he over his acceptance spite time of political instability in the country. ce of ite controversy over his acceptance of an appointment. populist parties, they have understandably seized on this as evidence of the way italy in its traditional politicians have neglected parts of the country's infrastructure. we will hear more of that. today a day for some reflection and a0 beats to the dead there we have many of the family is declining to take part because they blame state for the terrible events of this week. the headlines on bbc news: a huge rescue and relief operation is taking place in southern india where monsoon rains have caused the area's worst floods in a century. the number of young people being treated for type 2 diabetes has risen dramatically in the past four years. a new tax on single—use water bottles, takeaway boxes and coffee cups could be introduced after the public responded to a government consultation on how to reduce plastic waste. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly hamilton. ben stokes is back? absolute

from berlin zimbabwe's president emerson when god calls for a new beginning after being declared the country's president his supporters are euphoric but the opposition is refusing to accept the result raising fears of more violence . also coming up a stark warning from u.s. intelligence officials about russia they say moscow is carrying out of her face a campaign to sway the upcoming midterm elections but is president trying to undermining their message. in india false reports on social media about child kidnappings have led to the murder of innocent people now local police are taking action to try to prevent any more killings. i'm sumi so much common good to have you with us in zimbabwe president emerson mclaughlin has called for unity after winning the country's first election since the ousting of robert mugabe but doco was declared the winner last night after securing just over fifty percent of the ballot box him by the way 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 resu

news live from bird land at least one person is dead in zimbabwe following unrest after the country's election security forces clashed with protesters who say that the zanu p.f. parliamentary victory was fraudulent the country's authorization says they will challenge the results we'll have the latest from harare. also coming up in germany opens controversial new processing centers for asylum seekers they will fast track refugees applications and deport those who are rejected critics say they will deal a blow to integration efforts and europe's heat wave decimates crops we need german farmers preparing for a future of extreme weather. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program reports of unrest in zimbabwe at least one person is confirmed dead two days after historic elections riot police used water cannon and tear gas to disperse opposition supporters on the streets of the capital harare troops are also out in force and one report says that a man has been shocked at election observers from the european union and the united states have called for the results of the presidential election to

guest: thank you. >> we don't live in the same part of the country. we don't have the same location, the same particular outlook, but where we are all the same, men of color, women of color, is the way we try to instill a sense of fear, you can call it respect, but a sense of fear as a sobering consequence of what could happen if interacting with the police goes wrong. >> tonight on "afterwords" hughley and actor dl shares his thoughts from his book "how not to get shot and other advice from white people." >> how about a police department respectful of the people they work for? policewoman held to a higher standard than children? there is a certain point when children just don't listen. should they die for that? as ad we accept that, society? is that really the best we can do, to tell our children to be more responsible than the adults trained to serve their community? >> watch "afterwords" tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2's book tv. c-span's "washington journal, " live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. monday morning, form

and for the people of the country were my brother and sister but you're going to register as a candidate by the deadline and already the government is saying that you're not. you're not going to be able to be registered that it's illegitimate you to be registered counted that's surely the first problem you've gotten better are you surprised that the government in place say that i'm not able to be surprise i think that. those people in the. measurability of the government of the right people are able to talk about it after ten years in a criminal limbo as it were. did you feel that you made a mistake that you should have been there during those ten years what did you feel about those ten years where they wasted years or did you like nelson mandela concentrate your thoughts on what you were going to do when you got out or tell you frankly that these ten years help me and so to sing deeply about not just myself but also my country. of course you're not the same person after ten years you can go exchange to africa and cha

i apologize, but it is such an important issue for the country and the direction of the country, that i thought it was necessary to talk more fully. thank you for your patience. i appreciate that. >> alex from mcclatchy? expectationyour democrats will win the house in november? is my expectation that people who support working people will be in control of the house. and that could be a combination of both. i think the democrats will have more seats and they will control the house. reporter: why is that? they speak tose kitchen-table economics far more clearly and fluently than the people they are running against. republicans have demonstrated recently, particularly this house, have demonstrated a total lack of concern for working people. alex: with there be enough democrats to band together with republicans? think democrats will control the house, but the answer to that is yes. i think they will. i think there are going to be more democrats. i think the extreme right wing of the republican party has captured the house, and they have either made it in capable or actuallything, skewed i

