brent: this is "dw news," live from berlin. tonight, europe's heatwave getting hotter. climate experts are warning that this is just a taste of things to come. we will bring you the latest from the sizzling southern france. also coming up, u.s. president donald trump reaches out to other nations of the g20 summit in japan, but with thorny issues such as trade, climate change, in the middle east, will hand-checks be enough? more brazilian beef headed for europe. the european union and countries of south america rea have redefined the trade zone, deal 20 years in the making. 50 years ago gay protesters rioted against police brutality. the stonewall uprising had begun. "dw news" revisits the event and speaks to the pioneers who led the protest.

brent: i'm brent goff. to viewers on pbs in the united states and around the world, welcome. we can truly say tonight it has never been this hot before in france.% today, parts of france experienced their highest temperatures on record, with mercury reaching a whopping 45.9 degrees celsius in one place. an early summer heat has been scorching countries across southern and central europe. the weather bureau says that this is consistent with patterns expected as a result of climate change. france has been taking extra precautions after thousands died in a similar heatwave more than a decade ago. reporter: a tale of two heatwave's. this is paris on friday. temperatures in the mid-30's, plenty hot, but people were

beating the heat and enjoying it. it was a different story in southern france, where temperatures had hit the mid-40's in many towns. silence, deserted tourist attractions, closed schools, people staying off the streets and lying low. two neighboring small towns competed for the dubious honor of setting france's temperature record. the first to reach the 45-degree mark, residents played it cool. >> yes, it is very hot. it's very hot, but if you take the precautions and a you are sensible and get up early and you rest during the hottest moments, it is somewhat bearable. reporter: but the town eventually hit 45.9 degrees, the highest daily temperature ever recorded in france. >> it is a nice prize to have come but we haven't done anything for it. we just have to put up with it.

we have to put up with this climate, and that is what the future holds for us, don't forget. the south of france is going to become tropical. reporter: across the border in a geneva, switzerland, the world meteorological association says the recent heat wave fits our recent pattern. >> we are still only at the end of june, but it seems like earth is set to experience its five warmest years on record. that is 2015 to 2019 inclusive. this year we are still halfway through, but it seems that it is going to be heading to be one of the warmest on record. reporter: back in the sweltering south of france, there is no way to beat is heat. brent: earlier i spoke to freelance journalist chris bockman in southern france, not far from where the heat record was broken today, and i asked him how it felt to experience record he. chris: horrible is probably the

quick response. if i got in my car right now, which i would not want to do, 45 degrees today. it is a red alert. the french weather service for the first time put a red alert for heat in france ever. we're going to suffer here because it is 40 degrees tomorrow here. right now it is 9:00 and it must be around 30 degrees right now. not a good place to be. tuesday and wednesday i escaped to a river, that was the place to be. sails started here in france on wednesday and a lot of people did shopping for bargains but mainly for air-conditioning. brent: speaking of air-conditioning, other places you can go to escape the heat? southern france is not known for being a neck of air-conditioning. no, and to be honest i don't have any either.

more and more so transport systems are taking into account that they have to have air-conditioning will last year was the second of their hottest summer in southern france since 1900. we are getting used to how this weather is changing. last year was not good. if we are experiencing this, it means we have to adapt to it. retirement homes reforms to have air-conditioning. schools have had to close today so that kids did not go to school because they suffered too much. exams for students have been put back a few days as well. emergency decisions now, but also some decisions are being made for the future because basically is getting hotter all the time. that is the situation we are facing. brent: chris, is that your impression, that authorities in france are doing their best to stay away from this heat curve

to make sure that they are not always reacting to the weather situation? chris: if we go back a bit, in 2003 there was a really long heatwave here, and it wasn't just in france. italy was impacted as well. tens of thousands of elderly people die. because of that, the government told french employees they would have to work a day for free. the money will go invested into retirement homes to help for air-conditioning in so that people could -- elderly people could get through these horrible conditions. they have been putting in a lot of the safeguards for the last decade or so already. there is no question that we are in late june, it gets hot down here. it could get hot for another 2.5 months before the situation comes down. brent: journalist chris bockman definitely earning your money sweating in the heat in france. thank you.

