that they know full well what this is about we're talking about widespread corruption here in bulgaria that has infiltrated everywhere and there was a stranglehold on our political system economy and society for younger generations always been rather passive when it comes to politics. who has gone too far. and they're not going to take it anymore the brink of not. a. member of parliament because of the coalition gare party sees at least some of the demonstrators as enemies of the country and does not agree that the government should step down. unfortunately some people are joining the demonstrations or obviously not interested in the future of democracy nor in justice or liberty or the slip democrats spoke of it it was stunning i am the demonstrators for their part insist they won't back down told their demands are met over the issue of god we shall call a national strike until these faces we see at their step down. we won't go away we will do everything in our power to achieve a new beginning. at it till we succeed. that. is also hoping the current government of prime minister boy hop

things have been going wrong in bulgaria for the last 30 years your nation. today's leaders are the cancer of the ninety's when their leading roles were taken over by protection racket ters and former competitive athletes. today the same people are in power you can i call this. in an effort to appease the protesters prime minister barak has promised sweeping changes pledging to sack key ministers and reshuffle the cabinet . but critics are demanding that the entire government step down. we demand his resignation because he's also part of the whole machinery what happened on duggan's beach is why on here the scandal is that public property has become suddenly proud it. is not just the you know. the protests started on july 9th after police and prosecutors raided the offices of the president's top aides. 2 days earlier of the minority democratic bob kerrey a party and 2 other men had landed a small boat on a beach close to the private residence of an ex politician dog and they were ordered to leave despite the law guaranteeing public access to the beach the inc

because they knew full well what this is about talking about widespread corruption here in bulgaria has infiltrated everywhere and i was a stranglehold on our political system economy and society for younger generations always been rather passive when it comes to politics but now who has gone too far. and they're not going to take it anymore the point of not inventions is. absolutely that the. member of parliament of the coalition gare party sees at least some of the demonstrators as enemies of the country and does not agree that the government should step down. unfortunately people are joining the demonstrations or obviously not interested in the teacher's democracy nor in justice or liberty with a slew of democrats the new talk spit of a double standard i am the demonstrators for their part insist they won't back down till their demands are met. you almost got we shall call a national strike until these faces we see at their step down. we won't go away we will do everything in our power to achieve a new beginning if she's at it till we succeed she. is also hoping the current governmen

being there is now following the trial from bulgaria the labor court in berlin has already ruled on the lawsuit and ordered her former employer to pay her $42000.00 euros in back wages but the sentence was appealed the final decision is now pending. the my message to my colleagues and all the others is you have responsibilities but you also have rights that you should defend but. the question now is whether other care workers will follow in her footsteps. well for the 1st time since the coronavirus fans and they began a spectators will attend a major sporting event in germany the exhibition tennis tournament in berlin a features of some of the world's best players and while the main tennis tours have been suspended since mid march organizers hope the berlin tournaments will provide a blueprint for others to follow. this is what going to watch sport looks like at the moment temperature checks facemasks and even this a disinfection tunnel the tunnel sprays a mess that is set to kill the virus on clothes and shoes it's the 1st time since the start of the pandemic that more than a handful o

thousands of demonstrators in bulgaria protested for the 14th day in a row on wednesday to demand the resignation of prime minister boyko boris off's government. listens survived a vote of no confidence in parliament earlier this week after opposition socialists called the motion over accusations of corruption the protests began in the capital sofia but discontent has been spreading across the country. these ball gary and refused to let up for weeks now they've been rallying in the streets to protest against prime minister boyko ball is sort of and his government . now the demonstrations have spread to several major cities across bog area. can you say that the people there have more rights than we do paid liar and humiliate us constantly that's why we are here. the protesters mostly young people are fed up with the government has borisov and his cabinet of corruption. gary is one of the poorest countries many people here feel the problem is much more deep rooted. things have been going wrong in bulgaria for the last 30 years you know when you today's leaders are the cancer of the nine

