Drug charges against him have been dropped following huge public outcry. And the deadly heat wave scorching india. Residents hope for relief from the heat. Brent im brent goff. To our viewers on pbs in the United States and around the world, welcome. It is a major win for gays and lesbians on the continent where they rarely have reason to celebrate. Botswanas high court overturned a colonial era law criminalizing gay sex. It is a landmark case for africa. The court said the law should not regulate private acts between consenting adults and that penalizing people for whom they are is disrespectful. The Court Unanimously rejected laws which had previously carried a sentence of up to seven years in prison. This makes the country a pioneer in subsaharan africa, where most countries still enforce laws against homosexuality. It comes less than a month after Kenyas High Court upheld a law makingng homosexuality a crime. To talk about todays decision joined by katkai colanyanekesupile. You are from b botswanaa, a tras artist and lgbt activists. Its good to h have you on t the show. Tell me, w what does t todays ruling mean for peoplple like eu in botswana . Kakatkai one of the things it means to lgbt people is we are to be recognized constitutionally as well as legally. Weve had a few Legal Provisions that have allowed us to exist in the country without any torment. However, there have been three clauses within the penal code which have made people quite wary of what our presence or status in the country meant. So this ruling activity says we are not only just humans, as people, but we are also citizens who are worthy of citizenship and a citizen hood within the country. Brent thats the messasa that the court is sending. What about amongng the p peoplen botstswana . . I i know thahat across subsahan africa, it is not able to be gay, lesbian, trans. Dodo you t think this rulingg is changing what i is inside the mindnds and hearts s of the peoe in your country . Katkaiai the mostt complicated thing about what makes it e easy or difficultlt to be a member of the lgbtq plus population, i rarely use community because i tend to find that is a misnomer, is that in our context, we exist and perform our genders, is very different from countries that have the liberties of somewhat successfully expressive when you look at it from the perspective of tradition, why do you put it in my face, which has been one of the major pushback from people who dont understand or advocate to get such laws repealed. We are now at the point of saying our advocacy at the Community Level is coming to the forefront, legal advocacy is coming to the forefront, and we are seeing more victories. Those who have been trying to tell us we are making too much noise, were trying to make them understand that we have not been making noise, we have just been trying to share information that they needed to hear and heed in the time that we were saying it. And now we are backed by the courts to say not only had these people been trying to say that, listen and learn, but listen, learn, and adjust. We are not in biblical times anymore. We inherited the law in 1855. Why should those times still influence botswana in 2019 . Brent let me ask you, what about if people in the Lgbtq Community in botswana need help from t the police now . Do youou think that wiwill fill comfortable and confident about calling the police to help them . Katkai weve b been doing a lot of sensitization. People practicing within t the Civil Society space, weve been doing training with Police Officers, with a religious community and practitioners to say, how do you start involving lgbt people within the work that you do . And how you tolerate lgbtq plus people. I do think it will take a little bit more time for the community to trust that the police and Police Officers will heed the advisement of the courts, but i dont think that i its going to take that much of an effort for us to feel as though we canan go lean on the laww whehen wealk to law enenforcement officecers. Brent we certainly appreciate you shsharing your time and your thoughghts today, certainly a momement to stay for the peoplen botswana. Ththank you. Katkai we are so happy and thankful for the support we have received from around the world. Brent here in germany, the countries Health Minister is backing legislation to ban conversion therapy. Thats the term for socalled Treatment Center and that changing the Sexual Orientation of gays and lesbians. Some in germany who have undergone conversion therapy are working to make the practice illegal. Today, he is open about his homosexuality, but getting to this point was agony. As a devout christian, being gay seemed like a sin. Discussion groups and socalled conversion therapy were meant to heal him. Dr. Even tried to drive out his demons. He saw a big, black thorn coming out of my back. It was supposed to be a big, evil demon that was causing my homosexuality. The german Health Minister wants to stops up such actions. He has the support of doctors and loggers. The experts opinion is clear. All relevant Major Medical expert associations have clearly stated that homosexuality is neither a disease nor a disorder. Thats why from a medical or psychotherapeutic standpoint, there is no need whatsoever for treatment. Given the considerable psychological stress conversion therapy causes, the Committee Says a ban is logical and legitimate. Thats why, in my view, there needs to be a strong signal from the state and also from lawmakers, in order to protect homosexuals from apologizing, discrimination, stigmatism, and suffering. He is fighting for the acceptance of homosexuality and to keep others from going through what he did. Brent here are sosome of the other stories making headlines around t t world. French emergency room workers have protested in front of the Health Ministry in paris against interior rating wowoing coititions. Eteriorating working conditions. Budget cuts and an aging population have increasingly put the Public Health care system under strain. Protest leaders in sudan have reportedly agreed to resume talks with generals on handing over power to a civilian government. The movable into threeday strike which iss left the capitl largrgely deserted. It was called after opposition groups after Security Forces killed dozens of people while breaking up a peaceful protest. A a former guerrilla leader has been sworn into congress in columbia. He becamame a lawmakaker for t e farqs n new Political Party unr terms of the police of the agreement