Opposition leader. Was forced to flee his country. In scotland it happened during Stormy Weather that has flooded many real ones in the country. Viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome the world will soon get a 1st look at the biden harris teet u. S. President ial hopeful joe biden and his pick for Vice President. Harris are about to make their 1st joint appearance as running mates the 2020 democratic ticket will make its premiere at a high school nearby home in the state of delaware in about an hour from now harris is the 1st woman of color to be nominated for National Office by a Major PoliticalParty Democrats hope that her profile will boost efforts to beat donald trump in the numbers election one time rivals no joining forces to launch a historic president ial bid this was how joe biden hasta california senator to help him reach the white house opinions are divided. But that is that the fault overdue for several black women the minority woman the Vice President i think its a little bit risky because shes highly controversial candidate through free in fact it was biden who welcomed the tough on crime prosecutor on to the National Political scene when she was sworn into the senate in 2017 i gave. It a bit of a. Problem there she barneys talk redemptions as a combats of lawmaker the president has asserted that torture works do you agree with that statement and for the last time yes or now did you have any communications with russian officials striking fear into her opponents you know im not able to be rushed this fast it makes me nervous in 2019 she ran for the democratic president ial nomination herself that campaign so hard crossexamine biden over his track record on race. Ahead of joes generation it was hurtful. To hear you talk about the reputations of 2 United States senators who built their reputations and career on the segregation of race in this country mischaracterized my position across the board i do not praise racist they have buried the hatchet when she dropped out of the race and backed him to win the nomination. Of judge to have on 7 the ballot. And so on. And so no is horace with the rumors that the aging biden mealing sale of a single town its a landmark pick that may 1 day propel hard to become the 1st female president. Our lets take this story now to washington d. C. Our bureau chief there in this poll is on the story for us good evening to you it is so what do you make of these 2 what kind of partnership will this be. But brander no i think theyre really match each others weaknesses come of the harris shes 55. 00 shes more than 20 is younger she obviously is a woman joe biden obvious is a man but not only that her mother is indian her father jamaican so she kind of brings in what for Many Americans stands this country for. International latinas shes not white she is an immigrant and she will in that regard to reach out to female voters and to nonwhite water so i think this will be a very energetic and optimistic couple you know this couple of course has had its problems we can think about the debates earlier in the year where the 2 clashed has that now been forgotten is that history. Right she openly criticized wright bidens record as a senator not as a wise president and how he handled issues like criminal justice this is true but i think both of them left that behind and joe biden took really enough time to think through dad and if she would be the right person on his science whom he can trust and he obviously does that and whats been the reaction in his from the g. O. P. The republicans. Well donald trump criticized her the moment she was announced as the running piece saying that shes on the far left side which is actually interesting because. Progressive democrats say quite the opposite. Also says that shes flip flopping a lot we always have to keep in mind that donald trump himself used to be a democrat that he actually supported kind of the harris runs with money so that he criticizes her hard i think the majority of the democrats is really thrilled why because she brings in this Californian Energy which is very much needed knowledge just a little bit more than 80 days ahead of election day and is you know youve been talking to people today its important that we have in the u. S. Now a woman of color who has been chosen to run for the office of Vice President isnt it. Absolutely. This is. A waited for so long. Not only because shes the 1st known why the 1st leg v. P. But she also could become actually the 1st African American female president as we know it joe biden will be 78 when hes sworn in office he already said that hes probably not running for a 2nd term and maybe he has to step down earlier we dont know that thats true for years can be a long time in politics anyway he just called in washington on the story for us tonight eunice thank you. Well heres a quick look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world the flooding in south sudan has forced an estimated 135000 people from their homes one of the worst affected places is the town of bor where heavy rains caused the nearby white nile river to burst its banks efforts to reinforce a levee prevented even more of the town from beings want Security Forces in mali have used tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters who had camped out overnight in the capital bamako theyve been demanding the resignation of the president because of the faltering economy and an ongoing insurgency in the countrys north germany has pledged 20000000 euros for relief efforts in lebanon on a visit to beirut today ford minister said that the aid is contingent on lebanese authorities tackling corruption. Emergency responders at the site of last weeks massive explosion which killed more than 170. 00 people. Bellary says government has confirmed the death of a man in Police Custody it says the 25 year old fell ill after being detained at a street protests meanwhile hundreds of women marched through the capital minsk today in protest at the crackdown on protesters at least 6000. 