Riot police have clashed with protesters at the gates of madrids Assembly Building this as new measures to contain the corona virus are being imposed in the spanish capital new outbreaks have triggered a sharp rise in infections across the continent and spain has had more than 700000 cases so far. Volkswagen has agreed to pay out more than 5000000. 00 euros to victims of the military dictatorship that ruled a brazil from 1964 to 985. 00 the carmaker is accused of violating former employees rights by collaborating with the countrys secret police some were arrested and tortured you pay the damages to avoid going to court. This is deja vu news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at g. W. News or visit our website dot com. 24 hours ago the u. S. State Department Said it no longer recognizes alexander as the democratically elected president of the us called his reelection fraudulent and condemned him for using force to silence his own people from europes last dictator to the u. S. President sounding like americas 1st yesterday for the 1st time in living memory. A u. S. President signaled just like a dictator if he loses the election in november he cannot promise to recognize or obey the will of the people. In berlin this is the day. We hear today for a peaceful transfer of power after the election to see what happens you know that very strongly about the ballots and the ballots are a disaster there wont be a transfer frankly there will be a continuation of the ballots to control you know it and you know who knows it better than anybody d else the democrats know it better than anybody else. Says the most the rest. Also coming up the human cost of seeking asylum in the United States a story of love death and the desperate attempt to be long on the now side or even been here for 20 years. Because there isnt that green card or citizenship con a passport that says i am an american. Instead of being an american. I i i i i i i. Change all of the folk here mel aimed at u. S. President donald trump there were jeers in boos as well on thursday when trump visited the casket of the Late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg the chance just like the president s plan to quickly replace ginsburg reminding us of the deep divisions in the u. S. With the president ial election now just a few weeks away. And to our viewers watching on p. B. S. In the United States. Santa all of you who around the world welcome but we begin the day with the president who wont promise to leave in peace on the ember 3rd voters in the u. S. Will go to the polls to decide on a president due to the pandemic many voters are opting to use mail in ballots some of those ballots have already been sent in for months now President Trump has accused the democrats and a list of others of planning to rig the election with fake mail in ballots or today the head of the f. B. I. Told members of congress that he has seen no evidence of an effort to tamper with those ballots no evidence at all now that makes what President Trump said wednesday even more disturbing a reporter asked trump if he were to lose the election in november would he commit to a peaceful transfer of power the president refused to commit for the 1st time in living memory a u. S. President has gone on record refusing to respect the will of the voters and implying that his departure from office may not be peaceful as shocking as trumps refusal was the response by republican lawmakers was just as shockingly muted Sen Mitt Romney of utah was the only republican to tweet a rebuke of the president and without criticizing President Trump directly the most powerful senator Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell weighed in today now he tweeted this the winner of the november 3rd election will be inaugurated on january 20th there will be an orderly transition just as there has been every 4 years since 7092. 00 where the response from democrats it has been noticeably louder and sharper. And so. The answer to it all the antidote to almost every ailment that i have named is that vote and so right now a point is its no use our. Orchestrating one thing or another when what really matters and times are peaceful transfer of power is that people vote and that their vote is counted as cast. U. S. President trump won the election in 26 to you know promised to get tough on illegal immigration many of his promises is he has not kept just think of the wall along the mexico u. S. Border that mexico was supposed to finance but he did keep his word by giving officials at ice immigration and Customs Enforcement the freedom to carry out their duties with no exceptions and that policy banning any case by case considerations that policy has come with tremendous human costs w. s all over salad reports on one man who lost the love of his life trying to belong to the country he loves. When a drizzle camero a arrives on the soccer field he knows it could be one of his last matches on american soil. He came here 20 years ago as a young boy from guinea west africa late friends built a life that he could be deported back to africa any time soon. The time. In some ways off will lie on the nile side or even been here for 20 years you know all of a simulator its a culture language customs you name it the however because there isnt that green card or citizenship khana passport beth says i am an american i feel like im outside of there instead