embassy in bulgaria has issued a statement expressing its support for peaceful protests and the rule of law investigative reporter dave lindorff told us however that he believes the united states is guilty of double standards and has failed to respect the rights of its own citizens to demonstrate. you know we've had in the middle east by countries in other countries affairs over the decades that we should be considering all of that like dad. thing that really strikes me about the u.s. position that was the factor so you have it because as the u.s. is praising the protests in bulgaria it's crushing or trying to crush the protests in the united states which are against the some very legitimate concern about police brutality and police militarization in this country on the one hand you see flash bang grenades and rubber bullets on people and tear gas and then telling another government that it should not be opposing protests. that's all for this hour news wise but if you're looking for more ahead on our tar website our team dot com are countless articles and interviews. thanks guys espe

being there is now following the trial from bulgaria the labor court in berlin has already ruled on the lawsuit and ordered her former employer to pay her $42000.00 euros in back wages but the sentence was appealed the final decision is now pending. my message to my colleagues and all the others is you have responsibilities but you also have rights that you should defend. the question now is whether other care workers will follow in her footsteps. the british city of bristol has a new sculpture to replace the statue of a slave trader hold down last month a sculpture of a black protester who helped topple him now stands in his place the artwork was installed without permission from bristol's authorities. the moment that sparked a nationwide to pay supposed head to deal with britain's colonial past. the 17th century slave trader at work colston was pulled down by black lives matter protesters in bristol than june. and tackling the face of many of his victims thrown into the sea. the prince he once looked down from now has a new occupant local resident chen read. the artworks inspired by a

mostly from poland, romania and bulgaria. placement agencies promised german families personnel that will be available around-the-clock to looooafter the relalatives. we don't have enough c caregives or registered caregivers that could fill thehe rest of these 300,00000 jobs. we are dependent on caregivivers from easternrn europe to take ce of the elderly. there is no other way. dobrina is falling -- following the case from bulgaria. they have already ruled a and hr employer was told to pay her 42,000 euro but the sentence was appealed. a message to my colleagues and all the others, if you have responsibilities but you also have rights that you should defend. the question now is whether other care workers will follow in her footsteps. brent: it is a cautionary tale for countries debating whether or not to start school again on time. south africa now has more than 300,000 cases of the coronavirus. that is the highest in africa. schools in south africa reopened last month. since then, several thousand students and teachers have

she's afraid that until a new government is in power her father won't be able to return to bulgaria she has no idea when she'll be able to see him again. well corruption is also threatening to sink the historic city of venice quite literally a controversial project designed to save the city from flooding has some residents up in arms the so-called mozy down system is being built to safeguard venice from floodwaters like the devastating ones that happened last november but the project has been plagued by problems with arrests and allegations of bribery and many say the dam system won't even be able to hold back the tide once it's built just like moses parted the seas the dam is dividing opinions in the lagoon city. monica amber a senior doesn't have an easy job. she has to persuade the public to venice is on the brink so the asian. she's a spokesperson for the huge noisy flood protection project it's still not completed and every time there's a flood there's anger. it's another. faith after so many years they simply can't c.n.n. to italy last time there was a flood they thought that most

the rallies are bulgaria's biggest in seven years. a court in egypt has handed several young women prison sentences after they put the videos to the social media app tiktok. prosecutors alleged that they had violated family values. the acute included two prominent influencers. human rights groups see the jailing's as part of a larger crackdown on online content, especially posted by young women. ♪ >> these v videos may look harmless, but in egygypt, they landed these women in prison. a courtt ruled that five women had violated public morals a aer putting videos like this on the video sharing app tiktok. the younung women are social mea influencers and have several million followers. prosecutors reliededn a two-year-old law that gave the government power to censor content online. >> the l legal framewowork is bd on the cybercrimime law, whihis papassed in 201818, espspeciallo articles that are relelated to olating it j jeppesen values, whwhich is a b broad article ths open to interprpretation and problelematic sinceceunitive articlcl

the police knew full well what this is about we're talking about widespread corruption here in bulgaria that has infiltrated everywhere and there was a stranglehold on our political system economy and society. the younger generations always been rather passive when it comes to politics. who has gone too far. and they're not going to take it anymore the point of not to. see is a. member of parliament of the coalition party sees at least some of the demonstrators as enemies of the country and does not agree that the government should step down. unfortunately some people are joining the demonstrations or obviously not interested in the future of democracy nor in justice or liberty with a slew of democrats the new talk of a double standard i am the demonstrators for their part insist they won't back down till their demands are met the issue of all of that we shall call a national strike until these faces we see at their step down. we won't go we will do everything in our power to achieve a new beginning. at it till we succeed. is also hoping the current government of prime minister boy hope

