Indian Prime Minister modi face a surprise visit to troops in the region that recently saw a deadly confrontation with china. And the mysterious fate of elephants an investigation is underway into whats killing hundreds. Welcome to the program its all change at the top of the french government the countrys new Prime Minister has just been named as sticks he was responsible for coordinating frances reopening strategy after its coronavirus lock down earlier the previous Prime Minister it was philip and in his governments resignation to president philips decision to stand down as pave the way for a reshuffle which have been widely expected president mark all had promised to chart a new course for his last 2 years office term that will focus on efforts to relaunch the french economy. Lets go straight to paris and bring in. What do we know about the new man who is. Hes a 55 year old senior Public Servant hes also been reelected as mayor of a town in Southern France recently in the recent mu
On the program. In attempt to goose the more our indian Prime Minister pays a surprise visit to troops in the region that recently you saw a deadly confrontation with china. And the mysterious fate of elephants an investigation is underway into whats killing hundreds of. Us welcome to the program a german human rights activist has been cleared of allegations that he supports a terrorist Organization Better start now it was detained in july 27th teen and istanbul along with 10 other human rights workers in the arrests triggered a crisis in relations between germany and turkey jordan was not present of course he had been charged with membership of a terrorist group in a case that critics say was politically motivated. Lets go straight. In front of the court. How much of a surprise is that. Well this definitely comes as a very negative surprise for the defendants and their supporters who have been waiting here inside and outside court all day for 36 to emerge they had certainly hoped for
A surprise visit to troops in the region that recently saw a deadly confrontation with china. Im rebecca races welcome to the program and Istanbul Court has sentenced a formal later of the Rights Group Amnesty International tannic kits to 6 Years Imprisonment on terrorism related charges the harsh verdict ended what critics say was a politically motivated trial targeting opposition activists in turkey the country the court rather also sentenced 3 other turkish activists to prison 7 defendants were acquitted the german activist peter was among those acquitted of terrorism charges his arrest in istanbul 3 years ago had triggered a crisis in relations between germany and turkey. More on this im now joined by marcus because the 2nd secretary general of Amnesty International germany marcus how much of a surprise was todays verdict in istanbul for you. Now for anyone who has been following the situation in turkey. It was difficult i mean everyone hoped that it was difficult to expect that we
And the crawl of virus rages on checked in the u. S. With little to celebrate in the run up to this years Independence Day officials are scaling back festivities and urging americans to remain cautious. As welcome to the program caught in turkey has cleared a german human rights activist off allegations that he supports a terrorist organization peter was detained 2017 and istanbul along with 10 other rights defenders the arrests triggered a crisis of relations between germany and turkey in the same case 2 former leaders of Amnesty Internationals Turkey Branch now been convicted on terror charges and sentenced to jail critics say the action was politically motivated. Lets go straight. In front of the court. How much of a surprise is that. Well this definitely comes as a very negative surprise for the defendants and their supporters who have been waiting here inside and outside court all day for a verdict to emerge they had certainly hoped for all 11 human rights defenders to be acquitte
German lawmakers fact plans to phase out coal as an Energy Source find 2038 climate activists say 18 years is just too long to wait. And the mysterious fate her faults one is elephants and investigation is underway into whats killing hundreds of. Im rebecca written welcome to the program and is stand court has sentenced a form a formal later excuse me of Amnesty International atomic kits to 6 Years Imprisonment on terrorism related charges the harsh verdict has ended what critics say was a politically motivated trial targeting opposition activists in turkey the court also sentenced 3 other turkish activists. To prison 7 of the 11 defendants were acquitted german activist and i was among them and his arrest in istanbul 3 years ago triggered a crisis in relations between germany and turkey. And im now joined by human rights activist that one of the defendants in the trial was also arrested in 27 tane and spent more than 100 days in pretrial detention but was returned to germany later tha