hello i'm terry martin welcome to the program election authorities in zimbabwe are urging people to keep calm the statement comes after an opposition rally yesterday turned violent and the army shot dead three unarmed protesters the opposition alleges the ruling party of president emerson and gaga has rigged the results of monday's elections the election commission denies any wrongdoing. soldiers firing live rounds and zimbabwe's capital. the into streets in harare mid-afternoon reportedly at the request of the police. the country's justice minister said the military had been deployed to maintain peace and tranquility and accused opposition supporters of going on a rampage how what the protesters claim they didn't stop the violence. was going on . i just want to emphasize the demonstration. that the crackdown came after a day of protest in the capital people were taken to the streets to protest a delay in the release of the results of presidential polling. crowds gathered outside the offices of the country's electoral commission to demand the release and things quickly turned violent the

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hello i'm terry martin thanks for joining us we begin with a breaking story out of italy the media there say at least eleven people are dead after a motorway bridge collapsed in the northwestern city of genoa and there are fears that the death toll will rise at least twenty vehicles including cars and trucks are believed to have been involved in the collapse rescue workers have pulled two victims alive from the rubble so far italy's transport minister has called. has described the incident as an immense tragedy. well we can now talk to frank he's a marketing management student who is currently in genoa and was near the bridge when it collapsed frank first of all tell us how close for you to the bridge when it crumbled. i'm one one hundred. from the beach because i'm a very close. and. i just. heard this may think you are so you were you were sitting inside you heard this incredible role or and then what did you hear and see next. i i want to have me take my kitchen's window to to look outside because it was it looked like a like me not like that the bridge was blasting and there was a lo

well i'm terry martin thanks for joining us two days after historic elections in zimbabwe the country's electoral commission says the rulings in a p.f. party has won a huge majority in parliament santa p.f. is poised to take two thirds of the seats in zimbabwe's national assembly that's enough to rewrite the country's constitution positions supporters have gathered outside the electoral commission offices in harare they say zenu p.f. rigged to the vote by delaying the election results official say they'll announce the winner of the country's presidential poll later this week. our correspondent melanie curry the ball is in zimbabwe covering the elections for us she joins us now from the capital harare melanie observers just gave an assessment of the election what did they say. well they have been more critical of than the observers that i was listening to this morning from different african countries e.u. people actually have quite strong statements and to give you an assessment in person here with me is brock the head of the observing mission to zimbabwe of the you broken you tell me wh

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hello i'm terry martin and welcome to the program in zimbabwe president emerson and god has called for unity after being declared the winner of the country's first presidential election since the ousting of robert mugabe the electoral commission announced the result last night saying the new dog was secured just over fifty percent of the ballot but zimbabwe remains on edge following post-election violence the main opposition is questioning the polls outcome and demanding the release of what it calls proper and verified results. after days of unrest the long awaited results were delivered in the middle of the night zimbabwe's electoral commission declared a narrow victory for the country's incumbent president. of the party is therefore julie declared elected president of the republic of zimbabwe with effect from the third of august twenty eighth. with fifty point eight percent of the vote and listen man on god avoids a runoff against his nearest rival nelson chamisa who won just over forty four percent his party the movement for democratic change has declared it will challenge the resul

hello i'm terry martin thanks for being with us the days of changing the clocks backwards and forwards here in europe could be numbered that's because the european commission is today proposing to end the switch between summer and winter time across. european union decision comes after an online poll found that a majority of those responding want to get rid of the hour changed to winter time with more than four and a half million participants it was the largest online survey in e.u. history. e.u. commission chief john clarke says the people will get what they want. to sell junk . this debate has announced itself for years many citizens are involved in this debate we had an official survey and millions responded and have the opinion that summertime should be valid in future and should stay forever and so will be. so if it doesn't come well for more on scrapping the time change let's bring in our correspondent. joins us from brussels or is the e.u. really going to change the way we keep time on the basis of this one survey. i must say terry an extra hour of daylight here in brussels it s

