And the crawl of virus rages on checked in the u. S. With little to celebrate in the run up to this years Independence Day officials are scaling back festivities and urging americans to remain cautious. As welcome to the program caught in turkey has cleared a german human rights activist off allegations that he supports a terrorist organization peter was detained 2017 and istanbul along with 10 other rights defenders the arrests triggered a crisis of relations between germany and turkey in the same case 2 former leaders of Amnesty Internationals Turkey Branch now been convicted on terror charges and sentenced to jail critics say the action was politically motivated. Lets go straight. In front of the court. How much of a surprise is that. Well this definitely comes as a very negative surprise for the defendants and their supporters who have been waiting here inside and outside court all day for a verdict to emerge they had certainly hoped for all 11 human rights defenders to be acquitted but now you can see that this only shows you how relief on the one side disappointment and despair on the other side are often going hand in hand here in terre key you have 7 defendants who were acquitted today of terrorism related charges including german citizen and swedish citizen. But 4 takesh defendants got sentenced to jail the toughest sentence for each and the sea internationals of former chair person here in turkey 6 years and 3 months i spoke to an amnesty representative here outside court just a little while ago he called the verdict out rages this trial after all had been dragging on for nearly 3 years and amnesty from the very beginning said this is a politically motivated trial all the alleged evidence was trumped up there is 0 evidence proving that any of these activists is somehow involved in terrorism related activity well you mentioned. One of the family members of the turkish section of the Human Rights Organization and the supernational he was sentenced to 6 years and 3 months of. This his particular. Well firstly what does it mean for him paris the only he does not have to go straight to jail he can appeal and thats what he what amnesty will do now so there is a slight shimmer of hope theres still but overall of cause this sends a fatal message to everyone here in turkey who stands up once to stand up for human rights for freedom of expression Amnesty International very clearly says that they think turkeys a judiciary is being instrumental eyes politicized to target a positional critical voices to try to silence to silence them theyre often amnesty says routinely making up these terrorism related charges so overall this is a terrible message resonating here within turkey when it comes to everyone who is trying to stand up for human rights for journalists for lawyers as well. Thank you. Time now to have a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today Different Court in turkey has opened the trial of 20 saudi nationals for their role in the 2800 killing of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the saudi consulate in istanbul the suspects are being tried in absentia since saudi arabia has rejected extradition dumonts. The German Parliament house passed a plan to phase out coal for power by 2038 the package approved by both houses will provide billions of euros to support energy firms in transitioning to renewables and to coal mining regions where jobs will be lost. Its all change for the french government the new Prime Minister has been named as sticks in was responsible for coordinating frances reopening strategy after its coronavirus walked out earlier previous Prime Minister it was handed in his governments resignation to president. Phillips decision to stand down has paved the way for a reshuffle which had been widely expected president promised to chart a new course for the last 2 years of his term but will focus on efforts to relaunch the french economy. Lets go straight to paris and bring in correspondent lisa lewis what do we know about the new man who is. Hes a 55 year old senior Public Servant hes also been reelected as mayor of a town in Southern France recently in the recent municipal elections and hes been around for quite a while hes been working as adviser at several ministries in the past for example under Nicolas Sarkozy the conservative former conservative president he was a deputy secretary general at the elizee howlett so he knows his ways around in the Public Administration hes also well respected by politicians and Public Servants hes known to be a trustworthy person someone whos heart rocking easy to work with and as i said quite well known among politicians but not much so amongst the French Public does support as Prime Minister mark the beginning of a change of policy in france. Well not really if you look at him he is from the center right party larry probably cant in my mind clan came to power 3 years ago saying that he would be running on and he was running on a platform of a center left center right policies so far hes especially put in place center right policies market or untainted reforms and that is kind of the country nation that way of feeling of presiding over the country now im a clown this morning said in an interview with regional newspapers that he wanted to give his presidency fresh impetus he was he said he would invest billions of euros in the economy to get the economy back on track hes also promised other reforms for Health Care Reform or for reform when it comes to youth unemployment but he also added that he wouldnt should completely change course in the last 2 years of his presidency ahead of 2022 which the way you describe. Seems a bit more like. Technocrats or less well known less