♪ >> this is dw news live from berlin. president donald trump lashes out after the supreme court says federal prosecutors can see his returns. mr. trump: this is a witchhunt like we have never seen before. it's a hoax. >> today's ruling means the public will probably not see the tax returns before the presidential election. the room worked ruled -- the court ruled that

presidential immunity against prosecution is not unlimited. right wing extreremism and anti-semitism -- anand a tourist destinatition td into a flood ravaged wasteland in central japan. rising water and land lies have killed almost half a million -- rising water and landslides have killed almost half a million people. they have been ordered to evacuate. brent: to our viewers in pbs and around the world, welcome. the u.s. supreme court today blocked congress from obtaining president trump's financial records for now, but for federal

prosecutors, the court has paved the way to see trump's tax returns. the ruling means the public will not see those returns before the the court ruled the new york prprosecutor can see the president's tax returns. the manhattan district attorney calling the decision a tremendous victory for the u.s. justice system. president donald trump has reacted to the rulings, calling the proceedings a witchhunt. mr. trump: the rulings were basically saying everything goes back to the lower court. from a certain point, i am satisfied. from another, this is a political witchhunt the likes of which nobody has ever seen before. it is a peer witchhunt, a hoax, just like the mueller investigation was a hoax that i won. this is purely political. brent: i am joined by our washington bureau chief.

we have heard from the president that many times, it is a witchhunt. he is obviously not happy with the rulings today. what exactly did the justices say? waxy is not happy that the justices said his -- >> he is not happy that the justices said his immunity is not unlimited. that is what he and his lawyers were hoping for. the justices decided two things. first of all, they blocked the house from getting the information abouout donald tru's tax rate -- tax releases, but they allowed new york prosecutors to have a look at that material. before the prosecutors are allowed to have a look, the lower court has to have a say so. so, it's kind of a mixed bag for donald trump, but again, donald trump was hoping for a clear decision so that he would not have to deal with it anymore. brent: he did score a victory today by gaining more time

before the presidential election in november. >> yes, because the lower court will make a decision, and then the prosecutors have to dig deep into material that will take months, at least weeks, probably longer than november, when the election will take place before the public at some information. so for many, the only hope is now that something gets leaked before the election so that the democrats have some material they can use in their campaign against the president. brent: we know that new york federal prosecutors want to see these tax returns and they will be able to do that, to subpoena to see them. could this still end up hurting donald trump? >> if they would do so, yes, but it might take longer than november 3 and longer than election day before that happens.

but again, this all is taking place in a situation which is not really looking good for donald t trump. ththe polls are going down. he is facing a huge health crisis with coronavirus. more than 130,000 americans have already died because of the virus. the economy is going down. all of this comes at a difficult time for the president. he was obviously hoping for a more decisive result than he got today. brent: our washington bureau chief. thank you. here is a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. police and south korea have found the body of souls longtime mayor -- seol's longtime m mayo. police say there was no sign of the play. there was a sexual harassment

claim filed against park on wednesday. australia has extended an extradition agreement with hong kong after china imposed a lawgiving -- a lawgiving them sweeping new powers. australia wants to lure hong kong businesses to the country. first head of any eu government to meet angela merkel in berlin sincee germanyny took over the u councile president sea on july 1. the two leaders discussed implementing -- presidency on july 1. there and domestic security chief -- domestic interior minister and security chief has concluded that the biggest danger facing the country is right wing extremists. >> security threats are manifold

, with one area of particularly high concern. >> let me start off with the area of right wing extremism, racism, and anti-semitism. this is the greatest threat to germany. nothing has changed that. on the contrary, the number of offenses, the number of people linked to right wing extremist circles and the number of violent far-right extremist has increased. >> a number of particularly brbrutal far-right attacks made headlines last year. in 2019, a pro-migration conservative was killed and a gunman killed two people in an attack on a synagogue. in febebruary, a gunman shot nie people in hanau. the report lists around 8000

more right wing extremists on the radar of german intelligence compared to last year. that spike in numbers in part comes from authorities putting the so-called lugo party under observation, an unofficial grouping of far-right politicians, but opposing politicians want the whole party to face scrutiny. >> it is not the entire afd, but it has spread across the entire afd. it is deeply rooted within the afd, which is why it is important to put the afd as a whole under surveillance, because there are traces of the flu goal -- of them everywhere. as far as security is concerned, terrorism remains the other big threat. cyber attacks and espionage also play an increased role.

