now simon young. very much i'm going to mak calls a protege and we are we hearing anything from the german chancellor at this stage we all feel there's a statement has just been released from the chancellor she says and read out to you i'm glad because a persuasive and committed european will become president of the european commission even as i lose a long serving minister again a new partner in brussels and then of course pointing to the fact that these 2 women are close political allies have been for a long time they know each other very well of course they're from the same party as well as being from the same country so you know lines of communication from berlin to brussels are going to be i think particularly smooth for the foreseeable future . so sort of on the line is that to be the new president of a european commission let's round things up often in strasburg what's your big take away from tonight. but sometimes the majorities are a little closer than you expect don't get carried away if you

simon young you political correspondent lots of people out there say well there is this woman there is this found alive she's been. very much part of the german establishment for some time will take a longer look at her career in just a moment but 1st of all tell us about that this idea of continuity with the earth sort of on the line that live in no. light to see much continuity between that and the one that brussels will get to know if she gets the nomination she gets the confirmation yeah good question i mean i think i think that the qualities are found a lie and brings in as you say she's very experienced politician she's had various ministerial jobs most recently at the defense ministry that she's she's had since 23 teens so she's lost it a long time in a difficult job that's partly because of her skill i think as an administrator she tried to reform a lot of things about the german military set up with make success it must be said and it's been a very scandal hit job in recent years and so on but the broad line is that she's somebody with sort of stature with an ability to talk t

here in the studio political correspondent simon young and in strasbourg where the votes is that taking place in brussels bureau chief hoffman let's start with you max the voting finished time ago where are we at what i say sometimes about a half an hour or so ago where are we in the counting. the bell just rang here and that means all the members of the european parliament are asked to get back into the plenary so their votes have been counted and sources are telling us that funnel made it but with a small margin smaller than we expected apparently the number is 383 she needed 374 so only 9 votes margin if this really is the official result and we will find out soon that it will be very very tight does it not matter how or busy how much does it matter if the margin is a close one. it really depends on who gave her those votes the suspect i suspect what happened is that the right wing euro skeptics from the e.c.r. had said last week they would probably vote in favor of from the line pulled back their votes we know that they did not have an official recommendation for their members of th

simon young migration is going to be one of the of the big issues you know sort of funds on. here in germany i'm going to machall very much a champion to that issue and it cost the political capital what sort of future do you see for a sort of on the line with this particular issue where they live on the lines in states and certainly in support of the medical law and if you can call it that on migration a compassionate approach to dealing with people who are you know in serious trouble and they help on the other hand. sending a message of you know that europe's borders can't just be open for everyone to wander in as they please so you had a bit of that today in a speech in the parliament saying on the one hand we need a humane humane border system and on the other hand saying that we need to speed up the process of beefing up you know the european border agency with. 10000 operatives. which sounds like a lot perhaps but when you think of a vast territory that the all the borders in the relevant borders to the to the south and the east of europe you know there's a reserve a lo

health and strasburg thank you simon young politically correspondent thank you you're watching a special program here d.w. live from in the next 20 minutes or so we're expecting to hear a decision from the european parliament about whether i want to get off on the law and present german defense minister. will become the new commission president in the meantime let's find out a little bit more about the woman to watch has been up to for the last couple of days. confident and smiling yet everything is on the line for it was found a lion who is resigning as german defense minister in her bid to lead that you commission. some called her address to parliament the speech of her lifetime the world is calling for more the world needs more you i believe europe should have a stronger and more united voice in the world and it needs to act fast the conservative said european unity is the antidote to the continent's biggest challenges most pressing among them climate change. this is the greatest responsibility and opportunity of our times i want europe to become the 1st climate neutral continent in t

simon young thank you. now we'll take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world turkey has said it will retaliate after a gunman shot dead one of its diplomats in iraq at least one other person was killed when an attacker opened fire in a restaurant in a building in iraq's kurdish region there's been no claim of responsibility. of orators in pakistan have the rest of the suspected mastermind of a series of attacks on the indian city of mumbai in 2008 feet saeed founded the islamist militant group lashkar e tayyiba which india and the united states blame for the attacks u.s. president donald trump praised pakistan for the arrest. south african musician and anti-apartheid activist johnny clegg has died after a long battle with cancer the grammy nominated singer who spoke fluent zulu crafted hips inspired by township harmonies and defied south africa's institutionalized racial segregation by forming multi racial bands he was 66. sudan's pro-democracy movement and the country's ruling mil

