time for regular technical discussions, the european commission says, in order to limit the size of the time of the flu technology that are going into the absolute minimum of the logical standards that are expected of them. the european commission says that they stifled him innovation that they made sure that they were only doing to those minimum standards. and in this priority, european green deal that the e u is trying to push forward. they want to make sure that the best possible green technology is going in to all the cars that produce made and sold in the european union, jack, 875000000 euros. that's roughly a $1000000000.00. it sounds like a massive amount of money, but is it, is it really for these comic? is it really more than a parking ticket for you and i it's huge amount of money. but for economy, because a half a 1000000000 euros essentially, which is what volkswagen group is being find isn't very much. their annual turnover is somewhere in the region of 223000000000. but as we say,

this is significant because this is about the symbolism of this trying to make sure that the european union is looking like it's taking these companies to task all of this money. all of these fines reduce, as you said, time to go away. scott free because they expose this cartel to the european commission. volkswagen group had a 45 percent reduction on the fine because they cooperated. i'm aggressive as the commissioner who nice this today is saying that they want to encourage 1st the whistle blowing of such practices and cartels, and also to make sure that there is cooperation when things like this are exposed. good on the jack parents and brussel. thank you, jack. i'm going to south africa now where the former president jacob's zoom and has spent his 1st night in prison of the ending a stand off with police and giving himself up overnight whom i had threatened to evade capture. since he was sentenced last week for failing to appear before

a corruption inquiry, it's the 1st time the former president has been jailed in south africa. though my previous this time as a freedom fighter during the struggle against apartheid cutting it close to midnight deadline. this convoy of vehicles, carrie's former south african president, jacob xena, on his way to hand himself over to authorities. the 79 year old is now in custody in his home province, beginning his 15 month sentence for contempt of court. on sunday was in a stress he wasn't afraid of jail time referencing his previous incarceration for his role in fighting south africa's racist apartheid regime to remind them and i am not scared of doing both bowing to jail for my belief it did not be for the 1st time,

i will be a prisoner of conscience. the former president was in office for 9 years, has been at the center of corruption allegations surrounding his time in public life. the contempt of court charge came as a result of him refusing to appear at a corruption commission. he's called the process a political conspiracy but authorities have accused him of misappropriating funds and fraud. some of the charges date back 20 years. the on monday, the constitutional court is due to consider an application by xena for the cancellation of his prison sentence, for joined by a corresponding christine, mournful, who standing in front of escort prison, where jacob's zoom is incarcerated. christine zoom is actually behind bars. last week we spoke about this, it wasn't clear that this would actually happen. does it come as a surprise?

came down to the last minute really. it would have been a classic showdown. you had police essentially closing in on his homestead, approaching. and then a few minutes before midnight, you had this convoy racing out of his compound. and we understood later that it was making its way to meet police services, who then escorted him to this facility. certainly having listened to him at the weekend talking to support as he sounded a defiant that he wasn't going to surrender himself. so it did come as a big surprise late last night when it was clear that he indeed had handed himself over to the police. here, because he knew how likely is it that his sentence will be overturned. well, this is the thing we've got to look out for what that supreme court or the constitutional court does. on monday, of course, he's gone to the court and he thought that it rescind it's ruling as well as it's

15 month jail centers. i've given him the court has agreed to listen to that. we are expecting him to make arguments against the sentencing, mitigating arguments. for example, his age. he has court, he's imprisonment, he's likened to a death sentence saying that because we're in the height of a pandemic here. he's not been fascinated, he has. it was through medical conditions that he shouldn't be in a prison, but of course he is going to be making this argument to the very court that knew all of those faxes when it gave him that sentence anyway. so let's watch what that does on monday get hot and we'll have a better sense of that. but a lot of people believe that he is going to spend a considerable amount of time here before he's eligible for any sort of pearl or anything of the sort. because we just heard so much in this report, talking about going to prison for his beliefs being a prisoner of conscience. he's trying to frame this as being as if he was a political prisoner or south africans buying that. well

