Concert. The man was going to play in front of a crowd of thousands until a tipoff warning of a possible terror attack. And Thailands Supreme Court prepares to rule on the former Prime Minister. She is accused of negligence, but her loyal supporters are a headache for the ruling group. Brent i am brent goff, it is good to have you with us. Tonight in central italy, people are remembering the moment the ground beneath them turned against them. A year ago today a powerful earthquake struck the town of only three j amatrice. The earthquake reduced several villages to rubble. Survivors gathered to pay tribute to those who died. Amatrice remains heavily destroyed even as residents try to rebuild their lives. A reporter who covered the quick last year has returned to cover the community struggling to rebuild. Reporter this used to be one of the most beautiful Historic Towns of italy. Now debris is all that is left of amatrice, one year after the devastating earthquake. It still lies in ruins. Trucks and diggers arrived a few days ago, the anniversary of the catastrophe. They are supposed to give the impression things are moving forward. This mans memories are buried under the rubble. He lost many friends and cant believe things still look like they did one year ago. We dont ask money. We dont want help. We had a lot of help from the german, from the england. We are really thankful about these things. We ask our docracy to clean this place and let us work. Reporter that is easier said than done. It is restricted. Visitors can enter with a special permit and have to be accompanied by the fire department. Walking through one of the side roads really feels like walking through a war zone. The town lies in ruins, debris is everywhere. Not much has happened. Bureaucracy is a massive hurdle. Many inhabitants think it is not impossible to build amatrice from stretch scratch. Prefabricated bungalows are being constructed. There are not enough of them. Antonio did not want to wait. He built a new house on his land, 26 square meters for his wife and their child. Not a single cent came from the italian government. They got dreams of red tape. He still dreams of rebuilding his old house one day. First the rubble has to be cleared. He often comes into the makeshift in a Simple Office to confront Municipal Office to confront the mayor. The mayor has it is not his fault. The Regional Government is responsible for removing the debris of private properties. The municipality has done all it can. Things could be better than they are. There have been delays, but there is a new supermarket where people can buy their groceries, and there are shops and new restaurants. This is all positive progress. But there still is a lot to do. Reporter amatrice will take years to rise out of the rubble, and time is against it. Many residents have moved away. It is clear that life will never be the same again. Brent here are some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. Six people missing after a landslide in the swiss alps have been found safe across the border in italy. Three others remain unaccounted for. This took place on wednesday, forcing evacuations in several villages. Danas prosecutors want to charge a submarine inventor with murder after the death of a swedish journalist. The man was last seen with another man before a dismembered body was found floating off the waters of denmark. The 30yearold journalist had been working on a story about the man. Police in the netherlands have been have made another connection with a terrorism scare at a rock concert. A 20yearold was detained in his apartment searched after authorities worked on a tipoff Spanish Security forces. They caused the cancellation of a u. S. Rock band thursday night. Reporter the morning after, an event location that could have been the scene of a horrific attack. The u. S. Rock band was set to play in front of 1000 fans here. The location was evacuated last minute after spanish authorities warned of a possible plot targeting the venue. The police reacted fast. After receiving information from the spanish authorities about a concrete terrorist threat, we met and arrested overnight the suspects home. Reporter the suspect is a 22yearold dutch man south of rotterdam. The information about the threat was specifically about the event location, therefore with the rest we can conclude the threat is over. Reporter previously Police Detained another man in connection with a possible threat areas the suspect had been circling the event with spanish license plates. After stopping him, they found gas canisters in the vehicle. He was taken out for inquiry after further question. The rock band is continuing their tour. Police are patrolling around the polish concert venue. There was no information concerning a possible threat. Brent in germany authorities are deploying new technology in the hopes of fending off another terrorist attack. Berlin is testing new surveillance cameras that can recognize faces. Proponents of the cameras are needed in the wake of the Christmas Market attack, but not everybody agrees. Reporter when this person gets out of the subway, his face is recognized by cameras. The former Police Officer is one of 300 berliners who takes place in the face recognition test. I wanted to take part right away because i believe in this. This is a Computer Software System Installed in a control room that fetters out test subjects from the crowd in facial recognition. Reporter Data Protection activists are protesting against the technique. Face recognition is the First Step Towards soda total surveillance. That would be as if i went up to each person in the train station and demanded they give their fingerprints. That