typically they don't tell us that they're about to pull out. they only tell us when they're gone. and now with barbara close, this was, you know, a very, very important hub for operations as well as transportation. so this is really a big change when, when you'll no longer have that center point of american military power. and the thing about the allies is that without the us there, without the u. s. in strong force, they are, they can't stay, they simply don't have the capacity to state. once the americans are gone. what do we know then? i mean, you've mentioned the italian, the poles, the germans. what do we know about when all night her troops do to make a complaint with roll? i know that you said that they don't generally amount to beforehand, but what's the sort of timeframe are we looking at? well, as you mentioned, they have a sped things up quite a bit because the u. s. announced it wanted all of its troops out by september 11th, and that's what nato said it would do as well. and here we are. you know, 1st the 1st week of july. but we had been hearing behind the scenes tha

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they are mistaken. uses african, we won't hold any one. they are coming not to us, but to be enlightened, warm and cozy. europe would, de escalation, doesn't appear to be an option for lucas shank or just yet so this fall please. now and in football, italy have been spain and a penalty shoot down to secure this thought in the road. 2020 final. it was $11.00 in 19 minutes and i couldn't be separated in extra time and went to penalties and italy's choice in no scored the winning spot kick off the alvaro, morocco's miss denmark. faith england later on wednesday in a battle. so the other final spot before the game, italy coach for a bed of unseen, he had voiced disappointment over covert 19 restrictions that prevented italian fans from traveling to england. by perhaps them seni underestimated all the italians living in britain who turned up in their thousands to give the team a raucous backing in london. oh the jubilation italian styled the country's u. k. x puts brought wembley a taste of the exotic to the accents betrayed more than a hint of

not too low, and he's picked us into the stadiums. many japanese who were able to get the tickets 2 years ago, naturally disappointed. and so the $80000.00 volunteers who spent a month preparing and will not have much to do without spectators. and overall, i think there's a sense of defeat here. many japanese still don't want the olympics to happen, so they are dissatisfied and angry. and you can see that on social media. and rhetoric, owners complain that they have to close early in the evening and are not allowed to so which frightens their likelihood. and all of this, just for the olympics to be staged. and another part of the public in japan is that the japan has broken its promise to make these games a success with our spectators. that hardly seems possible anymore. and some japanese people i talked to here are a bit ashamed of this failure. so quite a bit opinion that you might say that although cases are surging there at the moment, japan overall has relatively low cases. audio authorities just being over cautious when they hav

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ah terry martin, good to have you with us. for days after torrential rains trigger deadly floods and western germany, survivors have now turned their focus toward the daunting task of rebuilding. but with emergency services still busy looking for bodies and securing vital infrastructure by the residents are left to seek help from volunteer sort go it alone, sun sausages and fear. it looks like a village fate, but it's not what it seems. this is just a great time for the volunteers organizing an arduous relief efforts. now that the flood water has subsided. solidarity is the one thing on everyone's mind right now and getting people who are being affected by the floods back on their feet as quickly as possible. people have traveled from nearby villages and further to get here to lend a helping hand with the clear road over the weekend, around 200 color and football from descended on the region and being distributed around the affected areas. they've been helping locals by rolling up their sleeves to clear deborah, from homes, re

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

so delhi is on the ground for us in rhineland. platinum. she is in the city of port time tracking the latest for us there. let's bring her in. now, julia, tell us what the situation is like where you are started here to move on from the initial shock of what happened then actually taking stock of the real damage that has occurred here. as you can see here, behind me, there is the breeze strewn all over the streets, mud inside the homes. it is filled with mud. when those that have been torn away and people are slowly starting to clean up, we don't see many authorities or firefighter is here helping clean up. there are a lot of volunteers who came to this town with track. there isn't other equipment to try to clean up the streets. a lot of them are farmers from the neighboring region and we spoke to one of these volunteers and ask them what he saw when he 1st arrived here in the town. let's have a listen. yeah, i've been here when i arrived here, it was a catastrophe and the cut of the entire road behind me was covered in branches and rex car

they have to stop fighting and let us go through. so we can go home, they're busted battles between afghan forces and television fighters have escalated across the country in recent weeks. there really is challenges to cover this kind of story on friday award winning photo journalist danny should eat, was killed, new spin bull dogs crossing. he was imbedded with special forces when the military attempted to regain control of the crossing. it's an economic lifeline for southern afghanistan, a crucial artery for exporting farm goods. controlling it would be an economical windfall for the taliban. insurgents, recent attack seem tactical, taking advantage of nato and us troop withdraw. us president joe biden had made a clear nation building was not part of the war on terror launch. 20 years ago. he says it's time to leave afghanistan future to which people russia, the foreign minister took a swipe it by calling the mission of failure. we faced the truth as president biden had confirmed americans left because they considered their mission

