please, and the lines is behind the scenes. the summit starts august, 5th on d, w. the ah was, ah, this is the w news line from berlin. jacob, assume a defies a deadline to hand himself into the authorities. the former south african president tells cheering supporters. there's no need for him to go to jail. the supreme court is reviewing a prison sentence imposed for contempt. the u. s. celebrates its independence date with a lavish buyer will show in washington. the biggest event so far of chill biden's

presidency. but he warns to seem to declare independence from the coven 19 pandemic . devastating wildfires tear through cyprus, dozens of houses, and whole grows of ancient olive trees destroyed. separate president calls it the worst disaster in decades. ah, i'm here until then. welcome to the show. former south african president, jacob zelma is define a court deadline to give himself up to authorities. as rumor has told, hundreds of supporters outside his home, but there is no need for him to go to jail. he was sentenced to 15 months in prison for refusing to attend a corruption hearing. the supreme court has agreed to consider his challenge to the verdict. and zoom called his supporters to keep back in him in his court battle.

i call on all my support has to use peaceful means to protest against this injustice. i really must be clear. i'm not asking for sympathy, but justice dw correspondent christina manuel was with supporters gathering at the home of jacob zoom in rural south africa. and she sent us this assessment where i am, if you didn't know any better, you would think that we're as a political ready, it is a celebrate tree atmosphere. here. you've got people dressed in the colors of the ruling a and c. that is the party of mister duma, people dressed in the traditional hulu regalia, people all his support, as opposed to the whole province where he does commodity a lot of support. you have had gunshots being fired into the people rallying and

crowds, hearing around that, the people here believe that they are here to support and show solidarity. but the man who is being persecuted in the household. the atmosphere might be a little bit more somber in the homes of south africans to feel that this is the man who has a lot to answer for. and he's refusal to present himself and onto questions to alleged corruption in his administration. and under his tenure is radius lap in the face of the law. so when the constitutional court or the supreme court handed down that that ruling that he wasn't contempt of court and then went on to sentence him 15 months in prison. a lot of people felt that that was a victory for the rule of law in this country. there is the feeling that the political elite get away with anything that they are not held to a concert amount of. people thought that this would be a turning point for this country, that people would see this. somebody like mr. zoom, a former president who's really been at the highest of what you can be in this country. going to prison for being in content that the law was equal and applied equally to everybody. and so that is what

a lot of people welcomed in. that is certainly what a lot of people told me on the day that the constitutional court made that ruling. so that was the victory that this was viewed as now of course, things have sort of the winds have been taken out at the sale of the story in a, in a sense for a lot of people. because of course mr. zimmer has been allowed to review his case, but this is what this means to people in a country right with corruption that anybody who is seen to be corrupt would be held to a company. that's what this symbolized for a lot of people. that was dw christina, why jacob zoom is home in south africa. now let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world. the remaining part of a collapse condominium near miami has been brought down in a controlled demolition. the tower had been declared unstable and a threat to search and rescue efforts more than a week after the disaster. 24 people are confirmed dead and 121. others are still missing. chilly has sworn in an assembly to draft

a new constitution. it will replace a legal framework from the era of military dictator subpoena shake nearby protesters class for police and demand freedom for people in prison during social unrest. 2 years ago. 50 people have been killed in a military plane crash in the philippines. that's according to the country's military chief. $149.00 passengers will also injured. the transport aircraft missed the runway during a landing on the island of holo. vitality one has seized control of several more districts in northern afghanistan, where the 300 afghan government troops fled across the border to deacons. 10. as the militant advanced, the taliban now control around a 3rd of afghanistan's districts. footprints said to be doing well following surgery at a hospital in rome, the vatican said he responded well to the operation which was routine and intended to correct a narrowing of his large intestine. it took police only 3 hours after the 84 year

old greeted the public in saint peter's square and the nighted states as mark its independence. many had hoped that the country worst hit in the panoramic could also be celebrating its independence from the corona virus. thanks to a successful vaccination campaign, but worries about the delta vary and have damp and even those hopes, even as celebrations, are much livelier than last year when the virus was spreading much more rapidly. the street parades are back all over the us. people came together to celebrate independence day, a new phone, freedom in the wake of the receding pandemic. the evils b 11 have read them now to be able to go out and enjoy themselves. and it's been a long time coming down. whereas allies, vaccination rates in washington dc are among the highest in the country. but

residents in the capital know that the battle against the virus is not yet won the unknown, you know, with the variance out there. but i think we are trying to take advantage of as much as we can right now. well, case numbers are low in our area. president joe biden had promised americans that parades would be possible on the 4th of july, hoping that by now 70 percent of the population would be vaccinated that target has been narrowly missed with her immunity. still just out of reach the president has to perform a balancing act, keen to reassure americans, while reminding them to remain cautious. i must also convince as many of his fellow citizens as possible to get fascinated, he pointedly honored the nurse who was the 1st person in the us to receive