is unspeakable in a democracy and constitutional state. Announcer the interior minister reporter came here to hear the project. He is satisfied. It is all about testing whether or not this new Technology Improves tracking down suspects. If accuracy improves without us having to store more data off respectable people, this Technology Must be installed as soon as possible. Reporter this man agrees. He thinks the Data Protection argument does not hold water. My take on this is Data Protection is over protecting criminals. The success proves this Surveillance System works. Reporter the Technology Still in the test phase. But he agrees with the interior minister that times with increasing terrorism, we should not back away from facial recognition. The interior minister expressed very clearly if the test goes well, the technology will be installed. He accepts the fact the system will always make mistakes, so it is probable that face recognition is coming to germany. Brent sports news now, we will start with unit and a rooster jordan. Munich and the restored. Dortmund is a must trickier group with real madrid and the english club. The other german side are making their european debut in group g with porto. Here at the big table is our sports desk anchor. Talk us through lets talk about the holders and the record winners. Real madrid, their group looks the toughest. Reporter every time there is a Champions League drawing, you have one or two so cold groups of depth socalled groups of death, but this is ringing true. They would very much like to win. They have got to give their best football from the out, playing in their group with the top german team and one of the top german teens in dortmund, and hotspur. It will be nasty. Dortmund must be saying, we have got real madrid again . They have played in two times already. You have to feel sorry for the fourth in that group. They are officially cannon fodder, they are just for the ride. Brent what about this group . Can they go all the way . Reporter they will have to if they want to go. There is speculation that the Champions League needs to be one, otherwise it is goodbye. Munich wants to win that trophy for the first time in a long time. This is a tricky group, they have psg with mr. 220 Million Euros, not just that guy. A nasty little group, and they are taking on one of the belgian teams. Never underestimate that. They have an amazing is system bringing in a crop of new players and loves to play at home, celtic. They are entertaining. Brent germanys third team, like say, how do you rate them . Reporter of the three teams, they are the ones going yes, thank you. They could have had three monstrous teams to play. As it stands the will play against monaco, the champions of the big leagues. They also have porto and red bull leipzig will have a much better time. They are off the hook, and they can surprise people, possibly knockout stage. It was an entertaining draw. Everybody knows who is going to be playing, and let the games begin. Brent you always make the standings as interesting as the game. Thank you very much. Meanwhile real madrid former forward the forward has been named a player of the year. He was the first to keep the Champions League last season. The spanish giants got this title after a fouryear drought. Reynaldo talk to the vote topped the vote. Looks like dortmund will have to learn to win with out their young winger. The club have agreed to sell into barcelona for as much as 150 Million Euros. If confirmed it would be the secondbiggest transfer in history. Lots of money, 220 million euro he and 30 Million Euros in bonuses. He will be moving to psg. You are watching dw news. Will thailands top court jailed the former Prime Minister . That is what the countrys ruling as the judges wrap up their trial for criminal negligence. And the latest business headlines. We are back in 60 seconds. Brent welcome back, everyone. You are with dw news live from berlin. On friday Thailands Supreme Court will determine the fate of the former Prime Minister area she is accused of mismanaging subsidies that cost the government billions of dollars, but she remains popular with the rural poor, and that is a headache for the military group ruling the country. Her trial is the latest chapter in a political conflict that has divided thailand for a decade. Our reporter has this special report. Reporter curley 2014, bangkok after weeks of early 2014, bangkok after weeks of protests. Antigovernment against government. The middle, the Prime Minister. She was marred with allegations of a rice subsidy scheme. The protests led to violence and a true military to. Coup. The Prime Minister was put on trial for negligence. August 2017, the northeast of thailand. This is rice country. Like most rice farmers here, this person likes to think back to her life under the government. The situation used to be much better. Now we have no security, and things are not sustainable. We dont have the means to earn money because we cannot sell or rice at a good price. Our rice at a good price. It is not worth selling it. Reporter the government bought rice from the farmers at it at a higher value, speculating. Thailand was left with millions of rice rooting rotting across the country. Across the government billions of dollars, but for the farmers in the northeast of the country, it meant a higher and more reliable income. That is why her step 4 her support he remains steadfast. Here remains steadfast. The ended up toppling both of the governments amid corruption allegations. Those charges do not matter to the people here. Their lives improved under the former government. They have done so much for us. For example, take the Health Care Scheme that