A life sentence for one of the worlds most prolific serial killers a german court convicted former hospital nurse neil spoke of a chilling 85 patients in his care over a period of 5 years and the big auto merger is off chrysler and france as we know are no longer on track to join forces Italian American firm claims french politics for scuppering the deal announced less than 2 weeks ago. Im sara kelly welcome to the program on this day 75 years ago the biggest invasion force of its kind in history began the assaults that would lead less than a year later to the total collapse of nazi role in europe the french president emmanuel mccrone and u. S. President donald trump have. Been speaking to the remaining veterans and assembled guests at a cemetery for the americans who died on d. Day on the beaches of normandy and joining us now from that site is very own max hole from and he is at the American Cemetery in normandy so max just walk us through what the mood has been there are today. It is more solemn than it was you. Know still going. To tell you those were the loudest so far this week. So far like i said a more solid remember rationing than in the u. K. On wednesday but its not like people are crying or you know christ or anything like that that you have a lot of people are really trying to celebrate the memories of those that matters here on those very shores actually just about 200 meters in the back from here and the highlights were of course that the veterans themselves those that are still alive this is something we will see less and less in the years to come and nevertheless we had more than 100. 00 here today all in their ninetys or even older than than that and that just their stories how they survived that day landing here on this coast which was heavily guarded by nazi germany how they also saved others of their comrades those are passionate stories those are important stories those are examples for many also for generations of troops that came after them and so i would say it was really about them 1st and foremost and were looking at 2 leaders from whom we have just heard in fact u. S. President donald trump emanuel naacp ron giving some speeches here this morning and they came in with some strong messages highlighted some of the stories of those veterans thats just walk us through a set. Emmanuel mccall probably had the more political speech making well jab would might be a little too much but making some pointed references to the state of french and u. S. Relations at the moment because he mentioned nato he mentioned the United Nations both institutions that were borne out of the rubble of the 2nd world war to make the world a safer place and we know that in many remark or strongly in favor of those institutions of strengthening those institutions we also know that donald trump is exactly the contrary so you could understand that as a strong hint towards the u. S. President who was listening to him but he also think of course the american efforts after all the u. S. Came to say friends not once but twice the 1st world war the great war as it was called here in france and the 2nd world war so thank you was a big part of that and he offered to renew the pact the friendship between the u. S. And france donald trump on the other hand a more emotional speech more focusing on the veterans that were present even going there and bracing them telling their stores. Max and even as youre highlighting there i mean it was a strong Transatlantic Alliance that produced the d. Day landings and it is one which has indeed endured but we have seen some questions lately just walk us through the various messages on that the 2 came to the table with on that front. Im sorry i didnt understand all of that because we have these aircraft flying overhead at the moment but i would say both that the message that the partnership between france and the United States is very important to the state in fact on trump had one of the more mellow speeches ive ever heard from him there wasnt really any kind of jab it was all about the veterans and stressing that france was an important partner on the other hand the more political message by in money where my call made it clear that something needs to be done to continue with this prosperous and peaceful period that europe has experienced ever since the 2nd world war 2 no small part also due to the creation of the European Union and International Institutions that i mentioned for the United Nations and nato but the 2 seem to get along very well here during the ceremony something that couldnt have been said in the last years on many occasions but maybe they just took their egos and their fight and their classes back and said this is not really about this this is but commemorating one of the greatest military feats in the history of europe and the United States and probably one of the most important moments in the last 100 years that self and normandy thank you. And there were also other events in france from member and d. Day earlier lets have a look. To beaches of normandy. I am. 75 years later the veterans of that fateful day with the memories of those who were killed. In the test came when freedom had to be fought for abandoned they feel. They would show years of democracy. They were mentally day and then we have freedom. Tens of thousands of allied troops french civilians in german soldiers died here in the summer of 944 d. Day marked the beginning of the end of the war making way for victory over the nazis the following year today 2 ceremonies one british one american marking d. Day as an indelible victory for Democratic Values it is incredibly moving to be here today looking out across species where one of the greatest battles for freedom this world has ever know took place. And it is truly humbling to do so based. On the 75. 