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DW Fokus Europa July 12, 2024

The german car giant volkswagen admitting it collaborated with brazils military dictatorship 40 years ago its employees were spied on at the companys factories some of them were tortured and he was once a Police Cadets but he quit the force in disgust after hearing the views of some of his colleagues tonight we asked how widespread is far right in the recessed opinion in germanys police force. I bring to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome but we begin tonight showing respect and showing discussed in America Today u. S. President trump was booed by onlookers as he arrived to pay his respects to the Late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg trump and his wife melanie of. As it did the steps of the Supreme Court were gives bergs body is long in repose a group of hecklers that sheltered slogans at the president including respect her wish in her last days is burger expressed the hope she would only be replaced after the november president ial election trump says that he has a constitutional duty to nominate a new just as now the planes to name his choice on saturday. Or at least bring in a washington correspondent. On the story for us in washington good evening to you carlina. Was heckled as he paid his respects to the Late Supreme Court justice today do we know how he reacted to that high brand of pairs are saying hello from washington that well trump as he said visited the casket while people shouted a vulgar tame reaction he was standing there with the line you have a 1st lady and also difficult to say what hes facing expression was because he was wearing that mask but he definitely could hear the shouting its important to say though that this reflects how to fight it this country is normally people would respect the silence that a funeral deserves but most of the people who are at the Supreme Court and thats what we saw yesterday there are liberals and said these are people ruth support gives birth last wish that was the next justice for the vacancy that the Supreme Court should be named but the new president in charge that means after november 3rd we know that on saturday President Trump plans to announce his nominee for this vacant seat on the Supreme Court he has listed 5 women who are possibilities do we know who their front runner it. Exactly saturdays going to be the big important day here in washington d. C. Donald trump already said hes going to nominate his candidate to fill that vacant seat at the Supreme Court and there are 2 front runner candidates that are on his list one is attraction barbara boy from florida she is the daughter of cuban immigrants being as panic american and from florida a crucial state in this election means this pick would definitely be a political message to the people the voters in florida and the other one that probably his favorite is a kone baretta as she is trash on the u. S. Appeals court in chicago c. Is a conservative who sounds against abortion and is known for supporting donald trump in his immigration policies she has also mentioned several times of the importance of religion and her decisions specifically of the cartel the court legion yes thats right she is shes cleared to be a developed catholic we know that the composition of the Supreme Court its always important but it could be decisive after a late should do you know them better especially if the result is disputed lets hear 1st what donald trump had to say on the matter of a possible disputed Election Results take a look. See what happens you know that ive been complaining very strongly about the ballots and the ballots or it is their sister. Who are writing to you to make ensure that theres a nice little word for all of the we want to get rid of the ballots and youll have a very transpo have a very peaceful there wont be a transfer or frankly there will be a continuation of the ballots are out of control you know it and you know who knows it better than anybody else the democrats know it better than anybody else. Until really to the head of the f. B. I. Told lawmakers on capitol hill today that there is no evidence whatsoever of any attempt to defraud those 1000000 ballots and yet the president continues to make comments like that what should we be preparing for then for election day and for the week or weeks thereafter that is a very good question brant we will not know on november 3rd election day who is going to be the winner of that election a few minutes ago president added to that of the sound bite we just heard that hes not sure that the election can be honest so the situation that were going to have after the election day it will be days or maybe even the weeks off uncertainty not knowing who the winner is who the next president of the United States is going to be this is also the reason why you name it that just before the elections could be a crucial move on they would probably comes because if there is doubt about the results of the president ial elections this current the highest court in the country they will have to decide you know and that new Supreme Court justice could cast one of the votes deciding who the next president of the u. S. Will be our correspondent who really did some work on the story for us in washington to really thank you. Now to an historic reckoning for the german car joy invokes wagon it has long been accused of collaborating with the military dictatorship that ruled brazil from 1964 to 1905 the claims are that the company spied on some of its employees and then supplied information to the dictatorships Security Services leading to the arrest and torture of some of its employees now v. W. Has agreed to pay the equivalent of 5500000 euros in compensation to the victims to avoid the case going to court. What happened in brazil was a dock chapter of volkswagens history its a story that was uncovered by german public broadcasters and the newspaper in an investigation in the 19 sixties and seventies opponents of the military dictatorship were handed over to the Security Services at the company site in sao paolo because with then tortured by the military. Now folks falcon has accepted what happened back then was wrong and it will pay damages of 5500000. 00 euros human Rights Groups welcomed its decision. He sees silly of. Seafood to be folks like him pies and it is now than other employers in brazil might think so it sets a positive example but isnt it really sort of silly example and its an example that comes at a time when the current president i have both in our has made no secret of his fondness for the military dictatorship and its late is. Futile to shoot so this many of the president s supporters share his views including his white washing of the posturing the military dictatorship thats why i think its hugely important to show what happens. No news site. For the victims this is a victory in a long battle theyve been seeking damages from volkswagen and an apology. In the western german state of north rhinewestphalia investigators say theyve discovered 16 new instances of xenophobia among Police Officers and 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 are not confined to just one state here in germany this next report comes 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 leipsic he was exposed to racist and far right language. As 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 zoo months fellow recruits he also heard it from his police instructors. In western trainers 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 a want to ask message from cop does not and we hate all africans but as xenophobia graces statement that i absolutely reject. The man 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 beliefs have 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 believe some become institutional. 