Government interfere in the investigation of the murder of a top journalist deal lawmakers will take up that issue and possible sanctions against malta. Plus disappearing dissenters the death squads of the former soviet republic of belarus silence political opposition in a d. W. News exclusive this man tells us he was one of the killers. And europes small satellite with a very big mission ops will be blasting off shortly to explore planets and songs beyond our solar system there will also be looking for signs of life. Im dr thomas good to have you with us a global summit is about to get underway. In geneva now its aim is to find better ways to support the worlds a growing number of refugees its the 1st meeting of its kind of brings together politicians Business Leaders and refugees the un says persecution and war have for some 20000000 people around the world to flee their homelands more than half come from just 3 countries syria afghanistan and south sudan now before the conflict in syria the largest refugee population came from palestine. Well most refugees live in countries bordering their own and some spend their entire lives in camps like to die in kenya like the man in our 1st report. Mohamed he has come to pray at his fathers grave hidden away in one of the biggest refugee camps in the world. Hes here to honor the memory of his father but the site is also yet another painful reminder of his own suffering. I feel sad the times still living in the camp where my father got sick passed away. Mohammeds parents fled their still conflict ridden home country somalia almost 3 decades ago to see graph huge in neighboring kenya and mohammad was a child he would have never thought that at the age of 28 he his wife and 3 children would still be refugees here according to crimean rule they are confined to life inside the camp and are not allowed to work. Both my wife and i were born here our children were born here its very difficult to stay where you are for your entire life we dont have the freedom of movement which is a basic universal human rights. I feel like im in prison im not able to leave. Mohamed is one of more than 200000 refugees here in the fields unwanted in kenya the government has been threatening for years to close the camp heightening his feelings of uncertainty he also feels neglected by the International Community which has shifted its attention to other humanitarian crises elsewhere. Dad was never meant to be a long Term Solution yet for most people life as a refugee here in the camps is all they know theres drawn out encampment that is here 18 level of humanitarian assistance and the only distant prospect of resettlement has collectively taken a severe Mental Health. Toll on thousands of residents. One of the n. G. O. S operating here says the protracted crisis in the camp has caused a growing number of refugees to develop Mental Health conditions. Depression is one of the in this is retreat. Becoming increased amongst the depression is serious because most of the time you get refugees attempting suicide its actually due to depression. Mohammed says he suffers from anxiety and insomnia and hes not alone he says many of his film School Friends have given up hope some of them drifted into drug addiction get all of us have one committed suicide and they can take. My friends have hung themselves because of what they are going through its happened several times in this camp sometimes i think about killing myself because of the hardship im going through but then i think of my children they always say for me. Mohammed says hes not ready to give up just yet he wants to fight on for his children so that they can have a Better Future so they can get an education and enjoy the freedoms he never had for him self his wish is to leave the camp before he dies so that he doesnt have to be buried next to his father as a refugee. Us preview now some of the other stories making news today the u. S. Plane maker boeing is suspending production of at 737. 00 max from next month regulators grounded the aircraft after 2 fatal crashes going had continued making the point 400 of them put stored only 350 people were killed in crashes in indonesia and utopia. Supporters of lebanons 2 main shia groups have rioted and clashed with police and very rude violence was triggered by. Online video that showed a man insulting shia leaders heightened tensions coming as lebanons president put back talks on naming a new Prime Minister. Firefighters in arse australia are battling to contain blazes in the Blue MountainsNational Park this western sydney under the bush fires have been raging across australia for months now conditions are getting worse temperatures in New South Wales for example theres at the top 40 degrees. Well the European Parliament has had to look into the rule of law in malta today and will be considering possible sanctions against that you member state on monday brussels urged the maltese government to end political interference into the investigation of the murder of journalist. And influential businessman has been charged in connection with that killing and there are growing accusations of a government cover up. The island nation of motor a popular mediterranean holiday destination with an underbelly of corruption Money Laundering and now shaken by conspiracy to assassinate a journalist that dates all the way to the Prime Ministers Office deprived minister lost control he used to this day the only one who doesnt and older there was court option in israel the only one who continues to say you know this is all some innocent mistake more than 2 years after investigative journalist