1000 men who shed their blood. And sacrificed their. For their brothers for their country. And for the survival. Thank you we know what we all. Do youve been there on. Our freedom. On behalf of mine. I just want to thank thank you. For the french president it was a moment to try to shore up alliances in divided and troubling times. Ages reducing the number of veterans but those who can are determined to mark the anniversary that fought for its arguably being challenged by far right populism on the drawings in many countries posing existential questions to democrats in europe and around. It was simply transferred to another ward and the clinic lied all the reason why a clinic director a chief physician or a nursing director stay silent is to prevent the reputational damage to the clinic because we all know that that would mean fewer patients coming into our care in the belief. It took several further resuscitations in the new ward for the head of the clinic to decide that hoover had to go now the nurse alleged to have killed 36 people by this point he was dismissed from his post with glowing references he then applied for a job at a clinic in des moines just a few kilometers away we continued to murder unabated 64 more patients were to die it who could send their. Grandfather was one of his victims he underwent a gastrointestinal operation shortly before he was to be released he suddenly suffered a cardiac arrest so. My grandfather was resuscitated by the murderer and then 2 or 3 days later the same thing happened again. So he was practically murder trials. Awarded. In 2005 who was finally caught red handed as he was about to administer an injection to a patient it was the end of a killing spree unprecedented in germany a nurse who doesnt help sick people but secretly murders them possibly in more than 100 cases its hundreds often times but in reaching these verdicts we have achieved as much transparency as is legally possible the hope now is that many of the relatives find pieces of the. Still the Legal Proceedings have not yet been completed fellow nurses doctors supervisors who among them was complicit in news his crimes then the stations are ongoing. So tell us a little bit more about these further investigations marial who is being investigated and for what. Yes so the Legal Proceedings are still ongoing but for now the charges have been filed against 2 doctors and one nursing director and the deputy and they the accusation is that they might have known something that they knew something that they knew. Might kill patients and that they didnt stop they didnt intervene they didnt you know yes stop that but continue with his killing spree so this is this is the accusation that that is being made and judgment also clearly said that there was a cover up that he felt during the trial when he asked witnesses what they knew if they were aware of what was going on at that they were lying to him and thats also why some witnesses now face trial face trials because of perjury and so thats something that the investigators have to determine right now but the proceedings are actually just going and actually has have just started Miriam Miller at the court in the old burke thank you. A planned merger between italian carmaker fiat and frances were no is dead in the water abruptly pulled out of negotiations for a deal that would have created one of the worlds biggest car makers shares and dropped more than 3 percent on the news and those in were no pledged by around 6 percent it was meant to be a match made in heaven with multiple synergies together for your cries there and run a would shake up the world car market both firms are set to benefit hugely from the landmark deal now its dead in the water run as most successful markets are in europe and emerging markets but it hasnt sold in the worlds 2nd biggest market the u. S. For decades thats where few cries their strengths lie. If you crys it was also hoping to profit from lenos expertise in developing autonomous and electric vehicles the newly merged entity would have been well positioned to compete with the worlds biggest players. The world number one votes wagon sold over 10800000 cars last year followed by toyota with 10500000 autos emerged cries and read 0 would have come in 3rd place with 8700000 cars without a merger fia chrysler is in 8th place with 4800000. 00 cars and rent it was in 9th place. Chryslers decision to withdraw its proposal came as a surprise the rental board said it needed more time to consult on the merger but feed chrysler feels the french government which owns 50 percent of ran 0 interfered in the process cries are said to monsoon paris including guarantees that already know plants and jobs in france would be preserved led to the deals collapse. Well now to Illegal Drugs and the latest annual report of the. Report once again named cannabis as the most highly consumed drug in europe. Nearly 25000000 european adults smoked marijuana in the past year according to the researchers they say the amount of t. H. C. The main psychoactive ingredient of cannabis products has doubled in the past 10 years because of new growing and production methods the main producer for the e. U. Is morocco. After marijuana the 2nd most popular illegal drug is cocaine with roughly 3900000 users Authorities Say consumption of this drug has risen cocaine has never been so available in europe and such high volumes police confiscated over 100 tons of it in 2017. In 3rd place is m. D. M. A. Commonly known as ecstasy more than 2 and a half 1000000 europeans said they had taken this drug in the past year Police Seized over 6 and a half 1000000 Ecstasy Pills and 2017 the highest amount since 2007. A total of 730. 