i never imagined that they used this technology to follow us. reporter: she was not the only target, according to an investigation by an international team of journalists. more than 190 reporte and hundreds of rights activists may have been on the list, including in you member, hungary -- including in hungary. >> free press is one of the core values of the eupean union. it is completely unacceptable if this would be the case. reporter: pegasus' developer and israeli firm says it sells the program to governments. so they can combat crime. but rights activists say nso does not check up on how its software is used. >> we need a global sanctions regime to prevent the export of technology like this to authoritarian regimes, because in the worst case scenario, this spyware puts press freedom in danger and lives at risk. reporter: this generalist says she will continue her reporting. azerbaijan's government is not commenting on the reports. brent: for more, i am joined by my guest a member of the european parliament with hungary's momentum movement. sh

i used to cover corruption and political events in haiti. the people close to the government said we had some trouble. because of your work, the country is doing bad, we can do more. i had to leave the country because they promised me they were going to kill me. i had to flee because it was very important to take us very seriously. brent: did you see this assassination coming because the violence in the country? did you think this attempt to take someone's life was very likely? >> never. it is unbelievable, unreal. haiti is a very violent country, a dangerous country. imagining that the president could be killed, assassinated is unreal. i am shocked. still shocked by what happened today in my country. that is the way to show the world that haiti is a very dangerous cotry and anything could be happening in that country. i feel my heart heavy. brent: we are hearing that the president said his term had not ended yet but members of the opposition were saying it ended a year ago and they could not reach an agreement on that. it is hard to believe

but we also warned them, international media are not what you are used to. we are use a domestic environment, so they need to know that a few foreign media ask questions to set a trap for them. no matter how many nice questions they ask, they will report on the negative. reporter: at the school entrance, slogans spell out the word confidence in multiple ways, as if the trainees still needed a reminder. brent: work has been halted at the sight of the collapsed apartment high-rise in surfside, florida amid fears that parts of the building still standing could give way. president biden is in surfside tonight, where he has been briefed on the emergency operation. he met with first responders and thanked them for their work, and has also beenolding a closedoor meeting with the families of people who were killed, and of those still missing. the confirmed death toll has risen to 18, with as many as 145 unaccounted for. no survivors have been found in/thursday. -- found since last thursday. reporter: it's hard to think about anything else for diana winner. every tim

that links us to alexander. he thought of the world in terms of a giant network system in which everything is connected. >> some exhibits are truly surprising. ivory was once used to replace human bone. science, technology and art history are all viewed here and viewed with a credible -- critical eye. terrible beauty gives an initial impression of how the humble form -- humble forum -- humbol dt forum gives the initial impression. perhaps easier to digest is the playfully presented permanent exhibition. berlin global. it aims to appeal to young people. it covers seven rooms, each dedicated to a theme from the last century. the exhibition covers revolution and war. freedom, fashion and music. cultural icons of recent history such as the doorway to the legendary techno club. this shows how impulses have traveled in many different directions. it is a good start for the form. the exhibits and don't include non-european collections. including this. experts view them as planted artworks and the humble forum plans to r

bring us up-to-date. reporter: it's been a very long day for the thousands of firefighters, battling these fires in scorching heat, facing the strong driving dry winds which have been fanning the fires. those fighting the fires are continuing as w speak, expected to continue throughout the night. the fires created a trail of death and destruction, wiping out whole villages and farms, including livestock in many cases, which has brought shock an trauma to many farmers and financial ruin. president erdogan is speaking here and assemble, saying there will be compensation for those who have suffered losses. authorities have announced evacuation orders for many villags in the region and dormitories and shelters have been opened up for the villagers. temperatures are expected to rise further in the coming days, adding to the battle against the fire. phil: it sounds as though the government has the situation under control. reporter: well, they do say this, but they are facing an awful lot of criticism from the o

this land belongs to you and us. the russians were here at left and then the americans came and now they have left. this country is ours and we will protect it even without pay or equipment. meanwhil the taliban are gaining evermore ground in afghanistan. over the past weeks, they've been on the offensive, releasing propaganda videos and taking control of many districts. it won't be until the last u.s. troops pullout on september 11 that the world will finally learn what the have planned. michael: let's get more on that with a professor of the practice of conflict management and american foreign policy programs and research scholar at the middle east institute. he joins us from washington, do you see -- washington, d.c.. what does the withdrawal of troops mean for this debility of the region? guest: it introduces enormous uncertainty. obviously, the taliban have already been taking advantage of the lack of american action against them. advancing, especially in the countryside, but in some important towns also. meanwh

we won't hold anyone, they are not coming to us, but to the enlightened, warm, and cozy europe. de-escalation does not appear to be an option for lukashenko just yet. >> for more on the situation, let's go to the head of the belarus office. he joins me from the lithuanian capital. let me ask you, this surge of migrants from belarus into lutheran -- lithuania, is this an intentional provocation being orchestrated by schenkel? -- lukashenko? >> yes, it seems so. he has announced a threat to flood europe with migrants and drugs. what we see at the moment is very much this. belarus is withdrawing from the agreement. the border protector sysm that had been working well over the past years. he hasaid clearly it is a lack of resources now that belus cannot afford to keep these people. it is seen as a counter rule to the european sanctions. >> what do we know about these large numbers of people crossing the border from ella into lithuania? -- from belarus intoithuania? >> what we hear from the lithuanian border guards is that these pele are mostly from the near middle ea. many iraqis, m

