on the this is dw years wide from berlin. tonight us democrats dismayed and worried after president biden's shambolic debate performance binding to donald trump with head to head 90 minutes of insults trump fault tubs and a shaky showing by the incumbent committee. now questioning biden's decision to run for a 2nd term. also coming up and rainy is, are voting for a new president to replace abraham very easy who died is a helicopter crash. one reform is candidate is up against 3 hard lines plus millions, preparing for pride, marches around the world this weekend tonight we report on health turkey's eligibility to community is planning to celebrate this point glowing harassment by

the authority. the library golf is good to have you with this on this friday. you as president joe biden's campaign is scrambling to contain the fallout from thursday's election debate against donald trump. democrats at hope that the showdown would reshape the presidential race and dispel any doubt about biden's fitness to serve a 2nd term. instead, they saw him deliver a stumbling performance and struggle to counter attacks. and faults claims that came straight from trump. of. busy 46 presidents of the united states jo by the president's loyal supporters, blamed it on a bad night. a head cold set his campaign. but many americans, especially those planning to vote for his challenger, donald trump signed by and what they've seen for a long time,

a failure to get his point across under pressure. trump often appeared to struggle to understand by it. and rather than to disagree with all those people, the idea that they're gonna, i'm like, i'm proposing that everybody's a payment. so it's really there's a one percent, one percent. so know, and after i cannot raise the cost of social security for anybody under $400000.00. after that it began to make the wealthy began to pay their fair share. and how much for his part trunk focused on voters pessimism about immigration and the economy and claim things were better when he was a hawk. we have the greatest economy in the history of our country. we have never done so well. every. everybody was amazed by it. other countries were copying us from supporters were in high spirits after the debate for the 1st 3 seconds when president biden was speaking. my i was what happened to his voice. he's staring into oblivion and i've never heard so much mumbling it. was scary,

some loyal bite and supporters were left looking for a silver lining, but calls immediately came for desperate measures replacing biden with a more capable democratic candidate on the optics. and by the last that on the fact 51 big. so you have to determine what's more important. you object your thoughts and i'm big on the facts on still like buying one the debate for me. but i know he looked at ro bite and agreed to the bay drum much further ahead of the november election. then as usual, in order to drum up support for his campaign, according to even some top democrats, that plan seems to have backfire or more now i'm joined by substantiate for he's a member of the german buddhist, talk for the greens. he's also the chairman of the german us, parliamentary friendship group. it's good to have you with this this evening. i want to start with job. i'm and just ask you. um, what did you think when you saw the debate? well, thank you and good evening and i'm from from berlin. um, well, it was

a very interesting night and the, the selections are probably the most important ones we've had in decades and for the transatlantic relationship. and so, yeah, some of the night was not that i'm not what we expected. should germans said germany be worried now more then you may have been worried 24 hours ago. but we have to be prepared for whatever the american is solving decides. and in november, so know we have to take care of our security. we have to take more of more responsibility. and this task didn't change overnight. the, the 2 candidates, they have very different visions of how the world views the united states. i'm sure

you're aware of that. donald trump, the claim that biting has destroyed america's reputation bite and offered a much more optimistic view. i mean with your european eyes, where does the us stand right now on the world stage? well currently we are very lucky to have a president for whom the transatlantic relationship is so important without jo buying without the support of the american people. and i'm afraid that the situation in ukraine, the currently is bad, would be a lot worse. now. we need the united states, we need to strong mitchell, our enemies have grouped together china and north korea and russia. and we need to pull together that

in europe. but also with the american friends, are you and your colleagues, are you now preparing for the possibility for maybe of the likelihood that in several months you will be dealing with a us president donald trump again, as well. it's very important that we keep contracts to both sides of the aisles in the end, the us congress for. so we use every opportunity that we get, for instance, a place like the munich security conference, to talk to our colleagues. so also from the republicans side and it's important to keep close ties also to, to these guys. ok, substantiate for allow me here with the greens here in germany. this usually if we appreciate your time tonight. thank you. thank you. good night for the us supreme court today, road that hundreds of defendants were wrong, we prosecuted over the january 6 capital riot. justice is rude, that

a charge of instruction requires proof that the accused tried to destroy the evidence. only some of those allegedly involved in attacking the capitol fall into that category. the decision also cast out on some charges faced by former president donald trump. back here in europe in protest are expecting this weekend to the german city of s, and where the far right alternative for germany is holding it summer conference. the party is writing somewhat high. follow me. recent electoral success is despite the series of scandals, observers is a inside in could see the a f d shift even further to the right. 2024 was meant to be they are the far right. told 10. it's a for germany was writing high in the polls ahead of pivots and elections that they use and in the eastern german hotline. they're ready for mall. but things didn't go to plan. in january, hundreds of thousands of people across germany took to the streets. what's

