Hiding talks exclusively to 3 young protestors define hong kongs rulers and demanding democracy. The Italian Coast Guard rescues dozens of migrants from the mediterranean are reporters more from the island of lampedusa where tensions are high after a charity ship forced its way into the port last week. And shes the president elect of the European Commission but what did germans think their defense minister was about fundamental getting europes top job one of the surprising results of a new survey. Im so me so much gun nuts good to have you with us u. S. President donald trump has led 4th of july celebrations in washington d. C. The holiday marks americas independence from british roll and is usually folk. On National Unity sidestep tradition though with what he called the show of a lifetime a speech to donors flanked by military vehicles even by his standards it was an eye catching spectacle but did the event live up to the hype take a look. Although it rained on his parade President Donald Trump had promised quite a show. Including a beefed up military showing he had dubbed it a salute to america critics didnt like tanks being part of a National Holiday celebration and many had wondered whether he would use a speech to the nation to campaign for reelection next year but he stuck to a nonpartizan script as we gather this evening in the joy of freedom we remember that all share a truly extraordinary heritage they gather we are part of one of the greatest stories ever told the story of america there were concerted efforts to speak to the nation as a whole but most the trump speech praised americas historic achievements focusing on the past our nations creativity ingenius lit up the lights of broadway and the sound stages of hollywood it filled the concert halls an air waves around the world with the sound of jazz opera country rock n roll and rhythm and blues it gave birth to the musical the Motion Picture the western the world series the super bowl the skyscraper the suspension bridge the Assembly Line and the Mighty American automobile the show of a lifetime got some good reviews. I work for the military some of those airplanes that flew over ive actually worked on. Its a celebration of freedom i thought it was very Good American focused patriotic speech avoided partisanship which was very welcome but some nonplussed. Or just wondering like this is not a political day per se its just american day and a little concerned at all to political economy whatever history lessons that we all grew up in new like i like beating a dead horse so to speak about the future where were going. From here in seattle where we work we know where we work this i want to work go for a man who deferred his way out of the vietnam draft his version of the 4th of july was almost all about the mike that the us military past and present. Helena humphrey was there and sent us her impressions of Donald Trumps controversial parade. The president promised a show of a lifetime and it was an all out hollywood style production with cameras on the president as he left the white house brew calls on huge screens here to a found castro music no expense was spared now ahead of the address there had been concern that the president might veer off script and turn a patriotic event into a political one on what is traditionally a day all of unity but the precise nature of the military flyovers meant that the president simply couldnt divert too much from the program with the fly over showcasing the countrys latest military post is on the president s voice rising up over the noise of the jets now there might not have been explicit references to the us is a current adverse sarees but the message was clear with the president saying on nation is stronger than it has ever been before it is at its strongest now a message with one eye on a 2020 Reelection Campaign and another global tensions including those currently rushing out with iran under president clearly costing himself as commander in chief. Not some other stories making news around the world a strong earthquake has struck Southern CaliforniaOfficials Say the 6. 4 magnitude tremor hit near the town of ridgecrest but could be felt in los angeles some 200 kilometers away its the biggest quake to hit Southern California since 1999. Sudans ruling generals and protest leaders have reached a power sharing agreement according to African Union mediators under the deal to have a civilian half military council the country for the next 3 years sudan a scene ongoing protests since long time president Omar Al Bashir was ousted in a pool. A new report by the United Nations says nearly 7000 people were killed by Security Forces in venezuela in the past 18 months and warns that many of the killings likely constituted extrajudicial executions the report is based on figures provided by the venezuelan government. To hong kong now where students have rejected the offer of a meeting with the territorys chief executive kerry lam landless past efforts to pass an extradition bill into law after weeks of huge protests but activists what the bill what withdrawn completely on monday they stormed hong kongs parliament but he has bollinger met 3 of those involved in the incident Stephanie Boris and can not their real names were protesting outside the Legislative Council on monday when suddenly a group of young people started to attack the parliament trying to break the glass from. The time i was still struggling over whether i should leave or i should support them i thought by the time the glass broke and the 1st protesters entered the building she