being there is now following the trial from bulgaria the labor court in berlin has already ruled on the lawsuit and ordered her former employer to pay her $42000.00 euros in back wages but the sentence was appealed the final decision is now pending. my message to my colleagues and all the others is you have responsibilities but you also have rights that you should defend. the question now is whether other care workers will follow in her footsteps. it is a cautionary tale for countries debating whether or not to start school again on time south africa now has more than $300000.00 cases of the coronavirus that's the highest in africa schools in south africa reopened last month and since then several 1000 teachers and students have become infected with the virus now poor sanitary facilities have made many of south africa's schools a breeding ground for the virus d.w. correspondent adrian creech reports tonight from the city of durban. 'd at least other teachers toilets of the elementary school in kuan yew swell the woman started hasn't worked for years so the female teachers have always us

they shoot out of bulgaria. it took a while, but i convinced my wife for us to go, and we took our kids, and we flew to bulgaria, and they had re- created the entire outpost, which i never not to visit because, by the time i heard about the major battle that took place there in 2009, the u.s. had abandoned the base and bombed it, so i never saw it, even when i went to afghanistan twice to research the book. i got close to it, i got to the closest base, but it was still about 10 or 15 miles away. so they re-created the whole thing in bulgaria and it was unbelievable because this had been a major focus of my life's work for years but, of course, i never got to see it. three of the guys who worked on the movie served at combat outpost keating. they are all in the movie, and a couple of them served as technical directors as well, technical advisors. and they all said it was surreal and weird, but it also helped them with a sense of closure to visit this recreation of it. but rod leery did an amazing job. he just thr

north east spain were concerns for the welfare of fruit pickers from abroad are growing they come from bulgaria to pick nectarines destined for germany. here in the town of frog in northeastern spain farmers have long relied on workers from abroad to help with harvest. this year conditions are especially tough. it is a bit complicated. we're all wearing masks and have to maintain distance from one another while the work. was different last year this time it's more difficult. an estimated 400000 undocumented people work in spain on a seasonal basis they lose from one time to the next taking whatever work is available here sleeping arrangements often look like this. 30 kilometers north of fraga is laid a magnet for seasonal workers looking for summer fruit picking jobs authorities here are especially concerned that the movement of so many people could lead to a rapid spread of coburg 19. this on the notorious li poor living conditions many migrants are used to has prompted them to convert the city's trade center into a makeshift shelter it has space to accommodate about 250 people. generics are a

as the seasonal workers from hungary romania bulgaria and ukraine bus together from the shared accommodation to the cucumber crops ready for harvesting it's said that hygiene standards weren't strictly followed the various opposition parties see the state government is partly to blame there have been a lack of special measures in both slaughterhouses and on farms. however the various health minister praised the quick reaction of the authorities and called on the public to go for testing. its therefore also important in my opinion that the population here also gets tested so that if they want to travel they can then travel accordingly with a certified negative test which i think the test of patient i think. throughout the outbreak the district of dingo of england is on the verge of exceeding the infection rates of 15 every 100000 people on a regional knockdown would be imposed is still unclear. and here's a look at some of the other developments in the corona virus pandemic the number of confirmed cases worldwide has now topped 16000000 that's according to a tally by the johns hopkins univers

versus the seasonal workers from hungary romania bulgaria and ukraine together from the accommodation to the cucumber crops ready for harvesting except that hygiene standards weren't strictly followed the very an opposition parties see the state government is partly to blame there have been a lack of special measures in both slaughterhouses and on phones. however the various health minister praised the quick reaction of the authorities and called on the public to go for testing. this is for all so important in my opinion that the population here also gets tested so that if they want to travel they can then travel accordingly with a certified negative test negative which i need to test done although and patient i see. throughout the outbreak the district of dingo of england is on the verge of exceeding the infection rates of 15 every 100000 people one of these no knock down would be imposed is still unclear north korea has placed the city of k. song near the border with south korea under total lockdown after a person was found a showing symptoms of cover 19 leader kim jong un called an

