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supplementary is on you to see the world, the subscribe. now to dw talking entry, the, the state of the news line from berlin, west african countries prepared to intervene in these areas. cool, defense change from the region, say a military option is a last resort. they've sent negotiators to talk with qu, leaders an easier, but the region is divided with some countries backing. the point of also coming up
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donald trump is due, and course on thursday to face is most serious charges. yet, prosecutors bring new criminal cases alleging the former president conspired to overturn the 2020 election last plus the women's world cup south africa in jamaica make. it's to the knockout stages for the 1st time in history. meanwhile, brazil and superstar martha crash out of the turn the on the coast really, it's good to have you with us. military chase from across west africa, met to prepare for a possible armed intervention to end the coo and these year. but the echo was regional groups at a military option would remain to be a last resort. the block also send a delegation to negotiate with the home to other neighboring countries have bound to fight and support of the crew of the crew leaders and the uncertainty. european
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countries have evacuated, many of their citizens on emergency flights of the, as i'm serious indeed hangs, or venetia is future hundreds on foreign nationals heating home. evacuation flights has been carrying citizens, mostly from european nations. loved ones, were you nice thing? thank and rone and paris. after a hasty exit this is the one point we really felt that sense of insecurity. we knew that everything to change at any moment. all of a sudden the situation felt on safe. foreign offices have been coordinating to get as many people out as possible. more flights should showed for the coming days with the embassies keeping a close eye on developments. 7 said, we are always in favor of a diplomatic solution. that is where embassy remains open and we will see what
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happens. of course, we are for the restoration of democracy. and we'll see how that situation develops . with them as foreign nationals, fleet, the situation the leaving behind looks increasingly precarious. nigeria, which supplies stephen cheapest, seem to have me just electricity has caused its power supply to put pressure on crudely to me on a has come death to purchase. supposing the one to attend violent on sunday, but the mood is still team the one to shows no sign of backing down despite ultimatums from the eco wants block of we stand for can nation to reinstate? asked of president mohammed buzzer. it wound could use military force as a last resort. so this include a top and there are probably gonna be just one event our close, well connect to our attention. on the united response,
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we must present challenges or to start engine won't have to go knows in the gym, hit on grid on, on. she had experiences, wisdom on quality results, but of a neva state of banking. the could, the governments of the keen of fossil and molly headphones that any intervention will be seen as an act of war. the clock is ticking down to find a resolution with eager watch giving the when to until the end of the week to restore nature's democracy. analyze bernard is the director of strategic stabilization advisers. that's a firm that provides guidance to organizations and conflict zones. and i asked her how likely diplomatic solution to the crisis was at this point. at this point, it's not fully clear how likely that. busy be successful, obviously we're all hoping is and that there's some grounds for the echo watch television to at least manage a restoration of constitutional order and hopefully some version of
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a transition towards democracy. that's the ultimate goal. but right now it's not fully clear. i think well known the coming days, how successful that is and will certainly see that with regards to actions taken by other neighboring countries with regards to causing the borders or other kinds of economic sanctions. those will be huge indicators to see how well those conversations have gone. donald trump is due to appear in a court in washington on thursday to face the latest and most serious charges against them. to date, prosecutors have brought for criminal charges relating to his alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. the former us president and several of his allies are alleged to have conspired to subvert the transfer of power and keep them in office. despite knowing that he lost to jo bye, this may not be the 1st time trump has been criminally indicted. but it is the most serious legal threat he has faced so far. he has been charged with conspiracy to
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defraud the united states and of the attempt to obstruct an official proceeding. the joint session of congress to certify president jo biden's 2020 election victory at the hart. this investigation did the january 6th attack when thousands of people storms the us capitalized to try to bridge the capital. the special council jack smith, who filed the indictment, has blamed the trump for the violence the attack on our nation's capital. on january 6th, 2021 was an unprecedented assault, and the seat of american democracy is described in the indictment. it was fueled by lies wise by the defended, targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the us government and nations process of collecting,
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counting and certifying the results of the presidential election. prosecutor said, trump pushed fraud planes. he knew to be untrue. we had an election that was stolen from us and pressured state and federal officials to alter the results of the 2020 election. well, i want to do is i just want to find the $11780.00 loads, which is one more that we have. they also alleged that he also inside, at the january 6th riots on the us capital in a desperate attempt to cling to power the. we're going to walk down, anyone you want, but i think right here we're going to walk down to the capital and we're going to do on our bruise, senators and congressmen and women. trump is due to appear before
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a federal court on thursday. despite his legal was, he remains the most popular republican running for president. saying in the united states, a federal jury has voted to sentence the gunman who carried all the deadliest anti semitic attack in the country's history. to death. the 50 year old shooters stormed synagogue, and pittsburgh and killed 11 worshippers in october of 2018. before the massacre at the tree of life synagogue, he spread his hatred for jews and white. supremacist believes online a spring and the w. washington correspondent janelle de milan could see a unanimous vote by the jury there. what did they base their decision on if we back up to the point where a prosecutors were seeking the death penalty, we can see that they base their decision on a series of criteria that qualified the crime for the death penalty under the law.
