>> this is dw news, live from berlin a new life. -- berlin. some european countries have allowed these children to come home. germany has agreed to take four born to german fatehhers or mothers. ththere are tensions between moscow and the last. can they find common ground with

vladimir putin? and historic milestone on the road to and the iron curtain. thousands flee a raging wildfire on spain's island. firefighters are battling to it -- to stop the flames. it is becoming an environmental tragedy. it is good to have you with us. we start with a controversial decision of germany to check in 4 children of fighters of the islamic state. the children had been living in

northeast syria where more than 70,000 women and children are being held. it is the first time that germany has agreed to accept children from syria. other countries like france and belgium have already done so. >> departure for germany. four children are traveling to the country of the parents who joined the islamic state and died. now, for the first time and after negotiations, the german government is repatriating children born to the militants. >> it t is a welcome development for the children who had been in custody in syria were able to leave the country. this will advocate for children in similar circumstances to leave syria. there living conditions -- there

living conditions -- their living conditions are far from ideal. >> german children are among those growing up in these conditions. their mothers want to return home as soon as possible. this one has been living in acreagage cap with two children for two years. >> it is very difficult for the children. my son is four years old. that is time that i won't get back. i hope that he will get picked up so he can get a second chance. >> the german government is trying to bring more of its citizens back from syria.

>> william is with us to tell us more about today. tell us why this decision is coming now. william: is coming after months of growing pressure on germany. the government has been dragging his feet about what to do about german fighters and their kids. we have been seeing this court ruling that was also mentioned earlier saying that the kids have to come back. they have a legal right to come back to germany. these suits were brought by family members of these children. reports are saying that they are actually meeting these children in northern iraq. after their checked that there medically able to do it, they are brought back to germany with their historic family members.

>> what does this mean for other german kids? >> there does seem to be some kind of plan in the works that would include one -- more of this children. there has been no confirmed plan yet. the german government has to go through the very laborious process of confirming their identities. it is very hard in a conflict zone. it is in a place where the german government does not have embassy reputation. >> these children are not wanted in those countries. they fear that they may commit acts of violence. how dangerous are these former fighters? >> we have to distinguish that

this is a bunch of very young children. they are all younger than 10. it is a bit of a problem either way. they could stay in syria and iraq and face the possibility of being radicalized. they could be brought back to germany. even if their parents were tried and found to be guilty, there would be a chance of radicalization there. the kids could become radicalized or spread radicalization. who these people are, confirming their identities, they are no friend to germany. >> how important is it that these children are taken to their parent country of origin? >> many of these children have

extended family members of their parents living outside of germany. they have a chance at a normal life. they can't be held responsible as minors for the potential crimes of their parents. >> that was our correspondent following this. thank you so mucuch. turkey's defense ministry says three civilians has been killed and woundnded in an attacack on the turkish milititary convoy. the syririan regime and allied washing -- russia and warplanes -- russian warplanes. the so-called islamic state says

it has carried out the suicide bombing. in a policy shift under horse johnson, britain says it will end freedom of movement for internationals immediately after brexit. the u.s. says it has tested a medium-range cruise missile off the west coast. the move is seen as a sign that washington is wrapping up his fighting capabilities. it comes just weeks after the u.s. withdrew from the cold war era packed with russia that banned all land-based missiles. this meeting is taking place at macron's summer retreat. he will post war leaders for a g-7 summit. the two-day visit is part of the attempt to improve relations

between russia -- ukraine is the most pressing one of the agenda. ukraine has been better on this for five years. now president putin has suggested supportrt. >> mother says goodbye to her dead son. he is one of four ukrainian soldiers killed in the east of the country. itit is this a guest -- single biggest death toll. the response of ukrainian president was immediate. he called vladimir putin and begged him to use his influenene to stop more ukrainians from bebeing killed. he called for a new round of international peace talks. >> i would also like to talk to angela merkel in the nearest

future and to agree on an emergency meeting. we should stop telling each other that the normative forormt meeting should take some time this year. how many more will die this year? >> ukraine's leader is pushing to revive the talks as a way of ending the simmering conflict. these came about in 2014 when the leaders of france, germany, ukraine and russia met on the sidelines of the d-day landings in normandy, france. the discussions helped to seal an agreement between the warring parties in 2015. this reduced the fighting but small scale clashes have continued. the result is that since the start of hostilities, 13,000 people have been estimated to have died.

hoping to rain in the violence, the normandy group wrote a number of times. now the french president is hoping to oversee evidence to restart the normative format and persuade vladimir putin to resume peace talks. emily sherwin is standing by in moscow. how important is this meeting right now as tensions between the west and moscow are still pretty high? emily: this is important for the russians side. these talks have been emphasizing the growing importance of emmanuel macron. angela merkel is stepping down as she has announced she will do. this is shifting toward france

on the russians side of things. we saw the growing desire of both leaders to normalize this. we saw this in the rhetoric of both leaders. they haven't -- they sent macron. emmanuel macron seemed to be welcoming russia back into the european fold at various points as thehey spoke ahead of their talks behind closed doors. he talked about the fact that there are existing agreements wiwith russia. he also talked about russia as a european country. a very important symbol ahead of g7 talks this week. >> what about the main topic on

the agenda? was there any real progress made? progress in ukraine? emily: we will have to see about real progress. i can tie you that the tone was very much positive from both leaders. ukraine has been the main stumbling block of when it comes to eu and russia relations. it could be ththe key to improvg those relations if there is progress on the conflict in ukraine. putin talked about the fact that he had had a telephone call with ukraine cost new president and he said he was cautiously

optimistic after those talks and that he had a few things to discuss coming out of those telephone calls and he wanted to discuss that with macron. we have seen some optimistic tomes -- tones from the russian side. >> thank you, emily. not to an historic milestone on the road to german unification and the end of the cold war. hundreds of east germans were unexpectedly allowed to cross the border into austria. months later, the berlin wall started to crumble. they commemorated that historical opening of the border today. seeing angela merkel marking the day struck some as off.