of being an american. Idris lives in pueblo a small town in colorado a couple he met a church has offered him a place to stay they know his future is anything but certain. We in 2007 idris us sold a small amount of cocaine and was caught this mistake through his life into uncertainty. He had to report to the Immigration Authority ice build a life found a job medicare all until i called him in here. For your nephew Conor Stevenson and i came in there with full new officers that i have had never seen before and the guy that i typically saw who or reassured me. That it was just another day. In the lobby i was put in handcuffs and then when we went to the back it was revealed to me that. I would be. Didnt deported back to get. The pain family are deeply religious and they support President Trump and his tough stance on migration this and their law for camero puts them in one of the biggest contradictions of their lives for. You know its our adopted son basically. We. What we would however we feel if that happened the breadwinner shawn or physiologic son felt the same. If there could be justice with mercy i think its the thing that we need to find a way to have in our system. Immigration lawyer hans meyer is trying to get a legal status for idris to lift the threat of deportation. Meyer says the Trump Administration is reckless in its deportation policies. He got entangled for one case in the criminal Justice System and it completely destroyed his ability to obtain status here regardless of the fact that hes done all of these Amazing Things with his life and that hes been sucked into this sort of kafkaesque bureaucracy right where the goal is to crush people through the process the process of deportation. Was not crushed by the process but while in detention his wife committed suicide waiting for his release it says he is fighting for her legacy and for himself he is one of hundreds of thousands living in limbo. Another story polarizing opinions in the us is that taylor she was shot 6 times and killed in a raid by police in louisville kentucky and now the warrior for her family has slammed the grand jury investigating this shooting calling the probe a sham a grand jury in kentucky recommended a minor felony charge against one of the 3 officers for shots that hit a neighboring apartment it did not recommend a murder charge for any of the officers. The grand jury decision sparked protests in the u. S. A state of emergency was declared in louisville kentucky 2 Police Officers were shot and injured their own wednesday taylors relatives and activists are calling for the 3 Police Officers who are all white to be charged with murder or manslaughter. Correspondent define simons is in louisville kentucky tonight. Weve got a nother story in the u. S. About the police africanamericans and accusations of an unfair Justice System. Yeah rights and i can tell you the only thing subsiding here is the shock about the decision of the grand jury and the attorney general yesterday saying that. Basically none of the 3 officers involved in the shooting of Brianna Taylor are charged with anything and that was 1st of course yesterday as it was some shock here of the people of the Africanamerican Community here in the community in lou will kentucky in all which then transferred very wary and. Set itself in in anger and in frustration and in outrage and then outrage she is still very much alive even today 2nd day 2nd night possibly of more violent protests in louisville we talked to a few people about how they feel about what happened yesterday and what they expect for today and how it will listen to that i come here just to pray. And pray for the poor souls. I mean what happened yesterday was horrible but i feel like weve kind of known that something bad was going to happen youre not going to put the whole city in a state of emergency if its good news so im not going to say that a lot of people were very surprised but it was still a slap in the face protesting and tell their strange change in the court system change in the Justice System. Starts getting served. No no no turning back at this point. To step on she said you have its people here are its sort of go ahead. I want to say they have it people people here are really adamant about about keeping this fight and driving this fight forward for them it is a and i use his terminology lending it from them taking their terminology fight a fight for just. This which they dont seem to get to at least thats what they think and what they see and take from the decision as it was made by the attorney general yesterday the attorney general of kentucky he is a republican and he is a black man has that been a mitigating factor in this at all stefan. No not at all. To that i mean hes definitely not the most popular person right now in the Africanamerican Community and in a with those people who are really trying to one way or another trying to a push their cause forward and that is really against Police Brutality and against racial bias in the Justice System for them hes as guilty as charged and again there is absolutely no way that anybody here understands how he could come to a decision like this or and their way its getting a little bit more complicated he had to ask questions to the grand jury he had to put a case in front of the grand jury and that is the limit for a grand jury to decide on but apparently he didnt even come forward with anything