but how would that work, and what are the implications for the country? g up a little bit of your sovereignty? the plan is inspired by the financial success of places like hong kong and macau, who tailored their financial rulebooks to foreign business interests. but what would that look like here? the honduran government would invite foreign investors in, giving them the leading role in managing these areas. schools, hospitals, malls — everything would likely be built from scratch. mark klugmann is an american who has lived in honduras for more than a decade. a former speech writer for ronald reagan, he is a key advocate of the proposal and has been an adviser to the government on how to bring it to life. he invited me to the unconventional little school he runs with his wife in the capital, tegucigalpa. there's a contract. all the students here have all signed this contract. there's a concept of self—governance. uh-huh. 15 points on the contract. that's right, that's right. the students actually wrote this. it wasn't imposed on them. they had a — they had

on a welcome i'm a touchy ma zimbabwean president well has called on the opposition and the country to accept the results of the disputed election he said the opposition would have a crucial role to play in shaping the country's future but in the last two hours opposition leader nelson chamisa has repeated his claim that the elections were rigged we cross in live to harare in just a moment but first this report. the main opposition party leader in zimbabwe tried to hold a press conference on friday in the capital out of it but it was disrupted by riot police who then cleared the area they were then in turn confronted by journalists. that are. eventually the police did allow. the presser to take place. there nelson chamisa of the movement for democratic change party or m.d.c. claimed the election on monday was rigged his party had taken just over forty four percent of the vote but emerson on god one of the rulings on a p.f. was declared the winner with almost fifty one percent of the vote. he had first taken power in november after a brief military intervention which toppled robert muga

for to run the country behind the terrorist threat in syria is saudi arabia. and in riyadh the saudi leaders have indeed been looking forward to the fall of bashing assad since the beginning of the syrian crisis a means for them to oppose the rise in power of iran in the region. the kingdom understood very well and told. the western countries if you look at all of the public statements from saudi officials they identified easy iran as the main supporter of bashar that's it and therefore the kingdom called on all of the countries in the west in europe and in america to oppose the iranian. direction. and control over the situation in syria syria became the stage for a radical standoff between the region's two systems of power the sunni saudi monarchy against the shiite islamic republic of iran. i think many people including many american many americans and many europeans underestimated the degree to which syria was a red line for iran and that iran was willing to really take risks and put the resources in to back assad assad. i think the same is true for russia.

the defeated rebels have had to retreat to the north of the country. in aden the war has been on standby from the. but the city's basic facilities a stood in the process of being repaired like the main water treatment plant for example. i. mentioned but at. the front line is situated several hundred kilometers away to the north part of the destruction of basic sanitary facilities means that the wounded have to be brought here to aid to be treated. but. there's another visit from whatever it may be there are a lot more like i. have got to get their eyes dies and eyes and i i i don't want to die what did. you i was like yes. yes. he. was the leverage that they should be my agents and by. that i did you know maybe i. went. yeah. i groups of popular resistance sprang up at the onset of the war fighting alongside the armed forces against the who the rebels. now not. to be there and i could not. well i got an i was posting at the beginning religion attack against a routine again. one hundred eleven we attacked him. or belittle him in the car hit her mother th

they're worried about the condition of other bridges across the country. and fans paid tribute to the queen of soul. aretha franklin guided her home into troy michigan yesterday at the age of seventy six we'll take a look at the life of a cultural icon. i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show thousands of people are paying homage today to india's former prime minister atal bihari vajpayee who died thursday at the age of ninety three he's being given full state honors at a funeral ceremony in delhi schools and colleges. are closed in the indian capital on the government has announced a seven day mourning period bars pay he was among india's most popular politicians and a founding leader of the governing hindu nationalist party he served three times as foreign minister. here's a look back at a man who oversaw india's growth into a regional powerhouse. he was a poet journalist and a moderate face of hindu nationalism to some former indian prime minister x. how bihari vachss pai is an icon to others a contradiction as a founding father of the ruling bh