this is the thing, zoom, the support is believe that he is being politically persecuted to make no mistake. his surrendering here. he suppose people made it very clear that this is not an admission of guilt, but this is somebody who wants to comply with the constitution that comes by so many people because he's had many opportunities to comply with the law here. and of course, he's not done that so a lot of people aren't buying that. a lot of people believe that mr. wilma is way he deserves to be at the present time. because the s corps in south africa. thank you very much. let's have a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. the japanese government has imposed a corona by the state of emergency on tokyo, just over 2 weeks before the olympics. organizers of games, i expected to announce a ban on all spectators today. they decided to push ahead with the event of the postponing last year. tokyo's current case weight is the highest since mid may

please. and haiti have killed 4 suspects and the rest this to the ones. following the estimation of the countries, president juvenile marie was shot dead at his private residence near the capital part of france. officials say the attack has belonged to a group of professionals commandos and foreign mercenaries who killed the president by posing as us special agent. israeli forces have to demolish the home of the palestinian man accused of carrying out a shooting in the west. and israeli court rejected a petition by his strange wife who lived with their children drive by shooting in may killed one person and wounded 2 others. police in the netherlands have arrested to suspect over the shooting of prominence. investigative journalist, peter, the fries, the man i do in court on friday, the 13th investigate in links to the phrase reported on alarms, criminal gun, european lead to say his shooting was also an attack on press freedom. peter de

fries is known for exposing the dutch underworld sometimes digging up evidence to help bring justice to victims and speaking out for survivors. now, the investigative journalist live in an amsterdam hospital fighting for his life by check. this surveillance footage shows de vries walking down a nearly empty street moments before he was attacked. a gunman shot him up to 5 times. including once in the head, people who have come to the scene of the crime, to lay flowers, to think of his contributions to dutch society, and to pray for his recovery. to think of all the subjects in the past years and his opinion, he's his work contributed to society. you can think him away so far, so i just hope that everything's going to be fine with him. i hope it will survive

this. so because he's a very important person in holland and journalism, the fries had been recently involved in the trial of the alleged leader of a criminal organization, prosecutors called and boiled killing machine. the 64 year old had long been considered a possible target of the criminals. he reported on 2 suspects are in custody and connection with his shooting. they are scheduled to be in court on friday. a 3rd man was detained, but later released, police have not revealed a possible motive. a journalist, politicians, and citizens believe the attack is aimed at balancing reporters. we also think that journalists who might be targeted by organized crime must be protected. it's very important, and it is very important that this murder attempt does not have a chilling effect on journalists working on criminal affairs. netherland rarely

sees violent crimes, but some say their parent targeting of the fries has shaken their sense of security . a controversal new law has now come into effect in hungary, despite condemnation from the european union below bands portrayals of homosexuality or agenda change in school. educational materials or tv shows aimed at andre t critic say it discriminates against l. g b to people. these european commissioners urged hungry to repeal the law, but you the past says you efforts to overturn it will be in vain insisting the measure was there to protect children. and here's was the europe and commission president funder line, had to say about the new law. this is because it's almost like for his law for homosexuality and gender reassignment on par with pornography just because it uses the protection of the children to which we are all committed as an excuse to really

discriminate against people because of their sexual orientation. yet this law is disgraceful. that is gently ok. that's bringing stock season l g b, g to activists. working with amnesty international in the hungarian capital of budapest. and dr. thanks for joining us. what will change actually change for hungry algebra, g q community with his new law? yes. hungry was already a place very sexual minorities. when they did, there is a legal man on gender and name change. adoption is nearly impossible and gay marriage is banned. so imagine that this was the place where it was hard to leave as a member of educate as a member of the community. but now with this law, there is this enormous hatred. the started the spreads, which there's not only been danger members of the community,

but also imagine how their friends and families live in fear now. and. and then other thing is that i think this law sends a message that if you are, if you are a member of any kind of minority, you can become an enemy if that is politically politically beneficial for the ruling party. and the prime minister, victor over argues the law is there to protect children not to discriminate against sexual minorities. what do you say to that? yes, i think we could manage the prime minister should protect the children, but instead he's doing exactly the opposite. how does mixing a crime that ophelia with a totally normal thing, which is sexual, sexual orientation and gender identity? how does this happen anyway? the children?