charismatic does that mean that hes also less of a rival. Well absolutely as hes known to be very discreet as he said earlier he is also a human head the head of the post covert strategy here together with now former Prime Minister filipe and during that time he didnt give any interview to the press or tour so in our class certainly put him appointed him as a Prime Minister knowing that this person would really stay discreet and give the president more of the limelight so that in my class can sharpen his profile ahead of 2022 so that he yes has a better chance of winning the president ial elections again our correspondent lisa lewis in paris thank you the u. S. Has reported Record Number of new corona virus infections 55000 new covert 900 paces were logs on thursday just as the country gears up for the 4th of july Independence Day weekend look at some data showing daily new cases from the beginning of the outbreak in the u. S. Of the rising steadily to begin with the sense from the end of april to mid june but as the lockdown restrictions are eased new infections shot up again. As the pandemic it celebrates Independence Day events have been scaled back and officials are urging caution at both public and private gatherings Washington Bureau chief in a sport is a popular beach resort to gauge the mood. For Many Americans this is the 1st time out after a month. They are hungry for fun and some. Want to celebrate this 4th of july weekend as they normally do id like to keep moving on to the fireworks continue normality as much as we can moving back to normalcy is what wed like to do i think if you take the right precautions theres nothing to be scared you dont want your party to know what you enjoy yourself but you have you know how many thousands in a group on the protests how to deal with the pandemic is highly politicized some fear that the restrictions are taking away their personal freedom others just see in the responsible actions i expect here in our community in maryland because its tore season now that these places are going to come back as people do not socially distant or where they were visiting our beaches i dont think president do anything i think he will continue to say its a hoax and not believe in the science that is there so many cases and. This lack of guidance creates attend them off for Business Owners between Health Concerns and remaining competitive. Brenda parker once in the bar and grill in the 5th generation. We want to know where im at but if they dont know where im at we can tell them where im at because if their right to wear a mask or not i dont feel safe with them when im not when im at you know that plant where im at. But yeah i would rather that where. You can make it out you could make it a law that you know we have to where it is recommended and if there are things in our house. You know you can make it where you know you get fined 500. 00 if you dont harm. The United States are facing a new record high of with 19 infections littlewood you know here at the boardwalk in ocean city maryland the majority of the people is not wearing a mask they tell us we are here to fund we want to celebrate we are done with this why was the Business Owners obviously do have a different approach they fear that after the weekend they will face a new wave which will lead to a new lockdown and that would bring them to their knees in 2 weeks time we will know whether the right steps were taken if people celebrated this unprecedented growth into life in a responsible way or the worst fears of the next wave. Will come to. The European Union has approved the use of friend disappear until viral drop thats been found effective in the treatment of covert 19 the approval comes after a u. S. Decision to buy up all global stocks of the drug while the e. U. Is in talks with a company that produces one visit to obtain its own doses but with stocks dwindling as far from certain how much it will get. It said to ease symptoms and reduce the length of the illness it might even save lives and easy via was developed to cure a ball are but is now the biggest hope in the fight against covert 19 but who gets access to the drug the Us Department of health and Human Services has bought up 90 percent of u. S. Truck make a good production over the next few months. We were not informed by the Us Government about it and we learned about it through the media to commissioners now as i said a few months ago. Having discussions with indeed to reserve a sufficient number of doses for the e. U. Member states. This one of the most profitable pharmaceutical Companies Worldwide with sales reaching 22000000000 dollars last year the e. U. Commission has now approved them dizzier for the e. U. Had promised to deliver as soon as approval is granted but since the Us Government bought up most of their product there is doubt. If words fail and pleading or doesnt work we do have the option to give german and other drug makers a license to produce the drug even without approval for an appropriate field course. And according to the department of health the German Government has already bought in short enough those are for them the z. V. M. Many Music Festivals around the world have been cancelled this year because of the coronavirus one event in belgium managed to find a clever work around the Paradise City of trying Music Festival reinvented itself to adults to physical distance it will spawn putting party goes on small boats of a trip its only 400. 00 people were allowed to attend usually the festival draws around 10000. 00 people per day. And thats it from me in the newseum here in berlin rebecca it is will have an update for you ads
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