happening right now with the jeremy, i came to you and came before and i've discussed it. the demonstrations were sparked by reports that yes, the state goes attended a meeting at this villa site, but then they're said to have discussed plans for the mass deportation of german citizens. party leaders called to spit jump, but more trouble followed. a leading sticker in the party was found guilty of using nazi slogan. that's a riley. then the pots each top candidates for the elections were hit with the scandal. maximilian cross closest aid was arrested on suspicion, spying for china. his running mate was then accused of receiving money from a russian. this information campaign, the pay of withdrawal from the deeds election offensive must be the last uh, i will not close over what has been a setback this week to our important call jeremy. shooting. to make matters worse,

the french fall right now for less liter learning, the pen broke off for alliance with the f d in the european parliament. despite that, the party was celebrating on european election night, really happy, and that gives us a lot of time to win from the east german godaddy laptops line to look at their pools show. it could have been much better and some in the park. do you think the leadership should have stood by their candidates? know the conference sets the stage for rival functions to have their c. and it could see the part is extreme wing try to upset more power. i want to bring, you know, the w alexander guarantee, is that an anti a if the protest in testing in western germany where that party conferences taking place? so as now is just tell us, i mean, what are you hearing? what are you seeing there? well branded fails, and it looks like a big part the actually going on here,

plus the message that process wants to say this arrive at syria is one. they want to send the cigna against the far right. they have the and they want to show that the city or does not welcome. they actually bought the content that takes place this weekend in the city. what you're seeing and maybe also hearing behind me is actually just the 1st glimpse of what we expect tomorrow. tomorrow, 100000 people are expected to come to the city to protest. so peaceful, they protest that is what the organize us have highlighted church as union, right? as a future, they all have told for the demonstration and they have one goals. and that is to block as many rates as possible to prevent a fee that i get from a bi arriving. so the goal is essentially to, to 10 says we have to be bought because many 10 says, or at least 7 plus code because the delegates can not arrive in time. oh,

okay. i mean, i'd say it's 1st time i've seen a political process with people dancing on to techno and pump up the jam. what about this party conference, the why can we expect to come out of it? yeah, we can expect of the show of unity among the if the politicians, i think this is the most important message they want to send. uh because we have of state election starting out in full and 3 state elections amazed germany. and in all those threes, the ac body is actually leading the polls. so it is very likely that de quotes in the election south of the next and see the strong as the in those regions. the logic now behind the if the strategy is the, let's open ticket those 5 products on the bench tomorrow. somebody of a john says, so we expect the leadership to be re elected and bit of the rooms above open, open conflicts. but as we have the trouble permitting,

we bought the convent to the boss. that is set up to expect the unexpected. yeah, i think that's what we're getting right now with the tech know in the background, alexander guess in the city of edson eliana. thank you. it really is have been voting for a new president to replace abraham or easy english skills. is a helicopter crash last month. boating has been extended as the supreme leader ayatollah. how many called for a high turn out. how many overs all the selection of the candidates with the leading contenders? 3 card liners and one reform is. many voters are angry about government action against protests while regional tensions are running high over the war in gauze. after 3 years of embrace these hartline need to ship it on 61000000 borders. once again have a choice. stewart, a bore economy, west infections, and women's rights among the most pressing issues. right, so you put in

a lot of effort for the economy, but on the ground things didn't change much for the general public. and people were not happy about 20 of the time of the election. the huge app will be taken seriously. but when the vote is over, things will go back to the way they want. the young people are not allowed to remove that head scarves. it's the to practically team of supreme leader at the last, how many totes do make power in eat on, but the 8 on and president sets domestic policy and has some influence over foreign policy. all right, so presidential candidates, usually ally confessed with a consultative supreme leader, but in an effort to gardner support from a public, that's largely fields and you need to decide to cite the candidates have campaigned by public key criticizing the government as one of the presidential candidates is

mohammed kazi boss, a former demanded of the blue city god. he has promised indians to devise the economy which has been factored by rest infections. we will definitely compensate for the gap between the inflation rates and wages, by raising your wages and providing you with necessary goods and staples in such a way that your dinner table will never shrink. and their, their leading candidate is se deleting. the drug conservative is the former chief new p d negotiator and wants to press the head with it on long standing in the western policy the solar reform. this candidate is doctor mas to this is, can he has been the most critical voice against him. indeed, 3 hid job and the morality police. he also fevers engagement with the west.