readiness to commit violence is increasing on all sides. >> as a society, we must be alarmed that the threshold to commit violence has been declining steadily, that the number of violent acts has risen exorbitantly, and that we are witnessing the rise of the german intererior minister stressed that no previous german govevernment has been as activen its efforts to combat right wing extremism. three f far-right groups have bn banned this year alone. new special units within the agencies have been founded, and a special government committee will hand over its findings to the german parliament next spring. brent: our political correspondent joins me now. good evening. this report backs up others that have highlighted a rise in

anti-semitism in germany. >> exactly, and what the report makes very clear is that the biggest threat when it comes to germany's security isn't left-wing terrorism or islamic terrorism, but far-right terrorism. if you look at the far right here in germany, they were spreading conspiracy theories for years against migrants and the wave of asylum-seekers that reached germany. the far-right kept on saying that anti-semitic behavior was imported by muslim migrants, but if you look at the reports, you see that over 90% of the anti-semitic attacks in germany stemmed from far-right cells and not the muslim communities. the interior minister used very strong language. he said it was a disgrace that anti-semitism was on the rise here in germany of all countries, referring to the german nazi past and responsibility in the holocaust. brent: what is the german

government doing to tackle extremism? >> the emphasis that the government is putting right now is trying to tackle new forms of extremism. directed toward identifying and isolating individuals or terrorist cells outside of those they already know. that is admittedly way more difficult to do. the report also highlights the threats represented by those individuals, especially if they are in possession of weapons. for example, this is something that is taken very seriously, threat sent i.e. mail or post. the person murdered last -- sent by email or post. the person murdered last year had received threats. bomb threats are taken very seriously. they have targeted thousands of left-wing politicians, refugees. the focus right now is very much on the terror cells. brent: the latest here in

berlin. thank you. the humanitarian group oxfam is warning that the coronavirus is worsening the hunger crisis in the poorest parts of the world. as m many as 12,000 people per y are dying of starvation as a consequence of the pandemic. disruption to food supplies and aid have pushed more than 100 million people to the brink of starvation this year. the report finds india, south africa, and brazil to be especially at risk. let's bring you up to date now with some of the other developments in the coronavirus pandemic. the united states has now surpassed the mark of 3 million confirmed cases. wednesday saw a new record. more than 60,000 new infections, the biggest daily increase so far. keuka stan and other nations are also -- here ca other nations ae

also pushed to the breaking point. the united nations has launched an independent coronavirus response panel to review the who's handling of the pandemic. protests against a new coronavirus lockdown are underway in serbia for a third day running despite a new government ban on mass gatherings. several thousand returned to demonstrate outside parliament in belgrade today. most remained seated with some carrying banners urging calm. this comes after government rallies turned violent over the past two days. protesters are angry after the government imposed a second lockdown due to a sharp spike in covid-19 cases. some blame that on the serbian president's desired to postpone

elections. >> pelleted for the second night in a row, the parliament building attacked once again by angry rioters. these are scenes the serbian government desperately wants to rein in. in belgrade, there will be a total ban of organized public gatherings of more than 10 people both indoors and outdoors. the serbian president called the protesters hooligans while addressingng the nation via ininstagram during ann official flight to paris. >> i i promisese you that we wie able to preserve peace and stability despite the cririminal hohooligan violent a attacks wee all shocked by. i am urging all of o our peoplen belglgrade and otherer cities so confroront the hooligagans themsesees. we w will do that t as a state. we will do it and we will win. >> earlier this week, he had announced that a new coronavirus lockdown would be imposed.

protests erupted just hours later. many serbians accuse the president of being the one who allowed the vice -- virus to spin out o of control in the fit place. in june, he abruptly eased strict measures in order to hold an election that tightened his grip on power. since then, serbia has experienced a surge in cases and deaths. >> i don't have a problem with these measures, but i do have a problem with shutting them down just because of the elections and then re-imposing them. >> our government is simply looking after its own interests. the people are just collateral damage. >> serbia went back five centuries under this president. >> responding t to the protests, the e government bacacktracked n its locockdown plans, and insted

banned large gatherings, effectively making the protests illegal. how he e plans on enforcing his new p plan remains unclear, but the prospect that enraged protesters will abide by it seems highly unlikely. brent: it has been 25 years since the bosnian genocide. bosnia is marking the anniversary with the burial of eight more victims. scientists have uncovered and identified the remains of thousands more people. on saturday, as happens every july 11, relatives of the most recently identified victims will gather for a funeral. >> eight in new marblehead structures will soon join thousands of others at this gravesite in east bosnia. famimily members will finally be able too lay their loved ones to rest after decades of grief.

>> there are no wordss to descri t the pain, the sororrow you feel when you are looking for youour loved ones bone by be in m mass graves. i visited every mass grave. i have been the inside of every one of them. -- seen the inside of everyone one of them. >> she has been seararching mass graves or remains. afafter fininding two of her sos leg bonones, she d decided to ly him to rest in 201313. >> i wanteted him to be next to hiss father and to be able to come i a and pray over his grav, to know t that inside w were at least two of his bones. some will die without finding their children. at this years memorial event, her son and husband will be joined by the bodies of eight new bosnian men recently found in mass raves and identified