time terry martin good to have you with us german national team coach walking live has today admitted he failed to motivate players and choose the wrong and chose the wrong tactics in his summer's world cup he was grilled by the media today in his first news conference since returning from a disastrous tournaments some german media outlets had called on him to resign or be fired the german football association extended his contract just before the start of the tournament here's part of what liv had to say today. and despite my close defeat i chipped some my biggest miscalculation and biggest mistake was that i believed we could make it past the group stage by playing a brand of dominant possession based football. then get to speed so we've often played well that way in the past but it's a high risk tactic. so in order for it to work the conditions on the squad have to be just right that's it all has to come together so that we can deal with the risks involved couldn't that wasn't the case against the opponents we faced. well clearly things didn't come together at this year's world cup

i'm terry martin thanks for joining us the days of changing the clocks backwards and forwards here in europe could be numbered the european commission is today proposing an end to the switch between summer and winter time across the e.u. the decision comes after an online poll found that a majority of those responding want to get rid of the one hour change to winter time. the online survey was the largest in the use history four point six million europeans to. part by far the largest number of those were german in total eighty percent said they were in favor of getting rid of what's known as daylight savings time. so let's have a listen to what people are saying about the decision to scrap the switch from summer time when a time most of those surveyed may have voted to abolish daylight savings time but as we report opinion is divided. i think it's great switching to daylight savings time it works so i think it's a good idea good idea i would keep the time the same all year round we need as much even tempered this in this world as we can possibly get as if in the city well i think it's

i'm terry martin welcome to the program italy's new populist government is stepping up its hardline stance on migration and its calling on the e.u. to change the rules governing the rescue of refugees at sea in two thousand and fifteen the e.u. agreed that all migrants picked up by its naval mission in the mediterranean would be disembarked in italy but rome is now refusing to honor that agreement and says other even nations must also open their ports the issue is being discussed at an informal meeting of defense ministers in vienna. italy says it won't accept migrants like these any more if other you member states don't share the burden currently as part of the u.s joint naval mission in the mediterranean no less operations severe rescued migrants are brought to italian harbors despite rims objections it's only ones of the e.u. countries to take on their share of migrants if not they could close their waters to operations sophia's ships. the e.u. is feeling the pressure the issue of how to share the management of migration flows that is not an issue for one single country is a common euro

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well i'm terry martin good to have you with us italy is stepping up pressure on its european partners to take more migrants rescued at sea italy's defense minister elisabetta tend to announce that she'll ask fellow e.u. defense ministers to rotate the ports that migrants embark at calling on other countries to share the load of the ears joint naval mission in the mediterranean operation sophia was created to target people smuggling but it's ended up rescuing thousands of migrants since its launch in two thousand and fifteen under current rules operation sophia brings all those rescued to italy rome says that practice is no longer acceptable and wants it changed or else it could stop accepting migrants . all the easy. chief diplomat frederick says it's a divisive issue and one that e.u. states need to tackle together here's what she had to say a short while ago the issue of how to share the management of migration flows that is not an issue for one single country but is a common this is why we have a european union operation at sea and this is why i believe that even if it's a very dif

so i'm terry martin good to have you with us in a surprise turnaround the u.s. military says it may reestablish joint military exercises with south korea the war games have been a major sticking point in the run up to u.s. president trumps historic summit with north korea's leader kim jong il and at that summit trump called his military commanders off guard by agreeing to drop the drills the reversal now by the pentagon comes amid a broader breakdown in diplomacy over north korea with north korea over its nuclear weapons program. a historic handshake between two former foes in the months before their singapore summers donald trump and kim jong un traded insults and threats of nuclear war but the leaders pulled back from the brink to deliver a diplomatic spectacle as an unexpected concession from the u.s. . we will be stopping the war games which will save us a tremendous amount of money on lashon until we see the the future negotiation is not going along like it should. the u.s. military exercises with south korea have infuriated p.r. nyang for decades trumps de

following terry martin good to have you with us british police are investigating a terrorist incident after a car crashed into security barriers outside the houses of parliament in london police have detained a car's driver on suspicion of terrorism they say he's not cooperating with authorities three people were hurt in the crash but none of the injuries appear to be life threatening armed officers remain on the scene and the area around parliament square has been cordoned off. well a few minutes ago london's metropolitan police made this statement to the press. driver of the fiesta who was allowed in the vehicle was arrested at the scene by armed officers who were already named. the man is in his late twenty's and he's been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offenses and has been taken to a south london police station where he remains in custody. given that this appears to be a deliberate the method and this being an iconic sites we are treating it as a terrorist incident and the investigation is being led by officers from the counterterrorism. office is a search of the vehicle and

