Tomorrow belongs to german chancellor Angela Merkel and its hope theyll be no good moments like face from her previous encounter with president truck. Nature reclaims thing of lymes contaminated by europes Worst Nuclear Disaster three decades after the chernobyl catastrophe d. W. Goes into the contamination zone and we catch a glimpse of something new in houses. Im honoring the best of german so the low awards are being held in brown they dont fry like a portrait of german movie star. Hes leading the nominations well take a look at some of the other top contenders. Welcomes those stores in just overtime phil gail welcome to the program but beginning with some breaking news. From the United States comedian and Actor Bill Cosby has been found guilty in a Sexual Assault retrial hes been convicted of drugging and molesting a woman in the first big celebrity case of the meat to movement could face up to ten years in prison dozens of women have come forward in recent years to say that he drugged undersold and that several victims testified against him at this second hearing. More than from scott ross from the dont do not come to a welcome scope what more can you tell us. I mean the main news is that bill cosby has been found guilty in this in this one case of constant who accused him of sexually assaulting her back in two thousand and four you remember of course the dozens of women i think up to sixty women have come forward with similar charges against bill cosby but all those other charges occurred to. Too long ago so they do not no longer apply point is that your limitations in the various states which they are alleged to have occurred this was the only case that could be brought to trial it is there was the attempt two thousand and seventeen to bring to trial ended in a mistrial this is why they had to bring it back another jury interest of course the first trial occurred before the me too movement this one after the need to move that one up that had an impact on the jurys decision. Is a matter of speculation but he has been found guilty and now could face up to ten years in prison yeah its interesting youre talking about the need to movement because of course. Society has sort of moving to a different place there now because of that i suppose with that in mind. I dont know how it affected peoples expectations of a kilty verdict yeah i know its i think. Before the me too movement all these there were there was a lot of pressure around bill cosby and the accusations seemed quite damning but in. Personally the court also seemed to treat it slightly differently because in the first trial they only allowed one other accuser to come forward and testify as the equivalent of a character witness suggesting. Previous bad behavior in this case we had five other women who came forward and said they were similarly assaulted. By bill cosby that could have had an impact but i think the general climate definitely has changed i mean the arguments that the the defense made. Bill cosbys we have didnt change that much they tried to paint the his accuser as someone who is just in it for the money who is who is telling lies and so forth maybe that before me too was seemed more believable this time it didnt seem to wash and the jury found guilty so we were weve led with this story a bit of the top of the program because its bill cosby x x for us to sort of position the coupons in American Culture like the how american are i mean brokaw i mean youre british but you grew up with bill cosby as well i mean we all sort of did that this is a man. In terms of his his pop culture significance the the cosby show was one of the most Popular Television shows in the world also of course he was such a groundbreaking i want to cane to civil rights and to the presence of people of color on television and he was the first his show was the first all black family t. V. Show and as i said it was a worldwide not a drug dealer among so no no and he said the image of an image of black america that had never been seen on television eighty six he played a doctor on that show a successful upper middle class man with his family well educated and so forth the image that he projected was so different and so positive that he was really embraced it america as as sort of an emblem of what they called americas dad didnt it and then did they did in fact many of the women who came forward to accuse him said they were still shot. Because they were much younger i mean. His accuser here under a constant was in her early twentys when she said cosbys ultimate the time he was in the sixtys she said she looked up and saw americas dad on top of her mean thats also what has made this case so disturbing for so many people and also so so shocking because this is a person who all of america looked up to as the ideal father and now hes accused of some of the worst things when were just looking at a picture there behind the image of course of your show you know i mean his sweaters you know his the Allamerican Allamerican dad. But that that image compared to what we heard about him in court is its hard to bring those two images together and over or difficult to reconcile because as well as the t. V. Image the show base image he cannot sort of wook away from the cameras. Of building black peoples a statement doing work for charity and also the Civil Rights Movement i mean this is the man who paid for the sound system for Martin Luther king to give his i have a dream speech i mean he was incredibly active in the movement. Back then after member bill cosby was been a pioneer in the intertainment industry for a long time he was the first