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so this included the degree of planning that went into the attack that the victims were particularly vulnerable because they were elderly. so their ages ranged from 54 to 97. the fact that bowers targeted people at their place of worship is also seen as a particular to be way the factor. now the jury clearly decided all along similar lines as the prosecution. they completely agreed with the prosecutors in this case and completely rejected. the defense is arguments that bowers was delusional, that he wasn't skipped so frantic and that's what made him do these things. now it's worth noting at this point that the fact this is the 1st time a federal jury is sentencing someone to death during the fight and administration. now famously, when he was elected in 2025 and said that he would put an end to the federal death penalty. the fact that we are seeing the sentence today goes to show just how convinced the story is that the gravity of this crime merits bowers at paying the
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ultimate price for it. so how have members of the jewish community in the us and it's specifically of course, the families of the victims and other effective people. reacted to this to the reactions of, from the jewish community from the victims, families of from the 3 congregations of the tree of life synagogue. they have been understandably mix. now of course, this verdict goes some way towards a forwarding everybody closure of allowing them to move on and heal from this terrible trauma. on the other hand, there was no singular position on whether they felt bowers really deserved the death penalty. one family that wrote a statement after the verdict came out, said that to them this verdict was a signal that the heinousness of these crimes, especially against jewish people, would not be tolerated. and as such, it was a welcome signal for them. but at least one,
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a prominent jewish anti capital punishment activist has said that he's worried that to this death sentence would make a march or out of bowers that it would inspire like minded anti semites to follow in his examples. but it has to be said that for everybody involved, we are approaching the end of a long, terrible, multi year saga. there has been a range of emotions to process and all of this and the such. you can understand why people's positions on the subject are complicated and disrespect is janelle de milan and washington d. c. thanks for that. just bring you up to speed now and some of the other stories making news around the world today a jury. and so i've taken to the streets of major cities on the 1st day of a nationwide strike. the action was called to protest the removal of a gasoline subsidy by the country's new president. protesters are also calling for a new minimum wage countries facing the highest inflation in almost 2 decades.
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at least 20 people died when the overloaded boat that they were travelling and capsized and you've gone out during a storm. 9 were rescued from lake victoria. hundreds of people dying boat accidents on you gone in lakes every year. so francis has urged europe to act as a peace maker and bring an end to the war and ukraine. he was speaking at the start of a 5 day visit to portugal. the pontiff is there to celebrate the 1st world youth day since dependent on turkish president ridge of type air, due on his failed to convince, precious president of letting mere fulton to rejoin a landmark greenville with ukraine and a telephone call on wednesday. he told me that it was a quote bridge for piece. last month rush, i pulled out of the accord brokerage by turkey and the you and that allowed ukraine to explore green via its black see ports that lives on new issues. at the women's world cup,
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south africa has made it into the knockout stage. as for the 1st time after beating italy, both sides knew a when would be enough to secure a progression to the last 16 but a thrilling 5 goal and counter saw south africa come out on top. the early on it when it leaves way of to just 11 minutes, they were awarded a penalty, and adiana cut also stepped up to put her side to head. but then her teammate lit the side down then a dead to oh, see school a spec to own goal to put the schools level before have time. at this point it's really was still through, but it proved a costly era. as after the break, hilda magnolia, then gave south africa league the minutes continue to swing back and forth as easily restored parents in the 74 minutes meeting south africa with knocked out. if the school stayed at 2 o, that's in the 90 seconds minute. hilda magnolia setup tim the tech atlanta for the
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historic winning go south africa. go through to the knockout stages for the 1st time as it to the i'm knocked out in a group as france thrash panama, 63, in their final group game, to seal the top spot and a match full of goals. frances condy dionte is for the hats, right? so 3 goals, starting with this one, and then adding 2 penalties either side of the house. first time was panama are now on the printer. and there was a surprise in group f as brazil have been knocked out after a goal is drawn against jamaica. jamaica are through to the round of 16 for the 1st time ever. neither side was able to score, but jamaica had the better chances of a single point was enough for them to move into the next round. brazil legend march i had previously announced this would be for final world. and
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a reminder of our top story today. the military gees from across the west africa, let's discuss possible armed intervention to end the coo and the chair. but officials at the eco was regional group meeting, say, a military option is a last resort. the block has also sent a delegation to negotiate with hometown in these year. really, thank you so much for being with us today with the w. now though, because business is up next by the i have to say to us the.
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