oh i'm terry martin welcome to the program in zimbabwe riot police have broken up a press conference to be held by opposition leader nelson chamisa police ordered journalists present to pack up their equipment and leave the hotel grounds where the press conference the main opposition party the movement for democratic change was set up just minutes ago leader nelson chamisa has disputed the results of the presidential election. this is a fast moving story let's go over to our correspondent adrian krishi he is in harare following developments there adrian do we know what just happened at that hotel where the main opposition candidate was planning to speak. eighty or increase has just managed to enter so it's me madam me i'm speaking to you here live from outside the hotel the police have just left again apparently that a at least forty to fifty police here we saw them i guess they were about fifty and they had riot gear on them and then one minister we still need to confirm his name and he said that the conference should continue so police have just left again and the embassy was suppo

hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us confusion in zimbabwe as riot police break up a news conference due to be held by the opposition leader nelson chamisa police ordered journalists to pack up their equipment and leave the hotel grounds where the news conference had been set up but they relented. and leader nelson chamisa was able to go ahead with his briefing here's what he had to say on today's a day of mourning mourning over democracy it is a big day because we are seeing in repeats or what we saw during the. depreciation of people as we are reading of the will of the people. and that was nelson chamisa there the opposition leader speaking a short while ago at a press conference in harare of course one of many korea dead ball joins me now from harare melody the opposition leader there we just heard nelson chamisa he also said at that press conference that this is a day of mourning for democracy what is he talking about that's right terry it's been saying you know it's different nations and the liberation on the street it's quite the opposite this just the day of sadnes

well i'm terry martin thanks for joining us two days after historic elections in zimbabwe the country's electoral commission says the ruling zana party has won the majority in parliament possibly as much as two thirds of the seats the winner of the presidential election has yet to be announced riot police dispersed a few hundred opposition protesters who attempted to enter the zimbabwe electoral commission has offices in the capital harare authorities also use water cannon and tear gas and one report says a man has been shot dead the main opposition party the movement for democratic change says it will dispute the official results if the rulings an appeal party does win two thirds of the parliamentary seats it will be able to amend the country's constitution. our correspondent melanie corrida ball is in zimbabwe covering the elections for us now she joins us from the capital harare. we've seen some reports of clashes what do we know so for. the situation here in harare it is getting more and more tense it's incredible to see how many helicopters have to pass me they have been made to a

know i'm terry martin thanks for joining us aretha franklin is being laid to rest in detroit today as befits the queen of soul the queen of soul the singer will be given a very musical sendoff the invitation only event is set to last a number of hours and the lineup will also include figures from the civil rights movement and former u.s. president bill clinton if you know caps on what we can and that included tribute concerts and public viewings of franklin lying in state. and karen helm step from our culture desk is here to talk about this historic occasion so karen it's going to be a what would you say it's a long day i guess in detroit what will stephanie we expect terry the funeral is set to go for about five and a half six hours so we've really got a marathon event i had of us and it has just started we can perhaps already go to some pictures and see if we can figure out where we are in the proceedings that the funeral is happening at the greater grace temple in her hometown of detroit and it is invite only as you mentioned starting out with a processional and some prayers some o

all right you're watching news from berlin terry martin will be here at the top of the hour with an update on your headlines. stand for. language courses. video. anytime anywhere. from its controversial approach to refugees to the first ever departure of a member state and rising euro skepticism pressure on the european union is mounting like never before. founded as an economic community the e.u. soon grew together as a community of values and peace. now with global shifts bringing crises and conflict directly to the a use doorstep it should be able to respond with joint force instead europe is internally divided and struggling to find a unified voice not to mention an adequate response the european union faces threats from the inside and the outside. what this man is also challenging europe and its political leaders. are don't want to try to garner plenty of support back home in turkey their europe becomes a handy scapegoat for self-made problems religious and nationalistic supporters respond particularly well. the state powers treat their opponents anything but delicately be they kurds

