caught in warsaw thank you for your analysis there. well take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world this hour thousands of people have protested in the eastern russian city of a cover up for the 6th weekend in a row the demonstrators are demanding the release of regional governor said he was arrested last month and taken to moscow for god is accused of involvement in 2 murders 15 years ago and supporters say his arrest is politically motivated. a japanese oil tanker there caused an environmental disaster when it ran aground of marriages has leaked into according to officials there the condition of the vessel had deteriorated greatly overnight emergency teams have been racing to siphon off remaining fuel from the ship. indian prime minister narendra modi has marked his country's independence day at a military parade it was severely curtailed because of the coronavirus pandemic in a speech to the nation modi laid out ambitious goals including a digital health and a promise of high speed internet in every vi

in warsaw thank you for your analysis there. well now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world at this hour. thousands of people have protested in the eastern russian city of cut off for the 6th weekend in a row the demonstrators are demanding the release of regional governor sergei fogle he was arrested last month and taken to moscow for gol is accused of involvement in 2 murders 15 years ago his supporters say his arrest is politically motivated. by indian prime minister narendra modi has marked his country's independence day a military parade it was sort of very curtailed because of the coronavirus pandemic in a speech to the nation modi laid out ambitious goals including a digital health id and a promise of high speed internet in every village across the country within 3 years . while german health minister yes has defended his decision to impose a travel warning on most of spain apart from the canary islands sponsor said it was necessary because of a sharp uptick in new infections and he w

sirens blare and poland's capital marking one of the country's most solemn occasions 76 years ago the warsaw uprising against nazi occupation began. use of welcome to the show here in germany there's been a sharp spike in the number of new corona virus infections countries pub leading public health institute is warning that people are letting down their guard and not observing social distancing measures now despite these developments in central berlin today thousands of people were out on the street protesting against restrictions police broke up the event after many protests and participants ignored hygiene and distancing rules. we are free people chance this crowd during the coronavirus pandemic they say wearing a mask and hearing to restrictions is violating that freedom and it seems thousands agree the mixture of conspiracy theorists far right figures and citizens concerned by the economic effects of the lock down took to the streets of berlin to say the corona virus has been a false alarm. first just plain scare tactics i don't see any danger i don't know any sick people i knew many sic

a round up and you for warsaw that morning in the district and in fact that is why he was ther there. his mission for the underground was to infiltrate the camp and gather evidence for the nazis. now getting back to the apartment, now imagine the sound of trucks pulling up outside with the gunshots following. a knock on the door he said get out while you still can. he doesn't. the mission is to remain at his sister-in-law's apartment and he is in a room with his nephew, a three -year-old boy named maverick and polanski notices the teddy bear has fallen on the ground. just as there were footsteps on the stairwell and the door burst open he picks up that teddy bear and hands it to the boy to see that he was scared and then polanski turns to the german soldiers and steps into captivity. three days later he arrives in auschwitz. here is the camp. the terrible words that we all now. and here he is now as a prisone prisoner. over the next two and half years he forged an underground army and short one - - i'll switch to assassinate ss officers and had an armed uprising. he was arriving at au

military presence in poland that's something about warsaw has long called for. august the 15th is a day of celebration for poland in 1920 polish forces defeated russian bolshevik troops in the landmark battle of warsaw 100 years later poland's leaders again have reason to celebrate. on saturday the country's defense ministers signed a new accord with the u.s. secretary of state mike from peo. the agreement will see 1000 of the american troops leaving germany being redeployed closer to russia it's a welcome boost for poland which still considers russia existential threat. from the military point of view this increased cooperation translates into increased security for the baltic states and for all the countries in the region and what's in it for the u.s. poland is the folks stop from might bump into 2 of central and eastern european nations as he seeks to counter the joint threats of russia and china look. at it important strategically for american security too as we have been having discussions with the russians and. don't want to know that we have a friend that

