Journalists and editors speak french global conference on Media Freedom we take you to mexico where reporters risk their lives to reveal the activities of drug and human traffickers. Im phil gale welcome to the program. According germany has sentenced an iraqi migrant to life in prison for the rape and murder of a 14 Year Old Girl the case prompted a public outcry because out of bashar was supposed to have been deported after his asylum application was rejected instead he was allowed to stay in germany and went on to kill. Life imprisonment for 22 year old bashar the toughest sentence allowed under german law that judge said he had shown neither compassion nor re morse in may 2018 bashar raped and murdered susannah if 2 weeks went by before any trace of her was found police discovered the sound of spotting next to a Railway Track in a hole covered with dirt and branches after they received a tip from another migrant who had been living with bashar the rejected Asylum Seeker and his family fled to Northern Iraq but he was arrested and handed over to German Authorities he confessed to killing susannah but denied raping her. During the trial susannahs father said he was shocked by bashar unrepentant mr jinnah stick remarks so where others. With newton for him a good girl is a girl who doesnt go out alone who cooks and cleans who base the men and has no desires of her own and that is exactly what he practiced here. But no dances does. That right wing populist have seized on the case saying it shows the governments migration policy has had disastrous consequences authorities had denied Bashar Siloam and he was supposed to been deported long ago. The seriousness of his crime means hes unlikely to be released early bashar also faces another trial this time on charges of raping an 11 Year Old Girl. Chief Political CorrespondentMelinda Crowe whos been following this story welcome. Despite this life sentence people are still concerned and saying that its too lenient why. One of the harshest sentences that a german court can hand down life sentences dont necessarily mean here in germany that a convict spends the entire rest of his life in prison and thats because the countrys constitution places a very strong focus on human rights and many criminologists view such life long sentences as problematic in terms of human rights but the fact is that in cases of exceptional severity where the crime has been especially heinous a court can say that it is basically excluding any possibility of early parole as is often given after about 15 years of life sentence thereby ensuring that the convicted person does remain in prison for longer and thats the case here this court said we exclude the possibility of early parole thereby handing down what is in fact a very strong sentence and i think that most commentators definitely do see it that way though this is a killing that sparked quite a heated debate here in germany about the countrys asylum system and its failure to deploy rejected Asylum Seekers so presumably there has been much political fallout. Well in fact there was a great deal of discussion at the time that the case began that the crime was committed with germanys largest tabloid for example running a headline that said if he had been deported she would still be alive showing pictures of bashar and his victim far right groups picked up on the debate and in fact the government then did engage in a very rigorous examination of its entire migration system but especially of the provisions that concern deportation of migrants who have applied for asylum and been refused as was the case with all of a shy and his family the procedures have been tightened up since then and if you look at Public Opinion be yet on the far right in fact many many german citizens no longer would put migration and deportation issues at the top of their concerns the far right nonetheless does still very much instrumental eyes this topic. On the wider issue theres been a growing number of serious about criminality amongst Asylum Seekers here in germany what the fuck. Here the evidence is somewhat contradictory or lets say complicated you may remember that about a year ago President Donald Trump weighed in on this with a tweet saying that crime rates in germany had rasta clean increased since the influx of migrants that is simply not true crime rates in germany has been falling ever since the early 1990 s. As the chancellor in fact pointed out in response to mr trump nonetheless there are some studies that show that there has been an uptick in Violent Crime in some regions and that some of that uptick may be associated with migrants the main reason for that is amongst the migrants were many many young unaccompanied men young men account for a much higher proportion of crime in general than other groups of the population so the fact that the migrant population includes a number a disproportionate number of young men is one reason that in some regions we have seen that slight increase in Violent Crime. Political correspondent melinda crane thank you. Renewed fears for the health of germanys chancellor after she was seen shaking again its the 3rd time in the past month of going back to has been seen in this condition in public his latest accounts as she stood with finlands visiting Prime Minister said watching military honors to mark his arrival. From d w Political Correspondent of the box welcome what more can you tell us. Well what that was already said she had these incidents before it was always in situations like that where she had to stand still the 1st time it occurred when the ukrainian president selenski was in berlin at that time it was