remotely at least thats the speculation he have meant by many anything remotely as charging or or suggesting that those 3 offices were in any way responsible for the death of biana taylor so yeah that is a tough pill to swallow here for a lot of people in years to find you have covered stories similar to this George Floyd Killing in minneapolis the shooting of jacob blake in conversion wisconsin and and now this the taylor shooting dead when you when you compare all of these stories what stands out about this story here in the Briana Taylor story. I think for the real attender story its a we need to remember that this is she worse killed before George Floyd George floyd yes blew the lid of everything. We all witnessed this we talked about at the time many many times and and i was myself standing on the streets of minneapolis and was in literally in shock and awe of what happened there what paradigm change or shift happened there now rio not taylors protests were ongoing before that actually people here are protesting for 120 days for the last 3 months almost every day its a little bit under the radar but theyre absolutely determined to not let this go to not let this go this is actually something which you can attest to protesters in can osha in minneapolis in anywhere around the United States and definitely here in louisville kentucky they will not they will not let this go it will go on and on and on it will simmer down maybe a little bit but then it will again its not going away do you see the seventys see these major stories impacting the election next month i mean do you get the impression that africanamericans then are galvanized and will turn out in greater numbers on the lection day. I would say im tempted to say yes i think i think i want to be. Be on the side of caution here i think it will have an impact i think the africanamerican vote will be in numbers bigger than it was in 2016 for example but i do not im not really sure how to assess it definitively and how much of this specific topic will drive ever get americans to the to the polls i would think and many many experts say yes of course is will be a driving factor that this is the case but im also a little bit cautious about this because theres many many other issues. All right. Thats Live Television for you the stuff on stuff i saw in stephanies in louisville kentucky stefan as always thank you. Well there have been more than 16000 new coronavirus cases in just the past day in france the soaring infection rate in the country has also seen hospitalizations from coburg 1000 reach a high not seen since early june and this is prompted the french government to introduce extra restrictive measures to contain the virus mainly in larger cities bars will either have restricted hours or closed completely gyms will shut down and no more than 10 people will be allowed to gather in Public Places but the government says its determined to avoid another walk down given the severe social and economic consequences. Thats what the government says lets take this now to paris to reporter John Lawrence and good evening to you john the mean how close in france are we tonight to a new nationwide lockdown. Well the whole point of the measures that the government Just Announced is to avoid and other economically catastrophic lock down. Government furloughs schemes are coming to an end here is in some other countries and the unemployment figures are starting to rise very warningly and france is facing huge economic catastrophe because of its 1st lockdown so it really wants to avoid another one and its hoping that these new restrictions are going to prevent this rise getting out of hand and prevent from to having to go into a 2nd lockdown situation how much faith is there among the public that these targeted and localized to these many lockdowns if you will that they will be effective. Well as a good question i havent seen any. Opinion polls on these very recent announcements but so looking over the last few months every new restriction has been extremely computer you know when you ask people. Should you prevent people getting so yes you know should be given yes should you prevent she did close things down yes and the compulsory wearing a face mask to species which is a really took off in a big way in france very very popular and its interesting to see though that some of the cities that have been targeted by these new measures its a little bit of kit that theyre specially in not saying not safe being singled out paris is telling not say we has a traditional rivalry you are a real problem city you know you copious it you coded numbers a really bad and were going to have to close your eyes all together for 2 weeks you know then just know this is being treated in the same way and. Into the mirror of mass a saying that says is unjustly do need to consult me and this is unjustified so there is a little bit of unhappiness there yes and we know that the number of new infections in france just as were seeing in the u. K. And in spain the number is alarmingly high the question then is will the number of new hospitalizations also increase and if we see that rise can the french Healthcare System can it cope with that kind of search. Well i think weve seen. 783 new hospital admissions in the whole of france in the last 24 hours. Those numbers are already rising and i think the government would be making this in an ounce when these