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host: this is "dw news" from berlin. the wife of the orlando masculine, prosecutors are considering criminal charges tonight for helping her husband to murder. police say that the wife of omar mateen may have known about his plans and helped and did she is being investigated as a possible accomplice to the massacre. also, so, the convicted murderer oscar pistorius there is his leg -- bears his legs in court.
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his child has been pushed to july. and scuffles at the euro 2006 d. using pepper spray on english soccer fans. ♪ host: it is good to have you with us. tonight, the wife of the orlando shooter has become the main suspect. authorities have told -- refused to allow charging the wife as an accomplice. sources they that she had prior knowledge of the plans to carry out an attack and she may have gone with him to purchase weapons did investigators just weapons. investigators are following up on his -- clues that he was a closeted gay man himself. reporter: she could be the key to uncovering the motive behind
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the worst mass shooting in u.s. history. the wife of omar mateen, how much did she know? investigators say that her husband told her about his plans and she could face criminal charges for not notifying the authorities. police are still investigating what drove him to kill 49 people in a game -- gay nightclub, was it religiously motivated terror or a personal struggle? some witnesses said that he was a regular visitor at the night of -- club. but his wife said that it was just out -- scout the venue. omar mateen's father has blamed the attack on isis. we are victims of isis. i want to get my message out to youngsters, do not balance the draft of -- trap into the isis
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terror group. reporter: with orlando faith in the task of recovering -- f acing the task of recovering, they opened a family center, helping the survivors and families of victims. reporter: today we continue on a road of recovery. >> we know it will be a long road for the family of victims that are deceased. victims that were injured or wounded, family and friends, and even those that were simply witnessing the events. as well as first responders and anybody that has been involved. reporter: a key part of the recovery will be a full understanding of omar mateen's motives, but so far there are no easy answers to what he committed this attack. host: ok, we will bring in our
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washington correspondent, good evening. what do we know? what more do we know about the wife of omar mateen? reporter: she is talking with investigators and she is being cooperative. apparently, she knew about her husband radicalizing and apparently he has been on the internet looking at radicalizing websites for the past couple of years, and she also was with him when he purchased the ammunition and she also drove him to the nightclub when he wanted to scout it out. right now, a grand jury is deciding if she will be indicted. host: let's talk about the gunmen -- gaunman. more witnesses are coming out that he led a secret life as a gay man. what can you tell us about that?
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reporter: very conflicting reports about this. his father claiming that he was not gay. as you know, according to something that the extreme islam people follow, homophobia is under the sentence of death," countries of the world. his father thinks that he was tired -- inspired by that. other reports say that he frequented the club. and he had a gay app on his phone. we are not or whether he did this to meet up with people, whether he was gay himself, or what he was intending to do. host: president obama will be traveling to orlando tomorrow, what is on his agenda? reporter: we do not have details
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yet, but he will meet with families of the victims, whether or not he will give a speech we do not know. but primarily, this is his 14th trip to a massive student event like this in the united states since he has been president and he will probably one more time be the consoler and chief. host: a job he has had to take over many times. thank you, our correspondent in washington. thank you very much. it should be a peaceful time for american muslims who are currently celebrating the holy month of ramadan, but more calls from donald trump divan muslims from entering the country have put the community on edge. some muslims have invited members of their faith into the mosques in an attempt to stop the country from becoming even
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more divided. reporter: simon is a cane -- k een artist, the focus of this work is lines that interconnect, and that is the way it should be with people, too. he came to the u.s. from pakistan 17 years ago. today, she lives in orlando with her husband and two children. she was shocked by the massacre. >> my first reaction was i was horrified and saddened, because this hit close to home. this is an area where my children go to school. i thought that these could be our friends, neighbors, people that we come across in our daily lives. reporter: the night after the attack, the local inman invited people to the mosque to break their fast. she and other muslims went and dozens of christians accepted the invitation. when they heard was a method of
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acceptance. >> are you straight, gay, bisexual, lesbian, let every human being be that human being and let's stand for humanity. [applause] reporter: after the sermon comes the food. with christians and muslims eating together. they also pray together for the victims of the shooting and their families. the inman says that he has met many grieving relatives since the tragedy. >> they came to me and said that they were sorry for what i was facing but i was become a you lost a family member and you are consoling me. our family has become closer together. the closer we are, the less chance that there is fear that look -- that will succeed. reporter: the traditional prayer marks the end of the fact -- fast.
