brent: this is "dw news," live from berlin. tonight,t, more u.s. troops in eastern europe amid polish dreams of building a fort trump. u.s. president trump today told polish president duda the u.s. is sending an extra 1000 troops to poland. it is a move to bolster defenses against what is seen as a more aggressive russia. alalso coming up tonight, police fire tear gas to disperse protesters in hong kong. police accuse the protesters of organized rioting, but the

demonstrators say they will not allow an extradition agreement with china to become law. and police in russia arrest hundreds of supporters of the investigative journalist ivan golunov. he was released yesterday in a rare u-turn by authorities after prosecutors admitted there was no evidence that he had dealt or sold drugs. campaigners say he was framed. and a taste of first class flying without even leaving the ground. the once neglected airline terminal in new york which is now offering the last word in luxury. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff. to our viewers on pbs in the united states and around the world, welcome. u.s. president donald trump says

the united states is preparing to send at least 1000 more troops to poland. but he is also cautioning that not all the details have been finalized. the president made the remarks while meeting his polish counterpart at the white house. trump said the adddditional trts cocould be moved poland from fellow nato member germany. he declined to say if they would be permanently stationed there. warsaw has backed a move like this amid fears of growing aggression with russia. for more now i am joined bowel -- joined by our washington bureau chief alexandra von nahmen. good evening to you. russia has warned the u.s. not to place more troops in poland but that is exactly what president trump is planning to do.

why is washington deifying this warning? alexandra: there are a couple reasons. first of all we have to say that poland has been very persistent, pressing the u.s. to increase its military presence in this country for quite a while. poland is seen here as a very good ally, one of a few european allies who is very happy to s se donald trump in the white house, that is satisfied with his approach to his european allies and foreign policy. poland is also purchasing american-made military hardware. that is something that donald trump likes very much. we also have to say that the u.s. has already been leading a nato battalion in poland which was deployed after russia's annexation of crimea in 2014. so increasing the u.s. military presence in eastern europe is

consistent with nato strategy. with nato's attempt to deter russia from potential aggressive behavior in eastern europe. brent: today when both of the presidents were talking to reporters, the word germany kept coming up. what exactly did the u.s. president say? alexandra: we have to say that president trump uses these occasions often to criticize germany. today again he criticized germany for not spending enough or more on defense, and he held up poland as an example of a country that is spending 2% of its gdp on defense. he also criticized germany for relying too much on natural gas from russia. and again he praised poland for buying u.s. liquefied natural gas.

so, then he continued to talk about increasing u.s. troops in poland and sending them over possibly from m germany. you could interpret this as a sort of punishment for germany. brent: that is a very good point. let's talk about numbers. we heard today 1000 u.s. troops could be sent to poland. that is smaller than what poland had been hoping for. but do you think this is the start of something which could be bigger? alexandra: i would not go so far to say that this is the beginning of something bigger. military experts say it might be too much from russia's perspective. but to be a real l difference it is still not enough to just send 1000 additional troops to poland to strengthen nato's eastern flank there. brent: dw's alexandra von nahmen

at the white house. thank you. now to our second big story of the day in hong kong. the city rocked again by the most serious political violence since control of the territory was handed back to china more than 20 years ago. for a second day this week. police again used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse tens of thousands of protesters who blocked key roads and stormed parliament. the demonstrators oppose a government plan to allow expeditions to china. legigislators have now postponea debate on the wall. reporter: from peaceful protests to violent clashes. umbrellas became shields and weapons as demonstrators tried to fend off rubber bullets and tear gas fired by the police. tens of thousands of people came out to rally again today in protest against hong kong's controversial extradition bill. a quiet march until tempers flared. dressed mostly in black, their

faces covered with surgical masks, and wearing improvised body armor. from the get-go, today's crowds seemed ready for a different kind of protests than the largely peaceful on sunday. ones >> i would say actually if we arm or arm our protests or do it in a different way, a more violent way, that is the only way the government will be having our concern. reporter: they are worried about a proposed law that would mean hong kong could send people to mainland china to face trial. critics warn that would allow beijing to target political opponents in hong kong, which retained its own justice system after being returned to china from british rule in 1997. hong kong's chief executive has vowed to push forward with the legislation. in an interview, she condemned the violence. >> to the protesters now in front of the legislative council, i make this plea.