allowed for people to go to the doctor really cheaply. Poor people to go to the doctor. That is why we will always love both of them. Reporter and they vote for them. That is how the parties of that plan w clan won every election recently. The elite could never win the hearts of the people here, so they had to rely on the military to remove the people from office. Bangkok three weeks ago, the last court date before the verdict. She told the judges she had done nothing wrong, claimed she was the victim of a political game. Her supporters shared that view. Her political rivals do not. Among them, this former Prime Minister. His party file charges against her. He denies the case is meant to destroy her or her party. The opponents which were the capital should there be a guilty verdict in playing the role of victims and to get some sympathy . It is not about political gains. It is about manipulation of the law. Reporter the former Prime Minister could face 10 years, but she will not go down without supporters from the side. Brent time to check this pulse of the global finance. The heads of Central Banks taking off their meeting in wyoming. Reporter it is called jackson hole, and the United States might face defaulting on its debt if the cap on federal borrowing is not raised. U. S. Debt will be one of the topics at this meeting a Central Bank Leaders in jackson hole. This might even be Janet Yellens final conference as Federal Reserve chair. President trump wants to install a new Federal Reserve chief, and that might be the top trump Economic Advisor gary cohen. That might signify less independence for the fed, but all eyes and ears will be on European Central Bank President mario draghi. There could be a slowing of asset purchases from the current level of 60 billion euros a month. Others expect the disappointing speech with no real changes. Mr. Draghi has been secretive about what he will talk about. Time for more analysis of the meeting of world centralbank leaders, lets go to our financial correspondent in new york. What do people on wall street expect to come out of the meeting . Reporter yellen is going to be an important point because they have a complicated lovehate relationship, yelling and trump, but i dont think wall street they definitely favor gary kelly as well. He has a valuable connection to the Business World and goldman sachs. He is a part of trumps ambitious tax reform with people have been waiting for so long. He could be se here at this beautiful hotel. Mario draghi will be watched closely as well. No one is expecting any surprises. He could be a repeat of the temper tantrum two months ago when there was a jump in the euro after trying to walk back remarks. Reporter amazon is getting even bigger. The Company Wants t complete the acquisition of whole foods markets. And amazon wants to cut prices. Tell us more. Reporter yes, after the approval of shareholders and the federal trade commission, amazon wants to close the deal on monday. The story between amazon and whole foods started with a big bang. After acquiring the organic super market chain, amazon was to wants to cut the prices. They want healthy food to be available for everyone without compromising the commitment to high quality. That is what jeff bezos wants. Whole foods market was often marked as a high price. They need a new name. Reporter thank you. French president Emmanuel Macron says the European Union could break off if it does not change rules that allow cheap labor abroad. He made this statement with visits to the capital of romania. France want to tighten rules so that temporary workers abroad are paid the same as locals. Currently they are only taylor the workers are posted. Only paid where the workers are posted. The french president has been pretty busy. He is lobbying for paris as the city of innovation. Mobility is a key hurdle. The River Taxi Service called sea bubble could be the answer for many clogged cities. Reporter from afar, the fabled city of you realize the streets fill up with flowers during with cars during rush hour. That is where this man came in. He broke speed records with a boat similar to this one. Now he wants to disrupt this boat Service Market by developing Clean Waterways and taxis for the cities. He wants to raise 150 Million Euros by the end of september. The sea bubbles at rks like app works like uber. It saves energy by rising out of the water at higher speeds. Emmanuel macron has been a fan of this project since his time as Prime Minister. Just recently the minister went for a ride on the river taxi. Five other major cities are interested in acquiring the service. Reporter are you looking for an easy way to get rich . That might be it. Brent many of us dream of winning big in the lottery, and one american woman, that dream has come true. Mavis has become a multimillionaire overnight after sweeping the secondlargest junkball jackpot ever. It was valued at 758 million, million, christoph. She is not going on a spending the streek just yet. She wants to relax. I wanted to retire in 12, and it came early. I work at the medical center, for 32 years, and i was a caretaker before that. I have not told them i will not be coming back. [laughter] brent she will not be coming back. All right, i will be coming back after a short break and taking you through the day. We are talking about the nexus of remembering history, germany and the United States. What can they learn from each other . Stay tuned for that. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org]. This week on wealthtrack, matt hogan says Exchange Trading funds have a big edge. The state of etfs is next on Consuelo Mack wealthtrack
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