00 demonstrators have been arrested since sundays disputed president ial election the United Nations has condemned the actions of police saying bystanders and miners are being are among those being detained or despite the Police Crackdown there is little sign that the protests are easing. After anger and on brets in the bell of recent capital. Protesters here still furious about an election they say was rate but is demonstrators rallied one small to voice their Outrage Police moved in to make arrests. How is this possible fighting against your own people this is not fair. Protesting continued into daylight on wednesday with people forming socalled chains of solidarity across the country. President lukashenko has vowed to crush the protests his crackdown has now claimed its most high profile victim opposition candidates. Who fled to the way mia. Many will understand me and many will denounce me and many will hate me. Who was that to you that you know god forbid anyone should face the choice of by thanks to him because he who we understood that he was providing options to choose of course when looking to feed. Was looking at it with. Say the least making assumptions that these other options were some kind of blackmailing that she was under pressure still are far more anxiety to for the families of arrested purchased is what many have been gathering at the tension centers like this one unable to locate loved ones arrested amid the rest. Of the children 2. Yesterday in the evening my father was kidnapped they were walking on the streets when riot police ran up to them and took him to the Police Vehicle police did not give any information of the 24 hours have already passed since he was kidnapped we have no information about his whereabouts we the relatives of mario and we are searching for him in. The European Union has denounced the result of sundays election which saw president lukashenko win a 6th term with a why the disputed 80 percent of the vote. In a tweet that top diplomat Joseph Burrell cole of the paul neither free nor fair and pledged to conduct an indepth review of relations with fellow roofs he said the 27. 00 nation bloc would meet on friday to consider sanctions against those responsible for violence unjustified arrests and falsifying election results. Are joining me now is a journalist an analyst. Good to see you again you are in contact with people in. What are they telling you are we seeing a 4th night of protests. Yeah the protests continue and this night seems to be much less violent than yesterday yes police are still shooting people still throwing grenades but thats not so brutal as it was yesterday because yesterday it was looking like gangs scepter the city and shoot in everyone and everywhere we know that there are reports suggesting that about 6000 people have been arrested not only protesters but also bystanders do we know what has happened to these people. Yeah thats still a true and theyre kept in the area are. Harsh and the issuance of the guy who died actually to us by pastor and he was taken along with all our other people who are working in the same trade. They are in treasons but also outside because there is no enough place in their jails that they exist some of them are sleep in on the asphalt also during the day 1st of all theyre not given food at say that during the day theyre often get in out of the cells and the police are beating them heavily and that it is repeated several times per day. The European Union is meeting on friday to discuss possible sanctions against those responsible in bellerose for this do you think that would make president has government change its course any. Absolutely absolutely but the sanctions in order to be more efficient and they must be more targeted all the sanctions are usually imposed by by the European Union or United States where very general and target in like state enterprises or. Are in for trade with others but even the Police Officer let say they will mold that they will not be able to enter European Union along with their families that are in the work and that and stop them from using or shooting Peaceful Protesters so targeted personal sanctions that that seems to be right now the most our whole way to stop the violence and so sounds like youre saying that they what they need to do is they need to name names name and shaming if you will do you think it would work if they started with the president and went on down and had these names listed connected to sections oh definitely yes president and all of the fires of elections and those who are given that there or there is to this 1st people and to use the weapons include and belittle once those who are manage and i mean it military units and special forces units all this members that are available theyre published already and we know who are managing this new campaign this fall and campaign against this for protesters so there will only thing that must be done 3 cleats if it will be done this week but next week i think old protesters will be either dead or injured or in jail and then the functions will be useless right stillers in journalist an analyst from via georgia as always we appreciate your insights thank you. Police in scotland say that 3 people were killed when a passenger train derailed in the north east of the country they were pronounced dead at the scene 6 others have been hospitalized the incident followed a night of heavy rain and thunderstorms in the area. Aerial pitches show the full extent of the accident. The train derailed in a store in haven in scotland about 160 kilometers north east of edinburgh. The sound of sirens could be heard from a far and fix smoke billowed from behind the humi to rain both already say they were called to the scene just before 10 am on wednesday morning dozens of Emergency Service fee crews arrived soon afterwards. Shortly after the 1st reports of the crash scotlands 1st minister Nicola Sturgeon addressed local lawmakers Emergency Services are currently on site and a Major Incident has been declared i have just come off a call with network rail and the Emergency Services and details are still emerging i am afraid to see that there are reports of serious injuries. British Prime Minister barstow says he was saddened to learn of the incident and promised to improve safety clearly the most important thing now is that the British Transport Police are in charge of the investigation to find out exactly what happened in that we all Work Together with network rail where we also whos responsible to make sure that we get to make sure nothing like this happens again. The cause of the incident is unclear although the area was hit by thunderstorms and flash flooding on the nice. These pitches were released on social media by network rail the company that maintains scotlands railways. They are working alongside Emergency Services as investigations into what caused the accident continue. Brazils president. Has denied the existence of fires in the amazon rain forest calling that a law but satellite images from brazils National Space agency show that forest fires in the amazon are increasing experts say most are deliberately set to illegally clear land for farming. This is all they got a few buckets and basic hoses but the farmers he had determined to battle the raging fires in the amazon rain forest. Forgot about part of you want to its now out of control were trying to save animals and save houses thats the most important thing right now look at what were doing to nature look out that just turning everything into coal and smoke. More than 10000 fires have been recorded in the 1st weeks of august alone the worst on record the fires are usually manmade to clear land for farming and ranching