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you'll be spending 15 months behind bars for contempt of court and hungary attempts to enforce gender norms with a controversial new law that bands depictions of homosexuality and transgender identity in schools. but as the law takes effect, many hungarian vowing to disobey it, and the up and coming tennis star actually bardeen makes her charles a dream come true. by reaching her very 1st wimbledon 5. ah, i bring to our viewers watching on p b. s in the united states into all of you around the world. welcome organizers of the tokyo olympics of announced a total ban on spectators. in an effort to slow the spread of the karone of iris, foreign fans and japanese spectators are being told to stay at home. of this

follows the declaration of a new state of emergency in tokyo. as corona virus cases, they are skyrocket. the games will be the 1st lympics in history held behind closed doors. the, the olympic torch continued its a long journey towards tokyo to open the games. later this month. while there were plenty of fans cheering on the torch barriers as they passed through the site prefecture, writing covert cases, and the capital means there won't be any fans to greet them in tokyo. government officials have announced the state of emergency in tokyo set to begin next week in a bid to curb to spread the virus. while the crux of the measure is cutting the sale of alcohol at bars and restaurants to help limit social activities that will also directly affect be olympics use. although the number of severely ill patients and the occupancy rates of hospital beds have remained as a low level, the impact of the various strains must be taken into accounts. we must trend from

the counter measures to prevent the infections from spreading to the rest of the country again. while on the big organizers had already kept spectators to 50 percent of the venue capacity and barred. international fans from attending the new ruling now prevents any spectators from attending the games. the public sentiment in japan has widely turned against hosting the tournament. olympic organizers have dug in their heels and are committed to seeing the games through we continue to be committed to our principle of organizing safe olympic in parallel games together with you. and we have shown, you know, this responsibility seen serve the day of the postponement. the games are estimated to cost more than $20000000000.00 cancelling them, which should cut off broadcasting revenue. but make recouping any of that next to

impossible for tokyo and the international and the committee for better or for worse, just like the olympic torch. the games look set to march on i, you know, like we said, this is an historic moment for the olympics to talk about that i'm joined now by german olympic athlete. eileen, broader talk and she is a metal hopeful in wrestling and she joins me tonight. can be a story in capital holly where she's currently training. it's good to have you on the program. i wanted to start by asking you what your reaction to today's news, that there will be no spectators watching in tokyo. o grove island. is it extra disappointed today because wrestling, especially women's wrestling is really, really big in japan, and i was really happy to see all the trading fans and the grout. but yeah, now. 1 everything changed and yeah, we, we hear all the time from elliptic athletes that being at the games and feeling the

energy from the crowds watching that, that feeds the adrenal, and that can even improve your performance. how does this impact you is a cause. it's much easier to make the best promotion after the 7 to make the best 5 the, the big crowd cheering on you and the japanese fans always really, really fast on all the people on their own. so it's going to be really, really crazy and going to be really tough to, to show everything and do a whole potentially much easier with people. and you know, that tokyo is now under a state of emergency because of, you know, the skyrocketing number of corona virus infections there. how do you feel about traveling to tokyo and how do you feel about the safety that is being guaranteed there for the athletes?

i feel really safe because yeah, i'm sure that all the japanese people and also see people are doing a great job and they try to make that safe as safe as possibly olympic games and how to begin. so we have the really strict rigor and the playbook and i read everything about it, so i'm sure it's going to be okay, but i can send that decision because for the japanese people that really, really best situation. so i feel safe and i hope that everyone, everyone and they say, do you think this is the best decision to mean we know last year there was a great disappointment when the olympics were postponed a year and there had been talk this year of just cancelling them because of the pandemic. so which do you think was the right decision? i'm keeping the olympics this year without spectators, or would it have been better to just cancel them? now cancelling would be the rest decision, especially on the list,