our reporter come on the ground for us in the u.s. state of oregon. -- our reporter, on the ground for us in the u.s. state of oregon. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines from around the world. the australian city of brisbane has been picked to host a summer 2032 olympics after the international olympic committee approved the bid. there were no rival candidates. australia will become the second country after the united states to host summer games in three different cities. russia has successfully launched a londelayed laboratory module for the international space station. it is intended to provide more room for scientific experiments and space for the crew. it's flight t the i is scheduled to last eight days. protests have been held in paris, as france launches its so-called health pass. the proof of covid-19 vaccination that's required now for entry to venues such as cinemas, museums, and sports stadiums. france is in the fourth wave of the pandemic. the government says the goal of the pass is to preve

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. ♪ anchor: it is nice to have you with us. the long-awaited tokyo 2020 summer olympics have been officially opened by japan's emperor. the ceremony, which took place without a live audience, because spectators are banned. one of the highligs, when jones formed a revolving club -- revolving lobe over the stadium. it has been a difficult time for the organizers after they were forced to postpone the games last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. even now, the decision to press ahead with the olympics is a controversial one. reporter: with a volley of fireworks from the roof, tokyo's long-overdue olympics finally declared open. inside, it was japanese tennis icon naomi osaka who lit the olympic flame, after the ioc president praise the perseverance of the athletes who have had to wait so long for the games to get started. but it was empty, off-limits to spectators, while outdoors, protesters were voicing their opposition to the events. japan still in a state of emergency and dozens of coronavirus cases among athletes and delega

or you may need to stop working for us. brent: professor, what do you think this discussion, the fact that we are having this discussion, what does it tell us about the state of humanity at the moment when it comes to thinking of the welfare of others and our level of empathy that we have in reserve? is it a negative picture that you are seeing? dominic: i don't think it's a negative picture. i think people have been through this pandemic concern for others in their community, for their family, and for themselves. they have been trying to make sense of what has been a very scary change to their own lives, to the lives of their community. i think the most difficult situation are those who are firmly opposed to getting vaccinated and following the rules. of course they are free to do so but there are consequences of our choices. and those consequences might mean people cannot do all the things they want to do. because they pose a risk of spreading infection. brent: yeah. consequences is the important word there. professor dom

give us a sense of how he really feels about this. reporter: it is important to understand that this interview was conducted because of angela merkel and his specific relationship to her. it was a very warm and honest atmosphere. i asked him about the past wars and how he feels about them. he came up with afghanistan and said what we just laid. i think it is really what we think. he is convinced it is a huge mistake to withdraw troops. mainly women and young girls will suffer from that. anchor: is that what he fears most? >> yes. i think this is what he emotionally fears. i want to give you some perspective. he is convinced that the goal to fight terrorism in the middle east was necessary. and that it is dangerous to leave afghanistan and other countries alone. anchor: we are hearing the former president criticize president biden. he has defended his decision to withdraw troops from afghanistan. this is what he said last week. >> we did not go to afghanistan to nation build. anchor: he said we did not go to afghanistan to nation build

people that go to the clippers, there is such a tiny amount of people that when a metal and all of us will be disappointed. being there in 2016, i experienced how it was to be there. of course, it is improving, getting better. we have good programs. all and all, there is a lot of room to improve. brent: we appreciate you sharing your story, max. this is an important topic and it can't be discussed too much right now. >> thank you. brent: an olympic games without fans is not just a blow to the games, just ask the tour guides. they have come up with a plan to show tours around again remotely. >> these are tour guides in tokyo. they had been hoping for an influx of tourists during the olympics. but the pandemic and lockdowns brought their business close to collapse. no virtual tours have helped them survive. >> we do these tours online through resume so peopl can also book online and then we connect together and it is really fun because you can see what is happening in real time. do you see how beautiful it is? >> they are holding olympics themed tours in the capital. they are hting the

you will get us different opinions. it is a fundamental principle in health care for giving informed const for anything we do. i can't even take a patient possible pressure. it is perfectly reasonable that everyone has the choice what medications and vaccines the get. that is a basic human right but employers have a duty of care. they have a duty of care to their employers who they have to maintain the health of and a duty of care toward the patients for whom their employees are looking after. it is balancing this risk between -- between informed consent and all this. the first doctor who documented said first do no harm. it is incumbent on health care workers not to do any harm. brent: there is a lot of talk about whether societies will reach herd immunity. is it even realistic to have that as a goal at this point considering there is vaccine hesitancas well? >> there is not enough people getting vaccinated general in the world but often this is due to lack of vaccine supply. especially in the u.k. at the moment as you