had made up her mind i thought that i needed to support what they wanted to do it may be wrong all right but they are still hong kong people. Most of the protesters were very young 18 year old boras also had his doubts but decided to join in. The protesters entered the building spraying graffiti calling for universal suffrage prodemocracy activists have been fighting for these 2 months a decade to no avail. My parents asked me if i really had to join the protests they said they had already enough out there but i said no one will stand up if everyone thinks that way. I mean while the city is trying to clear the remnants of the supposed damage to the legislature is estimated at 1000000 euros the government has vowed to prosecute those who participated several arrests have believed to be made. If i told you that im not afraid i would be lying and we may be talking about 10 years in jail but from that day until now i dont regret that i went and i just feel that i did what i needed to do. Many moderate protesters feel that this might not have helped their cause but criticism has been limited as they say they understand the anger that surfaced. When we entered we had already lost but we felt there was nothing else we could do any more peaceful rallies have achieved nothing. The 3 are currently in hiding as the police are stepping up their efforts to identify those involved in storming hong kongs parliament i the Italian Coast Guard has rescued more than 50 migrants from the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of lampedusa and brought them ashore the news was there as the vessel docked here we see the migrants disembarking from the Coast Guard Boat late on thursday meanwhile another group of migrants remains on board and n. G. O. S all that is still awaiting permission to land last weekend n. G. O. Rescue ship sea watch 3 forcibly docked at lab after being denied entry for 2 weeks our reporter i mean as ive travelled to tell of the. Small italian island of lampedusa is once again at the center of europes immigration troubles just behind me a boat and Italian Coast Guard vessel brought several dozen migrants to shore after which they were taken away quickly to the Immigration Center here on the island that came just moments after an italian n. G. O. S meditate on a announced that they had rescued 54 migrants off the coast of libya. That drew the ire of talent deputy Prime Minister and anti immigration hardliner Mateo Salvini she responded saying that that vessel should turn around and go back to libya the difference here is that n. G. O. S like to meditate on a often pick up migrants off the coast of libya where many deaths occur and they bring them to the closest safe port which for them is lampedusa the small italian island italys deputy Prime Minister and italys right wing government disagree they say that those migrants should stay where they came from and that is north africa. Iran has condemned the seizure of one of its oil tankers off the british territory of gibraltar in Southern Spain on thursday morning British Royal marines boarded the tanker we just suspected to be carrying a radian crude its believed the oil was on its way to syria in violation of European Union sections u. S. National security advisor john bolton tweeted it was excellent news the Spanish Government says the u. S. Requests of the seizure. To grace one has been at anchor and under god since the Early Morning british authorities stopped the ship as it passed through spanish territorial waters at gibraltar at the tip of the Iberian Peninsula they say the oil was bound for syria in breach of e. U. Sanctions against the war torn country authorities also say the ship loaded the oil in iran putting the vessel in breach of u. S. Sanctions against tehran. That i want to be that it doesnt require us to deal was patrolling the zone but were studying the circumstances in which this is taken place there was a request made by the United States to the United Kingdom and we are looking into how this affects our sovereignty in the sense that it took place in waters which we understand are under spains sovereignty it was our last question and he had been able to get a basis but you know. The ship is registered under penalty flag and belongs to a singapore based Company Gibraltar says the vessel and its cargo have been confiscated. Voters in greece will go to the polls this sunday in a snap National Election the early vote was called after greeces governing so recept party suffered major losses at recent European Parliamentary elections now a Prime Minister lets see if s. He is a battling to hold on to his job during his 4 years in office he has largely stuck to the austerity measures recommended by european debtors angering many voters the economys has improved somewhat under siege but many greeks. Theyre still suffering the effects of tax increases and budget cuts now the front runner to replace it is this man here kitty ackles its attack its leader of the conservative new Democracy Party its attack is a harvard educated ex banker and the son of a former Prime Minister he has promised to create jobs privatized more state assets and cut taxes lots of talk is benefiting from voters anger over the economic downturn that resulted from austerity. Reports. That are going out these people are in no mood to celebrate the greek elections are just around the corner and the leftist syriza party is striving for every vote polls suggest their time could be up with sores their supporters here in athens still believe that the ruling partys values they buy from it are