellor now for almost 16 years, the greens, as you said, they now have a female chancellor candidate. she's one of the top contender in the opinion polls . what does this tell us about gender equity in the upper echelons of german politics? with agular medical stepping down, but i'm not sure that she ever very strongly embraced any role as a sort of leader female empowerment. so i don't suppose that'll mean too much for the, for the sort of female equity in germany at the top of politics. the fact that medical is going, but it's true, the greens have a young female is that kind of that shows that throws into sharp relief. the fact that the c, d, u n. c, as you both laid by man alman lash, it would be the would be the chancellor to the candidate to succeed medical. if the conservatives are the largest party and they put something in this manifesto saying

they want to create fair conditions, better conditions for women. and particularly in politics, they say, but they've got to start in their own party. you've got people like and a great crime, curren bower and from the line, very talk conservatives. but lower echelons. it's still quite a male dominated part in the csu and see to you ranks. all right, are political correspondence, so i mean young for the thank you very much fun. well, it is a chapter of germany's 2nd world war history that gets little attention the fate of the 14000000 germans who were forced to flee eastern europe as the soviet army advanced. after decades of controversy over how to tell their stories, a new museum here in berlin is now documenting their faith. a key taken in the rush with the hope to return home one day for every person forcibly displaced. there is a story, often a tragic one. and these are the stories,

the new documentation center for displacement expulsion and reconciliation. and berlin wants to document and focus the faith of the 14000000 germans who had to leave their homes after world war 2. a controversial issue. the opening of the museum follows a decades long dispute because of one big question, the current and how can the displacement and expulsion of germans at the end and after the 2nd world war be presented without leaving the slightest doubt that this country is aware of its permanent responsibility for the german crimes of the 2nd world war and the murder of european jews. particularly in poland. they were fears that the germans would turn themselves into victims and divert attention from their guild during the nazi era. the exhibition solution context, context context on the one hand, the context of politically ethnically and religiously motivated for migrations,

primarily, and 20th century europe, but also beyond and on the other. the center contextualize is the fate of the 14000000 germans. as a consequence of the nazi policies of expansion and annihilation during world war 2 . but the intention is not only look back with us the, the team. i believe that these topics we're dealing with here affect all of humanity. it doesn't take much imagination to realize that these issues will continue to be historically relevant worldwide. a relevance that emerges from the exhibition, which highlights the crucial role of 4th migration in europe's recent history, but also how it still affects millions of people around the world today. well, the printing presses of one of hong kong last for democracy. newspapers could start rolling within days. the apple daily says this friday's edition is likely to be its

last, after authorities froze its assets under china's new national security law. these newspapers could be a thing of the past, not because of digitalization or rising competition. that because the government wants to put a stop to them, that's what supporters of hong kong pro democracy newspaper, apple, daily a saying a last week, police rated the companies news room for the 2nd time. and under a year, 5 senior executives were arrested after authorities accused them of publishing articles that violated china sweeping national security law. the government also 1st papers assets leaving it unable to pay staff or conduct business. the papers owners say they have enough cash to last a few weeks, but after that, their future and the future of free press in hong kong is uncertain. daily you see

jimmy lie was arrested during last year's raid. he was sentenced to 14 months in prison is his role in an anti government protest in 2019 despite china's intensifying crackdown on media critical of the mainland government, many hong kong, as a still lining up to show their support. oh no, i'm here to buy a copy of actual daily because of what the police did. i have to support them. in any case, i've paid their monthly subscription fee, but i think i'll continue to buy newspapers to help them. i want to support freedom of speech because the journalists, apple daily have done nothing wrong for the moment mom heard off with an apple daily can afford to keep publishing is nonsense and its future will be decided by the company's board on friday. the ball and at euro 2020 austria joined the

netherlands in the last 16 after beating ukrainian bucharest christ off bound, gardner of hope in heim scored the winner in the 1st half for all 3 or before he was forced off with an injury. austria finish. second, in the group to qualify automatically, the netherlands were already ensure their place in the next round before they beat north macedonia. 3 mill and amsterdam, memphis de pay was among the scores for the dutch. let's take a look now at that final group see table the netherlands top. the group with 3 wins out of 3. austria's when over ukraine sees them take 2nd with ukraine now, sweating to see if they qualify as one of the best 3rd placed sides north macedonia . couldn't win a single point, but they leave with fond memories of their turn that they view organizers of next month's tokyo olympics have announced that up to 10000 local spectators will be allowed inside the games venues. overseas fans are banned and then use will be

limited to 50 percent capacity up to a maximum of that $10000.00 organizers insist the games can be held safely. despite the pandemic, if japan's public health situation worse and organizers say, events might still go ahead without the spectators. the games are due to start interest over a month on the 23rd of july. or what do you do when you feel hungry in the middle of the night? well, hopefully not what one elephant in thailand did, boone to way crashed through a woman's kitchen wall in southern highlands, quite in district. you see it right there. the mill elephant who lives in the nearby national park appeared to be on a hunt for food. he used his trunk to rummage through drawers into one plastic bag . no parent li. he's a repeat offender having paid a visit to this kitchen before or his reminder of

our top story at this hour opposition officials in the least to voting regions of ethiopia have complained of harassment during the countries election. the vote was due to be held last year, but was delayed by the pandemic. it's taking place against a backdrop of fighting and the country's northern region. your white u. d. w. news from berlin. i'll be back after a short break to take you through the day tonight. iran new president has one word for the us. know plus will this be the hardest summer in a 1000 years? be right back with the news. the news

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