s intention to force poland to conform? >> building fort trump on polish soil would hava propaganda effect in any confrontation with russia. but i do believe thiis aimed at strengthening the polish position within the e.u., not as a serious alternative to apo strong polish tion within the e.u. >> reporter: this month, poland has been courting the leaders of lithuania and slovakia. iait's trying to forge alles within the e.u. to challenge the dominance of france and germany. if and when brexit happens, poland could become more powerful within the e.u. the loss of britain's moderating presence could make it harder to stop the poles from marching off the designated course. for the pbs newshour, i'm malcolm brabant in warsaw. >> woodruff: 2020 presidential candidates are turning up the heat, taking aim at their opponents before they face off eeon the debate stage next lisa desjardins has more. >> desjardins: the fight this week is being waged over policy and plans. at the naacp convention da detroit wedn the focus was on key is

he lives in eastern poland where birth rates are higher and church pews are fuller. his home village has just over 2000 residents virtually all of whom voted for the national conservative law and justice peace party the farmer says peace keeps its promises. love a good knowledge been there. i voted for the peace party in 2015. i'll keep voting for them because i believe they'll do everything to keep the villages in poland strong dollar you will from our share of national pride. policy for the party came to power in 2015 thanks largely to the $500.00 plus program on the which families receive $500.00 per months along with free school books earned money for school starters it's said to help people get up from their needs as they say in poland. that's not. all of it though is that we can tell by our wallets. the money is benefiting our children it's for additional tutoring and classes and for vacations yeah. the money from the state which receives generous subsidies from the european union makes life more comfortable for the farmers and yet the but let's be family would

that was president he invited foreign investors into poland. russia. back then that might have been a good idea but they let too many in too many polish people were sold out thank goodness the peace put an end to that is shit. today the polish capital warsaw is like a portfolio exhibition it's a city of global klingler it's their sleek cosmopolitan skyscrapers would fit anywhere in the world the city has changed beyond recognition since the fall of communism. german car manufacturers chinese banks american consultants a reporter asks has poland sold itself out. so this is a different world is a new world. oprah anyone with enough motivation power and finances can take whatever they want. things aren't good the way they are we like rules but it was a boy who i'm sure it'll sort itself out in 100 years. but left home villages hosting an agricultural trade show they are all proud of their new prosperity they can keep up with the rest of europe at least when it comes to agriculture even if they are peace fodor's now living in a unified europe is a given 30

sentiment in poland. revisiting the case of al franken, a year-and-a-half after the senator resigned in scandal. amy walter and tamara keith on the latest moves from the 2020 campaign trail m. plusuch more. a tide of hatred for l.q. people in poland has alarmed officials there, and led the american ambassador to poland to denounce a conservatlish newspapers for stoking hatred in its campaign for so-called "l.g.b.t.-free zones." those fears were realized this weekend as a mob of right wing poles attacked pride march in the town of bialystok, one of several districts that haveve declared themsto be "l.g.b.t.- free." from bialystok in eastern poland, special corrent malcolm brabant reports. >> wearing anti-guy t-shirt, some hard-core right wingers were intent on violenc following their lead, thousands of people, includingenior citizens, lambasted marchers protesting against the sudden risef so-called lgbtq-free zones among those they tried to intimidate, malgorzata mrÓz. >> it makes me sad that peopltee crhe

german car manufacturers chinese banks american consultants a reporter asks has poland sold itself out. this is a different world is a new world. oprah anyone with enough motivation power and finances can take whatever they want. things aren't good the way they are we like rules. but i'm sure it'll sort itself out in 100 years. but left home villages hosting an agricultural trade show they're all proud of their new prosperity they can keep up with the rest of europe at least when it comes to agriculture even if they are peace fodor's now living in a unified europe is a given 30 years ago that wasn't the case the founding of the 1st trade union in the port city of god then skoal those years ago set off a historical chain reaction between the east and west that led to the end of the iron curtain. well if i queue never to meet a man cold antonio down more a he's the inspiration behind a special some account of the takes young italians into the heart of the mafia controlled parts of the city of naples where the mafia is known as the camorra what they get to see that is a shocking sight ind