the european central bank says bulgaria and croatia have been accepted into exchange rate mechanism to as a precursor to adopting the euro as their currency over the next 3 years it paves the way for the 1st enlargement of the euro zone since 2015 lithuania join the currency bloc as its 19th member. european union has launched a probe into a trade deal with the medicals or group of south american countries after complaints about its environmental impact activists said the deal cutting tariffs on farm products would have a devastating impact on the global climate. the german meat processing company at the center of the country's largest virus outbreak now says it will change its labor practices tourney's will stop using sub contracting firms and begin hiring employees directly it was already facing government pressure. to near said it intended to directly employ 1000 stuff by the end of september as part of a plan to end all sub contracting in its business before next year. the move is voluntary but comes as german lawmakers consider legislation enforcing direct hiring for meat packing

prime minister for example said he wants to be able to use the coronavirus money for the car industry bulgaria wants to spend the money on agriculture in the polls and hungary and don't want any ethical conditions attached so there are new elements if you will and do you think all those new demands are legitimate. i might see this maybe use some of the money in the need to be invested in the car industry so much of it may be invested in india or actually the question is to what i mean eat this is to basically sure. this is going to be a purpose if this is to help every juncture be going green or it is to have the car industry becoming greener and why not why not indeed what we need is this funny to invest friend so no we are not going to give this money to. companies who is no strings attached we want this money to be invested in making the european economy moral bus and more resilient and if that is the case or maybe indeed all the industries can be going greener and you're. going green and find whether green can there's no you mentioned that proby won't be well received in hungary or for exa

in bulgaria a prime minister there has fired 3 key ministers in an attempt to call me anti-government protest thousands of people have taken to the streets in the last 2 weeks demanding the entire government resign they accuse the ruling coalition of corruption and links to oligarchs. well the european union's 27 member states on monday agreed to a historic 750000000000 euro coronavirus for cover and fund after 4 days of heated negotiations today european parliamentarians will begin scrutineers saying that deal in detail they are to vote on it in a couple of months but have already identified several areas where they are unhappy the rescue package is the 1st joint borrowing fund ever agreed by the e.u. and consists of 390000000000 euros and grounds and 360000000000 in loans. the mosques had this miles under smiles belie the days of grueling negotiations that came before in the end you need o's had thrashed out a plan to spend a huge 750000000000 euros and this is how. of the coronavirus recovery fund 390000000000 will be in the form of grants with 360000000000 made up of loans governm

thousands have taken to the streets in cities across bulgaria to demand the resignation of the government is accused of corruption suppressing free speech and maintaining ties with the mafia the anti-government protests are the biggest the country has seen in years. turkey's parliament has passed a law that gives authorities more pot to regulate social media platforms will have to comply with strict conditions or face fines and bandwidth reductions the law was called for by president rage of type one opposition lawmakers say it further limits freedom of expression in the country. of 4 of america's biggest names in tech have appeared before congress to defend themselves against charges that they've become too powerful and are stifling competition appearing via video link mark zuckerberg of facebook joined google's sundar pichai apple c.e.o. tim cook and amazon boss jeff bezos all as ring questions from members of the congressional antitrust panel they were grilled on market dominance and alleged violations of antitrust law. let's get more from the business reporter yens quarter in new york

let's now take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world thousands of bulgaria ins have protesters for a 3rd day in a row they're demanding the resignation of the center right government and the country's chief prosecutor prime minister boyko boards of some has resisted the calls saying the opposition socialists would break the state apart if they assumed power. on one of india's best known film actors has tested positive for covert 19 together with his actor son both have been moved to a private hospital the bollywood legend has been a prominent figure in the fight against a krone virus appearing in public service advertisement. the. us president donald trump has appeared in public wearing a face mask for the 1st time trump donned the mass to visit injured soldiers at a military hospital near washington until now trump had refused to wear a mask in public claiming he was tested regularly for the coronavirus. and here are some other developments in the krona virus pandemic new infections in the united states are still at record highs with more than 60000 new inf