what would he say to those children who cannot accept themselves and, and they suicide themselves because they cannot bear the hate threats and the bullying that they see because they are members of the community. how does making a how does making something, which is the, is part of our lives making a to how does it have anyone? how does it have any children? isn't it doing the opposite? the children will have no information and they can be more easily used. and or is it, do you see any chance for, for dialogue still open between the b t q community, the progressive part, if you will, of hungarian society. and the more conservative, maybe more religiously active people is that di is dialogue still possible. it's a hard question even before it was very hard to have any dialogue with for example,

catholic, the catholic church or any religious groups. there is a few people who stand up as, for example, a member of a church open. they stand up against the coronation. so it was not even before, and now those people who fear the government of those people who in any ways are connected to these government, they would not be open to any dialogue. also you mentioned earlier that sorry, you mentioned earlier that that fear would have had sort of creep into the community . do l g b to people now feel more unsafe and hungary it's not just that they feel more sense, but the number of hate crimes have already started to grow hungry. just happened that like a book that was supposed to, you know,

show rainbow families. that book was find and then or this is not already a place where people get get, gets be in. they can, people can get beaten on the streets because they are supposed to be gay. so is just very scary. what the consequences this law are. they have what, what, you know, how people started to entitle themselves to the, to, to openly be homophobic and hurt people. and, and as the b q activist in budapest, hungary, thank you very much for joining us here on the w news. a circle of nice some other stories of from around the world. in brazil, a former health ministry official has been arrested while testifying in front of a finish finish. and rebecca was accused of asking for bribes from a company go she, i think the sale of covert 19 like teeth

a chair at the inquiry ordered his arrest on charges of perjury. yes denies. i'm doing dozens of people have hell the vigil for the victims of a building collapse near miami in florida. it took place after authority, officially ended the search for survivors. they will continue scouring the rubble for bodies so far. 54 people have been confirmed that 806 others are still unaccounted for. the apartment tar class nearly 2 weeks ago in general. so it is in china. i have to plus thousands of ships to clear on algae bloom from coastal waters. the patch 1st formed in mid may and grew as it's drifted north. official states the worst out of bloom in the last 15 years, covering an area of nearly 10000 square kilometers. so the climate we said the researches say the world may have passed the critical global global warming threshold as a few waves. that's records across north america. parts of canada reached nearly 50

degrees celsius and high temperatures have led to hundreds of death that europe, too, is experiencing one of its hottest summers on record living near an outdoor swimming pool during a heat wave is a fortunate thing. the temperature, swords so high in alberta, canada that can't be melted. it's random events. it's very seldom un servatius. you don't see this over the last 100 or maybe a 150 years and there's no paleo climate. the evidence from from tree rings from other archives that supports that this has been experienced in the past. such, he may be a freak event, but what role do human activities on earth play in climate change? so the human activities were release of greenhouse gas, the field to methane, and so on are leading to increase of these greenhouse gases. and we'll see here,

and they also prevent the heat from, from the earth is leaving the atmosphere so it's collecting the heap and it leads to where to have warming. this warming was modeled by scientists in the us, canada, and europe for a world whether attribution report, researchers say, hitting nearly 50 degrees in western north america is virtually impossible without climate change caused by people. they estimate this global warming made the heat wave a $150.00 times. more likely. this is not a british columbia problem. it's not a candidate problem. it is a global challenge, and we all need to have citizens of the world coming together as we have quite frankly, to address a global pandemic. there is a lot of uncertainty in the data covering the frequency of heat waves as the phenomenon was so extreme. but something the scientific community does agree on is

that climate change played a big role as in sports and now england through to the final of the o. p and championship. after defeating denmark at wembley stadium in london after the game finished $11.00 in regulation captain, hurricane school, the winner for england, an extra time on sunday, they faced italy and their 1st major final. since winning the world cup in 1966. and it's not just england found, celebrated not for england sons at london to fog square. it was a native tension. yeah. relief the end of extra time, harold did their 1st final in 55 years. typically we can see only one destination where the creepy