announcements and these taking these new measures if you will also see hospital admissions increase and this had to be said we are nowhere near the catastrophic levels that we saw in france in the not too april and cast your mind back to 2 those months the hospitals in eastern france and even in difference even in the paris region who were completely overwhelmed you know fool weeks 3 weeks things were really really really out of hand and were a long way from that situation now even in drug program city must say 30 percent believe the decoded that capacity is being used at the moment so were a long way from that sort of. Repeat potential catastrophe lets hope then that these targeted and localized restrictions lets hope that they do the job at least until there is a vaccine some Time Next Year we have reporter John Lawrence and joining us tonight with the latest on the situation in france john thank you. In the western and german state of north rhinewestphalia investigators say theyve discovered 16 new instances of xeno phobia among Police Officers now thats in addition to the 100 state Police Officers already accused of spreading racist or extreme right wing views but accusations of such behavior among Police Officers they are not confined to just one german state our next report comes to his jannot from the eastern state of saxony. 009 maya always wanted to be a police man he was idealistic and wanted to stand up for whats right. But things did not go to plan during his Police Training in leipzig he was exposed to racist and far right language. If we had lunch together and talk turned to politics a colleague would say id rather vote for the nazis than the greens my jaw dropped i was shocked but for a lot of the others it was as if we were just talking about the weather. And this type of talk was not confined to z. Months fellow recruits he also heard it from his police instructors. In western trainer said we need to learn to shoot straight because there are so many refugees coming to germany of course i find that blatantly racist and completely inappropriate coming from a police officer. And there was more shocking language in the trainees social Media Chatter im. Not excusing the use an example of whats happened. Was not and we hate all africans but design a phobic racist statement that i absolutely reject. Decided to pull out of his Police Training we contacted the Police Authority in saxony they sent an email dismissing the allegations. No evidence has been established of unprofessional behavior relating to these Police Officers no indications of continuing racist or anti semitic belief stuff come to light in Disciplinary Proceedings or other internal appraisals. Recent incidents in north rhinewestphalia do however point to the existence of far right attitudes within the police 29. 00 offices that were suspended after they circulated hate speech against foreigners on social media. The Police Trade Union rejects any suggestion that far right beliefs have become institutional. No. I dont think its a problem for the German Police as a whole Police Officers by their nature are conservative that doesnt make them right wing my colleagues and i stand up for order in justice i dont believe there is any problem of structural extremism even if there are isolated instances. Of not but also denies that the exposure of far right groups within the police erodes Public Confidence in officialdom. I dont think public trust has fundamentally declined confidence may have cracked a little but it will recover of the next few months. No my ad doesnt see it that way he believes the biggest problem within the police is the failure to recognize that change is required. I think there is no culture of learning from previous mistakes its a basic problem that when mistakes are made everyone agrees to sweep things under to cop it rather than making so the same mistakes are not repeated bookish. On top at most is a few going to. Call this form a Police Recruit the overriding obstacle to institutional reform is a misguided collective spirit. Well the day is almost done but the conversation continues online youll find us on twitter in news you can follow me a bridge golf t. V. And remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day well see you than ever. Watch closely. 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Hello and a very warm welcome indeed to focus on europe with me peter craven and one of the Big Questions in europe in recent weeks has been could greece and turkey go to war in a bitter showdown over what appears to be largely gas and oil deposits in the eastern mediterranean. Now ankara had angered athens by sending a survey vessel into waters that greece believes to be its own land ship has since been withdrawn but both sides have stepped up their military presence in the region. Now turkey says the disputed deposits are within 8 Continental Shelf athens though for its part points to greek islands that light close to the Turkish Coast and on one of them custom lower rates so we met an unlikely couple see cost and his wife 40 goal who are living proof that differences can be resolved peacefully. The greek island and holiday paradise cost a lower is the lies just off the Turkish Coast. When seacoast my office goes out in his boat hes always within sight of the turkish mainland he grew up on this island and is mighty proud of his home his wife back here she comes from