troops move from germany to poland warsaw calls it and guarantee all of us of course in the event all the foreign traders. i'm sorry very welcome to the show are thousands of protesters have again rallied in bella ruse demanding the resignation of authoritarian president alexander lukashenko after last weekend's disputed elections the european union is set to impose sanctions over the government's violent crackdown on the protests on saturday luka shanker reached out to russia's president vladimir putin's i've begun wrist. long well over a state chant it was a day of mixed emotions on the streets of minsk. thousands gathered for the funeral of a man who died on monday in clashes with police at this demonstration the news really security forces were nowhere to be seen since last sunday's election calls to president alexander lukashenko to stand aside have only grown louder in the face of his defiance protesters and the opposition accuse him of rigging the vote and say his leadership lacks legitimacy. musial forceable most of every day what will happen remains unclear he thinks complete

the residents of warsaw your school poles was fought for an independent 3 stage yet but like was just frustrating to. veterans like janish but you're about heroes in poland and it's clear warsaw's fight for freedom and $944.00 is still of great importance to the country today. this is did of you news will have more headlines for you at the top of the hour you can stay up to date on our web site d w dot com and don't forget you can also follow us on twins twitter and instagram at the dummy news i'm ali and use it and berlin thanks for joining us. this day it is. best girls who could ever now live on the shit out of us as we are also. in support of. what's a big. part of what's not. to be about. asher posters from nigeria you know that's what normally would stuns. me.

now is correspondent magdalena guage pal account speaking to us a bit earlier from warsaw let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world this hour a japanese oil tanker that caused an environmental disaster when it ran aground off the aristos has split in 2 according to officials there the condition of the vessel had deteriorated greatly over nicer mentions the teams have been rising to siphon off from mining fuel from the ship. protesters have gathered outside the home of the united states postmaster general after after the postal service said it couldn't guarantee old ballots for november's election would arrive in time to be counted the postmaster general a republican donor has ordered a raft of cost cutting measures since his appointment in may it's feed that millions of voters could be disenfranchised. and the pentagon says it's setting up a new task force to investigate u.f.o. sightings in april the u.s. navy released footage taken by pilot showing midair encounters with what appeared to be u.f.o.'s the u.s. military is concerned is concerned ab

invasion of liberation of, kuwait, breakup of yugoslavia, breakup of soviet union, collapse of the warsaw pact, and of the cold war. it was busy in those days. he was a very levelheaded guy. who h w bushmeone knew very well, which is by he made him national security advisor. mr. bolton also said that president bush is an anomaly to the republican party and that he is peerless to have been the white house. wanda vasquez has lost her chance at reelection. nonvotings former member of the u.s. house of

rights supporters have protested in warsaw and other cities against the arrest of a transgender activist the activist known as margo has been put in pretrial detention for 2 months after acts of civil disobedience the protests came a day after police detained nearly 50 demonstrators in warsaw. well france is sending teams and equipment to help deal with an oil spill that environmentalists fear could become a major ecological disaster the government of the indian ocean island has declared an environmental emergency after tons of fuel started leaking from a cargo ship stuck on a reef. to be kids are already covered in oil which is threatening an entire lagoon on fuel is still pouring into the sea from the grounded ship. locals are relying on the ingenuity to fight the pollution the stuff in sugarcane leaves into plastic sheets to make improvised booms that just isn't enough professional equipment volunteers are working with the authorities to scoop up the oil and pump it out of the ships tanks. the government has declared an environmental emergency. we're appealing to france and renewing f

it was a similar story in warsaw, where there was another anti—mask march.fighting the virus are illegal and unconstitutional. in paris, face masks are now compulsory in much of the city, which has been named a high—risk zone. the attitude here seems a little more accepting. translation: i think it is best to wear it everywhere. at least we know we are protected. are we going to get to a second wave? we don't know, so the best thing is to protect ourselves everywhere. face masks have become symbolic, part of a political debate, but scientists insist they are still vital in the fight against coronavirus. tim allman, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. the government in somalia say that a five—hour siege at a hotel in the capital, mogadishu, has been brought to an end by security forces. 20 people were killed when al—sha baab islamist militants exploded a car bomb and stormed the beachside hotel. more than 200 people were trapped before being evacuated. police in warsaw have kept apart pro— and anti—gay rights protesters outside the university, t