the germans often cross into poland. the polish town of graffito is much closer than any big german town. here shopping might be inexpensive but the real estate prices are quite high. that's why many poles choose to live in germany and many more say they would be happy to follow i don't say no pitch maybe some day we go there and the. martha shuster has never regretted her decision to move to an area that many germans consider the end of the world. and 5 not at all this here is the beginning of the world because it's so beautiful here we're surrounded by nature and nice people but what more could we want. once here is there idyllic retreat is noisily destruct at 2 the festival in the german bank of the older and liven things up but it's the humor. rough and tumble fun. and german march music. it doesn't get more traditional than this but marta shuster on a polish friends have no trouble this. time of this year in germany so it's fine that it's typically german. european freedom of movement here in the small town of corte

our journey begins in poland where we meet nobel peace prize winner like the ones up. next on. robots they're still in the development phase. but what's going to happen when they grow up. with humans and machines being able to basement co-exist. or are we on the verge of a model of. if we just bumble into this totally unprepared with our heads in the sand she using to think about what could go wrong then yes let's face it it's probably going to be the biggest mistake in human history. artificial intelligence is now spreading through our society. is this the beginning of a cogent. will we be subjected to continuous state surveillance. or ai will experts be able to agree on technical guidelines or will this technology create deadly new autonomous my systems. robotics starts aug 14th on t.w. . fla. alone a very warm welcome indeed to focus on europe with me peter craven and we begin right here in germany where one want to raise the number to dial if you need urgent help from the emergency set.

in poland anti-gay sentiment appears to be growing with some blaming the conservative governments and populist politicians but the media is also no friend to gays and lesbians a right wing news magazine is offering its readers stickers to post on their homes or businesses the stickers read this is an l.g. bt free zone you see it right there and for those in the bt community who dare to march in public hate and violence can be waiting just around the corner. these are painful memories for warsaw based artist. he was in the obvious joke over the weekend simply to speak up for his rights as a gay man. but i thought of no it was very depressing the thread is usually a festival of tolerance for that and then we were suddenly confronted with this aggression and homophobia which. it was called the equality parade for be obvious joke participants wanted to send a message i think is that it's our country today we're also parts of society. the party atmosphere was short lived not far away counter-demonstrators prayed in protest over what they see as sin. hooligans from all over poland a came to

our journey begins in poland where we meet nobel peace prize winner lech walesa. next on. the america donald trump a man divided by strong message scientists splintered by hate and intolerance with americans ever managed to he young rifts. what comes to happen for people to start listening to each other. a journey through the divided soul of america. on d w. you know that 77 percent of black are younger than 6 o'clock. that's me and me and you. this time of voice is what. the 77 percent talk about. from the point of the clash from housing to top this is what. welcome to the 77 percent. this week g.w. . to. the acts. alone a very warm welcome indeed to focus on europe with me peter craven and we begin right here in germany where one want to raise the number to dial if you need urgent help from the emergency services now in most instances 1st responders arrive at the scene of the emergency in quick time but what often happens next is truly disturbing.

eight people from poland have been vindicated of offences. of modern—day slavery is exposed in the uk. eight people are convicted after forcing more than 400 victims

they might be useful for their so-called international missions and unfortunately we know that in poland for example the far right wing movement. was active in the fights in don bus in the eastern or crane joining of the russian russian sponsored forces in that area and recently political capital institute in hungary made the whole list of right wing extremists the police the sions in the eastern europe who have very close ties to russia and to the and and to particularly in the context of war were you know crane's so this is context of. pro russian isn't of this party we just kind of historically paradoxical because they are the young nazis i mean they are very much referring to the nazi nazi rhetorics but the connection with russia i think seems to be also something which is very similar in many contexts and the last thing he said what already has been mentioned here they kind of mainstreaming of their ideas into the mainstream right wing parties because for example in poland the right wing extremist parties are losing popularity they're not gaining support significantly but what has r