and around the country. c-span's brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> c-span2 is in canada with the canadian house of commons citizenship and immigration committee held a series of hearings during the summer recess examining the government response to illegal border crossings and are handling of the surge in asylum-seekers. ♪ ♪ >> good morning. welcome to this, the 117th meeting of -- once the meeting begins, the only cameras that will be allowed will be those five the parliament of canada for this meeting. to begin i want to thank the witnesses and ministers for denny but just before we do that, draw to the tension that the committee voted at its last meeting to undertake a study and the studies on the impact of a regular crossing at canada's southern border, and that steady than is taking place today in three meetings. however, it needs a budget to be approved and are going to look for budget to facilitate these meetings and i would be that we adopt the budget as presented in the amount of

probably two-thirds of the country adored him and one-third of the country hated him. there was, no one was ever ambivalent about jackson. he maintained that level of popularity. he was seen as the next george washington. we contend that he shouldn't be forgotten. because he played a major role in, in inspiring the common man, of keeping the government held together. and of helping the country see the possibility of everyone having a voice in this democratic government. >>> it appears it will be a few minutes before things get started. while have more from the hermitage. >>> in terms of impressiveness, it speaks of a man of significant wealth. jackson's still considered to be one of our wealthiest residents in this 20,000 square-foot house. so if you were coming here you would have been very, very impressed by a house of this magnitude. >> andrew jackson and rachel bought this property in 1804, originally it was about 425 acres. in size. and with log buildings on the property. over the next 41 years of jackson's life, he added land to the property. he bought and sold p

agricultural exports to the country. beijing meantime has ramped up domestic production and lowered import tariffs on other producers and one side effect of the dispute is that countries like brazil are emerging as the winners brazilian soybean exports to china soared twenty five percent in june. today the first of august is earth overshoot day now is the day that humanity has used up all natural resources that the earth can regenerate revive to stain a plea for this entire year from now on we're moving into well what is essentially deep debt current estimates suggest we would need one point seven earths to satisfy our needs for one year now in one thousand nine hundred seventy while consumption much the renewable resources available since then well consumption has risen continuously consuming the equivalent of five earths worth of resources in one year alone the united states uses the lion's share germany while it uses three planets when it comes to china you can see there two point two that is phenomenal when you compar

-a party triumphs in zimbabwe's parliamentary elections the country's army is out on the streets amid accusations of election fraud from the opposition you observers are also raising questions about the veracity of the vote also coming up. a new gateway to europe with all the routes cut all the refugees are crossing the straits of gibraltar to reach the continent and that's causing problems for spain. and in sports we look ahead to the asian games later this month where an orphan boy born into poverty is seeking another gold after becoming a sprinting hero in his native indonesia. 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

france's president outrage among the country's opposition figures. calls his own. goals for resisting his economic reforms. but. with ten days and counting to the general election in sweden anger flares at a rally where a swedish parliamentary candidate claims he was attacked by a migrant. they're broadcasting live in moscow this is our international almost certainly glad to have you with us now a crucial battle is a looming in the last rebel stronghold in the syrian a province of the u.n. special envoy for syria says there are around ten thousand terrorists there and that a group is capable of producing chemical weapons meanwhile russia's foreign minister has warned that a terrorist false flag attack is being prepared to sabotage the liberation of. they should in the middle of another false flag attack is being prepared to try and hinder the n.t. terror operation in age with the facts on the table through the ministry of foreign affairs and the ministry of defense we gave a clear and tough warning to our western partners will not supply you with. russian foreign mi

the country's premier expressed his condolences. the fire broke out at the ministry of health and well first time pay hospital and caused many deaths and injuries. i would like to apologize to patients family members and to society on behalf of the executive. office of the new unions i singled out this offensive. it's still unclear what caused the fire but firefighters say they suspect it could have been triggered by an electrical fault there had the nine hospital fires in taiwan in the past decade claiming thirty seven lives right now an investigation continues into the blaze and many patients who were already gravely sick are now fighting for their lives. now for a story of a man who went to study and journalism in china daveed misawa was halfway through a lost as a prestigious university in beijing they decided to make a video profile off the lawyer of a pro democracy dissident that got him into trouble with the authorities and his visa was nothing new and we talked to him in just a moment but first here's an excerpt from his vide