in warsaw communist party officials officially opened the country's 1st modern highways which would soon be filled with fear at cars imported from italy and also made in poland. but poland relied on loans from western countries to pay for all this the people's republic was living on credit. in reality there were widespread shortages and in this so-called workers' paradise the communist elites enjoyed privileges that those workers could only dream of. and those shortages also extended to food production and distribution people had to wait in long lines outside shops. even supplies of bread to run though. the 1st major strikes began in 1970 and even though they were strictly forbidden by law factories and shipyards across the country were effectively shut down. as a result some workers were fired or even arrested. the government intended to crush the rebellion it ordered the secret police to covertly film all suspects the authorities wanted to sow fear and mistrust in order to divide people. and discourage protests. the police's strategy was to wear people down. their surveillance cameras

it was a similar story in warsaw, where there was another anti— mask march.in paris, facemasks are now compulsory and much of the city, which has been named a high risk zone. the attitude here seems a little more accepting. translation: i think it is best to wear it everywhere. at least we know we are protected. are we know we are protected. are we going to get to a second wave? we don't know, so the best thing is to protect ourselves everywhere. facemasks have become symbolic, part of little debate but scientists insist they are still vital in the against coronavirus. tim allman, bbc news. the democrats will host their national convention on monday, wherejoe biden will be confirmed as the party's nominee for us president, in november's election. the event has been scaled down due to the coronavirus pandemic. mr biden knows there are some in the party less than enthusiatic about his nomination, particularly on the left. but there is a belief his choice of running mate (ani) senator kamala harris, can help him unite the party and turn a healthy lead in the pol

personnel will be deployed to poland our europe correspondent peter all over as more washington and warsaw of put pen to paper on and how the defense cooperation agreement is the way that they're calling it what it means is that 1000 u.s. troops will be deployed to poland in announcing the signature of this deal to get the agreement of the steel defense secretary mark asked to say that it was in part to target russia poland of course has a border with the russian x. place of kaliningrad. d.-e. dca will enable an increased enduring u.s. routine presence of about $1000.00 personnel and will enhanced deterrence against russia strength the need to reassure allies and i would presence in poland nato is eastern flank will improve our strategic and operational flexibility u.s. president donald trump has said that he would like to see more nato troops stationed in poland in the future particularly since warsaw is willing to pay for them to be there their service of we would send some additional troops they're going to pay for that they'll be paying for the sending of additional troops and we'll pr

in warsaw had begun an uprising against the german occupiers. and word was that the germans were inflicting brutal casualties on the resistance workers in the hundreds, if not thousands, and there was concern among the followers of de gaulle that that would happen to us. but, the communist elements in the resistance were adamant that now is the time to strike. those followers have de gaulle recognized that if they did not join in, when the liberation came, the may well have given up any claim to power because they did not join in the resistance. so, the battle for paris was on. scattered firefight sucked erupted across the city like summer thunderstorms. while the resistance force is especially targeted german convoys transiting across the city, and installations where they believed they could gain additional weapons. then, early that morning, a striking policeman clambered up on top of a car in front of the police headquarters. call when he got on top of the car, he proclaimed that he was seizing the police headquarters in the name of charles d

yes washington and warsaw of put pen to paper on on and how the defense cooperation agreement is theway that they're calling it what it means is that 1000 u.s. troops will be deployed to poland in announcing the signature of this daily at the agreement of the stale defense secretary mark aspers said that it wasn't part to target russia poland of course has a border with the russian exclave of kaliningrad. e.c.a. will enable an increased enduring u.s. or presence of about $1000.00 personnel and will in hans deterrence against russia strengthen needs to reassure allies and i would presence in poland nato is eastern flank will improve our strategic and operational flexibility. as far as u.s. president donald trump is concerned he's seemingly just happy that warsaw have agreed to foot the bill for hosting these troops. we would send some additional troops they're going to pay for that they'll be paying for the sending of additional troops and we'll probably be moving them from germany to poland well it comes a week after the news that 12000 u.s. troops would be leaving germany and redepl

