brent: this is "dw news," live from berlin. tonight, the pictures their parents in the world have waited to see. the first images of the boys rescued frfrom its audit cave in thailand. -- from a flooded cave in thailand. we learned that the boys were sedateted to keep them calm durg their rescue. also coming up. >> germany, as far as i am concerned, is captive to russia because it is getting so much of its energy from russia. brent: u.s. president donald trump unloads at the start of a

summit, the rating alliance members for not paying their fair share for defense. it is shaping up to be one of the most divisive summits in nato history. and a neo-nazi goes to jail for life. beate zschape isis found guiltof 10 murdeders here in germany, mt of them racially-motivated. the evidence in the five year-long trial shocked the nation. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff. it's good to have you with us. they had prayed and hoped for weeks that this day would come. the parents of the boys rescued from a flooded cave system in thailand today visited their children in the hospital for the first time. but they were only allowed to see their sons through a glass window. the 12 members of the wild boars football team and their coach re -- are in good shape after their

ordeal but doctors say their immune systems could still be coppermine is. -- compromised. reporter: happy and relatively well after a 2.5 week ordeal in a flooded cave. now, recovering in hospital.l. the doctors say they will be under observation for 10 days, and then resting at home for another month. with only water from the cave's walls to drink, the boys are underweight and exhausted. they have been kept in quarantine because there's still a danger of infection. the relilief is overwhelming. parents are not yet allowed to hug their children, but they are happy to see them alive. the thai navy seals have published these astounding images of the rescue and explained in detail how difficult and dramatic this mission really was. the boys were taken out of the cave just as the oxygen levels dropped to a dangerous level. they were sedated in order to prevent them panicking in the narrow underwater passages. doctors monitor their condition

at regular interviews -- intervals around the route. thai officials were jubilant that they were able to achieve whatat many thought was mission impossible, side-by-side with internrnational volunteers. >> this unity is not only with thailaland, it is a global unit. this incident was more than a lifesaving mission, it's gone beyond that. it is the unity of all nationalities. reporter: at their high school, their friends are eagerly waiting for them to return. >> my friend dom was in the cave. i was so relieved to learn that everyone was rescued and that they are ok. >> we were told not to ask them any questions about the cave. we should just wait for them to tell us if they feel like it, but we are planning a big welcome ceremony when they come back. reporter: it is not just the boys' high school where the spectacular rescue mission is the dominating topic. all throughout the village we

are seeing banners celebrating the new heroes. the boys will have to wait for the celebratations. the chief of the m mission sayst is not fulully over. our final mission, he said, , is to send d them back meme. brent: here are some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. in afghanistan, gunmen stormed the dedepartment of education in an eastern city. atat least 11 employoyees werere killed and 10 wounded. security forces exchanged gunfire with the attackers for five hours before killing two of them. it is the second attack there in as many days. prominent chinese political campaigner qin yongmin has been sentenced to 13 years in prison after a court found him guilty of subversion of state power. he was first jailed as a counterrevolutionary in the 1980's and has already spent 22

years behind bars. now to that two-day high-stakes summit in brussels where sparks are flying. u.s. president donald trump accusing members of the military alliance of not pulling their weight when it comes to defense spending. after a busy day of meetings, leaders went to dinner together and to need their talks. u.s. president donald trump wasted no time suggesting that america's european allies should increase their spending. but the amount that he considers appropriate came as a shock. it is way above the target that nato members had previously agreed upon. we want to pull in our correspondent teri schulz, she is at nato headquarters in brussels. good evening to you, teri. president trump is especially taking issue with a lack of burden sharing, nato members not pulling their own weight when it comes to defense spending. how did that go down today?