of the ruling party of the country for a very long time the party that ruled the country for forty years he has been holding various minister positions under former dictator mugabe and last year when we got was forced to resign by the military he finally took over as the president and he changed his image completely he suddenly portrayed himself as the reformer he opened up the country to investors and he also allowed more freedom more freedom of speech and this electoral process for him was another sign that he wanted to give to the world that he's opening up the country he's been talking a lot about the electoral process that it's been free and fair and according to him also observers said so but the reality is not really like this yes there has been tremendous amount of improvement compared to previous elections in zimbabwe which were not free at all but also a lot of people say there was intimidation here and the process was not as fair as he thinks it was yeah the leader of the opposition called this election fraudulent and illegal what evidence is there for the. well th

the rule of law matters in this country. to the extent that congress sets policy, that we have an obligation to be able to enforce that law fairly and impartially and to the extent that cities say that we're going to avoid the law that we're going to ignore valid warrants that we're not going to allow for law enforcement to be able to do their jobs, what we have done is create safe havens for those who would do things criminally to know they've got a place where they can do it without law enforcement becoming engaged an we don't believe that's right. we will stand together as attorneys general across the country who believe strongly in this issue to say not only do we support this administration saying we should be able to withhold funds from those cities who want to avoid their obligations under state and federal law, but we're going to band together to say those cities are making the rest of us unsafe. grateful for the fact that this administration recognizes this that issue. that we've seen the department of justice as wel

now publicly debating the country have a problem with. racism in germany is a very big big problem for two thirds or sixty four percent of the germans according to latest polls only thirty five percent think it's a small. but with nothing to gain for the government in berlin approval rates for the grand coalition continue to plummet. asked which party they'd vote for less than a third of german voters twenty nine percent would currently cast their ballot for the conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. bloc the social democrats would get less than a fifth of the votes only eighteen percent the right wing populist would reach a record high seventeen percent the liberals and left each still rank below ten percent while the greens would move up to fifteen percent according to this poll if there was a general election next sunday in germany the coalition parties would lose their majority in parliament but had to make up ford germans consider health and pension policies among the most important issues to be taken care of by their government. parliament after

the country previously but we've never been able to do it. and we are planning three thousand health workers to vaccinate more than five hundred thousand individuals the age of one that will wast humanitarian crisis may be about to become dramatically was the un humanitarian coordinator. a tox in for they could be coupled with the human toll extending. the limits of the city although some of the five imports into yemen. which is essential for imports such as fuel medicine social supplies. well the u.n. refugee agency has tweeted have a snapshot of just how bad things are in yemen right now more than twenty two million people in need of aid almost eighteen million without enough to eat it also mentions caller more than one million suspected cases as well as two million displaced two hundred thousand refugees and asylum seekers. so to counter here on al-jazeera. and on the. phone satirical videos on social media to street rallies frustrations mountain iran over the country's schoolmastering economy and house. are playing a front line role in the

weak border security has meant drugs have flooded into the country, and economic collapse with youth almost 50% means there's a ready market for the drug. after years of war, occupation and insurgency, the locals here had hoped their city would become the next dubai. but there are no skyscrapers here, just high unemployment, crime and corruption. at basra general hospital, psychiatrist doctor al sabbagh has been seeing more patients come forward with meth addiction. what is the scale of the problem? in 2015, the iraqi government, together with the us department of health, ran a study looking at addiction in basra. there were once high hopes for iraq's second city. oil production in basra province generates 95% of the country's oil wealth. but most residents don't see any of that. this is jumhuriyah, one of the poorest most densely populated parts of town. most of the young people here haven't finished school, they're out of work. jumhuriyah is notorious for gangs and drug dealing. shallal rady, who is 21, has never worked. so do you feel safe here? what about drug users? hello, how ar