it was a similar story in warsaw, where there was another anti—mask march.ns aimed at fighting the virus are illegal and unconstitutional. in paris, face masks are now compulsory in much of the city, which has been named a high—risk zone. the attitude here seems a little more accepting. translation: i think it is best to wear it everywhere. at least we know we are protected. are we going to get to a second wave? we don't know, so the best thing is to protect ourselves everywhere. face masks have become symbolic, a political debate, but scientists insist they are still vital in the fight against coronavirus. tim allman, bbc news. australia has seen its deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic after the state of victoria recorded 25 deaths in 2a hours. victoria's previous daily record was 21, recorded last wednesday. there were 282 confirmed cases in the state in the past 2a hours. let's get more from our correspondent, shaimaa khalil, in sydney. just put this in perspective for us. we are calling it the deadliest day. it does seem that every other day you ge

invasion of liberation of, kuwait, breakup of yugoslavia, breakup of soviet union, collapse of the warsawt, and of the cold war. it was busy in those days. he was a very levelheaded guy. who h w bushmeone knew very well, which is by he made him national security advisor. mr. bolton also said that president bush is an anomaly to the republican party and that he is peerless to have been the white house. wanda vasquez has lost her chance at reelection. nonvotings former member of the u.s. house of representatives edged her out in an historic gubernatorial primary. the results come one week after delayed in missing ballots led to a chaotic primary that forced a second round of voting on sunday. an encouraging sign today from arizona. the state reported no covid-19 deaths today and the number of virus cases continued to decline. new infections, the smallest daily total in more than two months. more than 4500 arizona residents have died since the pandemic began. in europe, schools are reopening within person learning and little debate but there are plenty of masks and social distancing. if ther

terminal on its baltic coast and plans to receive liquefied natural gas from qatar or norway warsaw fears that russia will further expand its power with north stream to ultimately use it as a political weapon and economic leverage against the e.u. the us and poland together are pressuring germany to halt the project. that poland and the baltic countries are fundamentally opposed to the north stream to project as it endangers energy security in central europe we hope that the u.s. sanctions will halt the project and that germany will return to european energy solidarity nord stream to damages european energy solidarity notion that. the new sanctions could have severe economic consequences for more crown court for example if international insurers refuse to insure incoming ships. earlier i spoke to be of washington correspondent in a spoiler i began by asking her whether the pipeline would ever be completed. well kate i obviously don't have a crystal ball it's hard to say but i think what we can say at this moment if the sanctions hold it will be very likely that the pipeline is in deep tro

supporters have protested in warsaw and other cities against the arrest of transgender. the arrest of a transgender activist rather the activist known as margo has been put in pretrial detention for 2 months after acts of civil disobedience the protests came a day after police detained nearly 50 demonstrators in borstal. government says it's on the verge of peace talks in its war with the taliban after trouble late as a grade to release 400 prisoners the loya jirga a traditional making of afghan tribal elders and other prominent stakeholders decided on the release in order to remove the last obstacle to real peace talks is the most taliban would still control much of the country had said they would not talk with the government until those prisoners were released. overall that's big. in kabul the move to release things tele band prison as has been very controversial what do we know al the about those prisons sure that's been the question so far is that you know consultative was established on friday it just ended today and they gave had to go ahead to release the 400 pris

warsaw fears that russia will further expand its power with north stream to and ultimately use it as a political weapon and economic leverage against the e.u. . the u.s. and poland together are pressuring germany to halt the project. about this whole image in the baltic countries are fundamentally opposed to the north stream to project as it endangers energy security in central europe we hope that the u.s. sanctions will halt the project and that germany will return to european energy solidarity when the officer gets nordstrom to damages european energy solidarity with the knobs to involve notion that with. the new sanctions could have severe economic consequences from oakland port for example if international insurers refuse to insure incoming ships. for more of those those bring in the w. political correspondent model che's and on l. how have political leaders in germany been reacting to these threats. well 1st up we have the spokesperson of the government stephens i about who say death to germany was opposed to any extra territorial sanctions and yesterday the foreign minister exp