00 illegal substances were addressed in the study by carrying out surveys and examining wastewater for drug residue content researchers are able to detect changes in drug consumption. Lets get more on the story were joined here in the studio by henrik an avalanche a social scientist specialized in drug policies and the consequences of drug abuse welcome to the program. What do you think of this report and do these findings worry you if they dont so what we see is what we expected maybe some things are growing in that sense that we havent expected like the opioids market is getting more chaotic at the moment because of products coming in from the United States but all in all we see what we have expected that for example the cannabis questions though is kind of. Becoming more similar. So although we have countries like france with 45 percent of people experiencing cannabis and others like remaining out with full person generally that trends go towards more cannabis use how do you think that the harm which is caused by sometimes by drug use can be minimised. I think we should apply what we know in science although vigil for example theres one critical thing that we have to say of all of the european draft report its focusing on illegalized substances and actually in some countries that has already been overcome i think alcohol and tobacco should also be mentioned in the same drug report but when it comes to interventions things like drug consumption and and providing services for high and High Frequency quality cannabis users will reduce carbs enormously talk with us a little bit about i mean you sort of alluding to it there but you know really training people in order to use these drugs safety is that the sort of service that you provide yeah i mean its simply a certain look at what people do with drugs so when when you have a black market of course people need to learn somehow if they want to use how they do it they they learn that by imitating users who also dont know how to do that so learning. Duction measures and how to use non addictive substances are less addictive substances could provide much benefit to the market that is actually done in the elica whole market which is also a psychoactive substance and i mean we should the ideological ideologies of a few should be brought to down and just look at the evidence what if what helps them the most important drug in terms of harms europe is still heroin. And all the synthetic opioids and still countries who dont have things like. Or drug consumption rooms in place that help to bring down deaths in the mostly talk with us a little bit more about the internet and its role in the you know promoting illegal drug sales or facilitating it rather because the report did mention that as being one of the factors that goes into it how do you see it. About 10 years ago with that talk about the internet increased that people were expecting to have of a lot of drugs being sold over the internet the dark that that is actually happening but in small numbers but we see the increasing importance of the internet so the internet has a role in diversifying the drug market a lot of the new substances that newly developed substances come in over the internet before they enter the street. If they enter the street at all. There is a growing number of young people savvy with everything concerning the internet who start to buy drugs on the internet so what we need there are actually interventions to to work maybe even Work Together with some of those suppliers to provide Harm Reduction information and also take that structurally everything is based into schools thank you so much for sharing your perspective henrik young adult social scientists specialize in drug policies on the consequences of drug abuse weve been cheated. 3rd. For some sports news for you now and the mens football in mens football there has been a shock for brazils National Team their top forward neymar has been ruled out of their home copa america because of an ankle injury sustained in a war against qatar the worlds most expensive player left the stadium on crutches he was due to be a star of the tournament but he will now have to watch from the stands when the tournament kicks off on june 14th. But meantime there is joy for portugal they have reached the inaugural Nations League final who else but are naldo was the star of the show forward scored all 3 goals in a 31 win over switzerland the hosts will face england or the dutch in sundays showpiece for the new european competition. A quick reminder now of the top stories that were following for you here on u. S. President donald trump has joined his french counterpart Emmanuel Mccall to honor the veterans of the fallen of the d. Day landings 75 years ago trump assured americans allies that the bond between them forged was in the heat of battle and was unbreakable. Attacks focused on europe looks at an italian mayor who has banned abusive the language all that and more coming right up on d w news im sarah kelly in berlin thank you so much for watching. Blah. Blah thanks. Youre a. One night. Divides. The money and looks the driving force. What binds the content together. Sensors and stories of plunging the. Spotlight on people. On the w. Enters the complex zone of fronting the powerful. My guess is we can learn to use the conservative m. P. Ma phone swung from me hard line your feet in such good as be snapping and listening around mrs maynards heels with the conservative partys ratings currently plummeting through the floor of the party even designed to survive conflicts of within 60 minutes c. W. Of. Their super sharp. 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