she sent us this assessment. but where i am, if you didn't know any better, you would think that we're as a political ready, it is a celebratory atmosphere here. you've got people dressed in the colors of the ruling a and see that is the policy of mr. to my people dressed in the traditional hulu regalia, people are his support as opposed to the whole province where he does command lot of support. you have had gunshots being fired into the people rallying and crowds cheering around that the people here believe that they are here to support and shows on the barrier to the man who is being persecuted in the household. the atmosphere might be a little bit more somber. in the homes of south africans to feel that this is a man who has a lot to answer for. and his refusal to present himself and onto questions to alleged corruption in his administration and under his tenure is really a slap in the face of the law. so when the constitutional court or the supreme court handed down that that ruling that he wasn't contempt o

was insurgents, recent attack, seeing tactical taking advantage of nato and us troop withdrawal. us president joe biden has made it clear nation building was not part of the war on terror launch 20 years ago. he says it's time to leave afghanistan future to which people russia's foreign minister took a swipe it by calling the mission of failure. we faced the truth as president biden had confirmed americans left because they considered their mission accomplished. obviously he tried to present the situation in the best way possible, but everyone understand their mission failed. even as districts topple to the taliban afghan leader look with optimism towards piece talks in doha. they say piece will only come from negotiating table and not the battlefield. turn of the battle for the sports. however now and the organizers of the tokyo olympics have confirmed that a person has tested positive for covert 19 at the athletes village. tokyo, 2020 c e o t o. shiro mucho confirmed that a visitor from abroad who is involved in organizing games had tested positive. it would not reveal a person's nationalit

she joined us now by the on the phone a. renee, thanks for joining us. can you describe forth what happened in listen? well, like you heard of that report, right? it was so sudden it comes after incredible. he'd like close to 50 degrees, which is on heard up in western canada and from you know, report from the folks in town. it just took minutes. it was the early evening and before you knew it, they saw the smoke and then they could feel the heat. and then some reports that the flames were traveling like 30 kilometers an hour just from one end to the town to the next. and they didn't really have a lot of time to respond or you can even see some footage of some cars at an intersection and they literally don't know where to turn. did they turn left to? they turn right. it was just chaotic scene. and we've also heard that people are now not being allowed into the town for obvious reasons. how is your station been reporting this disaster while like a lot of other station. so we've dispatched our reporter to a town where people are congregating after they hav

tell us about that. well, yes, that has been an overnight some racial abuse towards some of these players who missed the penalties. now, the english team is very diverse. i think over half of them have either a parent or grandparent who was not born in britain and there has been this racial abuse. however, this also been a big backlash and the condemnation of that's abuse. why the football association boy prime and the sub or johnson, and also by a lot of people who basically all saying, well, you are young and you all of us and you have actually actually recaptured the english flag from the fall. right. and you've made it something that the whole nation can unite again to. you've got a much stronger sentiment in my view of people, really standing behind the scenes. sima. this wind is coming off a very difficult 18 months of the pandemic in italy. that must have also made this victory even sweeter. yes, indeed. i mean, you had these intense locked downs that would do it. let's not forget it. lee was at t

and george w bush rumsfeld oversaw the 2003 us invasion of iraq. you remained unapologetic about the war, insisting that toppling saddam hussein created a quote more stable and secure world. hundreds of indigenous brazilians have been protesting against a bill allowing commercial agriculture and mining on protected tribal reservations . the legislation advanced in congress on tuesday. the far right president, both the nato and brazil powerful farm lobby have supported the bill. arguing that indigenous communities are blocking development of the amazon authorities in ecuador have seized more than 7 tons of cocaine in the port of quiet here. the drugs were hidden in containers of canned tuna bound for spain. the cocaine has a st value of more than $300000000.00. of most intense heat wave north america has seen in years is sweeping across the pacific northwest, breaking temperature records, and causing hundreds of death. as the weather slowly begins to cool and coastal areas, the heat is spiking further inland. this is an unprecedented episode for the