shows you all the restrictions that are in place and all the forms you have to fill out to travel from bulgaria to sweden and things like that but the member states are still the sole responsibility and to tease for imposing any bans or lifting or doing restrictions has and also the borders of the sole responsibility of the member states of the you cannot do much but coordinate but there's also a sort of dodgy going on financial advice the e.u. is. taking up loans to boost the economy in europe this is the kind of things the europe can do but the rest lies at the number states where you are belgium has been seeing a spike in cases there's so threatening actually that authorities are considering imposing another complete lockdown could belgium cope with that. but the government here in belgium is threatening a lockdown but they don't really want to have a lockdown because of what's be detrimental for the economy and belgium also for tourism so they try to bring in measures that would keep this in thing no easy and people are not allowed to see as many people only 5 per week now and budget is hop

carter in green here, one of three vets working as advisers when the movie filmed in bulgaria. jones had seemed haunted perhaps by his veteran brother's injuries in iraq. >> i received the script, older brother was visiting for thanksgiving, asked him to read it, said you're doing this. and i got to meet ty. and now we're here. but -- >> reporter: looks like it's been hard work emotionally. >> we're not even -- halfway done. >> reporter: film set, mountains that sealed the base's fate had yet to be cgi'd in. now impressively loom over the base, starkly reminiscent of the fish in a barrel i had there in 2009, last reporter to see it before the attack. >> reporter: this is what it is about, base under consistent, heavy attack. base was named after lieutenant ben keating, played by orlando bloom. >> we're making great progress here. >> reporter: one of many leaders killed in service to the base. over a decade later, it is as breathtaking to be reminded of the thankless and isolated war these men fought as it is to see the insane geography of the base where they could be shot just

because of the european union whenever we open up in the 9 months for a counterstrike romania bulgaria hungary i mean we see this whole change at the moment the majority of the woman i see here we've got the girls from albania i mean how can a girl from albania out of a village i don't know where from no way to know where to really know how to run to win the must be an organized crime gang this is the true face of holland's experiments in legalized prostitution and this is the face of the man who trafficked her here. when sure she worked as his 6 lead. over to year period shut down by the leader of the turkish morgan ised crime gun traffic to move them $130.00 women mostly from eastern europe to holland's red light districts . each woman was trying to with his gangs brant. was forced to service 20 clients a day. they behaved in a very brutal way because we have seen cases of forced abortion issue cases of forced to use with the names of the pimps on the girls some girls beaten up and to hide to brutus to put in cold water and they were beaten up in a terrible way for the. prosecutors t

slovakia and bulgaria rejected it over fears it undermines traditionalfamilies. the authors of the convention, the human rights watchdog the council of europe, say conservative and religious groups are spreading false narratives. it does not seek to impose a certain lifestyle on people, they say, nor does it include a definition of a family. adam easton, bbc news, warsaw. thousands of protesters have returned to the streets of khabarovsk in russia's far east region to challenge the leadership of president putin. it's the third saturday in a row that demonstrators have taken to the streets, chanting for freedom. the protests have taken place ever since the popular local governor, sergei furgal, was arrested on charges for at least two contract killings 15 years ago — charges he denies. 0ur correspondent steven rosenberg reports. in the russian far east, the protests go on. risking arrest, thousands marched through the centre of kha barovsk. they shouted support for the local official they had elected but who is now under arrest in the russian capital. that man i

and bulgaria's opposition backed president rather has joined protests against his country's government despite prime minister boyko borders of 3 key ministers and thursday protesters returned to the streets they're calling for the entire government to resign accusing it of corruption and links to all the gods. and it is just over 10 years since $21.00 young people were killed in a stampede inside a tunnel at a techno parade in western germany in me the trial of 3 people accused of contributing to the tragedy ended without a verdict we spoke to the mother of one victim about how one decade on she's trying to come to terms with her loss. gabby miller will never forget the day 10 years ago that changed her life forever. i was out shopping when i heard that some people had died the report said 10 i wondered how 10 people could have died i thought perhaps a truck had tipped over if. you don't get put out at that moment gabby miller did not yet know that her son cussed young was among those cute. and i have a good question to have i i tried to call christian but it went straight to his voice