turkey when they 1st met they say it was love at 1st sight now they run a restaurant together on costello as though. Im sure our wedding was quite a surprise. Nothing like this has ever happened in the history of our region cashen cast a little. Reacted well i think. With him all. Turks and greeks our neighbors here they say they need each other and they dont like to talk about the political tensions between the 2 countries. Im not enough to know how to solve the problem. But im certain the heads of government should then their rhetoric and find a solution together our government along with everyones people almost going to go but on this island theres no escaping the crisis the dispute over natural gas reserves has prompted both countries to send troops and warships to the region many here worry that tensions could escalate out of control. There was an incident between a turkish frigate and a greek. Its highly probable Something Like that will happen again were going to. Try to get. At least not in greece once. The view of castillo reso from the turkish side just 2 kilometers from cash the 7000. 00 plus townspeople have always thought of themselves as the larger half of the lorries named mason turkish. But the ferries that carried turks and greeks back and forth have stopped running and not just because of the pandemic now Turkish Military helicopters buzz over the harbor and frigates patrol the waters. Owner and shams kill edge wish they could return to the days of harmonious coexistence with the greek side they came to cash 6 years ago and opened a scuba diving school. When they take their clients out to the best diving areas they cover half the distance to castillo or is. Now their boat alarms the greek coast guard. Church anybody who didnt know the situation here would think a war is already underway through these helicopters and jets flying around but it isnt. This has a negative impact on tourism its normally the diving area would be full of tourist boats cruising about but today college and his customers have it all to themselves. The family moved here to the mediterranean coast from istanbul mainly so their son would enjoy a peaceful and carefree childhood side by side with their greek neighbors in the region is really too bad we cant go over there because there really arent any problems between our 2 peoples all of us greeks and turks have friends on the other side cross party couples get married all the time you how politics might ruin all of that. Turkish president heir to one continues directing harsh words and threats at his neighbors insisting on his countrys claim to the Natural Resources in the mediterranean greece also stakes its claims. Anyone who opposes turkey. Only place his own population in danger. I say this very clearly. He will. In time. High price for it with. Relations between greece and turkey have gone through difficult times before but its been a long time since theyve been in tanks as they are now both locals and tourists agree. Thats why i just see this warship why im curious to see whats there. But i feel i would feel more comfortable when they be. Back on costa laura zoeth seacoast mayotte hes and his wife are closing up shop for the day so they can spend time with their son theyre proud he speaks both languages theyd like to visit their family in turkey again but the corona pandemic has kept the border shut that causes enough problems they say the whole maritime dispute is just adding coal to the fire when everyone here needs turkey because we all Work Together with the turks just like we depend on the people there to catch up with. This. Were neighbors. Back here she hope that both sides will manage to deescalate the situation soon that would be a happy turn of events for the entire region. And once the resumption of e. U. Bird talks between greece and turkey on their maritime dispute there is still hope that a peaceful resolution is on the horizon. You know this year germany is marking the reunification of the country that took place 3 decades ago the incredible and at times troubles a growing sigebert of east and west germany that began after the fall of the berlin wall one legacy of that reunification can be found in the network of 16 National Parks several of which date back to that time such as the Hearts National park located right on the former east west border here dense woodlands have grown together faster perhaps than the people of the country around them. This is where the death strip used to run between east and west germany today its one of germanys largest nature reserves. Ever since the hots National Park was created 30 years ago biologists going to cause death has been making sure that what belongs to gather grows together. The unique thing about this National Park is that were giving nature 24730. 00 hectares of space to unfold whoever it likes. Its rare for such a large area to completely untouched by the lumber industry and that nature has such free rein. Back when the National Park was created the staff had to start from scratch like here at the farm or death strip. In 1909 soldiers were still patrolling the border between east and west germany a stretch of no mans land 100 metres wide was to prevent people from escaping to west germany. The barbed wire and concrete fortifications were practically insurmountable. 