he helped draft. Amazon has moved past apple and google to become the worlds most valuable company. The value of the ecommerce giants brand surged 52 , to 315 billion. This leaves apple in second placace, and lastt years top brand, google, now in third place. In moscow, investigative journalist ivan gulanov has been released from Police Custody after officials dropped drug charges against him due to a lack of evidence. The circumstances of his arrest last week triggered protests and criticism, even from some senior officials and people in the media who generally support the government. He told a crowd in moscow today that he will now continue his report. Ivan gulanov walked out of Police Custody freemen early tuesday evening. He thanked supporters outside the ministry and vote vowed to continue his work exposing corruption. Everything is fine. I still need a bit to gather my wits, and i will have to work hard now to show that your faith in me as justified. Thank you for that. Though supporters have been protesting at the Ministry Since news of his arrest friday. Protesters took turns Holding Signs calling for ivan gulanov to be freed. Three major newspapers also join the protest, each running the same headline in monondays editions, declaring i am for ivan gulanov. In court on saturday, he insisted he was innocent and that the police planted the drugs on him. His lawyers said the fingerprints were not on any of the items policed seized and that he had been beaten in custody and denied a logger for 12 hours. Police released several photos that seem to show a drug lab at his home. They later admitted only one of the photographs was actually taken at his apartment. Ivan gulanov is wellll known for exposing corruption. His arrest seems to have hit a nerve. There is a demand for justice in society, because this case is not just about ivan. It concerns many citizens who could end up in the same situation. It is no secret that police often break the law in situations like this. In a turnaround, installs Law Enforcement agencies that are now coming under scrutiny. The interior ministry has opened an investigation into the officers who arrested ivan gulanov and they have asked the president to fire to Senior Police officials. Brent were going to our correspondent emily sherwin. Good evening to you, emily. What was the atmosphere like where you are when ivan gulanov left the ministry . Emily he came out of the entrance you see behind me and there was a huge sigh of relief that was palpable in the entire crowd of journalists who had assembled here to report on this case. People were chanting his name and someone had brought his dog to hand over to him. He seemed very relieved at the turn of events that this case has taken. Brent do you know what is behind this move . Emily on the one hand, i think the situation with the evidence, which was rather contradictory and difficult from the beginning , we have just heard for example that the Police Published nine photos which showed some sort of drug lab from his apartment, and later they admitted that actualally only one of those phototos had been taken in his apartment. Today we heard that his dna was not on the drug packages at all. The other aspect was the huge public pressure that we saw in the past few days. We just heard about the protests that were happening here outside the interior Ministry Since news of the arrest broke. That pressure was also reflected in the media and then among politicians as well, including among the highest ranks. The speaker of the upper house of parliament came out today and said that the case was difficult and that it looked a bit like a set up. It seems like this public pressure gave us a quick turnaround. Brent what is the significance of this release for the entire country . Emily it seems that we can already see some of the consequences now. The parliament here in russia has now announced they will be discussing the countries drug laws and thats because in russia there is something called a popular paragraph, thats what people call it here, which means essentially of some is inconvenient to you, you can kind of stick some drugs in their bag and that will mean that they can be put behind bars. It seems that parliamentarians are looking to discuss that and perhaps change some of those laws to make it more difficult for that to happen. The other thing is that this was a huge show of strength from russian Civil Society. They came out in the media and showed huge solidarity across the board, including in state tv and state media, not just in critical media outlets. They have shown there are redlines and that they wont let the Kremlin Cross those lines or they wont let anyone cross those lines. Brent emily, thank you. There are more protests in hong kong. Demonstrators against a controversial bill that seeks to allow extraditions to china. Returning to the city streets, they are gathering at the government corner where they are expecting to spend the night. Opponents of the extradition legislation feel it could undermine hong kongs autonomy from mainland china. Their calling on the cities chief executive to scrap it. More protests and strikes are expected wednesday when the bill is expected to be improved by the citys Legislative Council. Our correspondent has been at the gathering tonight in hong kokong and sent us this report. Reporter people have come here to the premises arouound the parliamement, around the government buildings in hong kong. They want to spend the night here, to be here in the morning when the hearing starts and to prevent the government from shutting down the premises around the Legislative Council and the Central Government office. None of the people i spoke to hear think thehey have a reaeal chance to stop this legislation, but many said they want to remind the world of what is happenining here and use what my perceive as may be their last chance to voice their concern and to make the world here that they do not agree to this. Brent salvage crews in the hungarian capital of budapest have recovered several bodies from the wreckage of that tour boat which sank on the danube last month. The rescue workers raise the whole of the vessel which capsized after colliding with a large cruise ship. Only seven of the 35 people on board survived. Reporter after two weeks, salvage teams were finally ready to raise the boat from the riverbed. Steel cables secured the sunken vessel to a massive floating crane. The boat was then slowly lifted until it broke the surface and water could be pumped