warsaw fears that russia will further expand its power with north stream to and ultimately use it as a political weapon and economic leverage against the e.u. the us and poland together are pressuring germany to halt the project. that poland and the baltic countries are fundamentally opposed to the north stream to project as it in danger's energy security in central europe we hope that the u.s. sanctions will halt the project and that germany will return to european energy solidarity nord stream to damages european energy solidarity. the new sanctions could have severe economic consequences for more crime port for example if international insurers refuse to insure incoming ships. since last year ukrainians have been allowed to live and work in countries of the european union for 3 months without a visa those who outstay that visa get a stamp in their passport and are banned from the e.u. for 2 years now many seasonal workers in agriculture the construction industry or nursing homes come from ukraine and they are finding that companies use the threat of the band to avoid paying. these

past week has seen of wave of protests demonstrations across the country rallies have been held in warsaw and other cities in support of l g b t activists has been arrested for carrying out protest actions people have been hanging rainbow flags on statues and public buildings activists accuse polish police of unlawfully detaining protesters and onlookers. and data me reporter joel dahl roy has been following this story joe tell us more about what's behind these protests something remarkables been happening in poland rebecca after years of politically that homophobia. activists are starting to fight back using civil disobedience now i want to introduce you to somebody now this is margo we can see a video of margaret here she is an anarchist l g b t r who was arrested last week setting off a wave of protests she sending a message here just before her arrest and we can also see a video from her group called stop drone or stop nonsense now this is a group that goes around hanging rainbow flags on statues this is a common problem protest action now in poland activists say that statues have mor

the past week has seen a wave of pro demonstrations across the country rallies have been held in warsaw and other cities in support of activists arrested for carrying out a protest actions people have been hanging rainbow flags on statues and public buildings rights groups accusing polish police of on all 3 detaining protesters and onlookers. well the reporter joe is here with me has been following this story jill tell me what tell us more about what's behind these protests something remarkable zain going on in poland in the last few days after years of injuring political lead homophobia some activists have had enough and are turning to civil disobedience now i want to introduce you to somebody this is margo mago is an anarchist activist who was arrested a few days ago we can see it here in the video she's made this video just before she was taken into custody telling her supporters that she'll be all right now margo is part of a radical group called stop bush daughter more stop nonsense and they persevered yos of people running around polish cities hanging off the rainbow flags on stat

but the past we can see a wave of pro demonstrations across the country rallies have been held in warsaw and other cities in support of activists arrested for carrying out a protest actions pigs or people have been hanging rainbow flags on statues and public buildings rights groups accusing polish police of unlawfully detaining protesters and onlookers. well the reporter joel dole roy has been following this for us hi joe welcome to the show tell us more about what's behind these protests well it's really remarkable what we've been seeing in the last week in poland after years of enduring this politically led homophobia or some. the activists have had enough and they're turning to civil disobedience now i want to introduce you to maga she's an anarchist activist who was arrested just over a week ago now she. can see a video here where she was talking to supporters just before she was taken into custody telling them that she's going to be all right she's part of a group called stop because the doorstop nonsense and this group we could seen videos of them running around putting up flags on

which it appears that the warsaw. is not leaving the affeldt the room white foster enough and if a high energy act cross want to come in and try and land in that very very wet conditions this can cause difficulties such as stopping in time and it's known as a rum lie excursion and it's very very problematic at this event what can you tell us about the plane a boeing 737 what is its safety track record. well the 737 a new generation series that i believe this particular across was that actually got a very recent safety record. all right so the engine carries a useful ace it's got a very positive track record and should be more than capable to land in these sort of challenging conditions all this is the problem is if the runway hasn't cleared sufficient water doesn't matter what sort of a crop that is it's not going to stick it here to the blight and we don't end up with this in our hydroplaning where the aircraft flies almost on a carcass of puddles boiling water and it carries it and it's unable to salt the asian expe