3 decades later nature has killed this deadly zone with new life. Church trees really want the rice because of this strip was treated with herbicides and pesticides so heavily hardly anything could still grow here and yet so much has happened here in the past 30 years. And its not just the plants that are making a comeback several rare animal species are also reclaiming their Natural Habitats this hidden camera has captured the latest arrivals. A lynx around 200 years ago this predatory big cat had died out in the region but today more than 100 individuals have returned. Look the thing i bought for lived here in the hearts region for a long time. Until they were killed off by humans. For being people who deserved to be back in the hearts and so 99495 we started reintroducing them and to build them. It was a successful undertaking which took a lot of hard work the biologists spent thousands of hours in the woods carefully documenting natures campaign to recapture its territory in the former border region. And yet the biggest challenge the staff at the National Park face still lies ahead of them dead trees as far as the eye can see here there used to be huge spruces but droughts and rising temperatures week into the trees and the bark beetles finish them off increasingly go to cost just stems the tides with educational work. Isnt it when you walk along here or what man with you if you look closely you can see that all your life is emerging where the old spruce trees have died out. Its a colossal task requiring that authorities from the former east and west Work Together more closely than ever without germanys reunification this would have been unthinkable. But we still need to be able to disagree sometimes otherwise we lose the pieces for new ideas schools on board before 3 to beat everyone just agreed all the time we can never make any progress. The Journey Continues onwards to the National Parks highest point. Bone route we passed by this former hotel. Takes us along inside back in the day he says decorated members of the east german state security or stars he would large hear. Hear they could take a holiday were spied from spying on fellow citizens. As i say it was the stars who pick shots who came here to stay and. Time seems to have stood still in these rooms it still invokes better memories for the former east german citizen. A student when i was a student in my 6th term i had an encounter with the stars and they wanted me to spy and one of my friends and i refused or knew full well that could have repercussions. Thats just something we live with order because this is our home the hearts is our own. Its. The finally at 1100 meters above sea level we reach our destination the brocken this listening post which used to be sealed off was used by east german and soviet secret services to intercept communications in the west. Today its right next door to the botanists pride and joy a garden with hundreds of plants. That are this means that over the past 30 years the brocken has regained some of its native features and its untouched nature that makes us really happy but hes not done yet good to cast a carries on until one day what belongs to gether has grown together for good. Now staying on reunification and its intriguing to know that there was a short interlude just a few months after the fall of the berlin wall when the formally communist east germany democratically elected its own parliament located in the old palace of the republic and its own head of state sabina backman pole now 3 decades on shes been reflecting on that remarkable episode in german history and she too has been asking how well the 2 halves of one day sion have since been able to grow together. This is that been a bad month pool today hardly anyone recognizes the 74 year old she strolled through berlins Brandenburg Gate and yet her biography is inextricably intertwined with germanys historic past she served as east germanys last parliamentary president and head of state shall i never thought id actually look nice german history unification. Nobody if you want a glimpse at life behind the iron curtain you need to go to a museum. At the interactive d. D. R. Museum on the banks of the sri river exhibitions with original artifacts take visitors on a trip back in time. Not that month old remembers it all too well and how you faced by an overbearing oppressive state families and friends had to stick together. But even the most well curated museum cant convey that sense of community. But im shocked when very nice states crumble museums can help preserve their collective memory but they cannot conserve the feelings and personal experiences of people who lived there and then thats why it is important to share these memories with the next generation 30 years after germanys reunification many are still keen to learn more about life back then young visitors are especially eager to hear the personal accounts of older generations for our generation it was mostly through media writer like through movies but thats always a very skewed perspective. So any way that you can actually get. Real information from someone who has experienced it. A lot i learned about east germany in school during history classes. But nobody in my family actually lived there and need to be sure to pass the message and we should explain. To be aware of what is more order. Systems. Today many remnants of this era have vanished like the former east German Parliament building
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