definitely cairo on the elites it was killed one of most as richest men and fenech was arrested on suspicion of arranging the car bombing that came as the Prime Ministers right hand man key schembri was behind the plot schembri was released without charge for many a sign of the corruption on the island were here because even though there is rock solid evidence that the Prime Minister she forced off is probably the biggest criminals out this country has of a seeing the police have just let him go since then the capital valetta has been rocked by protests activists have brandished signs bearing the face of the murdered journalist screaming mafia a Prime Minister joseph more scots he says hell resign in january but for many that isnt soon enough its not about politics is it about the red or blue this is just about justice for any man that jen was doing had jobs. Citizens and e. U. Law make use of calls from us got to step down immediately to the much investigation can proceed. Find out more now with our brussels correspondent barbara good morning to you barbara the European Parliament will be taking up the situation in malta today could we see sanctions against the c. U. Member state. At least they will be calling for a sanctions because theyre losing patience theyve been dealing with this case for more than 2 years now i mean all this happened in 2017 and still there is no clarity about really what happened and they do fear that the government is about to cover its traces because somehow the investigation doesnt really proceed in the court seems to be working more and more slowly so they are calling for changes in the league of framework in the country there is no real separation of powers the Prime Minister can nominate the chief of police the chief of the judiciary and the chief of the prosecution he might as well do all these 3 jobs by himself so that is one thing theyre calling for and the European Commission is supposed to open infringement procedures thats the legal part of forcing a member country to do something and again also theyre calling for moscow to step down now because they are afraid that they are having that out there cleaning their computers off of the traces of what really happened ok if there is no separation of powers in malta is this a case when the e. U. Has the authority to interpose and solve directly in national politics. Oh they do and they have to because weve seen this in poland weve seen this in hungary and now we see is see this in the small member state of malta that if a country doesnt stick to the rule of law there is an interior deterioration off the political process and Member States are by contract bound to these rules because of one country does it and the other doesnt the whole edifice to hold you Supreme Union is sort of undermined from within so they really have to enforce this and they have to become much more rigorous they look for years they looked on as hungary sort of undermined the rule of law in within the country they had the ongoing problems with poland now and now theyre trying to sort of interfere in malta to the to the extent that they say you have to stick to the rules you have to change your own Legal Framework and sort of get it to comply and be compliant was the European Union ok saying this is all about the edifice the legal edifice of the European Union itself but in malta following the story very closely for us a number of times is the e. U. Then the last hope for the rule of law in malta. In a sense yes spawn on the other hand of course you do have now is civil uprising i mean a country that has absolutely no tradition off demonstrations and Civil Society is simply too small and its like one big huge family now knows people going out onto the streets day after day and we can after a weekend seen this big number of demonstrations done people are really angry and they dont want to be what many of them call the mafia state they dont want to be what many of them call a haven for criminals from inside and outside the European Union because corruption has become so damn make in malta that is completely parnate permeating everything in the country the public projects the whole casino culture where Money Laundering is happening the banks that are used the Money Laundering the European Central bank already closed one and warned another bank in malta so it is everywhere and many citizens are fed up so that comes together and the European Union is now trying to step up and enforce the rule of law and and we should know more from brussels later today barbara visa for us thanks very much now is the story of death squads that allegedly silenced voices of dissent in the former soviet republic of belarus now 3 opposition politicians vanished there without a trace 20 years ago belarus has been ruled by this man president Alexander Lukashenko for more than 2 decades the disappearances came as he rose to power and put in place a system that does not tolerate opposition and the missing men include this individual whos the former interior minister yuri zaka rango now there was speculation at the time that the president ordered him killed and now in an exclusive interview d. W. Was spoken with a man who says he was part of the death squad that carried out that order. Yuri graff ski is living in a Central European country and is seeking asylum there in a dyche avella exclusive he tells us about his time in a regime death squad in belarus and reveals new details about a series of crimes. A number of opposition politicians in belarus disappeared 2 decades ago and its still not known what happened to them on the evening of may the 7th 1909 your is