the. 6 boy was coming. all right. how do you canes, extra time winner was decisive and sparked a special moment for his pro coach. i think we deserved it. and yeah, for our country. i mean, i've heard this new wembley like that ever. and to be able to share that with everybody and share it with everybody at home is very special. and copenhagen air finally went to the danish funds balloon. after a hugely emotional campaign, their team had opened the scoring with their mission to win the tournament for stricken teammate christian ericsson ultimately run out of steam. macklin, linda felt the whole nation has supported us. it's been emotional for the entire team. and it's amazing to be danish and to be part of the school. but right now we're all disappointed and we wanted to make that final become well. so this is

a great, great disappointment though. the new source of food need to uninstall order install is going to for the night belong to england, whose funds partied like it was 1900. 66. to make sure utah 2020 comes home rather than going to rome, england have to overcome it. it's really team unbeaten in its last 33 matches. but you can be sure their funds are confident that they do just sort of evening for fans. their mark meadows is with me from d w. sports also an englishman. so as a disclaimer, after that, it was a controversial winning goal though. right. what do you make of that? well, we'll come to what do we, what do we talk through the game? and then i'll say my point of view, but yeah, it was a bit soft. we can have a look at the game actually pan down. now. what type like goals in the final denmark to lead the 1st goal in the conceded in the, in the torment from dom god,

great for the 1st free kick of the entitlement as well. bizarre then an equalizer for england, that was a no go, don't go. he's a top score in the total and we've been living goals. it's been more and goes in this tournament the all the european championships put together at the penalty. there we go. terribly taken by hurricane sage, you put in the rebound was a sport cake. this is the big question mark. every didn't tell me until you know what the referee gave it. the video assistant referees that yes, it's the penalty. as an englishman, i say it was very, very soft and for a semi final major tone, maybe too soft. but ingram fans will say after we lost 3 semifinals, since 966, we deserve this bit of luck. and i think most new friends would say a okay then. yeah, and it's given that after putting an end to this, the semi final jinx, england now face easily and the final home advantage of at wembley is going to be

great atmosphere of course, can go all the way. well, the fans that we've seen dancing, self of bosses and stuff obviously say will do. and i know a lot of people outside of them don't liking them, fans saying football coming home, they think it's arrogant. yes. ok. the game was codified in england originally, but i have to say it's not always said in an aggregate way. it's often meant sarcastically and humorously and ironically. but if you're in a final why don't bring it home. but yes, italy, our tough test over the 33 games and beaten, they are probably man from a better team than england. but with 60000 england fans behind you, it's probably well going to be so tight this one might go, do i know she's, i think let's not united german. i keep my fingers crossed for this particular case, not meadows dw sports that for us. thank you. it was he w news is

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as we take on the world, we're all about stories that matter to you by policemen. we are here next to me on fire. for mines. the hello and welcome to focus on europe. i'm like babylon. nice to have you with us today. you may have heard of mythical underwater creatures like nessie and kracken . today we present a colossus that is little known. absolutely real neat. the caspian sea monster,

a giant flying boat, a feat of soviet engineering in the 1960 s. it was abandoned after the collapse of the soviet union. the crowd of plan as the vehicle is called, was one of the largest and heaviest aircraft in the world. it was developed in secret during the cold war, but now it's being put on display for a new generation in southern russia on the shores of the caspian sea. and once upon a time he was in the cockpit, retired engineer, alagood g, do gallium off for him? the memories are bitter sweet with the sea monster. now out of use, alagood g takes us on a trip back in time to a tv. the whole also quit in dangerous. this monstrous vehicle, part ship part airplane is on the beach by the caspian sea in the republic of doug . it's done so you're trying to plan or screen later was designed for

military use. presumably against the west are like a g up to gleam off, served as flight engineer on test flights for the wing ship are grown to fetch the vehicle. was there generically known colloquially, this one is called the caspian sea monster. what do we get to get? i operated the propulsion units from here. great machine. just incredible the stopper. the 1st wing ship was designed in the 1900 sixty's. it was meant to guard russia's coast lanes and fight enemy ships, fasting undetected by radar, thanks to his lou flight. this uses the ground affect your dynamic interaction with the surface beneath the wings creek, just enough left to carry the 380 ton giant a few meters above the water but it never, sol genuine service. 14 years after the caspian sea monsters launch,