plus the risks of being gay in poland a gay pride march in the town of bell the stock over the weekend comes under attack by football hooligans are government policies stoking l g b t sentiment. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us well britain will have a new prime minister by the end of the day boris johnson will be moving into number 10 downing street at a crucial juncture for the nation as a prepares to leave the e.u. now he's set to head a probe that government but will have just a razor thin majority in parliament we'll get the very latest from london and brussels after this report. boris johnson is elected as the leader of the conservatives even. as a boy power's johnson once set he wanted to be world king now he's been crowned leader of britain's conservatives after a boisterous campaign his acceptance speech was full there now feature struck a conciliatory note do you think you've been friendly you've been good make should you be the fault of that cylinder ideas all of which i propose to steal. with. and above all i want to thank going leader to resign marry her extr

. >> what are you going to do on your trip to poland? >> we have a very good relationship with poland we may go to denmark. we are looking at it. we haven't yet he is a friend of mine. he's a terrific person. i like him a lot. i think it was confusion. he is a friend of mine and he's going to do an incredible job. i think we need somebody like that because as you have all learned they've run amok. it doesn't report it properly. if the news reported it properly, the right way like you just made him if the news reported it properly, all the things like criminal justice reform, i think would do very well. if they didn't do very well politically speaking, we could be way over 50% but if you look back over 40 years if i didn't do well i wouldn't be president right now. if you look at what i've done for african americans. the i think that is a great appointment. a hero might save his father and i like his father and i think it's a great appointment. >> i am a fan of general hyten and we have to see how it all turns out, but i know that he has

explores what's going on below the surface of the continent many must see locations this time in poland. and some exciting news in film and the latest from marvel studios and ventures and become the highest grossing film of all time. oh yes sociate light with bright ideas and at the world's 1st museum dedicated entirely to light art there are certainly plenty of those housed deep in the belly of a former brewery in western germany the center for international light art opened in 2001 when addition to its permanent collection it's currently showing the finalists for the 3rd international like art award with some brilliant explorations of the material that of course isn't quite tangible. a museum in the german provinces. talks on display this work by japanese artist yes your hero is one of 3 nominees for the international award 29. a white surface in the middle a kind of visual interference the artist who wrote and yes sure nick explore physical phenomena with light. with light water and mirrors. aims to create an infinite space in installation. 3 examples of provide taught in an exhibiti

about it on the surface and from other objects like poland and other parts small parties. and anyone who hasn't had enough after a 3 hour tour can even sleep here overnight stays are the latest attraction and belichick. well that's all for today but before we go fans of marvel cinematic universe did a double pump after the news that as vendors and game had finally surpassed james cameron's avatar the highest grossing film of all time the fore. adventurer's hit which came out back in april completes a 22 movie arc that marvel started way back in 2008 and so will leave you with some scenes of its all star cast ready to do whatever it takes to try and until next time a school to trust it at the. plate oldest slate everyone is not a strong truck. driver texts. texts. takes. whatever takes. place. to. cut. costs thanks for. not sunday. news it's a kind of culture walk to me a sun media phenomenon thanks family and all evil thanks. w. . o. go to the girl max chance. most of whom find stewards. with exclusive insights. and a must see concerning arts and culture to ensure a. place

they might be useful for their so-called international missions and unfortunately we know that in poland for example the far right wing movement. was active in the fights in donna bus in the eastern or crane joining of the russian russian sponsored forces in that area and recently political capital institute in hungary made the whole list of right wing extremists the police the sions in the eastern europe who have very close ties to russia and to the end to particularly in the context of war were a no crane so this is context of. pro russian ism of this party we just kind of historically paradoxical because they are the young nazis i mean they are very much referring to the nazi nazi rhetorics but the connection with russia i think seems to be also something which is very similar in in many contexts and the last thing he said what already has been mentioned here they kind of mainstreaming of their ideas into the mainstream right wing parties because for example in poland the right wing extremist parties are losing popularity they're not gaining support significantly but what has really c