because we are training for a long time for this moment. and we want to show what we, what we did all the time. so of course it said, and it's going to be different without people, but i think it's better to, to go through it and people and to show our potential cancelling. and would it be and would be like every, wherever we know you're looking forward to finally being able to compete, we wish you all the best lien holder fucking a german olympic athlete in wrestling. ali, thank you. thank you so much. former south african president, jacob zoom and is now in prison following a stand off with authorities in the cover of darkness. last night he turned himself into the police. zuba had abated arrest since last week when he was sentenced to 15 months in prison for failing to appear before a panel investigating claims of corruption against him. he'll be eligible for parole in about 4 months. the cutting it close to midnight deadline,

the convoy your vehicles carries foremost 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, xena stressed, he wasn't afraid of jail time referencing his previous incarceration for his role in fighting south africa's races apartheid regime to remind them. and i am not scared of doing of boeing to jail for my belief it will not be for the 1st time, i will be a prisoner of conscience. the former president who was in office for 9

years, has been at the center of corruption allegations surrounding his time in public life. and 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 the w corresponding christie manuel is following the story for us in south africa. she sent us this update from the prison, where jacob zoom is being held. jacobs who may is said to spend his 15 month prison centers at this correctional facility in was lou. that's how province, where he will be among 500 other inmates. i asked the justice minister if the former president isn't titled to special benefits and privileges. he said no,

he will be treated like any ordinary inmates, that means orange overalls and no access to a private firm. now, mrs. wilma is currently in the hospital wing in isolation. for 14 days, pending and assessment of his health related needs, he is eligible for parole. officer serving a quarter of his sentence, that's roughly 4 months from now. but on monday, july 12, all eyes will be on the country's constitutional court. that is the court that convicted and sentenced, misses in the prison. he has all that court to reconsider that conviction and sentence. there was our corresponding kristin with a reporting from south africa. a controversial new law has come into effect in hungary, despite condemnation from the european union. the legislation bands, portrayals of homosexuality or gender change in schools or on television programming for children. critic say it discriminates against l g b t q people. european commission has urged hungary to repeal the law,

but budapest has defended it's decision. the more love less hate activist and hungry gathered in front of parliament to protest the controversial child protection law. they vowed to disobey the new legislation. this low thing that i had to be the q i people and it actually puts as would be the key. i use more interest and more danger, bullying and harassment in schools and in their families as well. a provision in the law bonds, the display of content depicting homosexuality or gender reassignment to mine, and it was passed in june by the hon gary and parliament, causing widespread condemnation in the european union. president miss this is because i stared homosexual law put time of sexuality and gender reassignment on paul with pornography. this law uses the protection of children to which we are all

committed as an excuse for but us a very discriminate against people because of the sexual orientation for this. this law is disgraceful. that is gently, she loves up fonda line. threatened consequences was always hungry. victor all bomb rejected the censure when you want to allow l g, b, t, q activists, an organization into kindergarten from school and hungry does not want that. the debate is about who decides how we raise our children. according to european treaties, as this is an issue that belongs to gary national sovereignty, it's the latest round in a growing spots between hungry and the e. u. activists at home, certainly hope you will finally take action against hungry is anti l. g

b t q policies. and for more i'm joined now by the students with the header society in budapest id supports and protects hungary, l g b t q community. it's good to have you on the program. let me ask you, what do you expect the european union to do now? i think the european union needs to spend together and act together. this has been going on long enough. this is not the 1st amendment. and on the free build that hungary has passed, that goes against the, the right of freedom of expression, the right to education, the right to live really. so i think that the, you have to step, you know, take steps very urgently, especially the european commission. i think that they have to initiate the procedures that they have been waiting for for a long time. that is the only way they can have any, any effect of the hungarian government. your organization, is it

n g o you promote l g b t q writes, are you allowed to lobby the hungarian government over legislation? yes, in fact, we are now turning to be on the person be on this international and others. he was a fat organization and there, urging the person to turn to the constitutional to good station or court to review the very ungraceful and evil though because it is completely unconstitutional. and it clearly goes and violate international human low standard. locating, were you able then to, to lobby members of parliament to try to get them to vote against the legislation? yes, back to you, the position out of the 6 opposition by these 5 of them have loaded against about they actually left the vote because they said that this is not a load that they would even consider as a low. that is a, you know, something that they can look for. we've, we've heard from victor or bon several times saying that this is about protecting