a hot anchor parked his car here near the Old Fire House in minsk and was never seen again. At that time the former interior minister was a leading figure in the opposition. Zaha ranko and his supporters wanted to prevent the country descending into dictatorship and to remove president alexander look at shingle look who had organized and won 2 controversial referendums to expand his powers and neutralize parliament. Since then has ruled the country alone belarus is considered the last dictatorship in europe. This reenactment of the murder of your is a harangue who is based on statements made exclusively to us t w by your acre of ski for members of a special military unit abducted and shots of her uncle dead in a forest gorecki tells us he was one of them and an accomplice to the crime and that as a member of the armed forces he had no choice 20 years later he has a message for the harang close family. Here but in a free scream yes i offer my sincere condolences. I took part in the murder. I offer you my apologies. I can show you the burial site on a map the rest is up to you and better russas Law Enforcement system. Her records family is living in exile in the german town of mn his eldest daughter yelena hears from us for the 1st time details of her fathers abduction and murder she calls the informant youre a guy russkie a man without a conscience. If you knew on it. You would get it so its not about him its about the entire system that actually has more snow you just said one cant blame him people are dependent on the system and up you know die theyre forced to commit bloody crimes in its name. Every autumn a vigil is held in minsk in honor of your is a harangue who and the other opposition politicians who disappeared got us he says he also knows what happened to them so perhaps after 2 decades the truth about the regime death squads in belarus is about to come to light lets get more on this now with roma guns ranko he said did of you russia and Eastern Europe date you roman 1st off how is the government in minsk responded to this account. Well there has been no official response from the government of belarus at least not that i know of the only response that we heard yesterday was a statement from the Investigation Committee in belarus which is this central investigation body saying that they know of the knew of the information and theyre checking it so there is probably more to come today its interesting that the major suspect so the man the office the former officer of the police. Said that it is all wrong it is all falls so he denied the accusations that he actually pulled the trigger and killed those 3 people ok what about any other witnesses is anyone else step forward or has there been any other independent confirmation of what weve been hearing from your. Well we have seen at least 3 reports confirm in indirectly the reports of that man. At least in one case there was a person who conducted its own investigation some 20 years ago so when it was all fresh and he said that he was contacted by one of form on soldier of that of that squad and who basically told him the same story and he and that soldier also pointed out to where the car of the 2 kidnapped men was buried under the yours and he was able to find that car with some kind of a metal detector so i devised for minesweeping but he was not able to dig in and find the car actually but hes sure that this is this story and the story its a true story ok so theres some potential additional evidence out there what about the public in belarus they have any idea about these allegations about the story well of course its a very big story in belarus and. Of course you read most. Reactions to it on the internet and so there is practically no information on state media. And but on the online and other countries as well especially in russia in ukraine its a very big story and people are reading about it discussing it remembering it because it was a very very huge story in belarus 20 years ago several people disappeared so not just one person it was actually more than 3 persons who were killed at that time presumably killed and it was some kind of a turning point in the development of this country roman have there been any calls for an investigation in belarus for police to get on top of this and look into what happened. Well we have contacted several people. Also people on the International Stage but they all said they need some time to watch the film to read the interview and they promised that they will come back and they will. Share with us their opinion on this case so far i have seen no official reaction from any International Body but im sure there is more to come roman thank you very much for looking into into this for us today roman gun franco for us and for much more on the story check out our web site you have you dot com or our Youtube Channel d w documentary or some of the other stories in the headlines right now the british Prime MinisterBoris Johnson will present a law designed to prevent any further extension of the u. K. s withdrawal from the European Union and would block any attempt to extend the end of the transition period beyond december 2020. Well thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of gandy is capital. On for President Adama Barrow to respect his pledge to quit after 3 years in office and came to power after defeating the former autocratic leader. Gemma in the 26th election. Its to the bundesliga now and today sees barassi a dork and hosting League Leaders rb leipzig max merril from v. W. Sports is here to talk but that morning max our 1st question is what is at stake in this match plenty at stake in these midweek fixtures the bundesliga is pretty much less Exciting League in the world right now its incredibly tight at the top and we can see here from the standings 1st place lights that they knocked off the perch on the weekend theyre facing dont win in 3rd only 4 points between them and then we go all the way down shall come by on friday and then live in the top 7 only 8 points separate them and with a midseason break approaching its all about keeping the pace at the top ok how do you see this match playing outdoor and League Leaders rb leipzig yep plenty of excitement guaranteed and quite a few goes id imagine they dont when theyre at home so they have that advantage the famous yellow wolves backing them up 81000. 