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 and justice i dont believe there is any problem of structural extremism even if there are isolated instances of. Not bad tomorrow 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 recognise that change is required. I think there is a culture of learning from previous mistakes its a basic problem that when mistakes are made everyone agrees to sweep things under the carpet rather than making so the same mistakes are not repeated. For this former Police Recruit the overriding obstacle to institutional reform is a misguided collective spirit. Hes following the story. We know the police in these cases are isolated so how widespread is the problem of extremism in the police in germany. Well brant as you say and as we saw in that report there has been repeatedly this claim that these are just isolated incidents but the fact is that there have been allegations and proven cases of right wing sympathies and far right speech among Police Officers from around germany going back many years one thinks back to the early 2000 and the investigation into the n. S. A. The socalled National Socialist underground and the killings count that carried out there by a far right group and the and the claims that the police were really unwilling to follow up the the clues that led to the far right and preferred instead there to investigate the immigrant communities who were actually the targets of those killings and then again today from north run was failure the police there weve heard that there have been 100 suspected incidents reported of far right speech and sympathy is being shared among Police Officers there 100 cases just over the last 3 years and its not just saxony north rhinewestphalia weve also heard these stories from heston for instance hamburg and berlin where there was a case just this year of a police complete are being used to find out personal information about a left leaning journalist before she subsequently received anonymous threats so you know those are just a few examples ongoing repeated and for many systemic problems in the police you know we see the leaders of several german states push for a National Investigation into this and yet the german interior minister he keeps resisting why. Thats right he hosts a home for the interior minister is reluctant he says the an inquiry just looking at right wing extremism in the police would be narrow and distorting and hes waiting for a report thats currently in the pipeline has been long planned coming from the Intelligence Services into racism and extremist views in the Security Services more generally but its fear that you know theres a certain sense of delay rather than focusing on these incidents and a lot of opposition politicians have said that the interior minister is behaving as if an inquiry into the police is some kind of attack on the police whereas they say if you root out the bad apples and find the problem then you actually protect those beliefs of this is probably the majority who are you know democracy loving and supporting the values of the constitution here in germany. I mean young from the story for us here in berlin simon as always thank you are going to take a look now at some of the stories other stories that are making headlines around the world at 2 Police Officers have been shot and wounded during unrest in louisville kentucky in the us demonstrations erupted across the country after a grand jury decided that Police Officers would face no criminal charges for the Fatal Shooting of a black woman named Briana Taylor a spokeswoman for russian Opposition Leader alexina volleys says russian authorities seized in the vallies apartment in Bank Accounts while he was in a coma here in a brewin hospital the ball he was being treated for poisoning an apparent assassination attempt. Thailands parliament has voted to delay making a decision on whether it will amend the constitution that was a key demand of antigovernment protesters who have demonstrated outside the building for more than 2 months they say the current constitution gives too much power to war ulysses unelected bureaucrats and the military. One of hong kongs most prominent prodemocracy activists joshua wall was briefly detained on thursday and charged with taking part in an unauthorized demonstration one year ago the 23 year old came to International Prominence as a teenage protest leader he was barred from running in district elections last year. Defiant and determined after his brief detention joshua wont emerge from custody the high profile dissidents to continue to fight for democracy but the Chilling Effect generated by the beijing after all these is the 1st cases that i need to face already says. This last year and i left prison but no matter what have heard i will still continue the races. And 2019 hong kong proposed amendments to legislation that would allow criminal suspects to be extradited to Mainland China it kicked off months of protests which the hundreds of thousands of people occupy the streets demonstrations continued over the summer months and in october 29000. 00 the government withdrew the legislation as a result. But it did little to appease protest as the had more demands including the resignation of hong kongs leda kerry lam the movement seemed to unstoppable. Then the pandemic heat as the protests were losing the menton beijing introduced a sweeping National Security law said the agitating matins. Among other things the legislation allowed the hun kong dissidents to be arrested and tried in Mainland China shortly after his release from custody on thursday joshua one spoke to t w about whats next for the movement we continue our strategy no matter put pressure and as such it is that the ocean apply to run for office protests on street we should all ways to maximize public support in local and local community and also help elect a full accused to know that we would not choose to surrender in different battlefield i will continue to stay and fight and i hope to let people to know that seek a global and local Community Support on a cause to fight for free election up old thought that thats why we might have friends come to us that International Advocacy a country iraq the worlds all call a space if a country they are really critical and we also have hong kong as base and whole called this home tongue to call our racists and continue to have facilitate more protests and our campaign and let the well you know that we still cant get i will momentum moans Court Hearings scheduled for next week a day before additional prodemocracy protests are planned coinciding with Chinas National Day celebrations. The 2nd coronavirus wave has arrived here in europe as the European Unions Health Commissioner is warning that the situation now is worse in some parts of europe than it was at the height of the pandemic back in march spain is especially hard hit in the capital madrid there are urgent calls for more doctors troops and police to help combat the surge but many residents there say the latest restriction. Unfairly

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