but many in the country were unhappy with the outcome. and. i'm a bit disappointed with the first round went but unfortunately i don't expect much to change in the second round. the opposition are concerned about voter fraud demonstrating in the capital bamako at the weekend. plus many were unable to vote in the first round that's after around seven hundred polling stations were closed due to violence from groups but an opposition challenge to the result was dismissed by the constitutional court. in all the money as a haven for islamist insurgents that temporarily took control of the region in two thousand and twelve three years later a peace deal was signed with the government now monitored by un troops the german army is also involved but it's a fragile peace attacks a frequent i left. that we need peace and stability in the country because our economic development social development everything at stake for mali cannot materialize without peace and stability. but. this will be the most important task for the future presidents. and now for a

the countries of their towns isolate. iran from first. class august attacks on g.w. . turkey is not an easy ally for the west to manage viciously insulting if it doesn't get its way it alternates between pressing hard for e.u. membership and pretending it no longer needs it my guest here in the german city of this is the turkish foreign minister met lute. all the differences between turkey and the e.u. becoming impossible to reconcile.

troops in the country. he results of iraq's election in may have been ratified by the country's supreme court that means a three month deadline has been set in motion for the winning parties to form a government and nationwide recurrent earlier this month confirm populistic clerical there are some other one most of the votes as italy hardens its immigration policy by preventing ships landing so the number of migrants trying to reach the southern coast of spain is increasing the rise has put pressure on rescue services and fuel political debate on how to handle the situation karl penhall reports from southern spain. exhausted but happy almost three hundred refugees in migrants rescued after setting out from morocco in baba rafts and spending the day adrift. this is the southern spanish port of the arc is serious most are from west africa including guinea ivory coast in mali the youngest is just a month old. this mother tells me she's hungry already missing the taste of tapioca and fish from home twenty three

the groups controlling these routes. iran has land and naval borders with fifteen countries we could never close all the borders for seventy to eighty years now local people have been trading with neighboring countries in the last two decades demands in the country have risen and the scale of the border trade has increased if you associate it to sanctions our government is against it and has made many obstacles for local people that are involved in it iranian leaders are keen to stop illegal imports and promote made in iran goods it's part of an ongoing policy from the supreme leader himself to develop domestic production and to become self-reliant in the face of american economic pressure despite financial struggle iranian consumers care about quality and want name brands some turned to secondhand markets to stay in fashion on a budget others are buying a gold and ironically american dollars to keep their saving safe from the impact of american sanctions things that just tires are being replaced only after being driven down to the room. and with the rising cost of replacement recycling is squeezing a little more mileage o

the countries of homes of their towns to isolate. iran from theocracy. start august attacks on g.w. . the exploitation and the pleas should about planets let's the race is on for every hectic to produce food create space the lives and what some nations are reclaiming land from the oceans building islands extending botha's but at what cost. the cost to our planet the price and.

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the country's opposition says the results will have the latest from. swedish police. across a. police in zimbabwe say at least three people have died in the capital after clashes between protesters and security forces the unrest follows the country's election on monday. that the long ruling party has won a majority. soldiers firing live rounds and zimbabwe's capital. the army into the street to harare midafternoon 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 however the protesters claim they didn't start the violence. is going on right. i just want to know if this is a 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 electoral commission called for patience verify

in central asia on the one hand these countries want investors in the other they have their own economic interests they don't want foreigners to own greater shares in their companies than they do powerful us we have to create a win win situation that countries invest in and that allows the population to participate financially to only open borders on the whole you. in two thousand and sixteen a law on the sale of agricultural land triggered anti chinese demonstrations of first in a country in which every kind of protest gathering is forbidden following the demonstrations to tell you off was arrested because he filmed the event and disseminated the footage. snow you think i said well see it was here you made the site is the southeast you can not tell there was. nothing that if someone we have. almost a full of serious will see this all our resources can be sold our people know this but turn a blind eye kazakhs are patient they say never mind let's wait there's no war at least we have food this attitude will be our ruin. so we just b

