The chancellor is the e. U. In danger of becoming too german and in turkey 20 saudi nationals are being tried in absentia for their role in the killing of journalist john to show. And the mysterious fate of fox one of the elephants an investigation is underway into what is killing hundreds of them in the country. Im sara kelly walked into the program well get to our top stories in just a moment but 1st we want to bring you some breaking news french president at wafa leap has handed in his governments resignation to president Emmanuel Mccall now felipes decision to stand down paves the way for a reshuffle which was widely expected there was no indication as to why. Felipe will stay on as the head of a new government and we will of course bring you more on this story as we get it while meantime the u. S. Has reported a Record Number of new corona virus infections where there were 55000 new covert 1000 cases on thursday that is as the country gears up for a Holiday Weekend the 4th of july
Their role in the killing of dissident journalist jamal khashoggi. Welcome to the program its all change at the top of the french government the countrys new Prime Minister has just been named as suspects he was responsible for coordinating frances reopening strategy after its coronavirus lock down earlier the previous Prime Minister in wa filipe and that in his governments resignation to president manuel markhor lives decision to stand down has paved the way for a reshuffle which had been widely expected president might call for mr chart a new course for the last 2 years of his term that will focus on efforts to relaunch the french economy. Now lets go straight to paris and bring in correspondent lisa lewis for more on this lisa who is the new man what do we know about john caustics. Hes a 55 year old Senior Administration of official a Public Servant whos well known in Public Servant circles hes been the mayor of a small town in Southern France for a few years he was also working at
A nation in crisis. And german lawmakers backed plans to phase out coal as an Energy Source by 2038 but climate activists say 18 years is just too long to wait. Im Rebecca Ritters welcome to the program and is stan bull court has sentenced former Amnesty International later tannic 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 sentence 3 other turkish activists to prison 7 of the 11 defendants were acquitted german activist no was among them 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 that year paid it thanks very much for coming on the program you have been acquitted today 4 of your turkish friends and
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Say 18 years is just too long to wait. And americans prepared to mark Independence Day in the year of the coronavirus some say they want to celebrate the 4th of july as always others are angry at having their freedom to have fun restricted. Im Rebecca Ritters welcome to the program and Istanbul Court has sentenced former Amnesty International later tanna kimmage 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 no was among them his arrest in a stand. 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 late of that year peter thanks very much fo