it gives us much more freedom and it is nice to finally, corona is over soon, hopefully. it is still not settled because other countries have still not, not all theountries have gotten the opportunity t have the vaccines, but hopefully we will be able to take hours soon. reporter: the delta variant has driven infections to level not seen in israel since april mainly among unvaccinated people. >> we still have a nice amount of people that are not vaccinated. young people like you see here, we are increasingly vaccinating them. young people that can be vaccinated. and we still see a portion of elderly people still not vaccinated for various reasons. reporter: some vaccinated people also have been infected. for now, the number needing hospital treatment remains low, although the figures are rising. >> wdo see people who actually acquired delta after being immunized, and they can transmit it, yet there arehances to be severely ill, to be hospitalized or today, are slim. we definitely see a very important role for immunization. reporter: the new government is pushing for 12-15

they are starving us to death. havana is collapsing. we have no homes, nothing. [protestors chanting] reporter: soon police arrive and begin to drag people in the crowd. >> the arrests and the violence only make the demonstrators angrier. we are not afraid, they cry out. [protestors chanting] >> state security beat me and my daughter, a child, just because we were walking down the street. reporter: supporters of the government have been out in the street. the president himself led this rally. it was organized in havana in the antigovernment protests began last sunday. >> we came here to show together with the revolutionaries of this town that the streets belong to us. reporter: with the president encouraging supporters to mobilize against opponents, there were angry confrontations. revolutionaries detained opposition protesters. >> for cubans who are here, we are never going to give up this revolution. never. [protestors chanting] reporter: it communist regime has ruled cuba since 1959. it survived the fall of the soviet union. now it is again being challenged. b

cowith us officers, in thist piazza, in our workplace! it made us famous. >> at the crossroads. but rome has since moved with the times. eleonora ludovici has served here for three years. as a woman on the podium, she believes she even has an advantage over her male lleagues maybe becse driversre morempressed by a woman, they show more respect. at least they follow my signals closely. >> eleonora remembers all too well how during the lockdown no traffic directions were needed in the otherwise bustling and crowded piazza venezia. >> around the vittoriano monument, there were hardly any cars. everything was empty. the silence felt surreal. you could even hear the birds singing! >> there is no semblance of that now on the piazza. but the traffic officers are glad to be back. >> even though you re breathing in fumes on the podium, it's still nice to be up there. it's a symbol of everyday life. the city needs us up there. because we are synonymous with life! >> as the podium rises, a little bit of normality returns. as well as the old elegance of the roman metropolis. >> i will defin

some are even using vacation days to be here. the call was put out for volunteers online, and together with friends, he had a simple but clever idea. >> we collected pces of information that were already circulating on social media in german, then we translated them so that arabic speaking people cod understand. once the information was out, everybody wanted to help. tessa: a group was created online and hundreds have signing up every day. >> i was very surprised when the numbers started to go up so quick. i now am 100% sure that it could go up to 1000. and when i imagine this place here with thousands of people helping out altogether in an organized group, that really gives me goosebumps. tessa: that kind of help is desperately needed here. these homeowners, like many people in the region, have lost almost everythin in these dire times, the support given by the young man is highly appreciated. these guys really sacrificed themselves for us, africans, syrians, everybody. they worked all day. for them it went without saying, they

brent: our dw correspondent is following this story for us in south africa. she sent us an update from the prison where jacob zuma is being held. >> jacob zuma will be spending his sentence at this facility, where he will be one of five hundd inmates. asked if the former president is entitled to special benefits and privileges. he said no, he will be treated like any ordinary inmate, which means orange overalls and no access to a private phone. esther zuma is currently in the hospital wing in isolationor 14 days, pending an assessment of his health-related needs. he is eligible for parole after serving a quarter of his sentence, roughly four months from now. on monday, july 12, all eyes will be on the constitutional courts, the court that convicted and sentenced mr. zuma to prison. he has asked that court to reconsider their conviction and sentence. brent: that was our correspondent, christine mhundwa, reporting from south africa. a new law has come into effect in hungary, despite can the nation -- calmed donation from the european union. critics say the law

if they close the crossing, they might as well bury us alive because we will all starve. there will be nothing here. reporter: whether the border is closed or not, the syrian refugees will remain a bargaining chip in the struggle for power. anchor: u.s. troops are due to leave afghanistan two weeks earlier than planned them up by the 31st of august. the withdrawal after 20 years in's america's longest war but allows the taliban to make advances, leaving many afghans worried about what the departure means for them. reporter: the taliban say this footage shows them celebrating after gaining control of a crossing into iran. it was one of several advances made in afghanistan in recent weeks. they've been gaining ground since the u.s. announced the departure of its military by the end of august. the same military that ousted them from power in 2001. in washington, president biden defended the speed of the withdrawal, saying the u.s. would no longer sustain the human cost of a conflict that cannot change afghanistan's course. president biden: let me ask those who want us to sta

thank you for joining us. four u.s. police officers caught up in the thick of the capitol riot have been giving emotional testimony to a congressional committee. five people were killed. the crowd had been listening to donald trump. in a speech he urged them to go to the u.s. and stop the election. trump claims president joe biden did not defeat him. there is no evidence that supports his claims of electoral fraud. let's hear from liz cheney, a republican on the committee. >> honorable men and women have an obligation to step forward. if those