the soviet union collapse and test flights were ended. then you put out a good that hardly words. the throne are still ducky. we were so proud of our country at the time for developing such, let's call them products. unlike what any other country in the world handle and some of what it was isn't at the home, it wasn't a monster. those are the most of the decoy. even plans to use the credit plan to carry passengers. because it didn't need long runways or airports policy or a little, much up to gleam of devoted 14 years of his life to the colonel plan. he logged a bit more than 500 hours of flight time, which he says is not much for a professional test. pilot, but the flights for anything but easy, something always went wrong. the prototype had only been built for test flights. me

was nick, the various fire fighting protocols and the event of an accident. if you want you to do what you just want to be honest, we never once had to use it and it was jealous. today, the caspian sea monster stands near, bent a 2 hour drive from up to glee. most home no retired flight engineer is proud to be the only on the team of soviet researchers. hardly any photos remain from his time with them. after all, it was a top secret soviet military project will beautifully cut all over the only non party member they took on response to say would have gone to co workers for communists. but union when the head of ar test pilots division found out about tactful, cause you were shocked on that. how could a non party member have become a crew member shock at the nice part? julie po, we can push today. party membership means nothing. the country alagood

g up, the gleam of was so proud of the soviet union is history. and the colossal wing ship is destined to serve as an attraction in petri park, a to recite planned on the caspian sea coast over too much. everything is ruined. no, yes, the work of so many designers and engineers are softly worth of least it's still standing here the most that we will live it. let me so all of it was talk about dismantling it. for scrap news modules by milt. i hope it will help young people understand what fantastic technology we had and what a great country, what the, what the hotel were, you know, go. and i hope that will help him feel proud of this country and it's people. none of us don't go away. and sue the caspian sea monster.

this is a very different mission, entities, russia to bear witness to the one time power and greatness of the former soviet union. the the corona virus pandemic has changed the way many of us work. living rooms and kitchens have turned into offices as video calls replace board rooms. wilford's cio wagner had each, its been a welcome change. she moved from the serbian capital belgrade to rome, georgia, a village that was on the verge of dying out. now it's gotten a much needed boost, as city and country folk join forces to bring the village back to life again. savannah hodge relishes the flesh surroundings. there are a stones throw from her new home because it's in those lab report of the 1st time i came to rome, georgia, and saw these wonderful clinton. that was when i was learning world climbing the,

to all. i had a strong vision that this place to be transformed into an ideal place for climate, for most of the folks could pay. basically, the dream has come true to sunset. funnier is whenever you're vonner used to work in human resources and the serbian capital belgrade. she would visit room just to go climbing in her spare time. but then the pandemic hair and everything changed. working remotely, she decided to relocate to the countryside. but we didn't want to stay in the city because of the corona virus, and the whole situation on life is totally changed. i think the better the missing the boys. plenty of city dwellers have recently picked up sticks and moved to the village of rome. jeff and sir b as port east and search of a more pleasant living environment. remote working has given them the flexibility to do so from jo has been trying to attract urbanites for years. me

got more community solid mrs. i think in 2006, when we set up the council, we done a study that found the village was about to die out where we go about where it was available. so we made a plan to install a new infrastructure and develop our natural potential and put into our victim wilson. it's more, 2 years later we had internet access and then you rhodes asked me it's more, i believe it will settle drug, not so much, pretty much masterminded villages rejuvenation. she's a top manager, relocated to from jay years ago in the she says having proper infrastructure in place is important for attracting new people. so i need to. but so is the right mindset and the quoted supplier to the cock who has had a lasting impact. not only on for me, since i think the crisis is made people over the world think about what they really