the children of hungary and equating the l g b t. community with pedophile, which we know is not true, is the hungarian media. are they doing an adequate job of educating the public that the l g. b t. community are not looking to harm children. that you know, the public media that has been in the hands of us and the government is just becoming victor or bonnie saying. so that part of the media is just completely is an e could chamber for bonds. the free pest however, which unfortunately mostly exits the online, has been very helpful in, in helping us spread awareness and information about what was going on. and what the nation and enhancements. as you be the people facing the country. you know that in poland does there have been communities that have been declared l g

b t q value free zones? are you concerned that that could also happen in hungary? i am hoping that the boys, the domestic and international uproar that this low have coast of will have an effect that will finally stop the government in its crusade against as you be the people only are coming on in the european parliament. however, i think that this reaction shows that the hungry and he does not want to get as far as getting to pull on these right now. but, you know, we'll do every, anything to gain political will look to do with the other society in budapest. we appreciate your time and your insights tonight. thank you. the un security council has meant to discuss the situation in haiti after the assassination of president germany weeth shocked the caribbean nation inner and prime minister cloud . joseph stepped in as leader of haiti. he has called for call,

but the situation remains volatile. haitian police have killed 4 people and detained 2 brothers following a gun battle with suspected mercenaries who authorities believe were involved in the assassination of the president. in his home, world, leaders have condemned the killing, which deepens the caribbean nations ongoing political crisis. the body of murdered president silver. no more east spring brought out of his private residence. security forces track down some of the suspects hours after the attack. police say they killed 4 of those involved and arrested 6 others. authorities in haiti said the assassins were foreign mercenaries who had posed as us drug enforcement administration. agents in the raid on his home. most of them was speaking spanish, somewhere speaking english. and they ended with just so easily. and

you said fortunate that you know, the president di cowardly had been in office in 2017. he was a controversial leader for the last 18 months. the 53 year old had been ruling the country by decree. without parliaments, the opposition accused him of corruption and ties to organized crime. his supporters say he had made enemies by taking on powerful ali galks. the situation in the impoverished country is dire. murder and abductions are an everyday occurrence. the assassination of the president represents a new escalation in the violence in haiti. and for more i'm join nail by brian con can, and he's a human rights lawyer who worked in haiti. he's the founder of the institute for justice and democracy in haiti. it's good to have you on the program. i mean, we're talking about the president being assassinated. we're talking about organized crime, game violence and l. possibly mercenaries being involved in this killing. just how unstable would you say haiti is tonight. there is great

concern about haiti's instability. most of the haitians that i've been speaking with are staying at home. i, if you, you can see clips of people on the streets and he's poor prince street and especially are usually clark with activity and they're mostly empty. so people are very worried for julie. there has not been an outbreak of violence since the president's assassination, but people are worried. and we're hearing in haiti that foreign mercenaries may be where the ones who killed the president do you believe that the assassination of the president could have been carried out without direct help from inside the country. it's very unlikely that this would have happened without health from inside the country, and possibly would help from inside of the president louisa securities. from most reports, there was not much resistance by the security. and perhaps the d. e. a rules as

reported has worked, but that seems curious to happens that time of night that would be that kind of of an operation. but we also should be careful about all of the reports coming out. much of that has not been confirmed. it's very easy to, to point stories and to manipulate video. so i think everybody should be careful about coming to conclusions at this point. yeah, and there's, there's a lot of talk about the presidents, enemies, president, movies, and supporters say that he made enemies by taking on oligarchy in haiti. he even said that that could maybe cost him his life. i mean, how powerful are all the guards in haiti? the oligarch in haiti are powerful in the past. they have been connected to 2 political violence. so that is certainly a possibility. one of the things that makes this so complicated in haiti though, is that there are lots of groups that have both