carl: dw political correspondent simon young. thank you very much.he supreme court's of the netherlands has found the dutch state partially liable for the deaths of 350 bosnian muslims. the muslims were killed by bosnian-serb forces after being expelled from a safe haven guarded by dutch troops in 1995. the murders were part of an organized massacre that left 8000 muslim men and boys that. -- dead. reporter: it is the final decision from the supreme court in the netherlands, and for the mothers, it's a disappointment. >> the dutch defense and t the government are responsible for this genocide. if it is 1%, 10% or 100%, they are responsible. it is their cynicism, primitivism and their own incapacity that they can only recognize it for 10%. reporter: why 10%? according to the courts, peacekeeping forces should of been aware the 350 men hiding in their compound would be mistreated and killed but the court also said that if they remained in the compound it was only a 10% chance they would have survived. in 1995, thousands of muslims were fleeing serb for

political correspondent simon young thanks very much. the supreme courts of the netherlands as found the dutch state partially liable for the deaths of 350 bosnian muslims in the server needs a massacre the muslims were killed by bosnian serb forces after being expelled from a un safe haven being guarded by dutch troops during the bosnian war in 1905 the murders were part of an organized massacre that left about $8000.00 muslim men and boys dead. it's the final decision from the netherlands supremes court. and for the mothers of srebrenica it's a disappointment. on jenny hold as the dutch defense ministry and the dutch government are responsible for the start of the genocide in srebrenica if it's one percent 10 percent or 100 percent they are responsible it is their cynicism primitivism and their own incapacity that they can only recognise it for 10 percent most responsible that's. why 10 percent according to the court dutch peacekeeping forces should have been aware that the $350.00 men hiding in the compound would be mistreated and eve

simon young thank you. we bring some breaking news just reaching us the world health organization has declared the boulder epidemic in the democratic republic of congo a public health emergency of international concern w h o's chief said it was time for the world to take notice after the disease spread to the city of goma and into uganda the organization is now set to invoke emergency provisions is used just 4 times before. and. it will take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world turkey has said it will retaliate after a gunman shot dead one of its diplomats in iraq at least one other person was killed when an attack opened fire in a restaurant in erbil in iraq in iraq's kurdish region there's been no claim of responsibility. for forces in pakistan of arrest they suspected mastermind of a series of attacks in the indian city of mumbai in 2008 by fees saeed founded the islamist militant group of lashkar e tayyiba which india and the united states blamed for the attacks u.s. presiden

our let's get you more now with our political correspondent simon a young simon the chancellor seen in public again shaking this is the 3rd incidence within a month how would you make of it yeah i think it's it's concerning to see this again 8 each of these 3 incidents this is a happened when the chancellor has had to sort of stand still for a while the 1st time was during a visit by the ukrainian president zelinsky back in the middle of june and indeed it was a very hot day that day the johnson said then though she just had to drink some water she was dehydrated and felt better off it was the 2nd time a week or so later it was a ceremony indoors it wasn't particularly hot so concerns were raised it hasn't been all that hot today in berlin so you know the questions remain people will look at this with concern health and also of course the question about whether it could affect work. now when asked about it she seemed to shrug it off what exactly did she say. yeah she's put this down to the ofter effects of that previous incident the 1st time the this was filmed and she says that she's

right here with me in the serious political correspondents simon young you've been there following this story very closely for us simon the court handed. down a life sentence is that the maximum punishment under german law yes and what life usually means in germany is 15 years and then. the prisoner can be released but if the court decides that the crime is especially serious then they can prevent that release of the 50 years and that is what has happened in this case so this man won't be released for quite a long time one of the prosecutors today said he doesn't expect it to be for at least 22 years and in fact this man is also facing trial for another crime against a minor and if that sentence were also passed and you know there could be a total he could spend at least 30 years in jail so a very long sentence the longest in fact prison sentence possible really germany right now this killing of course has sparked really a nationwide debate and fury as well because she his asylum application failed but somehow he wasn't deported or something went wrong in that process has there been any

watching those proceedings with me here in the studio as they double years political correspondent simon young and in strasburg where the vote has just taken place we have a hoffman. sort of on the line and we'll take up position as a council president in november let's see if we can have a word with max hoffman. in strasburg. a fun time line received a fax and congratulations there we have knocked off one. i'm sorry i didn't catch that question and i did not tell you what i was wondering if you were actually that i'm jus off so. much i want to say. what they what do you make of those figures. it's a listen there was a learning curve involved in those numbers last week it was really all about just getting that majority for it was enough on the line that sometimes you know it seemed a little out of reach so. you know obviously being journalist there was a bet going on who would be closest and you had a lot of the journalist at that 438-381-3823 extension 83 so very close to that absolute majority she needed 374 now the optimism in the last days on the side of. increased because the social democ