as the european heatwave grinds on, activists in paris have been taking to the streets to draw attention to climate change. hundreds of people, many of them students, health a -- held a sit-in outside the president's residence and blocked traffic in paris. it was organized by the extinction redline movement that is held demonstrations across europe. here are some of the other stories making headlines around the world. a forest fire in northeastern spain is raging out of control despite efforts of hundreds of firefighters. authorities suspected the blaze rogue out after a heap of maneuver self ignited -- yes, self ignited -- in the intense heat. fire officials say it is catalonia's worst forest fire for 20 years and the situation is critical. the ethiopian government has invested 250 people after what was described as an intended coup.

detainees included the spokesman of a political party representing the amhara ethnic group. five high-ranking officials were killed in weekend attacks in the capital, addis ababa, and in northern amhara state. the u.s. men who killed a white nationalist rally in charlottesville, virginia, has been jailed for life on hate crimes. the self-described white supremacist james fields drove his car into protesters in 2017. he killed heather heyer and injured dozens others. turkey's constitutional court has ruled that the year-long detention of a journalist was illegal. the judges found no grounds for a lower court's decision to imprison him, who writes for a german newspaper. prosecutors claimed he was spreading propaganda for an illegal organization.

u.s. president donald trump has struck a conciliatory note at the start of the g20 summit in the japanese city of osaka. he heaped praise on a german chancellor angela merkel, who he has criticized in the past -- past 24 hours, as a matter of fact -- and held talks described as friendly with russian president vladimir putin. president trump still faces opposition on a range of issues from iran to u.s.-chinese trade. pres. trump: great friend of mine, and we have had a terrific relationship. reporter: what is that? is this the same man who usually bashes germany will endlessly? don't read too much into it. it is still donald trump who stands accused of undermining the multilateral trade system and institutions like the world trade organization. this is angela merkel fighting to save it. chancellor merkel: towards the

end of the year, the dispute settlement mechanisms of the wto won't work anymore because there won't be enough judges appointed. that is why many said it is important to organize the world trade organization. of course, we have a number of the bilateral trade agreements, and we hope that on the fringes of this summit, the talks between china and the u.s. are successful. reporter: but here in osaka, it appears that the multilateralists are losing ground. the g20 is starting to crumble at the edges. and that is because the u.s. hasn't altered its position and is gaining more allies. one of them is jerry bolsonaro,-- jair bolsonaro, the newly elected brazilian president. he is developing a close relationship with his u.s.

counterpart, saying he has been a great admirer of trump for some time. that spells trouble, not only for global trade, but also the fight against climate change. negotiators are reporting that in those areas, an agreement for a final communiqué seems further than ever. take climate change. in the past, only the u.s. refused to honor the paris agreement that is supposed to keep global warming below two degrees. now other countries like brazil are thinking about joining in. if there is no more consensus on important topics, the g20 just might become obsolete. at least the eu is going to put up a fight for the paris agreement and global trade in a multilateral framework. but european leaders are on the sidelines while china and the u.s. are heading towards a full-blown trade war.

the>> relations between china ad the u.s. are difficult, contributing to the slowdown of the global economy. reporter: the world's problems are increasing, and its main players are increasingly at odds . but at least at the end of the first day, it is about pictures of harmony and beauty, g20 leaders dining at osaka castle, one of japan's most famous landmarks. those family pictures might soon be forgotten as soon as saturday, when the u.s.'s trump and china's xi jinping the, or-- meet, or if the g20 as a whole failed to reach an agreement on trade and climate change. brent: as max reported from the future of u.s.-c trade hangs in the balance, in europe is blazing ahead on a different

front. the european union and south american economic bloc have reached a deal on forming the world's largest free-trade zone. both sides are mailing the historic breakthrough after two decades of negotiations, but the deal is not without its critics. reporter: in brazil, large areas of amazon rain forest are being destroyed to make way for cattle farms. much of the meat is exported to europe. now that the eu and south america have struck a provisional trade deal, it could result in higher quotas for beef exports to europe. german chancellor angela merkel had pushed strongly for the lucrative agreement. she hopes it will give a bigger boost to car exports. like many eu leaders, she is looking to multilateralism at a time when the u.s. is pulling back from pretrade.--free trade. the draft agreement ends 20