the country's premier expressed his condolences. the fire broke out at the ministry of health and well first time pay hospital and caused many deaths and injuries. i would like to apologize to patients family members and to society on behalf of the executive. also for me even as i think without those affected. it's still unclear what caused the fire but firefighters say they suspect it could have been triggered by an electrical fault there had been nine hospital fires in taiwan in the past decade claiming thirty seven lives right now an investigation continues into the blaze and many patients who were already gravely sick are now fighting for their lives. turning out to mali where vote counting is underway in a presidential drawn off after a tense election that was mobbed by violence a time to see a poll worker was killed by extremists in the north of the country and the threat of violence kept tellin out yo incumbent. is expected to win the vote the result is to you later this week. string checks at polling stations security measure

and the country still does not know who won the race for president today clashes came as the electoral commission announced the ruling party won control of the parliament the country's opposition says the results. will have the latest from the capital harare also coming up. has become the first state to open controversial new processing centers for asylum seekers. and a fast way to deport those who are reject. good to have you with us tonight at least three people have died in unrest in zimbabwe just two days after a landmark election police say civilians were killed in the capital harare today as troops were deployed to quell protests riot police used water cannon and tear gas to disperse opposition supporters the main opposition party the movement for democratic change is disputing the official election results which give the ruling party a majority of seats in parliament election observers from the european union and the you. and states have called for the results of the presidential election to be released as soon as possible to avoid further volatility embark. upon the mill and en

is the job the news coming to you live from berlin zimbabwe's opposition rejects the results of the country's presidential election is what is not good these exit from the bridge to go to sound the struggling to lead up to lead to turn it got to the right areas critical to get the opposition party weeden nelson chamisa say as he be challenge the results of president abbas and mungana insists he want a free and fair elections also coming up should have got i saw how they killed my mother not kidding it was awful one of the top i'm not until they tortured us and forced us to train young it was they beat us that month and they put a price on his hands told us from one man to the next because the so-called islamic state captured just the the women in iraq instilled in the slaves we report on one woman's efforts to rescue them. and europe braces for more scorching temperatures meteorologist someone the mercury could soar over the weekend some parts of southern europe can expect temperatures in the high forty's. in the next sixty minutes india cracks down on bridges and two mobs that's off the forc

news live from berlin declares a week of mourning after the country's most famous son kofi anon dies at the age of eighty the former united nations chief and nobel peace prize laureate served two terms as the world's top diplomat and later he became the u.n. special envoy for syria we'll have a look at his legacy also coming up. commemorating the dead italy holds a state funeral for the victims of tuesday's bridge collapse in the northern city of genoa relatives and friends joined the country's leaders to say goodbye to their loved ones but some families refused to take part in the ceremony. and should restaurants be allowed to ban children one owner here in germany has come under fire for doing just that he says because parents turn a blind eye to their kids that being here. thanks for joining us hi mary. the former united nations chief and nobel peace prize laureate kofi annan has dined anon was the first black african to take up the role of the world com diplomat serving two terms from one thousand nine hundred seven to two thousand and six when leaders served as the u.n. special e

the u.s. is a huge trading country. both as an importer an exporter is it imports more than exports but a lot of businesses in the united states depend on selling their or their goods and services and not being in the w.t. you know it means that there will be a slap with tariffs. means everything they try to sell be more expensive. it means an end to a lot of protections for things like copyright theft and other things so i think that would be a. huge pushback first of all from the companies that are exporting in the u.s. to that kind of a move and. as i said i think india logically most of congress is in favor of free trade so they are going to support just. pulling out of a yes an organization that really started in one thousand nine hundred four and has been working pretty well by all accounts in terms of not just the global economy but the u.s. economy david trump has said in the past that the u.s. has been unfairly treated in the organization and the administration is voiced similar sentiments about the u.n. kind of