a very hot day in berlin so her self said afterwards that she drank 3 glasses of water and felt fine afterwards and that she was of obviously the hydrated and that that time that was very understandable for everyone but then weeks later she had a similar incident and that was inside it was cool and so that was the moment when people started to speculate and worry a little bit because one always has to bear in mind and has a reputation for being very good physical condition she has hardly ever missed a day in this and so this 3rd incident now today is somewhat irritating for many here in germany so what is the charms of say well she held this press conference she seemed perfectly fine and she was laughing and she also said that she had met the finnish Prime Minister just a couple of days ago ago at the longest summit ever so just to give you an idea of her schedule a plea and then she was asked in this press conference directly on on this shaking and maybe we can just listen what she said to those. This time fine i said recently that ive been dealing with this since the last military honors with president s in n. C. This is obviously not completed but ive made progress and i would have to live with this for a while but i feel very good and theres no need to worry about me make it to the absolute. Yes so this is the message of. Im fine theres no need to worry but obviously there are people who do worry about it so clearly this is a personal issue for the chancellor but she is the chancellor there are political implications and ramifications yes i mean one has to say that in germany theres a culture of of Great Respect in dealing with personal Matters Health matters like this and we havent heard a politician for example demanding more information on these incidents and it might as well be that she just goes on holiday now or later in the summer she will go on holiday relax and come back and everythings fine i mean we know that she has already said that this will be her last term in office and so far she hadnt had to skip any of her appointment she held her schedule as planned every day even during those those deadly incidents so maybe she just returns and everythings fine from holiday if not those questions will remain on her state of the front of us thank you well take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world as britains ambassador to the United States has resigned days after the leak of confidential memos in which he described president Trumps Administration as it is resignation comes after the president hit back describing that came as a pompous fool in british Prime Minister to resign as foolish when she got him out. A top french diplomat has held talks with senior officials in the iranian capital tehran in an effort to salvage the unbundling 2015 nuclear deal comes a year after the United States withdrew from the deal in days after iran announced that it had breached limits on enriching uranium. Former us president ial candidate ross perot has died aged 89. 00 and made a strong showing us an independent candidate in 1992 winning 19 percent of the vote the founder of Computer Company e. D. S. Was also noted for rescuing 2 of his employees from iran in a commando raid in 1979. Or germanys defense minister all sort of on the line is in brussels on a Charm Offensive trying to win over lawmakers in have bid to become a European Commission president she was nominated by e. U. Leaders but needs to be confirmed by an absolute majority of every piece shes encountering resistance or the frustration that a new heads of government ignored the leadership its encountered its from the main parliamentary blocs as a horse trading over the top positions. Maps hoffman is the w. s Brussels Bureau chief he joins us from the European Parliament welcome max how do you rate the lines chances. Well shes 376 votes in the European Parliament and like you said shes been on a trip now for about a week meeting with all the important people and especially with the Political Groups the easy one of course was her own group the conservative European Peoples Party but today was the hard part she met with the social democrats and you can still see the sign behind me thats where we just heard the press conference of the group leader and it seems that the social democrats especially the german social democrats are not convinced one of those from the s. P. D. So a german maintained he will not vote for his country woman. And spite of the fact that this would be the 1st german Commission President and so a lot of opposition here but the whole group so the group as a whole has not made up its mind yet they want to decide whom to vote for so for or against. Next week so what does she need to do what does she need to promise to bring them on side. The difficulty is that she needs to promise Different Things to different groups because they have different agendas but she needs at least 3 groups of the conservatives the social democrats and the liberals who have the majority that i mentioned earlier for the social democrats it was very important to know what would happen to their spits in kind of to their lead candidate plans to moments will he become the 1st Vice President of the European Commission apparently he will but there are other topics of well just to give you an example how split those groups are for example on the article 7 procedure against some Eastern European countries like poland who are not respecting the rule of law in the eyes of the European Commission so apparently wasnt too tough on the polish in one Political Group because she needs their votes but here the social democrats want her to be very tough