value in life with a p 0 truck. and the idea was to combine tranquil village life with the opportunities afforded by modern technology. locals have benefited as well, for example, getting high speed internet access. that drug center has coach a number of villagers already. so chemist, formerly the newcomers have helped in many ways especially dragging to provide that she was the 1st to hold workshop is where the women and altogether and learned various things. well, that helped us stepped on the model as a non good me, as some nation is one of the great stories here in the village reach all of our the design of support. she and her family has benefited from this development towards more tourism. and it's potential mississippi to be a emotional facebook profile to rent how to rooms to smash. they must

be under a small scale production like the theater falls out with the help of one training project. because see also the measure know and her husband used to barely scrape by what they earned from their little farm. now they rent the room is mostly to tourists who come to the room. jeff, for climbing tv. the internet is very important for me because people see our page and what we offer. the 3000000 uses a see if they can order out fees, mesh, days, or book a room over the name of the way it used to be without the internet. who would know we even exist in a sort of wagner has done her part for it as well. she's an avid climber and has put up several routes in the area and documented them on his efforts have

already ensured that room just cliffs will be a prime destination for sport climbing. and serbia i system dos them as i've climbed in many places around serbia. and so i spotted the potential here a nominal variety of routes in a small area and they're not constantly in the sun, but mostly in the shape. and that's the creek. the cap from the infrastructure in the village to high point so far was last years serbian championships. the hundreds of climbers are spreading the word about from jer internationally as well. and so for both the village and its new residence, it's a win win situation. room ger has over 2000 years of history. and now in the pen demik, it has the future again to want to live like world t in a chateau. while in france, that dream could become a reality. as more and more historic buildings are being auctioned off,

corona virus aid packages have lightened state coffers. and now the government is trying to investors to refill them. properties that are too costly to maintain or being sold to the highest bidder. but is this putting francis cultural heritage under threat? some are alarm that just how far the steam will go. even parts of the palace of our side have gone under the hammer. the famous palace per side is a glorious example of francis cultural heritage. built in the 17th century, it was the principal residence of the 14th, known as the sun king, located on a nearby street, this lesser known building served as the office of francis minister of culture. though it's part of the 1st i complex, the french states simply sold it off nuclear. they stuck a for sale, sign on it, and added the cell phone number. anybody could call i can you know what it says if

they were making an ordinary sale on dig in the concrete, but they were selling off one of the king's public office building johnson, the bertram on your preservation is julian because is outraged that friends, his cultural heritage is being snapped up by investors. during louis the 14th day, this building in for cy, even house, the mona lisa. yet the new buyer turned its former picture gallery into dull apartments. this conversion, he says, has completely destroyed the build his character. i put in new floors and chopped the space up into a separate room, marring the overall impression go up and our eyes. it's truly a scandal. and this new isolated case either. across france, the state is engaging real estate agents to sell away its historical buildings, as it lacks the funds to maintain itself. this former prefecture has changed hands

as has this old hospital. such sales brought some 500000000 euros to the state coffers in 2019 regional and local governments are also dispos. you know, their agriculture in performance joshua's diploma monastery belonged to the city of paris, which used it as a sanatorium. now it's been auctioned off for 3000000 euros to an investor from bordeaux. the man who broke the deal thinks to stay did the right thing, not only ha money's tight, and loans are expensive. so you need to define the buildings aren't in use and have no political significance. so it's easier to sell them off and he used to be well to facilitate sales. many public entities are putting old buildings up for auction on line doors, not enough just to place the highest bid. buyers must also declare what they intend

to do with the buildings. since the corona pandemic emptied the public purse. business for auction houses like these has been booming when the doctor and more experience things strong, growth. expect to sell even more real estate in the coming months. the more again, please. julian, because has no problem with buildings that have no historical value being sold off . but he says the states shouldn't part with treasures like this honey lodge in the woods of saint clue. but despite his warnings for his manager is now seeking a buyer. as the lodge is in desperate need of repair, looks a bit more for they should hold onto the pavilion and make it accessible to the public. so it's a perfect destination for people taking logs in the forest for you on this. possibly. you could open up a restaurant here or they can do or shoot, fell, has the highest, you know, she needed demo. still some residents for a side don't seem to concern who the building belong to. as long as they're in good

shape. but more workforce or think it's ok to sell the building. i don't know if the government has enough money to me.