black man to have a leading role in television he was the first one to have his own Production Company producing regular cartoons and Television Shows for children in his fat albert days if you remember those and at the same time he was always at the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement very active in a very strong support of a. So its difficult to reconcile that which is definitely facts that you know bill cosby with what has come out of this strong discos rocks for thank you so much just to recap that story bill cosby has been convicted on three counts of drugging molesting a woman in the first big celebrity case of the me too movement. To. The rest of the days news south korea is preparing to welcome the north Korean Leader kim jong un for talks about peace and to clear disarmament will be the first north Korean Leader to set foot in the south for more than sixty years the potential has seen some dramatic before the tech strides over recent weeks the hope is that this meeting will significantly ease tensions. Messages of hope on the fence dividing the two nations its here in the border village of panmunjom that kim jong un will make history on friday. When he crosses this border marker to attend the enter korean summit to be the first north Korean Leader to set foot on south korean soil since the korean war ended more than sixty years ago kim has promised to end nuclear and missile tests hoping for a lifting of sanctions in exchange this does not mean that north korea plans to denuclearize. Jodan june professor of Political Science at Seoul National university believes that north korea will use its new weapon as a bargaining tool you know to you to secure thank you helps. To think about your economic. Issues so use a good time for north korea true focus on Economic Issues because its fierce ok the security issue or levy handed because he has Nuclear Weapons some south koreans are skeptical that the summit is good news there dont you go on is saying that he will complete denuclearization and close the Nuclear Test Site through the into korean summit but we cant believe it others however see the summit as a cause for optimism. Dont log is always good talking in person can sometimes lead to a better outcome and thats why i think its a good idea to go to work. Well obviously itll take time well have to see whether its possible for north korea to become nuclear free before that and steps will have to be taken. As officials in panmunjom complete the final preparations for the summit its clear that achieving any official agreements than just a day of talks will be difficult to say the least but fridays summit is a breakthrough in itself. And if the meeting goes smoothly it should lay the groundwork for something even more unusual talks between north korea and the us. Lets hear more on this from erica bower back hes director of the north korea and International SecurityResearch Unit about its Free University welcome to the w. So why is north korea agreed to this summit what does it want north korea strategy its nest on a strategy which is termed an inquiry in its rests upon two pillars the first being to develop its Nuclear Program this is where north korea later last year two thousand and seventeen steps that it has successfully completed its Nuclear Program the second pillar simulate a new sleaze the development of the National Economy. And this will be a picture lunge for conjunction no because given the sanctions regime against north korea the comprehensive sanctions against north korea there is no possibility of seriously developing a National Economy within the framework of these sanctions regime at the moment so one needs desperately needs is a sanctions relief and he cannot have sanctions relief without talking to the main players who basically are responsible for those things and so he needs to get closer to the International Community again ok so this is about about rebuilding the north the north their economy. But both sides north korea has talked about denuclearization south korea has talked about the north need to denuclearize in the United States has talked about the north need to denuclearize when each of those three players talks about denuclearization are they talking about the same thing im afraid not and i think that all the brave talks happening at the moment between the secret services from north korea and the u. S. And also tuning in various generals into korean relations they will have to sort these differences out so when north korea talks about denuclearization what does it mean they dont talk about giving and getting rid of. All Nuclear Weapons necessary may be to keep small stockpile of Nuclear Weapons for symbolic reasons as well but also for a kind of security insurance for themselves because ultimately for the north koreans this is a matter of National Survival so they will not give up this brokerages this is what i thought i couldnt understand about this what why would north korea give up its biggest bargaining chip that the chip that has brought the world to the table because ultimately a collapsing economy in north korea and this was in the long term which we must expect because the sanctions that comprehensive the sanctions before have been focused on individuals and institutions which were willing to north koreas missile or Nuclear Program since two thousand and seventeen the sanctions are comprehensive meaning they are basically targeted or they target the whole of north korean economy so no north korea basically has to. Ninety percent of its exports and imports kind of went down so they have to repay the National