i'm phil gayle welcome to the program israel's parliament has passed a controversial law that defines a country as the national homeland of the jewish people it also makes hebrew the country's only official language downgrading arabic to special status and goes on to say that only the country's jews have the right to exercise national self-determination prime minister benjamin netanyahu to strive to vote as a defining moment in the history of zionism critics say the law is racist and discriminatory. protests in parliament against a law that is tearing up relations between jewish and arab israelis arab politicians were rejected as they spoke against the law which gives jews the unique right of national self-determination they passed with a narrow majority prime minister benjamin netanyahu described it as an historic day . zero this is a defining moment in the annals of zionism and the history of the state of israel. the law in shrines the national flag anthem and holidays it declares jerusalem as israel's capital and supports the development of jewish communities hebrew is now the coun

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program we start with a knife attack that left ten people wounded in the northern german city of lubec a man with one has been described as a kitchen knife started stabbing people on a city bus passengers overpowered the attack of held him until police arrived investigators say they have no evidence of any terrorist motive yvette's prosecutor made this statement a short time ago. the suspects identity has now been established he is a thirty four year old german citizen there are currently no indications that he has become politically radicalized in any way yet the actor and. correspondent mark zandi joins us now from welcome back a police searching for any other suspects. well as of now there's no indication that there was any other suspect some there's a lot of speculation and investigators of this actually started questioning. vick victims of witnesses and the suspect himself was being held there will be brought in front of a judge tomorrow. on what do we know about the people who were injured. we know for sure that at least ten people were injured about

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program rescue workers in thailand to find the twelve boys and their football coach missing inside a floating cave system for nine days all thirty of the reports to say the rescue operation is not over the group went missing inside the cave complex in chiang rai province last saturday after heavy flooding left from trucks and navy divers have been trying to reach them ever since the efforts hampered by mud and rising seas. in the thai capital bangkok welcome flora so the boys have been located but they haven't been rescued yes. yes that is exactly what i'm hearing and it was it was news that basically all of thailand has been waiting for it has been nine days that everyone here not just the parents of those boys up in chiang rai but even people here in bangkok have been praying have been thinking about these boys and over the last one or two days hope was actually dwindling a little bit that they could actually be found alive because people thought that they it's little boys and even though a grown up can actually survive without food for a month that's what ex

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program greece has declared a state of emergency as wildfires fanned by strong winds right through residential areas around the capital athens the official death toll has risen to at least seventy four with almost two hundred injured the government has declared three days of national mourning and asked the european union for systems. they're the worst wildfires grace has seen in a decade the flames moved quickly and took many by surprise and coastal towns residents and holiday makers scramble to the ocean the shock still visible on their faces hours after being rescued. or a little boy what can i say. it's over there alive your whole crew should leave if the cause of them is out of the flames were chasing us all the way to the water it was like going to our backs and we dive into the sink it was helpless. for others the fire moved too fast in the seaside town of marty and unspeakable tragedy was revealed as daylight broke in after to see me all. this morning we discovered this place with twenty six people. men women and unfortunately children. they were f

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program title thor's a giving diving lessons to a young football trade team trapped in a flooded cave system the twelve children on their coach have been stranded for eleven days but the floodwaters rise they could be stranded some months or even drought i mean fs is going to be extremely challenging for the non-swimmers among some of the latest force it shows that in reasonably good health. weak but in good spirits the boys receive medical treatment and food after more than a week underground they are now being cared for by the tiny the seals the video footage has reassured their loved ones officials are working to install a cable so that parents can talk to their children it is not yet clear how or when the team will be brought to the surface after their harrowing ordeal authorities aren't taking any risks. we need to be one hundred percent confident in order to get the boys out. and it does not have to happen all at once. it depends on the circumstances. but they don't have to come out at the same time because they're all in a different condition. we