you there is a big series stands for more democracy equality and solidarity and. A lot of. What we did a series of represents renewal and change in the culture of the creation of better economic conditions. Because what has to be a man 9 is for me its safety calmness and assurance in my life with mistakes and other things but at safety. Almost in this failure the people here behind me still believe in the lefties sure its a party but the party has been losing support and many here in greece have decided to join another political camp. And he is one of them pension here and former math teacher young hes the most. In 2015 when greece was in the middle of a financial crisis he believed series i would be able to create a Better Future for him and his family. Now 4 years later he says he has had enough. Of this and miss him more so than i expected Something Different compared with previous governments. Because it was the ethics and the way they express themselves that had irritated me before he goes. Forth but series as politics proved to be the same style or even worse when. He hit out of. The most says series as making middle class people like him bearing the burden of creases economic crisis pension cuts and high taxes have made everyday life less affordable. For you. Another group is using this to its advantage the conservative new Democracy Party with its leader kerry of course and so talk us. Hes currently the front runner in the polls. But theyre rivals and Prime MinisterAlexis Tsipras so as a party claim new democracy is hardly the champion of the middle class. The huge deficit that destroyed the middle class is made. Everything is made by there is a surprise but now. As the savior. Of the 2 parties arguments are familiar by now by jennis the most has decided to vote for a new democracy this time the retired teacher has this simple reason. One to. Look in mathematics theres the idea of the method of elimination proving something by limiting the other options. Unfortunately the greeks will now vote based on that logic. Because. If enough greeks follow this approach in sundays election theres a realistic chance that its swing voters like. Ultimately decide this spell its winner. Still the. News feed end of an era veteran former byron munich star retires at the age of 35. 00. The decision to nominate germanys defense. To be president of the European Commission came as a big surprise to many a new survey by german test shows that people in germany are skeptical. For the top job 33 percent think she is the right person and she would do a good job as Commission President but 56 percent the majority say she would not be a Good Commission chief. We have our Political CorrespondentThomas Sparrow with us here in our studio hi thomas explain the skepticism to us well it has to do with the role she has in the German Cabinet you mentioned already she was the current minister of defense and as such she has had to deal with a lot of problems in the German Military a lot of criticism about the capability and the readiness of germanys our forces that have been reports saying that the German Armed Forces are understaffed on their requests that theyre too bureaucratic and shes also facing an investigation regarding spending in a regular so those elements that according to many here in germany are enough for them to be a bit skeptical about these problems its also important to stress that some of those problems she inherited this is a position that is described in some cases as a career killer so depending on how you view and you might think that under the circumstances she might have done a good job whereas others actually criticize her for not doing enough so what about this nomination to become the you Commission President what that allowed to in her to escape some of this controversy or would she take that with her to brussels in a way she will that controversy if she does become the new head of the e. U. Commission just to also be confirmed by the European Parliament or so something thats important to stress but in a way when you look at her career you would obviously have to consider the role she has played as german minister or defense as you would also have to consider the role that you played before as german labor minister family minister as well she is described as the only minister that has been with Angela Merkel since angle of michael became chancellor in 2005 so she is seen as a very close ally of java talked about thomas weve also been been looking at who german voters think should be selecting the e. U. Commission boss lets take a look during the european elections in may for the line was not a candidate for the job and there was a sense among many germans that government leaders made a backroom deal instead of choosing one of the candidates nominated by their parliamentary groups for the Commission President job now the pollsters asked who should choose. President of the European Commission the heads of government or the European Parliament lets take a look 21 percent feel that government heads should have the final say but an overwhelming majority of 71 percent say the European Parliament should decide who will lead the commission so thomas what do you make of those numbers all this is a clear reason why many germans are skeptical about the nomination of was a left on the line and were not only talking about germans was talking about Political Parties if you look for example at the social democrats social democrats are the junior members of angular merkels governing coalition they clearly rejected was alive and alliance