hooligans from all over poland a came together after a call to action from a football club how should you want to make a stand for our children and our families we don't want to be talked into believing that what's not normal should be considered normal among the better they said a rainbow pride flag on fire and threw firecrackers. they also threw eggs and then later stones. police were deployed in force to keep the 2 sides apart in addition to todd's there were physical assaults leading to multiple arrests poland's prime minister condemned the violence. for sayest never once would feel welcome in poland there is absolutely no place for such hooligan like aggressive behavior as a whole like this adding to the tensions a weekly news magazine decided to distribute a sticker for people to display their opposition to the rights issue would you negotiate this does up the whist kind of associations for for not like when the nazis cleansed areas of jews in my hometown big gosh i'm reminded of a pot racial segregation when they will be white only and black only areas it's funny as the sun in

poland or viktor orban in hungary and we know that in times of turmoil in tight in difficult times in times of instability where people lose the sense of control over politics these conspiracy theories organize their knowledge they are helpful in restoring the sense of security and certainty and maybe this is why these ideas that are created on extreme far right became so prevalent today in politics also in the mainstream politics i want to ask you as well to what extent has the internet. played a role in all of this in particular social media in fueling the rise of these groups i mean one former white supremacist describe the internet as a 24 hour hate buffet the idea that it's always there and it's easily accessible how how much of a factor is that this is so this is the influence of internet activity on such actions are obvious and in many cases for example i think was in case of the pittsburgh synagogue shooting in the united states and several other attacks of extreme right wing violence you could see that these people became radicalized on 4 chan 8 or in the radical social media

poland with promises of well paid jobs.forced into heavy manual labour, threatened, humiliated and beaten up. sima kotecha reports. these were the sordid conditions victims were forced to endure. some were as young as 17. filthy, often rat—infested, with no heating or light. toilets blocked, and the stench unbearable. the gang was made up of five men and three women, all from poland. 52—year—old ignacy brzezinski, 41—year—old wojciech nowa kowski and 26—year—old jan sadowski were between them sentenced to more than 20 years in total. for the first time the bbc can report that in february five others we re report that in february five others were convicted of their roles in the conspiracy and were also jailed. together they prayed on the vulnerable in poland, and lord them to the west midlands, promising them a wealthy life. the targeted former prisoners, the homeless, alcoholics. translation: to be honest, i came here to start a new life, but i didn't know that this new life would start with such a really big problem. i cou

two countries poland hungary and they're of nationalist because of the government. one to one thing from brussels first to be left alone or they are pushing a different version of the u.. than the is some. proposed by many mainstream parties at the level of these these political groupings and that is namely the europe of the nations so nation states should be a building blocks. and european institutions including the next commission should leaveve us alone to do or own thing therefore from three months. also if you look at their interest was. too much to follow and i think also he was too divisive candidate in east west relations also for the other eastern european countries and just explain to me very briefly because your opening statement said that the visegrad group had maneuvered -- themselves into a corner but in fact haven't they demonstrated how much power they can wield. in the first. round daily where. proudly boasting that they blocked for three months i think it was more complicated. in fact they took the blame on the claim. the this this this blocking po

the group comprising poland. hungry to republish luck is not that old eastern europe or new member states but they are the ones that are the that organized themselves and they didn't like proposed candidate who was sheets and counted out of the social group from 3 months because they thought he's too divisive now the position of the figure of the group was shaped especially by poland and hungary we tried 2 countries that are under the arts so-called article 7. sanctioned procedure for breaching a lot of law and basic values of the e.u. in the outgoing european commission france 3 months as a 1st vice president was in charge of the procedure the very streets and candidate for the s.p.d. it was the one who had made trouble for these are actually so in the 1st reading this was a payback time. at the same time i think there was a deeper political message behind is these 2 countries poland hungary and their nationalist conservative governments one to one thing from brussels 1st to be left alone or they are pushing a d

at the same time i think there was a deeper political message behind is these 2 countries poland hungary and their nationalist conservative governments one to one thing from brussels 1st to be left alone or they are pushing a different vision of the e.u. than is proposed by many mainstream parties at the u. level to these political groupings and that is namely the europe of the nation so nation states should be a building blocks and european institutions including the next commission should leave us alone to do our own thing therefore france to months also if you look at their interest was too much to swallow and i think also he was too divisive candidate in those relations also for the other eastern european countries just explain to me very briefly because your opening statement said that the vision god group had maneuvered themselves into a corner but in fact haven't they demonstrated how much power they can wield in the 1st round they wear proudly boasting that they blocked france 3 months i think it was more complicated in fact they took the blame they claim the this does this block