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contact between people of different religions is important, he says -- she says, but she is realistic. she does not think that that alone is enough to prevent killings like at the polls -- pulse nightclub. >> i feel like this was a solitary act committed by an individual who had a problem with his own convictions and beliefs. reporter: whatever religious tensions have been stirred up since the attack, here in orlando these muslims and christians are eating and praying together. host: a court in south africa has pushed back sentencing of oscar pistorius. now find out on july 6 what punishment we will face for murdering his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp, in 2013. it was a dramatic day inside the courtroom. he took out his leg stumps in a
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plea for leniency from the judge. reporter: oscar pistorius overcame physical disability to become a top athlete, now he hopes it will give him a shorter prison term. he faces a sentence of 15 years. the defense had him removed his prosthetic limbs as they asked for leniency. >> we have to see -- it was not the man winning gold medals that must be judged. it was a 1.5 meter person standing on his stumps. reporter: a little over three years ago, the olympian fatally shot his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp, through a door. earlier in the hearing, reeva steenkamp's father said he was tortured by the thought of his life -- her last moments. >> she must have been in so much fear and pain.
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oscar pistorius should pay for what he did. he has to pay for it. reporter: oscar pistorius has maintained the shooting was an accident and he mistook his girlfriend for a murderer. he has since separate from post-traumatic stress disorder and his psychologist said that he should be hospitalized, not jailed. >> is spirit is broken. clinically, he has deteriorated. reporter: but the prosecution says that he has shown a no remorse and has shown addressing -- aggression. as told by his nurse. >> i must get out. reporter: the story -- he has already served one year in prison and is living under current house arrest. his prison sentence will likely be reduced because of time served and likely because of his disability.
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host: and grabbing attention that the hero 2008 -- euro 2016. police used tear gas to disperse fans in lille. security on northern french city has been boosted following saturday's violence classes between russian and english fans in marsailles. security personnel are on duty and these themes -- scenes are from the center. they are breaking up mostly english reporters -- supporters. one reporter on the scene saw them carrying out cpr on exam. ok, we want to go to our correspondent jonathan harding. you experienced this couples today, tell us about it. reporter: i did. i was in the center of town outside of the train station,
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talking to a colleague, and there was a loud bang and movement toward a main road. it was not clear what was happening, then suddenly the police moved fans into a side street and try to contain the situation, which they did. it seemed like it was c alming down, but later in the evening fans had come outside of the main pub and gone up the road to another pub, and they are now outside the train station. they are in front of me and they are cheering and saying, but there seems to be something about them that some may consider intimidating. host: we can hear them in the background. yes, stay safe this evening as he continued to cover the story. ok, on the pitch switzerland
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missed their chance to go into the next round after drawing against romania. it was romania that cheered after bogdan stancu got a penalty. and then admir mehmedi got an equalizer. switzerland came out short, getting a draw that leaves things wide open anger -- in group a. on wednesday, slovakia took down russia. vladimir weiss put his team. russia fell back and got on the board. this is about 10 minutes from time, but it was not enough. the file result, 2-1 for slovakia. -- final results, 2-1 for slovakia.
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♪ brent: welcome back. top stories, u.s. authorities considering whether to press charges against the wife of the orlando dimon -- gunman, omar mateen. investigators say that she may have gone with her husband to purchase weapons. and french police have used pepper spray to disperse english soccer fans in lille. this couples came after an intense day in the city, which posted russia's defeat to slovakia. and britain's campaign turned
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into a farce today has been a class on london's river thames. it was an eye-catching and and -- stunt and more serious stuff going on in parliament. -- said that he would raise taxes if the voters take the country out of europe. only eight days until the boat and the country look like they are failing -- sailing into uncharted waters. reporter: as the crusade known as brexit goes into its final week, fishermen are taking it into the high seas. they went out on the river to protest. the local industry has left -- has been left unable to turn their own. -- their own course. >> it is based on a principle of
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equal access to a common resource. whether that means is the united kingdom has the biggest resource and we have to share with everybody else. that is it. reporter: but i'll guild off -- bob gildoff joined the war of words. >> england has the second largest economy for fishing after denmark. reporter: on dry land, the finance minister upped the ante with a warning that he would have to release tax i -- hikes in great britain left -- if great britain left the eu. >> this is measures that would take time and britain would need to get on with it. you can do it by raising taxes, cutting spending, almost certainly you would have to be both. reporter: in parliament, the
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opposition without to block the move -- vowed to block the move. >> we would oppose any brexit or austerity budget. reporter: but the prime minister said that a vote to leave would cut a massive hole in public coffers. >> and nobody wants to have an emergency budget, nobody wants cuts in public services or tax increases, but i will say this -- there is only one thing worse than not addressing a crisis, and that is ignoring it. reporter: with the referendum next thursday, both sides are hoping that they will manage to knock the wind out of each other's campaign and set sail to victory. brent: ok. changing course, talking about business. the u.s. fed showing no more hikes. christoff: that is right.