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program we start with a knife attack that left ten people wounded in the northern german city of lubec today a man with what's been described as a kitchen knife started stabbing people on a moving city bus passengers over overpowered the attack and held him until police arrived investigators say they have no evidence of any terrorist motive no backs prosecutor made this statement a short time ago. the suspects identity has now been established he's a thirty four year old german citizen there are currently no indications that he has become politically radicalized in any way. up to initial. t.w. correspondent joins us from a welcome ok to have there has been a press conference what's been said or we learn quite a lot of information from this press conference a lot of figures have been flying around this evening but police have now confirms that ten people were injured in this incident earlier this afternoon and we've also learned more details about how this incident actually played out and we've now heard that according to the investigation which is of cours

i'm phil gayle, welcome to the program. president trump has triggered a storm of controversy in the united states after openly favoring russia's president over his own intelligence agencies. standing next to his u.s. counterpart in helsinki, vladimir putin denied that russia meddled inn the u.s. election which donald trump accepted. the finnish capital sweltered as people gathered to watch the biggest show in town, the meeting between vladimir putin and donald trump. putin arrived half an hour late. trump, in turn, kept putin waiting. both leaders expressed the desire to improve relations. president trump: the disagreements between our two countries are well known and president putin and i discussed them at length todayay. but if we're going to solve many of the problems facing our world, then we're going to have to find ways to cooperate in pursuit of shared interests. reporter: putin and trump spent more than two hours in one-on-one discussions behind closed doors with only translators present. the summit covered everythi

. ♪ phil: i'm phil gayle. welcome to the program.he 12 thai boys who spent more than two weeks trapped in a flooded cave system have been speaking about their ordeal. after a rescue they described as miraculous, the wild boars football team spent the last week recovering in hospital. today they faced the world's press. and their parents. reporter: the long-awaited moment finally comes. he is home. a huge relief for his family. he is one of the 12 boys from the wild boars, a football team that beat all the odds. their opponents -- nature and time. as the boys made their first appearance since the rescue earlier on wednesday, they showed little sign of having spent over two weeks trapped in a flooded cave with just one flashlight and nothing to eat. the boys said they tried to dig their way out and avoided thinking about food until the rescue divers finally found them. one of the team members described the magical moment. >> it happened in the evening while we were sitting on the rocks. we heard some noise of people talking so we told

. ♪ phil: i'm phil gayle. welcome to the program. u.s.resident donald trump has made an about-face on remarks he made in a summit with russia's vladimir putin. he now says he accepts russia did meddle in the u.s. election. he went on to say he misspoke yesterday when he said he saw no reason for russia to interfere. >> i accept our intelligence community's conclusion that russia's meddling in the 2016 election took place. could be other people, also. there's a lot of people out there. but there was no collusion at all. phil: are we clear on that? let's get more from dw's washington bureau chief. this is not a president known for backing down so what has brought us about. >> i think it was the harsh criticism the president has been facing since the meeting with vladimir putin. criticism most notably within his own republican party, with republican lawmakers, saying what they saw as embarrassing, disgraceful and shameful. with republican leaders in congress trying to distance themselves from this president. and trunk saul -- trump saw all t

i'm phil gayle. welcome to the program. we start with the knife attack that left 10 people wounded in the german city of lÜbeck. a man with what is described as a kitchen knife started stabbing people on a moving city bus. passengers overpowered him and held him until police arrived. investigators say they have no evidence of a terrorist motive. the prosecutor made this statement is short time ago. >> the suspect's identity has now been established. used a 34 -- he is a 34-year-old german citizen. there are no indications that he has become politically radicalized in any way. phil: dw correspondent max zander joins us from lÜbeck. our police searching for any other suspects? max: well, as of now there is no indication that there were any other suspects. there is a lot of speculation. investigators have just started questioning victims, witnesses, and the suspect himself judge t. phil: and what do we know about the people who were injured? >> well, we know for sure that at least 10 people were injured. about six were stabbed

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program four years ago the islamic state millicent group took over the north of iraq the homeland the you see it is a religious minority they follow an ancient religion with more than half a million believe us and that's a region. around fifty thousand fled i asked persecution to the holy mountain mount st john but many will course of the un has described what happened next as genocide thousands were killed and women and girls are kidnapped as sex slaves many are still missing and many of the people who were displaced still live on the mountain afraid to return home even though i asked has been expelled the w.'s but good to show sandra patterson visited a family in the camp all months into struggling to move on after the brutality they experienced. while her daughter is still in bed. prepares bread for the day but her mind is far away stuff in the time when she and her children were captives of the i asked held as slaves raped and sold like cattle . three if the children are still missing. either to. their work is not one i can think of anything else abo