well, it's just pure joy in the us, the a rome and throughout the country. everyone is just eating a sense of believe it was an incredibly emotional and very final, especially when everything went down to those penalties, shoot out. but clearly the emotions running high as the team and the cup have returned to room. and i scheduled to meet the president and the prime minister later today in the talent capital. the peak was here to support the leading with get the trouble band meeting. it's just too beautiful, seeing the team take the final this way. the, let's say it's hours as the duty have just made it all very crazy, wembley on sunday night and for saying we it's apps now it's us that have taken home the championship. clearly emotional, but the feeling of jubilation here. and it's well beg in mos in london, possibly a very, very different mood that you are quite somebody and the rain is fitting . i have to say get had the nation yesterday was electric really. and they were so hopeful and also safety, 5 years awaiting that. i could bring home international

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and it just makes us better. as a country and i be a united states was billed 245 years or more to support now on the final for footballs. european championship gets under way tonight. in 1st semi final spain challenge italy for the right to play in sunday's final. both sides enjoyed close games in the last round. not a revitalized italy look to have the upper hand hudy's ride home after their course. the final, whenever belgium was reminiscent of the good old days of italian football. historically, italy is expected to challenge for every euros title. the victory of belgium helped ease the fans pain of 2018 when italy didn't even qualify for the world cup. there was reason to celebrate in the streets of rome, once again, whatever. i want to thank a coach about the mancini because it's all thanks to him. i expected italy to be strong, but they're better than i expected. the fans will not be able to travel to london to support that team, but there are nearly twice as many italians living in the u. k. a spaniards s

just blaming the other side is both the us economic us speaks. yeah. and, and the co, the government may miss management for decades has responsibility on the situation that you once are undergoing at this point. so both art, i mean when, when you get them bite and blaming them is the mismanagement of the us government. it's right. and then when you get the u. s. embargo understanding of president trump for administration, it's also a fact. so we got to 2 things, 2 actors that are both responsible, right? responsible. what's going in cuba on each site is just blaming the other one people in between monica rivera cravat at a journalist. thank you for joining us. thank you for having me. the morning. 10 days from the start of the olympic games in tokyo and athletes have finally begun moving in to be limping. village. $11000.00 athletes will be housed any strictly controlled environment to the corona virus. they will only be allowed to leave the village to train or compete. athletes will be tested every day of their stay. no spectators will be allowed int

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

a reassessment of us policy toward haiti. we asked him what he thinks needs to change in order for international support to be more fruitful. well, i think that what we have to do is work with patient civil society. broadly speaking, the legal community, the bar association, the human rights groups, the catholic church, the protestant church, the political parties, the unions and the business community. and i think they are working right now as we speak to come up with a plan for a consensus plan for a caretaker government that would take power, calm things down, restore order, and build a pathway to restore democracy. you can't just say have elections, have elections, have elections when there is no legitimate government where there is no security for the people to go to the polls. when there is no electoral counsel capable of registering the the whole population, we need to build up the conditions for the rest. let's highlight some other stories making news around the world after shower. dozens of parents have held a visual

ah, ah ah, ah use this is e w, news live from berlin, the u. s. denies today that's behind cuba, the biggest wave of protest in decades cuban security forces clamped down after thousands take to the 3 the communist regime, blaine's washington for the unrest. coming up sorties in south korea, rambled to a search in corona virus cases imposing the toughest restrictions yet in the capital and anger and the rest in south africa. deadly violence and widespread looting after authorities put the former president, jacob's behind bars. ah, i'm sarah kelly. welcome to the program. the united states has denied keepers accusation, but it is to blame for an extraordinary wave of protest on the caribbean island, people across cuba took to the streets on sunday, venting their frustration over food and medicine shortages and record covered 19 infections. president miguel de s canal said that u. s. economic sanctions were stoping the on rest. the these are the images cuban state tv, broadcast of sundays, mass protest. the country is going for, it was a comic cr

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

streets of london to celebrate that chain reaching a major tournament finals for the 1st time in 55 use. ah hello, i'm rebecca rich, welcome to the program. south africa that former president jacob's duma has begun serving a 15 month prison sentence, the contempt of court after having himself into police. he was given the sentence last week but had attempted to evade arrest pending legal appeals. in the early hours of thursday, a convoy of vehicles believe to be carrying the president left his hometown shortly before a deadline to turn himself in expired. prison authorities saved him. it is now in a correctional center in his home problem. his family and support is hopeful, his sentence will be overturned in the coming days. in 1985, we'll be talking to our correspondent about that in just a moment. but 1st, let's go to haiti where police say they've killed 4 people entertained 2 others after a gun battle with suspect and the assassination of president jovan l. o. e. c. officials say they belong to a group of professional commanders and foreign mercenaries who killed the president . in