years of negotiations between the eu and the full members, brazil, argentina, uruguay, paraguay, and the nasa spend it venezuela. but the deal faces hurdles -- the now suspended venezuela. but the deal faces hurdles before it is approved. >> you have been production in brazil and europe so what is the point of shipping the same product? the second is that cows in europe are fed with a lot of soy. you have deforestation. reporter: brazilian president jair bolsonaro has loaded the deal, but there are concerns he could make good on is that of pulling out of the paris climate accord. even more rain forests could be destroyed to push exports of beef and soybeans. brent: you are watching "dw news ," live from berlin. still to come, remembering a milestone for the lgbt community.

dw visits the site of the 1969 stonewall riot in new york city that gave rise to the gay-rights movement. we will meet one of the trail blazers. that is coming up in a few moments. the captain of a migrant rescue ship banned from docking in italy has dismissed threats by the interior minister to have her put in prison. she says her duty is to the 40 people on board her ship. the italian government, which has closed its waters to rescue vehicles, says five other european countries have offered to accept the migrants. the vessel has been at sea since rescuing the migrants more than two weeks ago. reporter: their destination almost within their grasp, of the standoff between the italian government and the german ngo that runs sea watch 3 means another day of uncertainty. for some, the odyssey is taking its toll. in the early hours of friday morning, the young man is evacuated on the ship in severe pain.

his 11-year-old brother was allowed to go with him because he is a minor. >> yesterday we entered italian territorial waters without permission of the authorities. we declared a state of necessity because of the psychological situation and the humanitarian condition has been worsening so much that i cannot guarantee the safety of the rescued people anymore on board my vessel. reporter: a prosecutor on the southern italian island of sicily said it had been put under investigation under recently bolstered laws that seek to prevent rescue ships from disembarking migrants in italy. there was little simply from the italian government for the migrants' plight. "this is an outlaw crew and outlaw commented that must be stopped from arrested, and expelled. i the european union to tell me where these people will go, and for me the question ends in two minutes." despite italian hostility, the countries interior ministry

announced a deal was imminent with germany, finland, luxembourg, and portugal having offered to show the hosting of the migrants. sea watch 3 and a shiver run by the open arms ngo are the only privately run vessels patrolling the mediterranean after the italian and multis governments introduce stricter anti-immigration policies last year. these ngos could be on a collision course with governments which like italy's refused to allow privately run messages to drop. but for dozens of migrants embarking on potentially deadly journeys across the mediterranean every day, the ship's presence could mean the difference between life and death. should a deal be struck, the way for a new life in europe will be over for those currently stranded on board. brent: a cultural mediator on board the sea watch 3 -- we asked her about the two men who had been taking off the ship. >> one of them was critically ill and had to be taken to

hospital, and the reason they have to to get off the ship is because we don't have the capacity to treat them on the ship, and that is an indication of the situation we are in. it is an emergency situation, and it cannot go on like this. a test you should like ours is not made to bfc for this long -- a rescue ship like ours is not made to be at sea for this long. it is not meant to take so long because it is not the end of the journey, and even by law the rescue is not considered over until people are actually on land. we are caught in this political game, and people's mental health and physical health is deteriorating on the ship. brent: 50 years ago today in the early hours of the morning, new york police raided a bar called the stonewall inn on christopher street. then as now, it was a meeting place for greenwich village's lgbtq community. regulars were used to being

raided and the police brutality that followed. but then i they fought back. the stonewall uprising a one down in history as the first time gay people resisted arrest and started a right in the name of equality. in honor of the event, lgbtq people around the world celebrate christopher street day with gay pride parades. reporter: these new york streets are witness to history, where gay pride began. 50 years ago, christopher street was the scene of riots, known as the stonewall uprising, which placed the lgbt movement on a global stage. back then, the stonewall inn was a haven for people who do not identify with the heterosexual norms of the day. here they could hang out, drink, dance, simile be themselves, but not without risks. being gay could result in prison or heavy fines. violence and harassment were common. in the early hours of june 28,