out. Asas the top of the mermaid bece visible, workers said they saw lifejackets floating inside. The vessel was then hoisted onto a barge and handed over to police investigators. Inside, crews recovered four bodies and brougught them to a waiting police boat. Onlookers lined the banks of the danube. Many still shaken by the incident on the hungarian capitals beloved riviver. There was a lot of peoeople. It is so horrible. Reporter the operation had been delayed by fast and muddy springtime waters. It was only in recentnt days tht thee danube finally ebbed low enough to get the crane the necessary maneuvering space. For salvage teams and south korean rescuers who join in sumac soon afterr the accident, it was a challenging operation. There were days when one could see 50 cenentimeters, b but othr times, visibility was just 10 centimimeters. It was like being in a heavy snowfall or fog. We switched on strong lights, but didnt see a thing. The water was so murky. Reporter the nighttime collision occurred during heavy rain. Of the 33 career only seven people survived. Brent best stretches of india are sweltering under a scorching heat wave around the capital new delhi. Temperatures are as high as 48 degrees celsius, thats 118 degrees fahrenheit. Much of indias northwest currently remains in the heat waves rip. One area recorded 50 degrees celsius, making it the hottest place in the country and the second hottest place on earth. Relief is forecast in the coming days in delhi and a western state. Reporter as the suns rays beat down on delhi, those who cannot shelter indoors do what they can to protect themselves from the relentless assault. Many need to be outside to earn a living, even though business is slow. There are very few customers around. The place is almost empty because of the heat. We sit in our vehicles doing nothing for hours. If it gets too hot, we go and rest under the trees and we start again around 4 00 or 5 00 p. M. And work until late at night. Reporter for those trading in cool refreshments, sales are brisk. The challenge is keeping them cool in the blazing sun. Heat waves can be deadly, especially for the elderly, chronically ill, and young children. Many people experience negative Health Effects as their bodies struggle to cope. The temperature of the earth is rising every day. Because of that, we are facing many problems. People get diseases. Heat causes things like skin rashes and other skin problems. Reporter Scientists Say extreme weather events will increase in frequency due to global warming. India will be one of the worst sufferers. Human health is at risk, along with the food and water supply. Temperatures across india have started to fall after three weeks of alltime highs. The summer of 2019 is on course to be the hottest in india since records began. Brent residents of sardinia are facing a scourge of a different kind. The italian island in the mediterranean was dealing with the worst invasion of locusts in 60 years. It is proving devastating for farmers, with the insects destroying crops and grazing pastures and unusual weather patterns being blamed for this years invasion. Reporter it looks like scenes from the apocalypse. They have devoured crops onn around 2000 hectares of land. Its the worst invasion since the 1960s. The insects will eat any plant. There is little left for harmer for farmers to harvest to feed their crops. They are doing their best to destroy everything. Reporter experts say it could be due to a southern change in weather. R. May was unusually cold and wet this year, while jun has been drier and hotter than usual. That means billions of locusts hatched from their eggs at the same time. Huge areas of fallow land provided ample space for them to multiply. Many farmers have simply given up. It immediately benefited from the empty habitat. Then from these abandoned fields, the species goes to the cultivated crops. Reporter theres no quick solution to the plague of locusts inside. The usual m methodsds of f flyig fire, smoke, or poison to kill them have not worked. Farmers can only wait and see if they move on. That will depend on which way the wind is blowing in the next few days. Brent lets go to the womens world cup. Sweden was off to a winning start with a 20 victory over chile. The referee ordered the players to leave the field. Sweden took a late lead once they was resumed. A score in the 83rd minute, sealing the win for sweden. The netherlands kicked off their campaign with a victory over new zealand in a game new zealands best chance came from this effort in the first half. The 22yearold midfielder getting her side off to a dream start. Germany put in a below par performance against china. It was a bruising encounter and germany were lucky to win 10. They now face pain, knowing a win would guarantee them a place. Reporter they know they are lucky, despite the win, they struggle badly in the opener against the chinese side. I dont think there is a Single Player without a bruise. But i dont think we have to talk too much about that. It was a world cup game. You dont expect to come out of it unscathed. And injury to jennifer was a bigs body blow inflicted by the chinese. The young playmaker will sit tight in the spain game. Her absence means expectation falls on the young shoulders of the 19yearold who became a household name in germany with the strike that brokeke the chinese resistance. A similar performance against staying with against spain would see her star rising even higher. Brent here is a reminder of the top story we are following for you. Lots one is high court has struck down laws against gay sex, going against the trend in other parts of subsaharan africa, where antigay laws have been upheld and remain on the books. Youre watching dw news, live from berlin. After a short break, i will be back to take you through the day. Stick around for that. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] be able to to swapp into live from parisis wilill use and a as from france. Twenty four im margot and these are the headlines. Thousands of people are running through the night in hong kong that protesting against a bill to allow extradition to china. The jail russian journalist has been free. That was public outcry the chanting of even on the cooling off. And things that have been set up by the kremlin. Hugs in the court room and gather rona spots wanted becomes the latest african nation to decriminalize homosexuality until not gays lesbians rick wrist a seven year jail term. Their relationships. Publicly exposed