regarding this article 7 procedures so apparently what shes trying to do is be rather vague on those questions to get as many people on board as she can. And if they say no if he she isnt charming enough what happens then. Well there goes Summer Holiday if this happens because it means that we are back to square the 0 that means that has a State Government the leaders of the European Union will have to come back together and make another proposal because the thing is. Only gets one vote so the European Parliament doesnt have the chance to express again its disagreement with how things went down with the whole procedure and then in the 2nd round say ok all right weve expressed our discontent but will vote for her in the 2nd only one chance right there and if she doesnt she doesnt get the majority then well have to work with a completely different candidate later on and most likely would take a while to figure out who that would be. Max hoffman in brussels thank you. News live from berlin and still to come they say we choking it delhi cant be a beach is affecting not just swimmers but also local wildlife so why is it happening in this find out. Ahead of the 1st global conference for Media Freedom has begun in london its part of an International Campaign to highlight the importance of a Free Press Reporters without borders just described last year as the deadliest on record for journalists with 909. 00 killed amongst the most dangerous countries afghanistan by 15 reporters were killed during that jobs last year syria so a laugh and killed in 2018 and mexico is the deadliest place to be a journalist outside a conflict zone 10 reporters lost their lives there last year. Has been to mexico to meet a journalist who risks her life every time she comes to work. Lets. Go to call a desperate voicing we found bodies again the reporter knows the woman who called her she belongs to a group of mothers looking for their missing children now its become a search for bodies. Records life that we will be as nothing on them or hello when one was a leos with the searches of. This they were told that there might be secret mass graves here they have discovered one little case we have these womens loved ones have disappeared here we can see the bones are wessels playmobil set about was most likely all the money has been reporting on the searching mothers for years in the vast majority of cases it turns out that their children were abducted and killed by the tsunami while drug cartel. Hit by covering the story to put herself in jeopardy she regularly receives death threats. A few years ago the threats almost became reality. Was kidnapped are years the end is going to be. My life was in danger i knew theyd either kill me or let me go but i had already seen their faces. It was get back there so i was sure they would kill me and about that you know they get this yeah one of them said it was time for us and made this gesture. Called dont ever want neither one asked me if i had a last wish. There would be more than i said god bless you. For joining the care and turning my daughters into orphans was there in the diocese of this there in the us and let god like your password and may you be well get they will mean look i mean rick i asked him boy really. How words move to kidnappers they let her go. C. S. S. And i mean once youre on the cartels list they can kill you at any time with or without a bodyguard. Just a few days later a colleague of hers was kidnapped she knew him and had researched the drug scene with him as well 2 weeks later his body was found in black plastic bags. Stanley is constantly aware of the danger she faces every day. Her sister loud and daughter are always worried about her oh isnt. That im sad because i know that something can happen to her that are. I know it because i know that shes not safe when shes working. Still seem both are very proud of her yes him but at that though shes always given 100 percent and 100 percent extra. Chinese anticorruption activist who campaigned for officials to disclose their wealth is reported to have been arrested and charged with promoting terrorism just about sharons arrest last week in beijing came as china clamps down on critics of the communist party what prompted his arrest is unclear its unusual for chinese human rights activists to be accused of terrorism his wife says she fears it means that hell receive a heavy prison sentence with all his correspondent in beijing. Trying as if this isnt who has previously focused on the visual corruption hes part of a movement of citizens that sprang up in the beginning of this decade who are mainly focusing on governance issues and human rights issues he has disappeared in 2014 and was sentenced to 2 years in jail that time after being released he refused to shut up hes been detained again just prior to the 30 years anniversary of the gentleman crackdown that was earlier this year in june and has disappeared since then hes been charged with propagating extremism and terrorism thats a very severe charge and one that has rarely been used on dissidents before you might face many years in jail and this charge indicates also that we may be seeing another cv a crackdown on dissidents here in china. With his building in beijing the site is a sounding the alarm about the growth of intercontinental masses of algae and the worlds oceans a huge masses just been located off the coast of south america sometimes its toxic and kills wildlife like dolphins and turtles seaweed is another form of algae and its starting to take a toll on the Tourism Industry of the caribbean and the gulf of mexico are tourism magnets postings sandy beaches and <