any viviolence will not be tolerated. by enforcement authorities. because tolerance of violence also leads to very adverse consequences. reporter: she also admitted the government had failed to communicate. >> we have not done enough in engaging young people from different backgrounds and different sectors. and after this incident, we certainly will do better. porter: the protests forced the legislative counsel to postpone debate on the proposed bill. but with the legislature dominated by aging loyalists, few expect it to fail the vote, now scheduled for june 20. > honestly i amam quite disappointed. i do not think they will listen to the p people. they will still go add. i think they will pay for it.

reporter: the protesters may have delayed the vote, but their struggle to preserve hong kong's autonomy has only just begun. brent: our correspondent is in hong kong. earlier we asked him with the second reading of the exhibition bill being postponed, does this mean that protesters have won. reporter: the protesters might have won a little battle but they have not won this thing. because the government is not ready to scrap this bill, they are not planning to do so. they are determined to push this through. they have said this several times. we have seen no signs that she will reconsider this. brent: that was our reporter from hong kong. here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world. the world health organization is to hold an emergency meeting to decide whether the ebola outbreak constitutes a globall emergency. the announcement comes after

confirmation the disease spread to uganda from the democratic republic of congo. a five-year-old boy has died from the virus. two other cases have now been confirmed. saudi arabian state television says houthi rebels in yemen launched a missile attacks on a saudi i airport. a spokekesman says 26 people wee wounded after the rebels targeted the airport. japan's shinzo abe has met with iran's president hassan ronnie -- making him the first japanese prime minister to visit iran since 1979. it is aimed at easing tensions between iran and the u.s. mr. abe will meet with the supreme leader tomorrow. shops and restaurants have begun reopening in the sudanese capital khartoum. demonstrators have called off a

nationwide campaign of civil disobedience and agreed to new talks with the country's military rulers. reporter: khartoum is up and running again. many shops are open, traffic is flowing. after three days, the general strike is over. the opposition have cleared the way for new negotiations with the military, a reason for hope. >> we are now very, very optimistic that they will resume negotiations, reach an agreement, and everyday life will resume. reporter: but the shock of last week's massacre in which more than 120 p people died still lingers. militias have brutally disbanded the protest camp in the center of khartoum. thisis was followewed by raids s well as s arsts of o opposition politicians and activists.

international pressure on the military to return to the negotiating table has mounted. yesterday, the military signaled its concession to the ethiopian mediator. >> the two sides have also agreed to refrain from inflammatory statements and de-escalate tensions. the transitional military counsel has agreed to take confidence building measures, including the release of political prisoners. reporter: a power struggle between hardliners and moderate forces is now emerging. civilian transitional government, or militarary dictatorship? the fate of sudan could be decided in the coming days. brent: police in moscow have detained hundreds of protesters at a rally in support of the investigative journalist ivan golunov. this comes a day after prosecutors dropped drug dealing charges against him for lack of evidence. mr. golunov's supporters say that he was framed. reporter: opposition activists and journalists being carted off by police.

any hope that the release of journalist ivan golunov signaled a softening of the kremlin stance on free speech, dashed. a russian opposition leader was among those detained at the rally against corruption in law enforcement. >> o of course it is fantasticic that t they have releasesed gol. but it is just a drop in the ocean. and now? we want all of those still in jail to know that we have not forgotten them. i cannot just sit around and do nothing, as if they were dead. >> this is not over, because we want to see the people who set up this case brought to justice. it would be a joke if all they did was dismiss them from their jobs.

reporter: this unauthorized protest was originally planned to demand golunov be freed. but after the charges against him were dropped on tuesday, the demonstration was repurposed to call for police reforms and accountability. golunov himself had encouraged people not to take part following his release. >> i think it is better to spend time with loved ones or offer some direct support, rather than attend the march. that is just my opinion. reporter: golunov knew the risks such rallies can bring in moscow. those e arrested f for taking pt could now faface sentences of up to 20 days in jail. brent: dw's correspondent emily sherwood has more now from moscow. emily: after ivan golunov's release, russia's civil society seemed to heave a sigh of relief.