how long? by the way we can talk to each other. we can also learn to talk to our neighbors and the rest of the world. we kind of fight everyone, we shouldn't fight, we should not show aggression to others. somebody human rights organizations criticize the fitness, afraid on interactions, and do worse than historically lower levels of what they're doing out remains a big challenge in deflection as the way i'm doing now. but i guess in the she's a human rights lawyer and board member of the iran human rights documentation center. it's good to have you with this half of the 61000000 eligible voters in iran or women. do any of these exclusively male candidates stand for anything that could be considered close to women's rights? so yeah, i think this is an excellent question. there is a lot of discussion of these candidates, but the truth is that this election doesn't matter much in the end because really

all the power is concentrated with the supreme leader of the company. and these candidates are not offering anything different that has happened in the decades prior. one thing to note is that the regime is very concerned about low voter turnout. and so they have allowed his ascii on these somewhat moderated candidate to also be part of this lineup. but he's not offering anything different in terms of change. in fact, he was somebody who um, wasn't power at the time that saw her that are causing me any ronnie and canadian photo journalist, a woman who is taking photos outside of abilene prison, was torturing key sort of over saw the medical examination of that that denied that and so he has never been a champion of women, and i think that is really motivating a lot of young people to not vote of it is noticeable how all the candidates have

tried to distance themselves from the extremely strict his job laws or, or at least you have dodged the issue of what does it tell you i have they've been told to keep it away from that topic a this is obviously a testament to the power of the woman life freedom protests. the fact that many young women and girls were very clear about the fact that they want their rights. they do not want mandatory job. and they also want to have gender qualities . that is something that they cannot ignore. and that is why you see a bit of these statements and a sort of distancing perhaps, in some ways, from the tenure paper, him right. see, who was the figure and really in miss new or used, or connie and they are ignoring they are ignoring the issues here. are they by not

talking about the strict to job rules. yeah, and i think that ultimately what is happening here is really a fight for the islamic republic to maintain legitimacy. that is why they need to put forward a sort of monitoring meaning candidates in a see a very conservative. yeah. a candidate, the issues that are affecting iranians are not actually being discussed in terms of civil and political rights. none of that is being discussed and the emphasis is very much on other things. and a number of these candidates on the ballot have also been responsible for a trustee, crimes and corruption. the criminality is something that is not discussed as well. but that is why there is going to be a record, low voter turnout from what we're seeing so far. yeah, and we know in the past elections, many iranians, they've expressed their dissatisfaction with the regime by not going to the polls

at all. um, are you expecting this low voter turnout to be historically low and what kind of reaction from the regime then? do you expect if the numbers are disappoint to we saw that with the parliamentary elections, which results the last sort of election, but the people who come in vote and that it was historically low voter turnout. and of course, given what has happened with nationwide pro tests, which were the biggest challenge that is amik republic, since its establishment and 1979. the establishment is very worried about this low voter turnout. it's a little too soon to tell, but reports are indicating that there is low voter turnout into on, certainly on social media. and many iranians inside the country have been using hash tags like elections, circus. they've been saying now which means know which means noted as long as the republican note to the elections. and many prominent figures have come out to say

that they won't be voting, including reformist figures. one point had some power in the establishment. they said that they won't, they won't be voting me. we appreciate you taking the time to talk with us tonight, giving your insights. thank you. thank you for millions of people who are marching pride parades in many cities this weekend and countries around the world but not in turkey were over the past decade, pride marches have been banned. president richard plenty of air and one has vilified j and trans people and now many in the eligibility cube community, the fear that things could get even worse. the www. is julia han reports, did i? it is still early in the evening, and other boys by is preparing for her 1st guess. she runs one of the few remaining queen nightclubs in east a safe space. as she calls like, everyone can be who they want to be. here to be to q,

community has never had it easy and happy that recently many have felt increasingly targeted, tells me if they didn't give you again, if you called way what you want, you constantly have your mind to a sexual orientation. look or in front of find the help of i don't social media, there are people who attacked you and call you a pub to a free. a constant means still fear in you. they want you to be afraid. in colquitt smooth, let us look like monkeys feel a lot of time for years now. other has seen growing hostility to who would say the community, although homosexuality is not illegal, integrity authorities of sand prank demonstrations and major cities since 2015. those has to take to the streets, risk police, violence and detention. once again this year or forward, he's had fans be a simple pride march and the police are preparing for a major operation. barricades like bees already for use all over the city center.