00 fans in total will be there and 55000. 00 of those a season Ticket Holders and open fans are quite traditional in their values and protest of lights visiting them last time out lights of course a fairly young club backed by red bull theyve rediscovered the merger somewhat now they beat months 4 mill and theyre in a full game winning streak in all competitions was light 6 pretty dangerous opposition only boss alone im anxious to city have schooled mold goals in them this season across europes top 5 leagues they havent lost a game since october and in the bundesliga right now theyre in a streak of winning 6 games in a row so its going to be a tough contest. For dortmund to have the home advantage but an exciting match for the fans. And we can have a look now at what the coaches are saying before the game both of them desperate for a win for the off the looking forward to improving further football will be even better hopefully our results will only get better too im trying to push the boys a bit so they know they can improve and so they can be better players than ever before as the year comes to a close. We have to defend well as well as we possibly can and weve got to be really clever Going Forward is active on the phone attributing a lot to play for and thats what other bonus league games are getting your interest over the next 2 days yeah i mean the fans are being treated some late action today and so on wednesday tomorrow i think quite a few exciting games as well. Looking to reclaim the top spot live accusing the house but by and theyre going to travel to fly book who are not doing too badly this season against expectations and theyre a bit of a bogey team for the reigning champions so could be one for them to slip up lets wait and see ok that barn game will be exciting max thanks very much. Well the countdown is on for the launch of a european satellite that will study planets outside our solar system the studio blast off shortly from the European Space port thats a French Guiana in south america the key of satellite will be gathering plenty of data and it will be looking for signs of life. Life among the stars. If its there the key ops mission could help find it. The satellite will study planets orbiting distant suns socalled exoplanets. He ups will observe how these distant worlds pass in front of the stars they orbit. To make this possible researchers 1st had to scour the sky with other telescopes to select stars to be targeted by the satellite. Upss looking at one star at a time. So we need to know that stock has a plan that we need to know when this planet passes in front of the star and at that moment we point there. The satellite is set to measure the tiny fluctuations in brightness that occur when a planet passes in front of its star. A celestial body the size of the earth dims the light by just 1100th of a percent can measure this barely perceptible flickering more accurately than ever before. From the decrease of light you can infer how big the planet hes compared to the stuff because he just hides a part of the surface and you can compute which fraction of the surface is being hidden by the passing planet and that gives you 10 decisive. All this was going or this was not seeing the plan to just see the shuttle. With his telescope astronomers can determine another property of the invisible planets their mass. They then want to combine this information with the data they obtained from key ops and thus determine the density of distant worlds. This shows them whether they are planets made of rock or gas. Whether the distant worlds have an ocean or consist of ice. The satellite should also find out whether they have an atmosphere. Researchers can then draw conclusions as to how habitable these worlds are. Super telescopes such as the socalled extremely large telescope will take a closer look at the earth like exoplanets in the coming decade they will search their atmospheres for microbes and plants traces of distant life. Your minor now of our top stories this hour of European Parliament will take up the rule of law in malta today this could lead to sanctions against a country that comes amid allegations of a government cover up and the investigation into the murder of investigative journalist. Elise you. More on that at our website e. W. Dot com im brian thomas for the entire team thanks for being here. Take off. The top. 6 think of what life is down just look on. Back in the race for the title match 6. 00 fire new polish is my. Next. Guest says the nation a d w exclusive 20 years ago 3 prominent members of the bella roost in opposition disappeared without a trace or now a key witness has come forward to reveal what he knows that meeting in the process that he was an accessory to murder his information leaves little doubt the orders to kill came from the highest authorities a close of explosive in 60 minutes on d w. C. Chris. Ive. Heard