polish police detained 48 people in a gay rights protest in the capital warsaw. writes it was a significant issue in the presidential election last month olin's a governing party has claimed a gay rights are an invasive or an ideology that undermines polish values. well it might not be the welcome some people had hoped for when they arrive in germany but now those coming here from most places it will have to submit to a coronavirus test concerns are growing about a 2nd wave of the pandemic may be hitting the country with new cases rising at over a 1000 a day. for those who have to travel there's a lot to contend with nowadays these passengers of all landed at germany's busiest airport frankfurt from countries considered high risk that's most of the world outside of europe but before they're allowed to enter germany don't have to receive a compulsory covert 900 test after a long journey and it's not very nice a tool for travelers have praised the efficient testing system. 2 we have not made it really low we just came directly and the just do go and join this queue

poland has marked the 76th anniversary of the start of the warsaw uprising it was the largest insurgency of resistance resistance forces in nazi occupied europe and one of the most tragic events in poland history some 18000 polish fighters and 150000 civilians were killed. now to the growing controversy here in berlin over a monument to the half a 1000000 romany people killed during the holocaust the memorial has been open since 2012 but there are fears it will make way for a new railway royal road line. every day at 1 pm in the heart of berlin a moment of remembrance the memorials fresh flower replaced daily commemorating the $500000.00 cindy and murdered during the nazi regime poor roxana lorraine visit it's a special moment she says. her grandparents survived the holocaust. for one thing this place is a burial site for those whose ashes are still adrift in auschwitz it's hallowed ground for the community of the city romani and all people. the memorial is located in the heart of the capital a stone's throw from parliament its proximity to the center of political life is symbolic but th

a polish police detained a 48 people in a gay rights protest in the capital warsaw. writes it was a significant issue in the presidential election last month poland's governing party has claimed gay rights are an invasive foreign ideology that undermines polish values. well starting today travelers arriving in germany are facing a mandatory testing for the coronavirus amid a surge in infections across the country the new rules apply to anyone arriving from regions a deemed to be high risk that's around 130 different countries and regions those who refuse the test could face a fine of up to 25000 euros the new testing requirement comes as experts warn that germany could be seeing its 2nd wave of the pandemic with a new cases arising to over 1000 a day. well one of those high risk of countries is mexico where the number of corona virus infections has been rising rapidly the death toll there has now passed 50100 only of the u.s. and brazil and as the virus spreads it's the poor who are the hardest hits jose one settled the 1st lost his father and then later his mother a

poland has marked the 76th anniversary of the start of the warsaw uprising it was the largest military insurgency of underground resistance forces in nazi occupied europe and one of the most tragic events in the country's history it's estimated that between 15018000 polish soldiers were killed in the fighting which lasted 2 months. in southern india at least 11 people have died after a heavy crane collapse at a state owned shipyard it came down a staff were conducting low testing trials of the 5 other workers were hospitalized with injuries. acclaimed author of. a has been freed on bail in zimbabwe a day after being arrested at an anti-government protest 11 other people arrested on friday including a lawyer and a spokeswoman for the main opposition party were also released will return to court in mid september. well pleased to protect democracy and to free an opposition gov from jail have swept across the far east of russia protesters are accusing the kremlin of abusing its power by punishing a political rival while also overturning their vote for the 4th straight week people of about

week's second round while northern ireland champions linfield have gone out to polish champions legia warsawopening game of the new french season has been postponed because of four positive coronavirus tests at marseille. .. they were supposed to face st etienne on friday — before several members of their squad returned positive tests for covid—19. it was the first of eight fixtures due to be played this weekend. no league football has been played since the last campaign ended early, back in april, because of the pandemic. tottenham on a free transfer. this is the announcement video from social media. he's signed a two year deal after leaving burnley at the end ofjune and will provide back up to first choice goalkeeper hugo lloris. ronald koeman has arrived in barcelona ahead of his expected appointment as their new head coach. the current boss of the netherlands has been linked to the post since the catalan side were thrashed 8—2 by bayern munich in the quarterfinals of the champions league on friday. barcelona sacked their current coach quique setien on monday evening. world cup winner ros