germany had agreed on from stimulants but czech prime minister andrei babiche says his country plus poland hungary and slovakia would not vote for the dutch social democrat and i know we have to find a solution we spend 21 hours yesterday saying that mr timmons is not the right man to liaise between the e.u. commission and our country's fear on. let's go to brussels then where we're joined by faisal ok apparently we are not going to brussels instead let's go to hong kong where china has condemned what it is calling gross interference by outside countries in hong kong's affairs after protesters broke into an vandalized the hong kong parliament building china went on to express its visitors opposition to statements made by the united states britain and the e.u. in support of the demonstrators a tense calm has now returned to the city. the cleanup is underway. at hong kong's legislative council building the police have moved in after the protest has moved out of the city's leaders have condemned the destruction of. the legislative council complex that's been stalled and extensively to. be pea

they thought he's too divisive now the position of the future the group was shaped especially by poland and hungary which are the 2 countries that are under the art so-called article 7 sanction procedure for breaching group of law and basic values of the e.u. in the outgoing european commission from steamer months as the 1st vice president was in charge of this procedure the very streets and counted out for the s.p.d. it was the one who had made trouble for these are actually so in the 1st reading this was a payback time. at the same time i think there was a deeper political message behind this these 2 countries poland hungary and their nationalist conservative governments one to one thing from brussels 1st to be left alone or they are pushing a different vision of the e.u. than is proposed by many mainstream parties at the u. level of these political groupings and that is namely the europe of the nation so nation states should be a building blocks and european institutions including the next commission should leave us alone to do our own thing therefore france timmermans also if you lo

interceptor missiles into rumania in poland and so on and they were claiming that that wasn't directed at russia it was directed at iran who didn't actually have nuclear weapons and certainly didn't have nuclear and l.c. b m's that could have reached the region but of course the russians russian military and major be regarded as the thing to do with iran and of course that these are the real problems that we face is the the the the idea that nuclear war can be for someone of course the the military in the west all developing lucky leave the weapons which they think can be used in this in a conventional war please understand that that isn't russian strategic doctrine and nor should it be if you go to other nuclear war everybody dogs. so used to. it where is seems like we're at a time where the international community is trying to step back from nuclear affairs from north korea to iran so what does the pentagon really have to gain from talking about nuclear war like this. well i think you've got to remember the military industrial complex in the west is is is a money making machine prima

eight people from poland are jailed for forced labour offences, people trafficking, and money launderinganger amongst tommy robinson supporters, as the former leader of the far—right english defence league faces jail after being found guilty of contempt of court. a champion in the making. 15—year—old coco gauff seals a stunning victory at wimbledon, taking her through to the fourth round in herfirst ever grand slam. and this — america's first lady, melania trump, gets herfirst statue in her home country of slovenia, to mixed reviews. and at 11:30pm, we will be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, the editor of politics home, kevin schofield, and the uk correspondent for france 2a, benedicte paviot. jaguar land rover is investing hundreds of millions of pounds to build a range of electric vehicles at its plant in birmingham. it will begin with an electric version of the jaguar xj from 2020. the company says it will help secure the jobs of more than 2,500 workers at the plant, although it announced almost doubled the number ofjob losses earlier this year. but, with pur

>> we have a really great with poland. i really have a great relationship with most countries that the news doesn't like talking about, but i have a very good relationship with poland. and we've been invited by the leadership of poland, and i look forward to it. i like the people. i gave a speech in poland which i know you don't like to say, but it was considered to be a great speech. and the reason is that i really feel strongly. i think poland is -- i think they're great people. >> are you going somewhere else? >> we may go to denmark. we're looking at it. >> [ inaudible ]. >> what? >> [ inaudible ]. >> we haven't named the acting yet, but we're very happy with the fact that dan coats -- i like dan. he's a friend of mine. i think he's a terrific person. i like him a lot. and there really wasn't conflict. i think it was confusion more than conflict. dan made statements, and they were a little confused. but that was not conflict. dan is a friend of mine. he's a good man. but i think that john ratcliffe is going to do an in