the country's construction sector has traditionally been an engine of economic growth. but recent events have put the brakes on turkey's economy turkish banks and companies have accumulated four hundred seventy billion dollars of foreign debt and as the lira plummets it's getting ever harder to repay the loans analysts say interest rates need to be raised to offset the liras rapid decline they want the central bank to act independently of the government and believe the country should accept help from the international monetary fund something to one has ruled out. there is no difference between the direct attacks on our call to prayer and our flag and the attack on our economy the goal is the same the goal is to bring to heel turkey and the turkish nation to hold it captive we are a nation that prefers to be shot in the neck rather than chained by the neck. that doesn't interest the ratings agencies there downgrading turkey ever further making it harder for the country to raise new money independent observers say the economy's biggest problem is the president himself they

close to the border with russia this is soybean country. china is the world's largest consumer of soybeans but it can't grow enough and so is reliant on imports to meet demand that means the decision to impose a twenty five percent levy on u.s. soil beans creates risk yet in this province the trade fight appears to be having a welcome impact. farmers like moon family of being urged by the local government to switch their fields to soit from corn offering subsidies as an incentive that'll raise incomes moon says he has a lot to thank president trump for who won when you know when china stops importing from the united states is possible where the price of domestic soybeans welcome up and that means we'll make more money. soybeans may flourish in this province but only around ten percent of those consumed in china are domestically grown the instruction to local farmers to grow more soybeans was a political priority but the reality is this china is a long way from ever being self-sufficient in soybeans which means it's going to be reliant on imp

news live from her lead congress in zimbabwe killed at least three people following after the country's election and security forces clashed with protesters who say that the zanu p.f. parliamentary victory was tainted by fraud the country's opposition says the challenge the result will have the latest from harare. also coming up former warlord here ben buchler turned to the congo after a decade in jail the international criminal court cleared him of committing war crimes and now he's running for president so we'll ask an expert what his comeback could mean for the volatile nation. plus here in germany a first state opens controversial new processing centers for asylum seekers it will fast track refugees out with haitians and deport those who are protected and critics say they will deal a blow to integration efforts and europe's heat wave decimates crops when the german farmers are preparing for a future of extreme weather plus the robbery that has left swedish police red faced thieves steal priceless crown jewels from a cathedral new york if you told their stock home and making a daring

today, he went to the airport, trying to leave the country. lawyer who's representing bobi wine. he told me the latest he's heard. even though the judge let him have his passport because he needed to leave the country for medical reasons. after this horrific torture that he and 33 other opposition members sustained a week ago, he was violently thrown into a police ambulance, the lawyers have no idea where he's being taken. and we're all really in shock at this occurrence. and he was rearrested in connection to the original charges? we have no idea, the lawyers have no idea. and why did he want to leave uganda? was it purely for the need to get medical treatment or did he also just want to get out of the situation? no, in fact his children were going to stand uganda it was a brief trip simply for a medical evaluation. he's in tremendous pain, he sustained very serious injuries during this torture with a metal bar and other implements of torture and he needed help. and can you tell us what injuries he is still dealing with? look, there are a lot

the road has bridged city and country. ys of life have mingled them both share the fruits of progress equally. machines have take -- taken the burden of work off of the pack of the farmer. no longer do the women on the farms grow old before their time. the people of the cities have been able to move into quiet communities full of sun and fresh air. a theme almost like living in the country. the old country schoolhouse has vanished and the energy of the children is no longer wasted in miles to get there. the workers to date no longer have to live close to the plant that employs them. the home is in pleasant surroundings and they drive to work. every car on the american road, every new building that towers against this guy is a sign of our progress toward a better way of life the most wonderful thing about the american road is the freedom it gives you. get in your car and start driving and see it. the american road, magnificent vistas. we have come along way since the quadricycle and the model t. our whole way of life has cha

it was how he communicated with the country. it's beyond our can now but as one of the great architects of democrat culture, that understanding that you had to be in more or less constant communication with a democratic populace foreshadowed the modern world. i think he would have used twitter. you use the means of your day. and it's no mistake that our greatest presidents, our most effective presidents, have been those who understood, sometimes intuitively, the means of communication. so jackson and lincoln understand the importance of words. jackson kept a painter, a guy named ralph earl, a painter lived in the white house to keep painting him. it was like the photo office. then president roosevelt, winston churchill, president reagan. and the incumbent understands the vernacular of reality tv and social media. we know that the presidency has not changed the incumbent, right? we don't know whether the incumbent has changed the presidency. i think one thing he has changed is it's hard for me to imagine a successor not having an