s political correspondent simon young simon if you have covered the far right extremist movements here in this country for years let's talk about the german i did to terri and who are they what do they stand for the idea of terri and they see themselves as a sort of path youth movement and the sort of young malden face of far right thinking so we're not talking about the old school you know neo nazis with skinheads in heavy boots marching in the streets these are people with a sort of theoretical idea behind what they saying and they haven't tended to get involved in in violence what they have done is that quite a lot of rather successful media stunts for instance in 2016 they combed on top of the brandenburg gate here in berlin and sort of around rolled some some banners and that obviously got some attention those are the pictures there in 2017 they even had a shave sailing in the mediterranean saying that it was picking up migrants trying to return them to the countries where they'd come from sort of protesting against people smuggling is they said so they talk about returning migran

in the back row but i'm joined here of the big table by our political correspondent simon young simons good to see you so the woman known as a k k she is now germany's defense minister. why does that bring her closer to possibly becoming the next german chancellor i think mainly because so far she hasn't had this cabinet level experience that she's now going to again in this important job but defense up to now she's been a regional politician she was the interior minister and then the leader of the the state premier in the small state of zod land before she just at the end of last year became the leader of merkel's christian democrat party so we should say karen that was christian democrat now and that's a job she's going to keep going forward with this new ministerial job so she's going to be incredibly busy but obviously if she can make a success of both of these jobs at the same time then that will set her up very nicely to succeed angela merkel which is what anglo-american apparently wants and it all looks good it has to be said that the omens are not necessarily that good in the j

more our mission t w political correspondent simon young welcome simon so did on a great comeback out of bauer's move to defense or come as a surprise a big surprise phil because previously she ruled out taking on a ministerial job she said she didn't want to be in miracles cabinet she wanted to concentrate on her job as leader of the christian democrat party which he's had since the end of last year but the truth is she stumbled a little bit in that role so this gives her new momentum and also what it will give her is some ministerial experience which she hasn't had up until now she's been the interior minister and then leader of the small german state czar land but she hasn't had a national level cabinet job and she doesn't really need that i think because the playbook sais that she should in time. and especially from the c.d.u. point of view will be the best placed person to succeed angle americal as chancellor and of course a bit of ministerial experience won't harm her at all in that effort but this is rather a challenging ministerial brief to have to cut your teeth on defense ha

i'm joined here of the big table by our political correspondent simon young so i mean it's good to see you sir the woman known as a k k she is now germany's defense minister why. why does that bring her closer to possibly becoming the next german chancellor i think mainly because so far she hasn't had this cabinet level experience that she's now going to again in this important job but defense up to now she's been a reasonable politician she was the interior minister and then the leader of the the state premier in the small state of zada land before she just at the end of last year became the leader. who is christian democrat party so we should say it's . christian democrat now and that's a job she's going to keep going forward with this new ministerial job so she's going to be incredibly busy but obviously if she can make a success of both of these jobs at the same time then that will set her up very nicely to succeed angela merkel which is what angle america apparently wants and it all looks good it has to be said that the omens are not necessarily that good in the job as party leade

are let's bring in the political correspondent simon young's i mean you have covered far right extremist movements here in this country for years let's talk about the german i did to tear ians who are they what do they stand for you know the i did it terry and they see themselves as a sort of path youth movement and the the sort of young face of far right thinking so we're not talking about the old school. nazis with skinheads in heavy boots marching in the streets these are people with a sort of theoretical idea behind what they saying and they haven't tended to get involved in in violence what they have done is that quite a lot of rather successful media stunts for instance in 2016 they combed on top of the brandenburg gate here in berlin and around rolled some some banners and that obviously got some attention those are the pictures the. 2017 they even had a shave sailing in the mediterranean saying that it was picking up migrants trying to return them to the countries where they come from sort of protesting against people smuggling is they said so they talk about returning migrants t

european parliament in strasbourg france and here in the studio with me our political correspondent simon young to both of you thank you very much and here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world u.s. president donald trump has claimed progress in diffusing tensions with iran. maybe it was just so you the pictures there we go according to the state department iran is now ready to enter negotiations over its controversial ballistic missile program and that's to spite tehran announcing that it would up its uranium enrichment in defiance of the 2050 nuclear deal climate activists from the group extinction rebellion have blocked the entrance to a concrete factory in london they're trying to stop the construction of a road tunnel under the river thames they've planned a week of disruption in 5 british cities to urge the government to take action on climate change at least 2 people have died after a residential building collapsed in the indian city of mumbai rescuers are looking for dozens of others feared trapped in the rubble collapses are common during monsoon

simon cox. anthony grainger was 36. he had two young children and worked as a car mechanic.my life's perfect. i actually remember. and then, um, then he nipped out. and he...didn't come home. this is bbc radio 5 live. a man who was shot dead last night in cheshire after the car he was in was stopped by officers from greater manchester police in a preplanned operation. it happened in the village of culcheth, near warrington. two men were arrested at the scene. the victim was anthony grainger. he'd been found guilty of handling stolen cars, but had no convictions for violence. the other men in a car were a different story. they did have convictions for violence, and the police saw one as a very dangerous criminal. it was early saturday evening back in march 2012 when armed officers swooped into this car park in unmarked cars. they were aiming for the corner, which is where anthony grainger was sitting in the driver's seat. and what happened next is disputed. the police say that when they got here, anthony had raised and then lowered his arms. they were worried that he was goin