teri: that was not unexpected because ththis has been presidet trump's obsession since even before he came into office. and i mean, he does have a point, because the european allies spend much less than the united states does on their defense budgets. and it has not come to the fore until 2014, really, when russia annexed crimea from ukraine, and then they started realizing they were not prepared in a crisis. and since 2014, all the allies have reversed the cuts to their defense budgets. but since president trump came into office and focused on this, started berating allies, there has been an even greater buff in investment, and now eight of the 21 allies to spend -- do spend the nato target of 2% of gdp on defense. that of course leaves a lot of other allies who don't. and those will not escape president trump's wrath, as long

as he stays in office, as far as i can tell. brent: this summit, it got off to a very explosive start over breakfast this morning. i want you to take a listen to what the u.s. president had to say. >> germany, as far as i am concerned, is captive to russia because it is getting so much of its energy from russia. so we are supposed to protect germany, but they are getting their energy from russia. explain that. and it can't be explained, you know that. brent: yeah, good luck trying to explain that. i mean, why did trump raise the issue of russian gas supplies? what was the point he was trying to make? is he conflating several things here? teri: he absolutely is, and that is something that nato has tried so hard not to let happen. there have always been able to say solidarity on defense remains strong even if allies have differences over things like trade or climate. now president trump is mixing them all up. so what he is saying is he does not understand how european

countries, germany in particular, can pay, in his words, billions of dollars for russian gas, and then expect the united states to spend billions of dollars to protect them, again referring to defense investment in their own militaries. that is certainly not an argument you would hear anyone at nato condone. they do not want to conflate trade issues. and germany does not spend the amount that president trump said. it does not take the percentage that president trump said of gas from russia. he was not only conflating things, he was also throwing out fake facts. that said, it is really interesting what happened after that, because he did not repeat that statement in his bilateral meeting with chancellor merkel. but then in the car on the way to dinner tonight, he tweeted it again. so he doubled down on that again. and not only that, said all allies need to spend 2% immediately. brent: teri schulz in brussels.

teri, thank you very much. time to switch gears and go to fanny for business and in exchange of blows between president trump and chancellor merkel. fanny: indeed. donald trump and angela merkel were exchanging barbed remarks at the nato summit today. trump said that germany was quote, captive to russia, as he objected to a pipeline deal to bring russian natural gas directly to germany. merkel pushed back, insisting that germany makes its own decision. all this amid tensions between the u.s. and china have gone up as the u.s. announces yet another round of tariffs on chinese imports. from is supposed to slap a levy of 10% on 200 pages of hundreds of products. human hair, live eels, and

toilet paper. yeah, it might sound funny if it was not so serious. it is important to remember that behind all these products are companies large and small who now have to rely on the vast u.s. market to sell goods. it adds to another $2000 billio. reporter: containers are piling up in shanghai. now, too, are steaks from the u.s. that no one will buy because they are too expensive. chchese c customs authorities he been searching for imports from the u.s. and slapping them with tariffs of 25%. customers in supermarkets are feeling affects, and the supermarket industry are looking for other suppliers outside the u.s. but washington insists on china opening its economy.. that is why the trump economy is ramping up its trade war. friday, america raised its

duties on chinese imports. china retaliated with similar tariffs on u.s. imports. now trump has ordered the u.s. trade representative to place tariffs on a further 200 billion u.s. dollars worth of u.s. goods including food and agricultural products. the chinese government has called the plans unacceptable. >> the u.s. is being a typical bully on trade. china will take necessary action to protect our legal rights. i also want to add, this is a fight between unilateralism and multilateralism, protectionism and free trade. reporter: china plans to get back and has filed a complaint with the world trade organization. fanny: all this turmoil means it is a busy time for chinese custom officials. explaining what the leads of dollars in tariffs could mean for the company's manufacturing the affected products takes time and trouble.

john is encouraging companies to push towards other markets, even as the project itself has been -- has seen some setbacks. reporter: as its trade were with the u.s. rages o on, china is anxious to show it can withstand the pressure. the commerce ministry has taken pains to show customs reprpresentatives s helping firs come to grips with tariffs. his rice wine is on the latest list. duties imposed earlier are hitting its manufacturing sector the most. >> in our city there are three categories of enterprises involved. the bearing industry, machine manufacturing and electronics products. reporter: officials in southern china say their strategy is to push towards other markets, especially those within china's ambitious road project. that is the name of the

initiative to boost investment on the trade route from asia to europe to africa. >> w we will continue to expand economic and trade cooperation with countries along thehe belt road. in the first quarter of this year, export to these countries accounted for 35% of our total. reporter: but economic cooperation with other countries within the road has taken a few hits, too. corruption scandalals, political scandals and ballooning debt and partnering countries have kept the momentum in check. the initiative may well have its limits as a counterweight to the effects of a trade. -- trade war. fanny: our correspondent had this to say about the latest trade escalation. >> first we talked about a trade spat, now we should no longer be getting ourselves.