hello i'm terry martin thanks for joining us british police are investigating a terrorist incident after a car crashed into a security barriers outside the houses of parliament in london police have detained the man driving the car on suspicion of terrorism two people were hurt in the crash but none of the injuries are life threatening armed officers remain on the scene and the area around parliament square has been cordoned off. for more now let's bring in correspondent nicole reese who is on the ground at whitehall near the parliament building nicole understand police are treating this as a terrorist incident what more can you tell us. yes hi terry well metropolitan police metropolitan police here have issued a statement only a couple of minutes ago saying that the counterterrorism unit is leading the investigation and as you said that they are treating this as a terrorist and they have arrested a drive in his late twenty's at around seven forty in the morning seven forty ish this fake that arrested him at the same you could face in police custody at the south london police station and

hello i'm terry martin thanks for joining us we begin with breaking news from italy dozens are feared dead after a motorway bridge collapsed in the northwestern city of genoa italian please share these images from the scene of the collapse. after hundreds of prior fighters are racing to rescue victims at the site one person has been pulled alive from the rubble so far italy's transport minister says the incident seems to be an immense tragedy. well joining us now is philip will and he's a freelance journalist with the guardian newspaper in will rome of what what are you hearing from emergency services on the ground. what has he said this is a huge tragedy very long section of the bridge collapse from a very great height and rescue services say that it's likely there will be yet dozens of people killed and many more rigid and the death toll is likely to be updated constantly throughout the day now some of there is some footage of the of the bridge actually collapsing what can you tell us about the moment that this happened yes the u.n. video has been posted on social media that it show

hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us about a thousand far right protesters have staged another demonstration in the eastern german city of chemists police say the rally was tense but not threatening or marked by violence like a protest earlier this week at a nearby venue politicians held a town hall meeting with local residents some of them complained that officials are out of touch. get lost they chant. demonstrators are out in force again in chemnitz they're protesting against the town hall meeting with saxony state premier but some in this east german city want to engage with him. to inform. i want to talk to him about my feeling that many politicians don't know anything about their citizens anymore and don't know what's going on i saw a report that he was shocked by what's happening here but how can that be up if he is our state premier so management is the president for. the fatal stabbing of a german citizen over the weekend sparked violent anti immigration protests and what appeared to be vigilante attacks on people believed to be foreign and the authorities are also inv

hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us the turkish lira hit a record low during monday's trading in asia it has since recovered but the currency is still very unstable it's lost forty five percent of its value so far this year putting the turkish economy under a lot of pressure from the business desk as more in fact terry the turkish president tried to type out of the on says his country is in a state of economic war and his government is about to announce an action plan that is supposed to stop the lyricist continuing decline but a diplomatic dispute with the united states that has led to donald trump to double tariffs for turkish steel and aluminum is unlikely to be resolved anytime soon. turkey's lira is in freefall last week alone it fell by one fifth against the dollar president retta tie affair to one has appealed to the public to stay calm and believe in god he's also urged them to convert their foreign currency holdings into lira but people are doing the opposite hoping to keep their cash safe in dollars and euros. that's accelerated the dive i'm sent inflation soaring it

thank you for watching due to the news terry martin will be here at the news desk at the top they are a. little we were. when we were. in the percent of americans at some point in our lives will experience hardship. at the southernmost tip of the arabian peninsula away from the eyes of the outside world yemen is counting its dead more than ten thousand of. those displaced run into millions as a cholera famine and for many exile yemen is a war. not many foreign a set foot in this part of a rabia the president of the international committee of the red cross has come to visit this exhausted and divided country. he's one of the few people authorized to observe a conflict which has been reduced to wretched internal hostilities. his trip is a difficult one to say the least he'll be starting in the south in aden and finishing three hundred fifty kilometers further north in. the two cities that have been the country's capitals for years off way between the two in the heart of the highlands he'll be. visiting tirades on the front line. she has seen since my first visit to yemen two years ago i

well i'm terry martin good to have you with us during the national team coach your humor has been speaking to the media for the first time since his squad's poor performance at the world cup at a press conference in munich today he admitted his own shortcomings including a failure to motivate players who walked into a potential lions den knowing that some media outlets had called on him to resign or be fired after germany crashed out in the first round of the world cup it was given that a contract extension by the german football so. just before the start of this summer's tournaments and the association reiterated its support for him after germany failed at the first stage is now revamping his squad for the start of the european nations league next week here's part of what he had to say. i'm not close defeat my biggest miscalculation and biggest mistake was that i believed we could make it past the group stage by playing a brand of dominant possession based football. then get used to speed so we've often played well that way in the past but it's a high risk tactic. so in order for it to wo