a job. an example to all he said was she had, she's out there making sure her patients and folks in their community are getting vaccinated. so they get back to their lives and their loved ones under while back and tries to unite the country behind his public health message. his predecessor is holding mess rallies. donald trump's message, save america, not from the virus, but from the policies of the current administration. you know what if they had good policy, i think could be hard to be, but their policies still been it's so radical and it's so sick. it was the time that tunnel trump support remain strong. fighting, meanwhile, has chosen a different way to connect with the people. a 1000 guests had been invited to a 4th of july family party on the white house lawn, a return to normality in front of an impressive backdrop. one of the

traditions on independence day is naturalization ceremonies for new american citizens. some 10000 people became american vis july. the 4th, for joe by himself, presided over one such ceremony in washington. it came as administration rolled out a strategy to encourage more immigrants to become citizens. that i was earlier. we spoke to d. w. caroline and shem, more at mount vernon, in virginia, where new american citizens were also sworn in. we esther what made the p or what the people there made of the event? i gave her name. i don't if i can recall the new american citizen. so i wanted, i'm wondering since it's a special moment, a central day for my family, for me, for myself, just a mike there where my life changes completely. no longer strict data in this country. i'm someone who can we can do some change. wonderful. and

it's amazing what is like the most important thing to you. why is it to be an american citizen, to belong to this or you said it to the, to the country doesn't really matter where you're from. there's a 32 different countries from which people were citizens became a tell he doesn't really matter where you're from. you will be on over there and it's a family that can protect 5 the worms. so yeah, it's amazing. thank you. and of course, the 1st of july is the very 1st. they say it's not really a ceremony. there, you can see the firework. it's a very special day for 39 people here who just became american citizen. the worst wildfires in decades on the mediterranean island of supers have killed at least 4 people. raging fires have break dozens of homes and destroyed pine forests

in ancient olive rose. the separate president says it's the biggest tragedy for the civil war which split the island nearly half a century ago. as the wildfires raged through the troops, mountain range residence of at least 8 villages were forced to evacuate homes and vehicles. what got it by the flames? entire communities raised to the ground. villages describe the moment they decided to flee. you got to look at the top of that. as soon as we saw the fire approaching, we got in the car and drove off beside the benefit. if we told the authorities, there was a fire from us before would unfortunately the plains on the fire services arrived very late, but i left help also came too late for, for a gyptian farm workers. their bodies were found 600 meters from their burned out car. police say they appeared to have fled their vehicle on foot in an attempt to

escape, but ran towards the wind found flames. the president of cyprus visited the area he promised to help all those affected by the fires says you have a bill. i reassure you that our support. so all the people will be decisive to you will compensate whatever is possible to give people back home or not help them survive. this tragedy will be that it is more than 55 square kilometers of forest, and farmland has been destroyed by the massive fires from the air. the scale of the destruction is clear already say the main blaze has now been partially contained, but the fear is that the flames could intensify. if strong winds reappear later in basketball, the german men's team has qualified for the olympics for the 1st time since 2008.

they be brazil 75 to 64 in the final of a qualification tournament and be a center mortgage wagner. lead to scoring by a large mark, margin pre of 28 points in grabbing 6 rebounds. informing the one mark fish stop and scored his 3rd when in a row as he converted pull position in the victory of the austrian grand prix. it was a comfortable win for the dutchman, but there was plenty of clothes racing behind him. full red bull and mac smith stuff and the austrian g. p is a race on home test, not least because of thousands of orange clad dutch fans supporting the man starting in pole position. his team mates says your pet is enjoyed a tough stop to the race dropping down several spots as lando norris pushed him wide and lapped for the mclaren driver and himself a 5 2nd penalty for the maneuver. norris stayed competitive trading places with

lewis, hamilton on numerous occasions as the 2 britons went head to head for 3rd place. the then in a ram move hamilton, let teammate voluntary bosses through who was deemed the foster of the 2 with 20 laps to go. the fin had to settle for 2nd though, while norris claimed 3rd ahead of hamilton. race leader mac smith, step in cruise to victory with a cushion of almost 18 seconds. but that was late drama, further down the grid as the veteran pac kimmy rake, an unsurpassed and settled crashed on the final lap. but it was party time for the dutch friends who celebrated the stephens 4th when in 5 races. taking him 32 points clear at the top of the championship standings in the tour de france, bon o'connor when stage 9, but they'll short of taking the yellow jersey these drilling,

writer conquered. today's tough mountain finished and a 2nd behind defending champion. tardy, bull gosh, shot in the overall standings. monday is a rest day ahead of stage 10. earlier last years. runner up. pretty much ro glitch had pulled out after falling well behind the main contenders. this lavine and had been struggling after he was hurt in a crash earlier in the week watching t w news. that's it for me. remember you can always get all the latest news on our website at c, w dot com and there until berlin. thanks for watching the goal was right in front of them. they gave it to them. certainly. we agreed to postpone the or didn't the games that tokyo with 2020 from course during the qualifying ground for sports heroes.