we are in the middle of an outright trade war between the united states and china, now with donald trump's second list out. 200 pages, with exports worth about $200 billion. there is no way to underestimate how difficult this will make things for global trade, not only between the u.s. and china, but the implications it has for other countries. and for markets in general, we should not underestimate what implications it has for donald trump in the end, because as opposed to the first list of products, the second, new list of products that will be faced with tariffs, that includes consumer products. so every day americans will start paying more for goods from china and that will hurt their pocket. we don't know where this is all going but we know that for sure investors do not like where it is going and we saw markets down

in frankfurt as we get around --as we did around the world. fanny: britons did a regulator has find facebook for failing to protect user data. it has imposed the highest possible penalty, 500,000 pounds. but that is blessed in what facebook earns in 10 minutes. this, after they allowed personal access to almost 87 million users to the consultancy fifirm cambridgege analytical. the firm denies the accusations and has filed for bankruptcy. all right. time to cross over to new york. let's bring in our financial correspondent. china is looking to expand into new export markets.

what other possibilities does it have to counter u.s. tariffs? jens: two-putt tariffs -- to put tariffs on u.s. goods is limited because the u.s. on the exports goods in the amount of around $130 billion to china, but china has a whole lot of other options. example, they could start not buying so much u.s. treasuries anymore. then american companies who produce and china. it is not considered to be imports that -- there could be all kinds of possibilities for china to make life for u.s. corporations not that easy in the future. fanny: staying on the story, donald trump's hard-line stance is having an effect on the pharmaceutical industry. can you tell us more on that? jens: on july 1, pfizer, when of the biggest firms who go companies in the country,

increased prices for dozens of drugs. on monday, u.s. president trump criticized those steps sharply. on tuesday there was a meeting of the ceo of pfizer and donald trump and now on wednesday pfizer decided is now to hold on the price increases. if you look at the long-term and plans for the from a single industry, it is not likely pharmaceutical companies will have to lower their own prices, it is more that middlemen will probably see some cuts. that is why the stock of pfizer did not actually suffer that much. and donald trump on the other side celebrated this step as a big victory for his own policy. fanny: jens, thank you so much for your analysis. now to a very important verdict in germany. brent: a court in the german

city of munich today convicted a member of a neo-nazi terrorist cell for murder. beate zschape has been sentenced to life in prison for her role in the murder of 10 people in a 10-year killing spree. she belonged to a group calling itself the national socialist underground, the nsu. if carried out racially-motivated murders, two bombings, and a series of robberies. reporter: guilty of 10 counts of murder. beate zschape, the only survivor of the neo-nazi murder cell, will spend the rest of her life behind bars. it was the maximum sentence, but little consolation for the victim's relatives. >> all the evidence against and in favor of the defendant was considered, but the trial did not address the suffering of the victim's families at all. they were not considered in any way, so apparently the court did not even take note of the impact of these crimes. >> our trust in the legal system suffered enormously, even before the trial. after the verdict, it is just the same.

we have no trust in the system anymore, unfortunately. reporter: the biggest question throughout the trial was whether beate zschape was an accomplice or merely a follower. zschape claimed it was her followers, both of whom committed suicide, who had murdered 10 people. she played a background role and never pulled the trigger. during the trial, zschape maintained she knew nothing about the murders, even though she lived with the two men for 14 years. zschape's lawyers plan to appeal the verdict. >> she was convicted as a stand-in for something she neither wanted, nor did. the state has to deal with the fact that the real perpetrators of these horrific crimes cannot be punished anymore. reporter: after five years, the trial has finally come to an end. but many questions remain unanswered. were there unknown accomplices? what role did the intelligence services play? and how did the police fail to properly investigate the case? >> it is good that there is a

clear and unequivocal verdict today. what is also very clear is that today's verdict should not end the discussion and should not put an end to the debate surrounding the resolution. reporter: four other men were convicted of being nsu accomplices. one has already completed his sentence and walked out of court a free man. relatives of the victims suspect there are other people who knew about the crimes and facilitated them. they demand the investigators stay on the case until they have answered all their questions. brent: activists want to ensure the victims of the neo-nazi murders remain front and center in the public's eye. one left-wing group pasted over 200 german streets to commemorate the victories. they chose streets that carry names of figures from the nazi era, or colonials. their aim was to make racist violence in germany visible.