well i'm terry martin good to have you with us turkey's central bank says it's ready to take what it calls all necessary measures to shore up the country's currency this after the lira tumbled to a new low against the dollar on monday with investors fearing. crisis could spread to other markets the currency has nosedive this year no worries about president russia time to once increasing control over the economy and a diplomatic dispute between turkey and the united states on sunday out of one railed against washington's recent decision to double tariffs on steel and aluminum . well for the very latest let's go to our correspondent dorian jones is standing by dorian the government in turkey says it's in an economic war does this crisis have the potential to destabilize the country while i think it's already doing that. polls in the current sea have calls absolute shock fear among the population and is raising korean concerns going forward it could ultimately become a systematic crisis on the money banking system if these heavy poles continue so already the the instability is there and

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hello i'm terry martin thanks for joining us. we start with a major transport disaster in the italian port city of genoa officials there now say that at least twenty two people were killed when part of a four lane motorway bridge collapsed earlier today a two hundred metre long section of the reinforced concrete bridge and about twenty cars and drugs fell onto warehouses and rail lines reports say the trouble plagued morandi bridge was undergoing structural work the bridge was built in the one nine hundred sixty s. and is known as the brooklyn bridge of general. well we can now talk to frank he's a marketing management student who is currently in genoa and was near the bridge when it collapsed frank first of all tell us how close for you to the bridge when it crumbled. i have no one i'm one one hundred. from the beach because i leave reclusive. and. i just. heard this me think rule or so years you were sitting inside you heard this incredible roar and then what did you hear and see next. i i went to a meeting my kitchen's window

welcome back to news i'm terry martin top stories germany's coach your king live has rejected allegations of racism in the german football association he was responding to claims made by midfielder mezzo through who quit the national team in july after the side's just showing the world cup. the un's high commissioner for human rights has sharply condemned the violence in the german city of qom it's over the last few days. saying urge political leaders to speak out in unison against xenophobia. in a surprise turnaround the u.s. military has said it may reestablish joint military exercises with south korea but war games had been a major sticking point in the run up to u.s. president historic summit with north korea's leader kim jong at that summit trump called his military commanders off guard by agreeing to drop the military drills the reversal now by the pentagon comes amid a broader breakdown in diplomacy with north korea over its nuclear weapons. a historic handshake between two former foes. in the months before their singapore some as donald trump and kim jong un traded insults and thr

hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us. right wing groups are expected to take to the streets of the eastern german city of kevin is today. day to stage fresh demonstrations some twenty people were injured earlier in the week when around seven thousand protesters many of them far right nationalists clashed with leftwing demonstrators this after a man was stabbed to death here's a look at what life is like for residents of kevin it's a city where violence and hatred of foreigners has dominated headlines for days. a snapshot of daily life encampments two hundred coon runs a cafe in a not center it's a bit of an ivory tower he says here things are fine. but he also knows the city has a problem with right wing radicals. we don't see marauding bands of murderous nazis in the streets every day but things happen and the instrumental wires that and use it as a pretext to whip up a crowd. last sunday eight hundred took to the streets in response to the killing of a man the night before on monday the far right scene mobilized about f

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martin luther king, jr., knock at midnight in strength to love. s s >> thank >> thank you, terry. ut deep respect and reverence for the reverend dr. martin luther king, jr. and for his life. he made a difference. he made his contribution. teach us, lord, that each of us too can make a difference, that we can make our lives more sublime, that they leave behind us foot prints in the sands of time. thank you thank you for his life. thank you for his legacy. and thank you for this 50th anniversary of his death. and we celebrate him on this day, in the name of our lord jesus, amen and amen. ♪ ♪ [ choir singing ] [ choir singing ] ♪ [ choir singing ] [ choir singing ] ♪ ♪ [ choir singing ] [ choir singing ] ♪ ♪ ♪ [ choir [ choir singing ] ♪ [ applause ] [ applause ] >>> >>> if exodus chapter 3, a humble shepherd sees a burning bush and draws near. in the original hebrew -- [ singing in foreign language ] >> god calls to moses from the flames, moses, moses. moses answers, here i am. god says, remove your shoes from your feet, for the place on which you stand is holy ground. i've marked we