that in a german occupied poland there was mass killing of jewish people. and we didn't even believe it. they told us about such atrocities, whole villages of families killed and synagogues burned down and we just didn't believe it. we thought they were exaggerating. and so, from this place they took us to the ghetto which was their plan of collecting people for easy transportation from there. so in this big city there were some vacant, abandoned big factories that had large grounds and some barracks and this is where they dropped us off. and more and more by the thousands of people were brought from villages and bigger cities dump to their with their belongings, their children. no facility of any kind, no sanitation, no kitchen, no food , no beds, no hospital, nothing. >> forced into this brick factory. >> there was this huge barrick where people moved in and out of the weather and found a place on the floor. and eventually we had to step over each other to get to the outside. and it became very scary here because we began to see that we were not being acc

we know there are still others connected to this organised gang from poland who are in poland in custody to get extradited and brought back here to face justice in birmingham. ben cooley is the ceo of the modern slavery charity hope forjustice, which helped to first indentify 51 of the victims in this case. your charity was praised by the church in summing up today. explain to our viewers a bit more about how you managed to identify some of these people, how you were able to help them. we have been working on this case since 2015, where our community outreach workers identified two victims which led to the investigation by west midlands police of which we have supported with a 51 of the victims through this process. we have not only helped identify them but then through our advocacy, through our support, supported them for the last four years through many hurdles that they have had to go through as victims of modern day slavery in the uk. are you able to say as well how some of them are doing now because they have been treated appallingly for many years, in some cases? as in the case of

together, they preyed on the vulnerable in poland — former prisoners, the homeless, alcoholics.ain and were quickly transported from their homeland to the west midlands, so they didn't have time to change their minds. translation: to be honest, i came here to start a new life, but i didn't know that this new life would start with such really big problems. i couldn't even leave the house to go for a walk. they were following me, spying on me. they were controlling me. more than 90 victims gave evidence during the case, but police believe the true number of victims is in the hundreds. they lived in the black country and were forced to work in factories and on farms, carrying out manual labour for as little as 50p a day, while their masters took the rest of their earnings. west midlands police began looking into what was happening four years ago, and named their investigation 0peration fort. they would convince the victims, for example, that they were unlawfully in the country, that if they left the house that the traffickers provided for them, that they would be arrested by the po

ukraine in the early ninety's and is now fall wealthier than ukraine millions of ukraine is working in poland so there's real anger at the political class has been in charge of the past 2 decades and a willingness to try new things out so let's is not the only showbiz. as it were there is also ukraine's most famous rock musicians that's love a cut uku has set up his own party called whole us ovoid and he looks set to bring a small group of m.p.'s into parliament let's have a listen to what people at this polling station had to say and how they feel about those issues showbiz imports to politics. i hope we'll see changes in this country when young people take we need to change the parliament from the bottom up line. we need to keep politics and show business stoppered an entertainer should stick to what they're good at what's it because he was proud of that whatever happens the country needs change whether or not that change is long lasting the kind of change we need just have to wait and see what. we need professionals not newbies and government them although it should but you know they will

about it on the surface and from other objects like poland and other parts small parties. and anyone who hasn't had enough after a 3 hour tour can even sleep here overnight stays are the latest attraction and belichick. well that's all for today but before we go fans of marvel cinematic universe did a double pump after the news that as vendors and game had finally surpassed james cameron's avatar the highest grossing film of all time for the full. adventurous hit which came out back in april completes a 22 movie arc that marvel started back in 2008 and so will leave you with some scenes of its all star cast ready to do whatever it takes to try and until next time. it is the. small chance the beat oldest sibling is not theirs for a truck. or to. the takes. whatever it takes. to. total surveillance. every face is scanned and identified user behavior on the internet is monitored. undesirable actions are. china is on the path toward becoming a digital dictatorship with total control over its citizens china need no dark corner of the world. 30 minutes w. . how's your view of th