through dna analysis. usually attended by thousands, this years service h has been lilimited to a small number of relatives do you two coronavirus restririions. but ththe search for vic them -- do to coronavirus restrictions. but the search for victims continues. remains remained scattered over more than 500 locations. brent: dozens have died in landslides and floodwaters in southwest japan. rescuers are searching for survivors, and hundreds of thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate their homes. meteorologists in japan are warnining of more e heavy rain n the comoming days.. >> flooding and mudslslides have devastated this region, normally rerenowned for i its hot springd scenic mountain trails. a popular tourist destination transformed into a wasteland. local residents, hotel workers, and visisitors all have been caught up in the aftermath of

the massive downpours. >> the land just crumbled, more than i ever thought it could. rocks were falling into the valley, and the r river also sounded different. >> i have never seen so much rain. it just kept falling, on and on. >> japan's weather agency has ordered the evacuation of nearly half a million people. moving into shelters is not compulsory, and many are choosing to stay put, perhrhaps because of fears of the coronavirus. emergency units are carrying out search and rescue missions in various areas. >> we will continue to do our utmost for the disaster, prioritizing people's lives. ask the authorities are -- >> the authorities are warning that more heavy rain is likely to fall in the next three days. further destruction and

loss of life look highly likely. brent: now to china, where lawyers and activists arrested in a crackdown have been released. five years ago, they pushed back on president xi jinping's moves to tighten free speech. dw news has been speaking with one of the lawyers just out of prison. he is rebuilding his life and his desire to support individual right. >> the family reunited. a prominent human rights lawyer was released from prison two months ago. he is one of more than 200 lawyers who were detained in 2015 when china's government started an unprecedented crackdown. >> when you lose something important and then you get i it back, i cannot find the right

words for this feeling. it feels l like some exceptionay precious -- something exceptionally precious. but there is also the feeling that i might lose them again. >> he spent almost five years behind bars. many things are new to him, like this app that recognizes the names of plants. >> now i have been released. i feel drawn to nature. i often go out to enjoy it. that's how i started paying attention to plants. i want to know their names. >> during his years of imprisonment, officers took control of his wife. >> people came to my house and blocked the entrance. when i try to open the door, they told me if you come out, i will kill you. >> china's government was taking revenge.

their sonn also witnessed the ugly scenes. >> i want to take my son and fight against them.m. this is whahat i really want to do. >> h wasas taken w without warn. after that, his wife did not hear anything about him until his trial was announced more than three years later. >> i am very tense, very nervous, could not sleep. >> on december 26 of 2018, he was charged with h state subversion, a s serious offensen china.a. state security had gathered in front of h her house, so she cod not go to the trial. >> i have b been in this situatn often, but every time is different. >> this is not about the rights of relatives. this case is about state secrets.

>> now, thehe family is trying o put these experiences behindd themem. it will take time for them to get back to a normal life. >> after myy release, m my son d i were very affectitiate with each other. at least on the surface. but the estrangement is quite obvivious. whwhen i tell himm something, he opposes me. he rebels. this gives you a a headache. i feel embarrassed. i want us to become closer to each other. >> right now, he has a lot of time to spend with his family. authorities have revoked his lawyers license. he plans to sue the government. brent: sports news now, major league soccer has returned to

competitive action for the first time in four months with a protesest against racism. players fell silentt for eight miminutes and 46 seconds before their gagame. that i is the time george floyd was held under the neo-formerer minneapolis police officer derek chauvin. -- under the knee of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin. this marked t t first nororth american professional men's league to return to action since pandemic lockdowns began. staying with soccer, byron will play the second leg of the champions league tie with chelsea following a decision by the governing body. the teams have yet to complete their round of 16 ties. they currently have a commanding lead over chelsea after beating their opponents 3-0 in london. starting from the owner final stage, all championship league matches will take place at

neutral venues in portugal. video chat software zoom has become popular for online meetings during the pandemic, but it has also been plagued by hackers crashing calls, some with rather indecent content. some companies are now trying to spice up their resume meetings by inviting a very different and unlikely type of video crasher. we would like to introduce you to buckwheat, the canadian donkey. >> buckwheat is ready to work from home. just like many people these days, her professional career relies a l lot on digitalal too. >> we are c crashing your meeee. >> guys, what is happening? >> is that a donkey? >> what is even happening right now? x we are crashing your meeting area this is buckwheat. wax this -- >> this job at the section where he is not just for kicks.s.

>> they donate to the sanctuary when they want her to crash a meeting. it is mostly a fundraiser so we can feed the cows, especially during covid. >> thanks to buckwheat, these contented cows are having a good life i ispite of the panandemic. some have started to follow suitit crashingg calls whenever necessarar but the 12-yeyear-old is still the sanctuary's number one crasherer, having donone ovr 100 bookings. buckwheat's professionalism is hard to beat. brent: a reminder of our top stories. the u.s. supreme court has blocked congress from viewing president trump's financial records, but the court rules the president does not have absolute immunity f from criminal investigation, and that he may have to hand over documents, including tax returns, to new york prosecutors. don't forget, you can always get

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