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2038 climate activists say 18 years is too long to wait. Until gale welcome to the program a court in istanbul has sentenced a former leader of the Human Rights Group Amnesty International to 6 years in prison the verdict against tara chargers to what critics say was a politically motivated trial targeting opposition activists in. The Court Sentenced rather to these defendants to prison and to quit in 7 german activist of peter was one of those who walked free his arrest in istanbul 3 years ago triggered a crisis in relations between turkey. Well the debris spoke of. And asked him what he made of todays verdicts. Well we would have expected it to quit of or all 11 of us this would have been a Good Foundation for human rights in turkey but we saw the opposite 4 of us receiving jail sentences we hope they became go into the appeal court with it so that the sentences will not be legally binding by in soon. Still im happy about my little but it also gives me the energy to now campaign for the left over for it to be freed subzero german activist a story speaking you know we also asked his lawyer about the significance of the verdicts. All of these human rights defenders and they could be united group and together they have tried to prevent Human Rights Violations and to support human rights advocates be associations or foundations and they were punished because of this activity as lawyers we have been working on the files for 3 years and that is what we saw in the files and when you look at the Human Rights Violations that these people have been subjected to what passed through their arrest and the violation of their only basic rights this verdict of course goes no way towards making things right. Well take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world peace activists 25 years since the massacre at srebrenica some 8000 muslim men and boys the coronavirus pandemic limited the number of participants on the annual 100 kilometer war which retraces the steps of survivors who fled what International Courts have described as a genocide. Remains of 24 resistance fighters have been welcomed home to algeria in a solemn ceremony the man was killed in the 19th century while fighting against French Colonial rule and their skulls have been kept in a french museum. France has a new Prime Minister a joint custody xs a center right man who was responsible for coordinating the countrys reopening strategy after its coronavirus lockdown his appointment follows the resignation after years of criticism Edward Filipe and hes gone. To the United States has recorded and reported a Record Number of new Coronavirus Infections 55000 were logged on thursday as a country gears up for the 4th of july independence weekend celebrations so lets look at the data showing new cases that every day from the start of the outbreak in the United States Rose Steadily at 1st in the curve flattens for me and of april to may june the lock down restrictions that eased a new infections shot again. Well the startling statistics mean mists that weekends Independence Day celebrations are being scaled back as officials urged caution in public and private gatherings and they did leave Washington Bureau chief in a poll has been to ocean city maryland to gauge the mood for Many Americans this is the 1st time out after a month in the town they are hungry for fun and sun and want to celebrate this 4th of july weekend as they normally do. 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 of 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 a pandemic is highly politicized some feel that the restrictions are taking away their personal freedom. And the responsibility. I expect here in our community here in maryland that because that store season now that these cases are going to come back as people do not socially distance or where there are mass while visiting our beaches i dont think thats going to trump will do anything i think he will continue to you know say its a hoax and not believe in the science that is there called in so many cases and. This lack of guidance creates a turn them off for Business Owners between Health Concerns and remaining competitive. 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 cant tell them where im at because if theyre right where matter not i dont feel safe with them when im not when im at you know that flat where im at. Yeah i would rather that where. They can make it you can make it a law that you know that we have to where it is recommended for our safety and our health. 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 patients 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 fun 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 locked all in and that would bring them to their knees in 2 weeks time we will know whether the right steps were taken people celebrated this unprecedented force into life in a responsible way or the worst fears of the next wave. Will come true. Lets have a look at their strength that William Schaffner is professor of preventative medicine at Vanderbilt School of medicine joins us from city of nashville in the u. S. Welcome professor watch what do you think should americans sit this weekend celebrations out. Well i think they should go out and have fun but they should go out carefully rather than in a carefree fashion i think we need to wear our man asks social distancing and avoid large groups that run and that we just heard that bothers me a great deal it sounds like our last holiday memorial day weekend where many people went out in a very careless fashion and we had many many infections as a consequence well see what happens this year im really worried however i must say ok well as a number of us cases skyrockets the president has been tweeting lets take a look at what he said he said as a rising coronavirus cases because that testing is so massive and so good far bigger and better than any other country this is great news is that but even better news is that death and the death rate is down also younger people who get better much easier and faster so professor im just take us through some of those claims and tell us what you think of what well start with this idea that these numbers have skyrocketed because the u. S. Is doing more tests we are doing more tests and the more you test the loreal find but there are many many more people in. And we detect with the tests and thats because weve opened up and theres been a great spread of coronavirus we havent been carefully enough not by far so im not persuaded by that and he and his view that its because its younger people who quote get better much easier and faster paced i think this is a better news. Well younger people do have a milder case often without symptoms or very modest symptoms but they are spreaders they are contagious they bring it home to their aunt susie who has diabetes and to their grandfather tom who is older and has Heart Disease they get sick and they will be in the hospital so the young people must cooperate with everyone else so they dont spread the virus ok how is it that the the richest country in the world seems to be failing so badly at keeping a people say do you see this is a failure of policy or Political Leadership or is it just what happens when free people in a democracy allowed to choose to ignore Health Advice well its a mix of everything but most importantly we dont have a National Policy and the communications have been chaotic its no wonder that some people dont wear masks because the National Leaders many of them dont wear masks so theres a great deal of confusion we have not had a coordinated consistent National Plan its a great failure thanks for joining us professor William Schaffner from the Vanderbilt University school of medicine. And get. A termino makers have backed plans to phase out coal as an Energy Source by 2038 the governments trying to end the countrys dependence on fossil fuels in favor of Renewable Resources like wind power but climate activists say 18 years is too long to wait. A future without coal power the message put out loud and clear by environmental activists who draped it across the front of the German Parliament for those protesting in berlin germanys plan to abandon call in 18 years time will be too little too late they want the end of call to happen soon or to meet the targets set out in the paris climate agreements. We are protesting against the core law because it doesnt promote the coal phase out because it leaves coal fired power plants on the grid and because it betrays the paris climate agreement for the this call is a historical mistake among the Paris Agreement and it gives the companies billions in compensation without receiving anything in return or. The law is the result of 3 years of consultation a process almost as laborious as abandoning call itself the aim to reassure industry that it will still get reliable power and at the same time to persuade people in the affected regions that after inevitable job losses new opportunities will emerge more than 40000000000 euros were earmarked for projects in neglected corners of the country on top of compensation for coal plant operators. And has taught us that this really is a historic step germany is one of the 1st industrialised countries to both coal and Nuclear Electricity generation at the same time the way has been prepared by a commission including many different groups and parts of society this is now been turned into law and thats a great success. With Nuclear Power production also said to be abandoned by 2022 germany is setting the course for a carbon free future it hopes that other countries may also follow soon. In sport the death of george floyd in Police Custody has sparked an ongoing conversation about Racial Injustice in the United States now a fed ex has called on the Washington Redskins American Football Team to change then the shipping giant is a key sponsor of the n. F. L. Franchise and has the naming rights to the stadium but its under pressure from investors the team name is seen by many as a racial slur against native americans whove been pushing for change for many years but the teams owner dan snyder has a previously refused to rename the franchise. Now its official at Manchester City is that leroy sana is joining bundesliga champions byron munich assigner has signed a 5 year deal for a reported 50000000. 00 euro they were interested in him last year but in injury put the deal on hold german winger becomes by 3rd to signing for the new season. This is the w. C. As a reminder of our top stories at. 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