police in at least one city has opened a criminal vandalism investigation, saying the sticky signs are difficult to remove. dw's naomi conrad joins me now. she has been following this story. naomi, are we talking about this verdict bringing closure? has a line been drawn under this case? naomi: no, it certainly hasn't. i talked to a lawyer involved in the case. she said her clients were shocked, they were outraged, because they feel their concerns were not represented. this child and not focus on the other accomplished -- the trial did not focus on the other accomplices. there's a lot of talk about who maybe helped facilitate this. we are talking about a group who murdered 10 people, that operated for seven years. it is clear there must have been other accomplices. but they were only a footnote in this case. brent: and what was it about this case that shocked germany so much? murder, 10 murders are 10 terrible things, but there was more than that, right? naomi: yes.

initially the police called these the kabob murders. there was a lot of talk about this being migrant on migrant violence. some people pointed to the turkish mafia. so even though there were some clues that this was probably racist-motivated hate crimes, or even worse, as it turned out to be, it was a terror case, investigators took until 2011 to connect the dots. so that is where a lot of the outrage, a lot of the focus is. brent: it took really a decade for the police to piece together everything. had there been any political ramifications from what has come to light? naomi: not really. we have had 13 parliamentary inquiries, there has been a lot of political debate. but if you look at germany today, i mean, the anti-immigrant afd is doing very well, they own parliament now. there has definitely been a lot of debate.

but if you talk to victims, if you talk to their lawyers, they y nothing much has c changed. there are so many open questions that have not been answered. there is a question of, what did state institutions know, what did the state intelligence services know, there have been a couple of cases where files were destroyed. there are a lot of open questions, a lot of anger. it is likely investigations will can in -- will continue. so i think this is not over yet. brent: beyond beate zschape, she is going to prison for life. can we say then that justice was served today? naomi: in her case, maybe, but in the other cases, no. brent: naomi conrad, thank you very much. japan's prime minister shinzo abe has visited flood stricken parts of the country as the death allies is -- toll rises. it is the worst flooding disaster in decades.

it triggered landslides last week. dozens of people still missing, government officials are admitting more could have been done to be -- keep people safe. reporter: towns that are now muddy fields of debris. this is how many areas of western japan look after more than a week of torrential rain has triggered historic floods. the death toll is reaching into the hundreds. that is likely to rise as some 75,000 rescue were served -- workers comb for missing. landslides are not the only cause of death. government officials said they could have done more to keep people safe. prime minister shinzo abe it has visited the affected region,n, canceling a trip overseas to meet with flood victims. with an elelection in september, he is promising support. >> we will put all of our efforts into rebuilding peoeop's lives in the disaster hit areas as soon as possible. reporter: but it will not be

easy. scorching temperatures have followed up the heavy rain, putting relief workekers and the in shelters at risk of heat stroke. it also means more strong -- more storms and flooding may be on the way. brent: tennis news now, and a huge shock at wimbledon. defending champion roger federer is out. he lost at the quarterfinal stage of -- to kevin anderson. after breaking federer in an incredible fifth set, he -- novak djokovic has continued his resurgence by beating japan's player in four set. he is through to his eighth wimbledon semi final. evil -- he will meet his nemesis fa --

they headed into the mountains for the first hilly stage. reporter: five mini climbs on this 204 kilometer tour. an ideal course for some breakaways. as on previous stages, just over 10 kilometers to go, the escapees were reeled into the pack. that led to another exciting finish. the yellow jersey lead early. -- led early. the green jersey was also in the mix. he produduced a brutal burst of speed when he needed it most. the belgiam finished third. this was his second stage victory of this tour.

brent: just a reminder of the top story that we are following for you. u.s. president donald trump has criticized his european allies for not spending enough on defense. nato's secretary-general later told reporters that members of nato have agreed to increase their spending but trump shocked allies by asking for a target much higher than was previously agreed on. after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day. stick around for that. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

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