in bulgaria prime minister boyko boris of has fired 3 key ministers in an attempt to calm antigovernment protests thousands of people have taken to the streets in the last 2 weeks demanding the entire government resign there accuse the ruling coalition of corruption and links to all the gods. in southern greece firefighters are struggling to contain a large wildfire strong winds are fanning the blaze near the town of corinth in the lebanese region state media says 4000 people have been evacuated from the area. and south korea's economy has recorded its worst quarterly performance in more than 20 years as the pandemic exports south korea and one of the worst outbreaks and had strict social distancing measures in place from march to me. u.s. president donald trump is to send federal agents to several more u.s. cities he says the step is to combat rising crime but federal officers operating in portland oregon have been targeting protesters demanding racial justice officials say the deployment has only increased local ngo. for the 55th night in a row protesters flooded the streets of portlan

now at some of the other stories making news around the world in bulgaria a prime minister a boy of has fired 3 key ministers in an attempt to calm and to government protests thousands of people have taken to the streets in the last 2 weeks demanding the entire government resign they accuse the ruling coalition of corruption and links to all the gods. the 1st female prime minister of gab on has been sworn into office rules christiane also. was appointed by the country's president in a government shake up she's taking office as gab on bottles of coronavirus and falling oil prices it's the economy. china has launched its 1st solo mission to mars the long march 5 rocket is carrying a rover that china's space program hopes to land on the red planet to look for underground water and evidence of life it will take several months to reach its destination. u.s. president donald trump is to send federal agents to several more u.s. cities he says the step is to combat rising crime but federal officers operating in portland oregon have been targeting protesters demanding racial justice officials th

them of suppressing free speech maintaining ties with the mafia and refusing to fight corruption there bulgaria's largest government protests in 7 years. iran claims it has launched a list of missiles from an underground base for the 1st time it's part of a series of military exercises which also included targeting a dummy american aircraft carrier u.s. troops stationed in the region were put on alert during the drill. chinese telecoms giant huawei has become the world's largest manufacturer of mobile phones to market research company catalyst while they overtook its main rival some some in the 2nd quarter of this year analysts say china's early recovery from the coronavirus pandemic reinvigorated while his domestic market where it sells more than 70 percent of its phones. police in hong kong have arrested 4 students for alleged offenses under the territory's new national security law the law makes advocating for independence a punishable crime. if used of vote organizing and inciting secession beijing also announced it has abandoned doesn't for democracy activists from running in september's ele

everything is open for example people from luxembourg cannot travel freely there are some hotspots in bulgaria romania and also spain and people from there cannot go freely where they want some countries are blocking tourists from romania. out of their country so we have to to look at every country if you want to travel in the website by the e.u. commission the court he you reopen it which tells you where to go away you cannot go into you have to fill forms and it's more complicated than the boards was before corona but in principle you can travel as of now what about the growing concerns about a possible 2nd wave is the e.u. better prepared today than in march to contain new outbreaks. the european union is certainly learned its lessons since opening for travel again in june put it to agreed that they need a more regional approach to close borders again like it was in the 1st round of lock down is not the way they want to do it the german interior minister has 0 of us it is today he wants to avoid to do this or to close of borders at any cost you have to identify the hotspots and prevent peop

looked after in their homes by care workers from eastern europe mostly from poland and romania and bulgaria placement agencies promised german families personnel who will be available around the clock to look after their relatives. we don't have enough caregivers and especially not registered caregivers there says it's he who would be able to fill these extra $300000.00 jobs so we are dependent on the care workers from eastern europe to take care of the elderly there is no other way mentions of. this being there is now following the trial from garia the labor court in berlin had already ruled on the lawsuit and ordered her former employer to pay her 42000 euros in back wages but the sentence was appealed the final decision is now pending . my message to my colleagues and all the others is you have responsibilities but you also have rights that you should defend. the question now is whether other care workers will follow in her footsteps. it's a classic novel about berlin's the world and now it has been given a cinematic 21st century make over one summed up plots has been adapted for the scr