it seemed to be a signal of liberalization here in russia. the russian parliament said they would review drug laws which led to golunov's arrest and several high-rankingng politicians criticized the case. the signal that we are seeing here today at the protests is rather a different one. after protesters gathered here, they walked along boss cows boulevards -- moscow's boulevards, they were blocked at all avenues by the police who had gathered in huge quantities. and now we are seeing arrests left and right. it seems that the liberalization of yesterday, that signal has really changed. and this is a signal to russia's civil society that they have to toe the line. brent: that was emily sherwin reporting in moscow. boris johnson has kicked off his campaign to take over from the outgoing prime minister theresa may. the former mayor of london is a colorful character and brexit hardliner. johnson says he will lead the

u.k. out of the european union. reporter: the front runner has come to the fore. boris johnson has promised to see through brexit by the end of october, whatever the cost. at least that was his pledge to tory voters. >> if i get in, we will come out deal or no deal in october. we will do that. >> will that mean you will come and vote conservative again? >> yes. reporter: it is the same promise he has made for right wing members of the conservative already joined to kickstart the campaign. >> he gave me his word to my face if he became prime minister we would leave on the 31st of october. >> dream on. reporter: advocates of a no deal brexit may have to dream on, as boris johnson moved away from his previous comments, no longnr supporting such a scenario. >> it is only if we have the guts and courage to get ready for it that we will carry any conviction in brussels and get the deal wee need.

because they do not want no deal anymore than i do. reporter: the policy closer to that of theresa may, one thahat confusused journalists in attendance. >> you are telling some supporters you w will do everything to avoid leaving the you --- eu without a deal and others that you would gladly do that. candy country trust you? reporter: he was not prepared to answer. brent: new videos of two of the world's most powerful men are causing quite the stir. they force us to ask if we are seeing what we think we are seeing. hannah cleaver is here now to tell us if we are seeing what we think we are. hannah: i don't think we are. we are talking about fake news. facebook has been under fire for a long time for failing to remove things from people's feeds, whether it is lies or hatred or racism.

now facebook supremer mark zuckerberg has been talking with -- an ad agency has created this. take a looook. >> imagine this for a second. one man with total control of billions of people's stolen data. all their secrets, their lives, their futures. i owe it all to spspecter. specter shows me that whoever controls the data controls the future. brent: maybe he is speaking the truth, but is that actually mark zuckerberg? hannah: no. this is a deep fake. it is a new kind of video being created by artificial intelligence programs that are being used to create new videos. this is not edited, not sped up or slowed down. these are deep learning programs watching actual videos and pictures of people and being able to create completely new

things to say whatever their creators want them to say. you need to have a voiceover but then you get something completely new. it is dangerous because it is getting really good. and it is getting easy to do. it's cheap. people can do in their bedrooms. as with many new technology, it was initially reused to create pornography. it was used to put the faces of famous actresses onto the bodies of pornography actresses. now it is even getting to politics. let's have a look at another video. >> let me tell you a secret. you ever w wonder why i amam so populalar? because ofof my big braiain? maybe. but seriously, it t is all about two things. ok? alalgoriththms and data. i pulled off the biggest heist of the century and people just have no idea.

brent: the voice is really not that good. why would i not believe that? hannah: the voice is not brilliant. brent: it looks just like him. hannah: and this is the danger. that you can program this deep intelligence computer program to have trump say i am declaring war on iran. that is what people are initially frightened of. that is not so likely but you could easily program this to have trump saying something that we create a domino effect to something actually happened in the real world. the other thing is that you could end up with almost anybody saying anything. this could show up in your social media feed, but how would you know. that has a knock on effect of how do you know what is real anyway. and if you do not know what is real and what a fact is, how do

you make decisions? how do you decide who to vote for or to get your child vaccinated? brent: and the software is getting better all the time and getting harder to discern between the real and the fake. so what can we do right now about this? hannah: at the moment not very much. there are three ways to approach it. you can ask the audience, the people seeing this stuff. expect them and ask them to become more discerning. ask them where it came from. you can also ask policymakers to ban it or restrict it. brent: which is hard to do. hannah: very difficult. american politicians have already asked for solutions to identify the stuff. but we need to be very careful. brent: as we said earlier, maybe we should just try using some common sense now and then. hannah: that would be refreshing. brent: hannah cleaver, thank

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-- belgian zoo has seen a new arrival. she's the 4th elephant to be born there. they are endangered with fewer than 40,000 left in the wild. zoo officials say mother and baby are doing fine. see? she's walking you try walking with a trunk like that. after a short break i will 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]

phase of president microns refe. thank you very much for being with us seventy t two people hae bebeen taken to o hospital. after rubber bullets were fired a protest is it to the government buildings in hong kong the protests over you little to ease extradition to china continue. demonstrators say the new law will curtail freedom of expression and in danger people who fled china because of their views. will carry land the chief executive hong kong has condemned what she calls organized riots meanwhile in europe the e. u. sasays hong kong's rights need to be respected