1969, police raided this far, the stonewall lane. it was not the first time, but this time around it was breaking point. lesbian, gay, and transgender people were herded out onto the street, the now iconic christopher street. bottles and bricks were thrown, and the raid sparked a protest which lasted for days. she remembers them well, 22 at the time and kept her gay identity secret, fearful of the consequences. >> like many lesbians of my generation, i come from analyzed -- i compartmentalized my life. i had to hide my identity in college, and now i was letting my identity at work because i could be fired for being a lesbian. under the law, homosexuality was illegal. i already knew there was nothing wrong with me, but for me, the question was how are we going to get society to change. reporter: seeing thousands join her in protesting for gay rights emboldened her.

as a founding member of the gay liberation front, she helped to organize the first ever game pride marches. from there, her role as an activist was assured. using her newfound voice to become an author and icon of the movement changing millions of lives. >> we have made without a doubt amazing progress. we were not going to fight for incremental change and hope that someday heterosexual society would allow us to work, would allow was to go to school. it seemed to me that we needed to force this change. our message to the world, you don't need a large group of people to create change. you just need the will and the courage to do it. reporter: a message which has inspired a younger generation to engage politically. this man is concerned that there is still no nationwide law protecting lgbt people from

discrimination. >> we have like marriage equality, and that is probably not going to go anywhere, but there is so much more rights to be had for queer people. i took a cross-country trip with my partner two years ago and we were discussing how we drove state to state, our right drastically changed, our protections drastically changed. that is gay men, not to mention trans people who will not be validated over that. i see so much more progress that could be made over time. reporter: a sentiment echoed by others who come to the stonewall inn. >> private means acknowledging my history. i am a bisexual person, transsexual person. it acknowledges my his-- pansexual person. it is knowledge is my history and being able to get married to people we love and be in public with the people we love and just to be able to be ourselves and come out.

there is still a lot of progress to be made there. reporter: while for many tourists, this gay-rights memorial represents a moment in history, for other lgbt people, the stonewall inn is a reminder of a struggle that continues today. brent: let's pick up that discussion. i'm joined by lgbtq activist imara jones joining me from the beautiful island of puerto rico. it has been 50 years since gays and lesbians in the stonewall inn said we have had enough. 50 years is not a long time when you think about it. talk to me about what their fight changed for the lgbt to community. imara: i think the fight opened up a tremendous amount of possibilities. it opened up the discussion about lgbtq people come and more than anything it was a moment that allowed lgbtq people to organize in a way that had not

been possible before. it is that organization and that coming together over time which is what allowed for the changes that we have, which are not significant enough. they have been tremendous, but they are falling far short, and specifically in the current political environment. but i think it was more important for the community because it showed other people within the community that we could stand up and fight back and organize and win. i think that's important. brent: it is important. when you look at what the will looks like now, the u.s., is pride season, you have politicians were openly gay, sportsmen openly gay, and last night in the debate we saw we have a gay man running for president. at the same time, you are a campaign for people to have equal rights. imara: that's because we don't

have equal rights. just because one has visibility that is accepted doesn't mean that one has rights. there are several big issues. one issue is for trans people in the united states for the u.s. has the highe numbers of murders o trans people of a country in the planet except for bril and mexico. trans people continue to be the most marginalized people ithe united states and even though rticularly trans women of color and black and brown people on theight of stonewall and those who organized the first parade in 1970 that will be commemorated next year, and overall, the position of lgbtq people emphasizing people who are lesbian and gay can be openly discriminated against in states in half the country. there are no legal protections for gay people in over half the country -- in fact, more than half the country.

there are so many ways in which there has been achievement and visibility and acceptance. there has not been an achievement in rights. brent: unfortunately, we are out of time, but we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us and talk to us about this, very important. imara jones joining us from puerto rico, thank you. imara: thank you. brent: visitors to a brazilian wildlife reserve will get a glance of these furry newcomers in real life. they have made their media debut. the male, has -- male cub has started for like the father, sister with black coloring takes after her mother. they have the first to baby jaguars to be born in a captive breeding program in brazil, and we think that both cups are, well, pretty spot on. you are watching "dw news."

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