the families of the young man and two children killed are speaking out about their unthinkable loss. cnn's dan simonorter: we now know there are actually three police officers who swarmed and engaged the suspect within one minute after the shots first rang out. and now authorities are just trying to pin down what caused the shooter to target his own hometown. a community in mourning. >> together we are stronger than anything that tries to divide us. >> reporter: gathering to remember the lives lost in the latest mass shooting in america. >> they're going to say we're strong, but they're going to say we are a beacon of hope, that we are that shining light. >> reporter: the attack killed three young people and left at least 12 others injured. >> any time a life is lost it's a tragedy, but when it's young people it's even worse. >> reporter: among the victims 13-year-old kayla salazar. and the youngest stephen ramiro who had just turned 6 was excited to start grade school soon. authorities are piecing together the gunman's last moves. police identifying the killer at 19-year-old san tina william league

the families of the young men and two children who were killed are speaking out about their unthinkable loss. cnn's dan simon with more on them as well as the investigation. dan. >> good morning, alisyn, we now know there were actually three officers who swarmed and took down the shooter in less than one minute. now, authorities are just trying to pin down a motive, why the shooter would target his own hometown. >> a community in mourning. >> and together, we are stronger than anything that tries to divide us. >> gathering to remember the lives lost in the latest mass shooting in america. >> we're strong, but they're going to say that we are a beacon of hope, that we are that shining light. >> the attack killed three young people and left at least 12 others injured. >> anytime a life is lost, it's a tragedy but when it's young people, it's even worse. >> among the victims, 13-year-old keyla salazar, her aunt says she saved a family member's life at the cost of her own. 25-year-old trevor irby whose grandmother says he was friends with everyone, and the youngest stephen romero, who had just turned 6, was exci

simon mccoy. today at 4: jubilant scenes at the oval as cricket fans — young and old — celebrate england‘s dramatics is nick miller. the weather is in high pressure mode to start the week, it is all quite out there but there are changes on the way. huerta and brazierfor some of us. changes on the way. huerta and brazier for some of us. stay with me for the forecast later on. we‘ll be in hull, where some local residents are taking road safety into their own hands. that‘s in news nationwide, just after 4:30. hello, everyone — this is afternoon live — i‘m simon mccoy. 1966, 2003, and now 2019 — the years we heard the words "england have won the world cup". first in football, then rugby, and now of course for the first time in men‘s cricket. and those words are still echoing in our ears after that remarkable game yesterday — described by many as the best final ever and one of the most remarkable games ever. the players head to downing street tonight for a reception. earlier, crowds of people, many of them children, joined the team at the oval to celebrate. many will be hoping that the world cup win wil

simon. there‘s got to be someone! that's vicki young, our ex chief political correspondent!ak to borisjohnson over the airways, i look forward to meeting him in early course. but the position of the european union and the position of ireland has not changed, the backstop is an integral pa rt changed, the backstop is an integral part of the withdrawal agreement and without the backstop there is no withdrawal agreement, there is no transition phase, no implementation phase and there would be no free trade agreement until all those matters are resolved. so i hope that the new uk prime minister hasn‘t chosen no deal, but that will be up to them. with me is the daily telegraph columnist asa bennett. leo varadkar they‘re saying they don‘t want no deal, and i hope boris johnson is thinking it through carefully. what impression did you get of the new prime minister‘s performance today? the mantra was let boris be boris. people thought he might be stuffy and wind himself in butfar he might be stuffy and wind himself in but farfrom he might be stuffy and wind himself in but far from i

simon: i'm now past 30, harvey. and i start to understand, round about this age, that this is a business where anyone can buy your products. you can be youngwhich sets me apart from everybody else? - so what could you do? - tv. and in the studio to pursue these points, morris veronique and simon cowell. simon: i started to see there was television, there was music, and how can i be the bridge between things being on tv and then selling records? it's just sort of-- i wouldn't say it was a light bulb moment. i just saw this massive opportunity. a friend of mine whose son had, um... had gone to see the wrestlers? they were called the wwf in those days. he said, "you know they've sold out wembley stadium, 82,000 seats in 27 minutes?" no artist in the world's doing that. i said, "let me have a look at it," and i watched the show, and it's like music everywhere, and i called up vince mcmahon, you know, blind call. i went, "can i have a conversation with someone about the music?" i just bought the music rights to the wwf. didn't know what i was gonna do with it. when i told my boss, she said, "what? they're wrestlers. what are you gonna do with i