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

so let me ask those who want us to stay. how many more? how many thousands more americans, daughters, and sons? are you willing to risk? i will much send another generation americans to war and i can stand with no reasonable expectation of achieving the different outcome. but by and also argued, the u. s. had achieved the original goal of routing al qaeda after the $911.00 terror attacks that led to the invasion. he said the decision to leave was overdue . we did not go to afghanistan to nation bill. and it's the right and the responsibility of ap can people alone to decide their future and how they want to run their country. just days ago, the u. s. pulled out of background air base near capitol the center of its military operations for nearly 2 decades. the pentagon says the withdrawal of us forces is now more than 90 percent complete. as foreign troops depart, the african military struggling to push back the taliban. like here, enough, danny's sense northwest peace talks between the government and the militants. have so far failed. and

talk with us about, i mean, if you could just put this into the broader context for us, you know, we've seen this relatively frequently in the past years. is it getting worse as the years go on, or is that just perception? well, it, it kind of seems like it is getting worse. you know, the, the number of fires that we are responding to is clearly growing that is being shown and proven through the data that we collect and keep track of every single year. but what's, what's growing also is the size of the fires, they're simply getting bigger than they ever have in the past. most of the, of the 20 biggest fires that we've had within the state of california historically have happened within the last 510 years. and that is absolutely concerning, and a trend that we absolutely would would like to see reversed. thank you so much. isaac sanchez, as you mentioned your a firefighter, a battalion chief at cal fire in sacramento, california for taking the time to tell us more about the important work that you are doing to try and keep people safe out there. so we appreciate it. thank you. let's get

order aimed at creating more competition across us industries. parts of the new law target technology companies and gives the government greater power to scrutinize mergers, monitor their use of consumer data and respond to unfair competition in online shopping. haiti's interim government has asked washington and the united nations to send hundreds of troops to protect its key infrastructure. following the assassination of president, he drove in the morsey, the u. s. and columbia have already agreed to send intelligence officials to help the investigation. haitian police say they've captured 17 suspects and killed pre the man hunt for 8 others continues moist. he's killing has created a power vacuum. and the turmoil has left many haitians wondering whether they still have a future in their own country. seems outside the u. s. embassy importer, prince, dozens of people have come here. desperate to find a way out the country. the president's s. s. a nation has limitations shocked and fearing for their safety. some say no other solution to flee when

yes, i'm where the main square of the town used to be. you can see here behind me there's still a lot of debris and these are all mostly volunteers who are here with tractors and escalators trying to clear up the streets and the square. and i must say they have done quite me quite some progress compared to yesterday. they removed a lot of things. now in terms of the flooding here, the situation is quite stable. there is more a question of cleaning up and trying to make the houses livable again, but the extent of the damage and the losses also in terms of human lives. they're really starting to emerge. the area of the i've, i will, we are, the police said that they are counting now at least 90 deaths in the expected death told to keep rising. and we're seeing real tragedies have occurred here in the town near by 12 people who were living in a facility for disabled people drowned in there because on the ground floor water suddenly came in and the facility managers were not able to save them. so it is a real, real tragedy really have occurre

long war saying it's time for us to decide its own future. the taliban could be the biggest winners with the restore. the toll that long curve it is taking on people in india. we'll take a look at what it's like to live with the lingering effects of the code. 9 paying attention. ah hello, i am rebecca riches. welcome to the program. it's now 2 weeks until the tokyo and, and pick said you to stop that they'll be a game without spectators organizes have announced a total ban on both foreign and domestic fans. attending the event. after new corona virus state of emergency was declared across parts of japan. the games will be the 1st in a limb, pick history to be held behind closed doors, and some say they shouldn't be happening at all in the matter late than never. some might say, after a long journey through all of japan's 47 prefixes, the olympic flame has finally arrived in tokyo, one year behind schedule, due to the corona virus pandemic. rising cove in 1900 cases in the capital. also, many members of the public were not there to greet the f