the message is clear, protest won't be tolerated here. reprice bite on the snow, even forbidden to wave a price like a rainbow flag cut to get as many people have left the country and recent his whole cause. this good talk to cobb co. everything has become pitch black for us, cut off, and it's clear that the future will be talking to a shuttle that is frightening one day save a quote to take his president ridge of tire of ad one and his rooting it slow me conservative. a k potty has toughened their stems against eligibility to people in recent years. supp good. the supp book of these group ps were the biggest supporters of dave and, and pervert his behavior is tentative and to fundamentally undermine our social structure. sure. can you probably understand what i'm talking about? i'm new l g b t. good. and we will not allow them to corrupt. are you add one?

homosexuality is a threat to for additional family values. he insists that marriage can only be between a man and a woman. and says women should have multiple children to build the nation in this conservative face symbol neighborhood, many share these views and some even feel encouraged to say so open the some kind of an a button is a month from an islamic perspective. it's forbidden. no, no, no, mark them, as i'm personally, i don't want our young people that are children to see that i was not. that's why i'm against county be to one. it's in the car. she me on living, give it to the guy but i support them. i don't see any problems. i have very good friends who are gay, almost all you know, and doesn't work that way. how can to women not to mentally together, that can happen all mazda 100 c, attitudes that are both by and her friends are repeatedly confronted with. but they don't want to hide. despite everything,

we're still here. we're still standing to and we will continue to resist and speak out here at the club. the dream of a talk, a bit is tolerant. does this what everyone has accepted just as they are enjoying now by melina booey and she's a senior campaigner with amnesty international. it's good to have you with this this evening. why does this minute turkish president, why does it constantly target the eligibility to compete with the, in his speech is, i mean, why is the top of his stance in the past few years a well, that's a really interesting question. i wish you would be able to have an interview with the president and asking not particular question directly, i think the victimization, the targeting the stigmatization of an entire group of people. and in particular, eligibility i and the communities in turkey has

a very specific purpose in the last 10 years specifically. and we have seen an increase in the stigmatize a. it's in which, a, a, in your report, and also a tech. so the question of trying to consolidate a very conservative face for a like, for purposes buying, mobilizing, and the, the sort of intolerance, discriminatory and base feelings in society in order to potentially also diverts from other issues other problems, other questions that the countries facing a much bigger problems and, and, and stigmatizing at a small, relatively small group of people who serve that political purpose. i suspect that there is a bit of that going on. and in, in the president's attitude to this question, what can we,

we see that in politics around the world, not, not only in turkey, this aggressive rhetoric that we've heard from aero to what does it also lead to more violence against gays and lesbians. i mean, i'm just wondering what dangers in the o g b t community. what dangers to people there face in turkey as well the, the activists and the people from the community like the person you, your, you interviewed in your report and express that uh, reality. but also that's fear that the stigma ties ation, leads to a social media being used as a way of targeting individuals and, and attacking them. but also in the streets. i mean, i was just reading a um, a report from uh, reading, mtv guy writes, organize ation from uh, april this year where a group of trans women. and we're trying to help someone having a,

an academic attack in the street and is near. and they were attacked by groups of individuals who, who targeted them using the stair appearance. and there, you know, these are, these are the incidents that are occurring, the state of florida. these are perpetrating vitamins like in the context of price marches for those. so as society is galvanized to potentially act on these ideas that these are d d n p falls and that the, this is not unnatural and it's um, targeting family values and so on. these are a very dangerous um, uh that this is very dangerous rhetoric and this is stuff. this is stuff that we, that we were, we weren't talking about 203040 years ago in turkey. i mean, if, if i think of other turk and i think of the secular turkey estate, it was looked at as an example of a muslim majority country. that was also

a member of the modern world. that reputation is something that air don't want in his political party are trying to change isn't. and that's where the eligibility to community comes in as an easy target as well. i would, i would rather stay away from this idea that maybe 30 years ago, this was a very, you know, welcoming and sort of so called told her in society when it came to eligibility. i, people almost present the transpose, the discriminatory aptitude, just as racism in germany and other boundaries are long standing problems. so, you know, we, we have seen a, an intensification of the attacks on how to be t. i people political attacks, a rhetoric to change the constitution and song in the context of bands on pro plans because they don't want to be tie people to be visible in the public sphere and

that so yeah, well, uh has been the last 10 years. unfortunately, we're out of time, but we, we appreciate you taking the time to talk with us. thank you. as you're welcome and you're watching the w two's wine from berlin. i'll be back in the top of the hour with more will do is i to see you then the think the oh just twice think ahead or was outside the box on your but always remember to think for yourselves we all had to sign was incredibly low

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