its illegal but for many its the only way to survive. But. We dont want to destroy anyones lives im just clearing a field to bring up some cows. But theyre in it. The brazilian government is now under mounting pressure to stop the forest fires though president joey balls in our 0 has dispensed the military to assist with fighting the fires the president has also denied the fires exist. Because of for fear that if i want to because its a rain forest like most of us it does not catch fire so this story that the amazon burns with fire is a lie and we must fight it with real numbers and that is what we are doing here in brazil. Data from brazils own space agency shows and nearly 30 percent increase in the fires in just over a year but so narrow has fired the head of the Agency International experts are increasingly worried about the decline of the Worlds Largest rain forest and important ecosystem helping the planet against climate change. Artless across brazil where journalist once he is a bird is standing by for us in the pond to know which is the Worlds Largest tropical what he is its good to see you you know we just heard in that report that theres been an increase in fires in the amazon of 30 percent in just the last year why is that. If you think is 90 was already a record year for the imus own eye regarding the fires and this year 2000 trente yeah the increase comes supposedly because it is a really dry year here and the punter now region the water levels didnt dries as they normally do and its really dry and the last 100 days here in this region there was no rain at all so the everything is really the soil is dry and so the fire started these are the 1st fires in the last 22 years as locals say the so the wetlands are too dry to contain the fires and yes it may be also caused by climate changes here in these regions and we are still in the beginning of the dry season it lasts until october you know we can tell behind you there marty is just how dry it is where you are has brazil been receiving foreign assistance to help tackle these fires brazil is generally keen to not combat the fires by their own its part of the National Policy but lets not resent the militarys to here also 2 helicopters are helping with the just 6 and the fire brigades also 2 airplanes are dropping water 3000 liters per flight so there is. Logistics here to come but the fire is out there 2 too many and theyre too big so its really really an ongoing crisis here. And what about the coronavirus pandemic what impact has it had on the worlds attention on these fires. Yeah the corona crisis is an issue and they attention on these fires in the amazon and here in the pond not is not us in the last year due to the corona crisis due to add a crisis in the world to live on hong kong belarus but also theres a risk that the worlds attention might be less because the world gets used to the amazon fires each year and maybe also used to the policy of. Reporting from the plans and in brazil to. Thank you. Russia is marking the 20th anniversary of the course submarine disaster the Nuclear Powered vessels st. August 12th 2000 after a faulty torpedo exploded on board all 118 crew members die. Is being held in central russia. Every year relatives of crewmen from the kursk meet in this orthodox chapel. This a found a family lost their son and brother. They say they still feel the pain today 20 years on. Every morning i wake up and think about our son i look at people his age and i ask myself what our son would look like today what would he have achieved in life. She was born with you i just cant stop thinking these thoughts. Were. Going after these memories hurt them and i it was a very hard time. On august 12th 2000 the Russian Nuclear submarine kursk who was taking part in a routine naval exercise in the barents sea. Lieutenant maxime stuff on off was one of the subs navigation officers the 26 year old was among other things responsible for making maps. Suddenly a faulty torpedo detonated. The subs crew all 118 men were killed. Upon hearing the tragic news maximes father suffered a heart attack and almost died even today he can hardly bear the loss of his son. One well our son was a very humble person he did not like being a center of attention he never wanted to be front and center but still people were attracted to him. When. He was the most professional officer and loved his job. But in one of his letters he complained that many officers were quitting their jobs. And he wrote its hard to believe what this will mean for us. Now would you. Say. The officers were leaving because they couldnt stand the conditions on board the submarine after the collapse of the soviet union the russian fleet was in desolate condition. Considering a polish officers had to wait up to half a year for their sol. There were supply and make mince problems. And the navys rescue service had basically stopped existing. The accident was initially hushed up all russian attempts to rescue the sailors trapped in the submarine failed it wasnt until the 4th day that the navy top brass swallow their pride and ask for an experts for help. But it was too late rushes newly elected president putin was severely criticized for his Crisis Management even today the exact details of the tragedy remain unclear and i think there are many questions and people who dont want to answer them and when you will know when you heard 3 shots. To this day the cursed tragedy remains not just a personal catastrophe for the stuff in the family but also disgrace for the russian navy. A fossil hunter and britain has discovered a new species of dinosaur amongst pebbles on the beach. Is this please im going to. The amateur paleontologist robyn ward discovered to bones while searching for fossils on the isle of wight scientists studied the bones and concluded that he found a new species of 3 toed dinosaur researchers say its loosely related to Tyrannosaurus Rex and died in the sea about 150000000 years ago. This is g. W. News after a short break ill be back to take you through the day tonight the come over here or specter in the race for the white house will be right back. Up to date dont miss our highlights. Program online d. W. Dot com highlights. That is the back of. The f. X. First but i have. When i have family and. Love and them i love how well. I will follow. What level of form. For my i want. For ramming. Over at them what i am and. What i am and. Yes. Joe biden says that his presidency would be a bridge to the future now that future could very well be this woman california senator. Biden has selected her to be his Vice President ial running mate the 1st woman of color to run for that office on a Major Party Ticket harris is making history and shes making headlines for all the right reasons but us President Trump he calls her a nasty woman is this the start of a dirty campaign im burned off in berlin this