these two leaders have rarely seen eye to eye. >> a solemn ceremony to commemorate a moment that changed the course of history. angela merkel and victor came here. a picnic in this hunt giving city and it led to the terror and down of the cold war barrier in europe. >> the picnic became the scene of thehe biggest breakout of people in east germany sincecehe construcuction of the wall. >> dubbed the pan-european picnic, it was organized on t te austrian border. eastermans c crossed the border and escaped frereedom in the we. an estimated 70,000 had fled via hungary. this was seen as a keyey factorn the e fall of ththe berlin wall.

>> i would like totohank the people of huhungary from the bottom o of my heartrt on n thef hungngary's natitional day. germany will not forget this. >> as merkel and her counterpart celebrated this moment, it was clear that the relationship between the two has strained in recent years. >> the hungarian police are standing at the southern border. the m migrant flood is not over. >> we have differed on people's right to stay here was they arrive. these people have a right to stay. >> they hold very different views on how the border should

be managed. he has criticized merkel's decision to open borders years ago. >> you are watching dw news. still to come, and essential law enforcement tool or big brother gone too far? new facici recognition cameras trigger controversy. first, a raging wildfire on the spanish island here. it has forced thousands of people to flee. firefighters are struggling to get the blazes under control. it is the biggest firefighting operation. >> it is the third while parsons last week. more than a thousand firefighters and soldiers are on shift to try to control the blaze.

some areas have flames from the fires. they're concentrating on keeping the outer limits of the firee contained so they don't eat -- reach urban limits. >> today and tomorrorow are decisive. we will know wendy fire is under control. fires like these can last for days. >> several villages were evacuated. around 9000 people left their homes. now they're waiting for permissision to turn -- return home. >> i a am 87 years old and i c't remember a fire like th.. >> it is unbelievable that it has happened again. we have to look after the forests and fields better. >> the wildfires are raging in

part of this biosphere reserve. strong winds are making firefighting operations even more difficult. >> if you have ever been to london,chances are you are captured by these closed-circuit tv cameras. only beijing monitors their residence more. they are worried that a big brother may be doing more than just watching. matthew is looking into this. the average citizen is captured on camera at least three times per day. why is there controversy over more cameras? >> there are more facial recognition cameras popping up all over the city. these cameras scan your face and run that skin against databases. they do that in real time.

experts say that facial structure is unique compared to dna and fingerprints. when it emerged that the owner of a large portion of land had been plastering facial recognition cameras without telling anyone, it provoked a furious backlash. it was about freedom of rights, privacy, expression. we asked them m about the tenonologies. lelet's takeke a listen. >> we subject themem t to an inintrusive identification chec. addititionally, a camera a is of high a and people may know about it.

they would not necessarily agree to it. >> those are there concerns. why have these cameras been installed? >> that is not really clear. that is part of the problem. they say it is to ensure public security. the system i is sophisticacated enough to protect the general public. the mayor of london himself wrote to the people concerned to ask how this is legal. in the last few days, the information commissioner said she is deeply and send. we contacted the company and ask them a series of questions of what to do with the data, -- what they do with the data and how they store it. >> what does that mean for the

use of facial recognition? >> it has its critics but they say it'll make people safer. people say it can be used to identify criminals. on the big scale, the metropolitan police hope it will thwart terrorist attacks. in china, we have seen it used in the detention of criminals. it has mixed reviews. as long as there are questions about what happened to the data and on security and who is using it, these concerns will continue. >> very interesting story. that was matthew moore bringing up -- bring us the story. thank you very much.

a fourth person has died in violent clashes between fans of rival football clubs. there was fighting inside and outside the stadium. a police used tear gas to disband the crowd. trouble started when fans through rocks at one of the buses. this is one of the fiercest rivalries in cenentral america. this is not the first time that a confrontation between their fans has ended in violence. >> byron munich has made what could be a significant signing. they have struggled to sign top-tier players. it shows in the first match. the club says that transfer business is done.

bayern munich's season got off to a rocky start. their pitch in the transfer market fell short of expectations. they spent big on lucas but missed out on key targets. they signed to stop gap solutions. -- two stop gap solutions. bayern will pay the spanish club 8.5 million and will have the option to make the deal permanent for the staggering sum of 120 million euros. they know he is under pressure. >> it is a big responsibility wearing the bayern shirt. a club with a great tradition.

especially the number 10 shirt. this was one by a fantastic player here. i know there is a lot of pressure on me to deliver. but i think i will fit in very well here and play good football to meat the expect m --e -- meet the expectations of the club and fans. >> b bayern has only brought in nie players that way in their entire club history. this leaves the sport little time to gel on the pitch. >> to the masters. this p player lost in the final. despspite sufferining cramps, nothining was going to stop him from defeating his belgian upon it.

he took it in straight sets, 7-6, 6-4. >> if you asked me before t the teterm and w what i would dodo,i would have felt down on the court, screamed like crazy. i had no power to even say one word. i was like, alright, it's finished, i won it. >> germany has agreed to take in for children of the islamic state fighters from syria. all for have -- four have german fathers oror mothers.. all the others are still living in the camps. we will review -- review with images o of a crowdeded sky her. there were hundreds of men and women from 50 countries competing. the event stretched over a week

and a half. the final day covered almost 100 kilometers. enjoy the break.

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