richard mcgregor joining us from the low institutes. thank you so much for your insight on this chinese and 10 ari of the communist party. we appreciate it. you're watching d. w. news still to come on the program after turkey withdraws is commitments to a key international convention d w. nice one of thousands of women who say the state has failed victims of domestic violence. not to the us where the american actor bill cosby has walked free after a court overturned his sexual assault conviction and ordered his immediate release . he was the 1st us celebrity sent to prison for sexual assaults since the beginning of the me to movement. now, 2 years on the pennsylvania supreme court decided cosby never should have faced charges in the 1st place. after striking a non prosecution deal with a previous district attorney. and just like that, bill cosby was free. his scar sped by the walls of the pennsylvania prison in which he'd serve 2 years of a 3 to 10 year sentence. before arriving at his home in nearby norristown, after being helped from

can you tell us about that? yes, in the area in the town of affal, also towards cologne for the north from here a gravel quarry that is close to the edge of town gradually filled and filled with water until a thing cool happened then it brought with it homes, cars, and also people and rescuers are still searching for some of the missing people there. ok d. w reporter julia. so deli reporting for us on the devastating floods in germany and the netherlands from the town of last time in belgium. meanwhile, at least 20 people have died in the flooding. the government has declared tuesday, a national day of mourning. the towns of years in belgium and venlo in the netherlands have been hit hard, and when low 10000 people were told to evacuate, as well as 200 patients from a hospital. in the, as the swollen murray river threatens to burst its banks, with the rivers still menacing the residence of pippins to begin the long, hard task of cleaning up floods have wrecked home, destroyed cars and ruined lives. in this small

the american used power and finesse to the fatal form. a semi finalist elena this, nina, as gown said in 2019, when she defeated venus williams on the way to the quarter finals. she has won the loud backing of center court fans. she like to tell the crowd she intends to advance much further into the tournament. this time, i feel like a change in growing why? i don't know last time i was on this course, i don't think any people knew my name just the. i mean, obviously after the mean as much a lot of people do, i feel like now i don't know, i feel like a little bit at home here. now i'm enjoying the experience, but i'm also like really learning from it and really coming in to these matches believing that i can win. i mean, i believe that going in the past, but i feel like now just so much more comp now on the court and confident and playing in front of you guys. you know, watching the news. he's a reminder of the top story we're following for you. us defense officials say all american soldiers and members of nato forces have left the bag or

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

bring us up to date on the situation where you are. well this morning people are overcoming the initial shock and they're starting to understand the real extent of the damage here. it feels a bit like a ghost town here because the town is left without electricity without running water. so a lot of people have to leave their homes and find another kind of accommodation for the night. and as you might see behind me, the damage is significant. we've seen volunteers from the entire region coming here with tractors and other equipment to try to help clean up the streets, but also the ground floors of houses. but many people here have lost everything. we're hearing reports from authorities that there are still a 1300 people unaccounted for. has there been any progress on locating these people? so this is what authorities here in this area where we are now had been seeing last night. and they hope that the high amount of people that are accounted for is due to the fact that phone reception is difficult. here we are, selves experienced difficu

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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

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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

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

christine, help us out. his room is asking the high court to dismiss the sentence imposed by the constitutional court. which court is more important. rebecca, in short, the corporate handed him that 50 month sentence is the highest court in the land. it is the apex course. what you might know is the supreme court. and so in the i was off to that court handed down that ruling, and that 50 mantell sentence as him, as lawyers went to that very court and asked that it reviewed its judgement and its ruling, it agreed to that. and then he came to this court and us that the police hold arrest while pending, of course, the outcome of that trial. so that is what he has done. but in short, the court that gave the sentence and that gave him the judgement that he was in contempt of court, is the highest court in the land. so what a legal experts saying that about the me as appeal, how do they think the high court will react? while most legal experts are off, if you hear that this court is simply going to reject mr. zoom

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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

tell us about that. oh, well, yes indeed. so some of the last semester penalties were targeted online quite a lot of racial abuse and that has in tongue had another strong reaction on social media. so for example, the prime minister johnson who raised the abusing some of the players that they, you know, they should be a shame that they shouldn't be. they shouldn't be called football fan something. and that they and the footboard association themselves, you know, they, they're saying that there is no place for racism in football. and it's really quite an interesting story because this is a very diverse team. and the players have taken the need in the past and, and sometimes not happy with that some, but i think a lot of people already seeing that actually as, as something positive that this is a, is a diverse and, and, and in a way, you know, progresses team as, as some people would say it and, and there's also been a lot of support and has been remarked that, you know, the english flag was recaptured from the far right. and i