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janet yelleis not a woman of surprises, they are keeping interest rates steady and they cited the slow pace of job growth, even though the economy is picking up speed. the near zero interest rate policy was introduced in december when they changed the rate between a quarter and a half percent. some economists think that a rate hike in july is possible if the job market improves. and we will bring in our wall street correspondent from new york. the economy as a whole is improving, inflation is picking up, but we do have data -- one report, is it not time to raise interest rates? reporter: well, there is so much going on right now. the federal reserve lowered the economic forecast for this and the next two years and they
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lower the amount of the rate increases, so they expect that for the next two years. there are reasons to increase rates and reasons to be hesitant. i would say what is the biggest outcome of the wednesday meeting was that the federal reserve does not have a clear path. this is something that did not go down well on wall street. they were trading lower for a fifth consecutive day, even if losses were not epic. christoff: the scenario of great britain leaving the e.u. has rattled the market. has this influenced their decision making? reporter: yes, federal -- janet yellen said specifically that the top and uncertainty -- talk and uncertainty about the brexit is a reason that they are
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staying put. it could be a factor for a future economic growth if great britain should leave the european union, but it was only one of several reasons why it seems unlikely that federal reserve will act anytime soon. even july, being a possibility, it is rather unlikely. more federal officials are expecting only one rate increase this year, at the last meeting. at the last meeting, they said they expect only one. and we've other members now saying so. so that uncertainty is not good news for the market and not good news for the dollar that traded lower. christoff: thank you. brent: ben azalea has ended an emergency -- venezuala has ended an emergency today work, but a deep economic crisis continues.
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food shortages are worsening as more people are crowded around food sources, hoping to get something to eat. confrontations on the street are a regular occurrence. the currently has lost so much value -- currency has lost so much value that the country cannot import food. and money is scarce. they blame the president and have called on him to step down. now a takeover did not materialize two years ago, now the short messaging service twitter is putting money into the music streaming platform, sound cloud. they have invested $70 million into the company that is in need of cash. reporter: sound cloud is one of the best-known german startups. founded in 2007, it now has 175 million monthly users, but very few of them pay for premium service. that is why the company is
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burning a lot of cash. now they want to change that with health from twitter. -- help from twitter. twitter is putting $70 million into sound cloud and they hope that this will allow them to open up their user base. sound cloud's platform connects musicians and fans around the world and they have a larger catalog of songs than spotify and apple music. they launched a sufficient service in march -- subscription service in march. they want to look more at the u.s. market. brent: that is all from the business desk. this is just coming in. investigators looking for egyptair flight 804 say that they think they have found the main wreckage of the plane. we'll have more on that as details come in. again, investigators say they have found the main wreckage
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from that crashed airplane. the difficulties in implementing the paris agreement have been just one of the many issues discussed, the climate agreement. this was at an annual media form. one main question, what will journalists -- role journalists can play. reporter: wildfires rage in indonesia, was go through southern germany -- floods go through southern germany. the effects of climate change are all over the world. at a global media form, journalists, politicians and experts gathered to discuss ways to implement the paris agreement and how the media can help. >> i think that the media has to explain just what climate change is. there is a big knowledge gap and the media should clarify what a transformation might look like in every country. reporter: one example is africa,
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and interactive tv program produced by dw in cooperation with channels tv. they focus on success stories. one company, recyclers, health ease -- helps ease the garbage problem. locals who separate trash are awarded with a point system, which lets them obtain appliances and cash. they say that europe should play a role in africa's development. >> a lot of multinationals are operating in countries like nigeria and they come from countries like germany and the e.u. and they need to push the same standards that they are under in other countries, in the countries they are working in. they need to conform with helping to clean up communities, they need to pay for ensuring
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that the waste products are cleaned up in the communities that they are in, not only in their home countries. reporter: the global media forum brings activists together with decision-makers from europe. real change requires everybody to join. [applause] brent: after a short break, i will be back to take you through the day. stay with us. ♪
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