peace prize despite a un report on the mass killing of the country's rank of minority. russian journalists in the central african republic serious security lapses in the preparations. said to the people in declaring war on yellow ribbons in the spanish city of we'll tell you what. to do for me kevin just turned three pm here in moscow this friday afternoon international first in our headline round up for you a swedish parliamentary candidate has claimed he was tucked into as an alternative to sweden party rally in a town in the west of the country. tensions flared during campaigning for a general election that seen a surge in support for euro skeptic right wing parties the next as maria financial reports today the country's also seeing a spike in crime levels. we've gotten used to pictures of shootings and car burnings from sweden so-called vulnerable neighborhoods but the upcoming swedish elections has brought violence to an every day street one of my colleagues from alternative for sweden being attacked by an immigrant you who attended a meeting am with dreaming and sh

competitors in the country are now. in the on the upper hand when it comes to public tenders compared to european companies and when it comes to the iran we take a very serious what our political leaders have said that we have to become a bit independent more from the u.s. when it comes to our own sanctions against countries not only respecting the secondary sanctions of other countries like the u.s. but it is clear the u.s. is a big market and we have much to lose and we will see we have to be more independent when it comes to financial ways to finance business also with iran right fucking tired their chief economist of the association of german chambers of industry and commerce thank you so much you're welcome. chinese investors have been very active in portugal in recent years but they didn't just acquire a stake in the country's economy they also gained political influence the european union is watching this development with mixed feelings and a strong to keep the beijing's reach within. really dios or rodeo likes th

the un report also blames the country's de facto leader. for not using her role of moral authority to stop the atrocities she has previously won a nobel peace prize along with the u.s. congressional gold medal and has been a darling of the west media for out the last year she repeatedly denied any ethnic cleansing took place when you use terms like ethnic cleansing which i think is a little extreme it just plays into the hands of extremists and not a fact finding mission appointed by the united nations would not help help the situation it would have created great cost hostility between the different communities do you ever worry that you will be remembered. the champion of human rights the nobel laureate who fail to stand up to ethnic cleansing in her own country no because i don't think this ethnic cleansing going on i think ethnic cleansing is too strong of an expression to use for what's happening at the state council or. would have been able to who do more than what she has done. was clearly derelict of her responsibilities and we were j

is ordered by the united states not to co—operate with another country. trying to say. iran is in a hole, and we can see it from the plunge in your currency to the abandonment ofjoint—venture deals and european investment. we can see it in the oil business, we're about to see it more in the shipping business as well, because let's not forget, phase one of the reimposition of sanctions came on august 7 but more expansive sanctions are going to come in in november. you can talk about the morality of it, you can talk about the rights and wrongs of it, but in the end the iranian economy is in a very deep hole. the iranian economy is definitely going to face difficulty, it is facing difficulty and it will continue to face difficulty in the months ahead, but i assure you that iran will persevere. we've gone through greater difficulties. in the 1980s, when the united states was helping saddam hussein, giving him... and the europeans by the way, giving him chemical weapons to use against the iranians, we survived. we were alone for eight years, one of the few coun

only an economic success story benefiting the entire country can keep it together. but this growth is based on the export of products that are made in china and these seriously declined since the global economic squeeze china has to change its economic model and that means it has to develop its. mastic market last it has to invest in the infrastructure needed to promote the exchange of goods in just ten years china has built eighty thousand kilometers of highways. the rural road network in the east is impressive but to open up the market to the west there is just one possible route between the foothills of the tibetan plateau and the gobi desert. that's exactly where the new silk road runs. it's a unique transport link and indispensable when it comes to connecting the province of shinji young which means new border to the rest of the country in the arid semi desert expanses of western china beijing and the central government were always very far away. but today the new silk road is creating change it's altering the concept of time and ultimately it will change the li