a motive to go after president luis into demonstrated capacity to inflict violence . that includes drug traffickers in money wonders, president ways was implicated in both. he and his government have also been linked with gangs that have been carrying out massacres, that supported government policy. some of those gangs have recently announced that they were turning on president weaver. so that's possibility. there is also been a lot of a lot of friction within president wes's p h t k party. and many people in that party have a history of political violence. so there are a lot of possibilities. and so far i haven't seen any information that conclusively points to either to or away from a particular party president. we was accused of clinging onto power and we know the opposition said that his term ended last year. not this year. how realistic is it

been to expect that elections could be held anytime soon in 80? it's not realistic to have collections any time soon. and it's disconcerting that the united states, especially as calling for elections to happen in schedule, starting in september, that is technically impossible. just the, the, the arrangements that need to be made this far in advance have not been made. but it is also impossible that you have collection to the credibility. by that time, our president weaver and his party have demonstrated consistently throughout the last 4 and a half years that they have no intention of holding fair elections. and asians for very good reasons. don't trust them to hold their elections. what ations are asking for is for everybody to take a step back and pop as in, come up with a plan that would lead to a transitional government that would have the credibility to,

to hold their elections. ations believe that the international community, especially the united states, but also the un and the organization of american states have really been propping up president louise. and they're asking the international community to just to stop popping up. this government, which they say will allow a haitian lead consensus government to emerge which can, can provide a realistic path out of this crisis. brian can can and with the institute for justice and democracy in haiti, and we appreciate your time and your insights tonight. thank you. thank you for covering the european commission has find the top german car makers, almost a 1000000000 euros for colluding to prevent cleaner cars from hitting the market. b, m w and the volkswagen group along with it's all the and portia divisions teamed up to limit the development of technology that keeps cars. emissions under control dimer was also part of the scheme, but it avoided funds by tipping off with ortiz to the conspiracy. ad

blue was one of the technologies central to the inquiry. it's a fluid that reduces the polluting gases in diesel emissions. the u says the companies colluded to restrict to the size and dosing of abilene tanks in their models, another finding that the group avoided introducing cleaner particle filters and petrol car models. 5 companies fell under the investigation volkswagen and its subsidiaries portion, audi, also b, m, w, and mercedes parent, dime. lar, the e. you said that what began is legitimate discussions about technical specifications. turned into market coordination that left consumers with your choices. these common factors illegally colluded to restrict competition in the area of emission clinic technologies for diesel cars. this is the 1st time that the commission finds that corporation on technical elements as opposed to price fixing or market sharing for that matter. and that's to cancel

behavior. b m w ad volkswagen have agreed to pay the fines dime lar, escaped penalty because it shared information with the you the scandal puts the industry back in on a welcome but familiar spotlight just as it tries moving forward towards an electric, greener future. the recent emission scandals loom large with litigation and criminal cases still ongoing. worse than any fine is the added damage to reputation . i some sports news and tennis top women's seat ashley barney is through to the wimbledon final. after knocking out, germany's actually care about that when makes party, the 1st australian woman to reach the singles. finally, more than 40 years. she's now just one went away from emulating her idol yvonne gullet. this is uncharted territory for ashley bazzi. she's never made it this

far wimbledon game and not that you know, it from her 1st set performance. but angela cabin knows a thing or 2 about playing on grass. she won wimbledon in 2018 and puts up a fight in the 2nd set. it went all the way to a type rate with bossy, letting 3 match points pass her by the bossy dreams of any fellow indigenous australia and yvonne gould gong. it's 50 years ago that grew look on one the 1st of her to wimbledon title, and on her 4th match point barty moved ever closer to following and her. i don't know just one moment to go. i wasn't sure if it would ever happen. honestly, i think you have to keep putting yourself in the position. i think woman for me has

been an amazing place of learning. i think a lot of the time your, your greatest growth comes from your dock as times and i think that's why this tournament has been so important to me because i've learned so much. all right. body will now play carleen push cover of the czech republic in saturday's final push over recovered from losing the 1st set to beat arenas of lincoln. a villa roofs unlike barty, who won the french open back in 2019. the cobra is still search for her 1st grand slam. watching the w news after a short break. i'll be back to take you through the day. stick around. i'll be right back is who's the the news?

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