Economy and they cannot do this without talking to the International Community briefly if tensions between the north and south are resolved. How would people lives change it could have the possibility of a dramatic change because ultimately it could mean and i say could it could mean that north korea could be reengaged into the International World economy and the World Economic system and this possible reintegration of north korea into the World Economy could have dramatic consequences for the life of the north Korean People at that meeting happens tomorrow well watch it with interest atika from balance for university thank you very much. But Human Rights GroupAmnesty International has accused the turkish government of creating what it calls a climate of fear and calls of it to stop using the state of emergency as an excuse for silencing critics i missed this report on turkey comes a day after a court in istanbul imposed prison sentences on fourteen journalists from the leading opposition newspaper to put it have now been released from custody pending the outcome of their appeals but they are barred from leaving the country. Released from prison but by no means a free man back in after i publisher of the german hurry a newspaper hugged by his supporters he was one of fourteen employees found guilty by a Turkish Court of aiding terrorist organizations charges he says a trumped up. Good good ill tell you theres no justice in turkey theres no judiciary as weve always said they cannot scare the german hurry it newspaper here will continue to deliver the truth to it free to us along with e. G. The charges stem from this the failed coup in twenty sixteen as a critical newspaper june hurry it in its journalists were accused of backing those turkey says were behind the curfew and they were the only ones. In more than fifty thousand people were arrested from the military to the police from teachers to Public Servants who are part of a crackdown carried out under the pretext of a state of emergency slammed by rights groups. Are you a surgeon have one narrative which is all about nobodys imprisoned or did you know they did to your illegitimate reasons and the realities why reverse fortunately and there is a climate of fear that you aiming at sinai and clamping down on any sense. This latest case concerning the germ herniate generalists is once again raised questions about press freedom and head of snap elections in june. But with president looking to further cement his grip on power critics dont expect the intimidation to stop anytime soon. Theyre watching d. W. News life still to come thirty two years after the child novel Nuclear Disaster we have a special report on how the nature is reclaiming the exclusion zone. As are some of the other stories making news around the world germanys parliament the book this topic has reaffirmed its commitment to the existence of the state of israel the bill approved with a large majority germany and he declared israels right to exist was known negotiable the resolution comes shortly after the state of israel seventy five verse three other made a public debate about rising anti semitism in germany. At least nine people have died in flash flooding in israel medical services say the victims were part of a group of twenty five students who were hiking in the riverbed near the dead sea so full of us were seriously injured in the incident. Rescue crews are continuing to search for another hiker who is still missing. U. S. President donald trump a stunt canyon a west for praising him on twitter after the rapper posted a series of tweets including one of a make America Great again hat which had been autographed by the president the posts online battle ashcraft cant hear his wife reality star Kim Kardashian defended her husband saying that he didnt say he didnt say he agreed with mr trumps politics. The chernobyl disaster from one nine hundred eighty six remains the biggest and the single Biggest Nuclear accident in history radiation from the reactor explosion killed thirty one people more than a quarter of a million were evacuated from their homes in the months that followed as authorities enforced a thirty kilometer exclusion zone around the disaster site its boundaries of expanded over the years to become a massive a no go area just outside the capital kiev while chernobyl has become devoid of human life for decades nature has been reclaiming what has become a unique habitat d. W. Correspondent Nick Connelly has been to take a look. This is no ordinary wetland what was once the cooling pond of the Chernobyl Nuclear power plant is now home to eat grits turns and ducks and theyre not the only wildlife making inroads since the humans left. When reactor number four exploded in april ninety six no one could know what the long term fallout would be thirty one people died in the immediate aftermath of acute radiation poisoning more than a quarter million were evacuated from a thirty kilometer zone around the power plant. As the years pass nature is reclaiming these villages. Biologist said he pesky which is an expert on the regions wildlife and the impact of radiation. He wants to show us some of chernobyl to most charismatic inhabitants wild horses. So his camera traps show us that theyve been in recent days heavy build species that lives in big family groups in theory they should be easy to spot but not today. He takes us to an abandoned van the horses like to visit. From the horses mane and they come in here to scratch themselves and they love to get a rub along the walls. But thats not all the horses are looking for and here salt is at a premium in