nomination they say that she wasnt even on the ballot joining the european elections of may that they stand with these socalled spits and candida. Principle whereby you should be electing the people who actually stood for election in the 1st place im talking about munfordville for example in the center right but there are funds to much from the center left so thats one of the reasons why the german social democrats and many germans as well criticised the nomination its important for us women to see that theres another side of the story maybe those who think that it is up to the leaders of the different European Countries structurally present to these nominations that they have to have the right to do so because theyre automatically also elected representatives in their respective countries and the european elections have a very Important National component so there are always 2 or more sides to this story as to whether the e. U. Gains or doesnt gain legitimacy when you use or you dont use this. Principle and just very briefly tell us what you think it means for the chancellor Angela Merkel that her defense minister has been nominated for her its obviously a very good news as she is was left on the line is one of Angela Merkels closest allies when you look at Angela Merkels career you also have to consider very closely the role that was around on the line played since 2005 in those 3 different ministries of our Political CorrespondentThomas Sparrow with us thank you my fish. Now the u. S. Is tightening sanctions against cuba by hitting its state run oil shipping Firm Washington says its imposing new penalties on have an a because of its role in propping up venezuelas president Nicolas Maduro who president trouble once removed from power a trunk sanctions are hitting ordinary cubans whove been dealing with the consequences of a u. S. Trade embargo that started nearly 60 years ago. Former rizzuto America Today is a good day theres fish for dinner cuba is surrounded by water but these days the 48 year old has to stand in line for over 2 hours to buy fish. Sometimes when a product is available again i call my brother or friend right away and say hey theres chicken here and i get in line. And i want to. But for marie its even more important than food is whether or not she can get her medication or her brothers both suffer from high Blood Pressure. Were living in a time of need thats the reality today. There was never really an excess of anything here but now even soap and toothbrushes are hard to come by staples like rice flour and beans are strictly rationed people here are lining up for chicken. Older people are very often overwhelmed just recently a woman waiting in line right in front of me collapsed. Cuba has been hit hard by americas sanctions cubans living in exile cant send as much money back to their families now nonetheless cuba is still putting on a happy face but even the Tourism Industry crucial to the country is hurting cruise liner operations have been canceled and any american doing business in cuba faces possible charges back home. Oh my wish trump nothing but the worst is president doesnt have feelings none now. But while the sanctions right now cuban say its because of venezuela ever since the days of hugo chavez and fidel castro these socialist nations have been economically and politically close then as well it gets doctors and support from cubas intelligence agencies and cuba gets crude oil but venezuela is in a deep crisis and cant supply much more oil many think the u. S. Believes if cubas economy collapses it wont be able to support venezuela. Every conflict with the u. S. Is difficult because of its leading position as the worlds most important market and no one would risk an argument with the us because of cuba. The bulk of. Mary to has arrived at her allocated pharmacy to pick up her medication she can only get it here initially things were looking good but then a problem arises. Out of it and i got my medication but they didnt give me what my brother needs maybe it was arrive next week or ill call the pharmacy Central Head Office and ask if i can get it and another part of the city. The usa is power play is making life here much harder for its his brother has to eat a lot of garlic supposedly this will keep his Blood Pressure down but at least today theres fish to go with it. Sports now and in tennis day 4 of wimbledon sod germanys defending champion im going to caballe crash out in the 2nd round she lost in 3 sets to american lauren davis womens top seed ash barty advance to the 3rd round along with Serena Williams and Roger Federer spanish mens 3rd seed rafael nadal seen here in practice also be controversial australian nick curious in one of the standout matches of the tournament so far. In football former byron munich winger aryan robin is retiring the 35 year old left the bundesliga champions in may and had been expected to finish his career back in his native netherlands but robin says injuries have taken their toll. All you and rob in this final season with bae and started with a bang our goal on match day warm but as so often injury issues struck causing him to miss 27 games a key reason for resigning. In a statement robin said no doubt its the hardest decision ive had to make in my career a decision where heart and mind collided. After starting his career in the netherlands robin had stints with chelsea and real madrid but will be best remembered for playing over 300. 00 games for buy in munich in which he scored 144. 00 goals and provided another 101 assists ive since joining in 2009 he won the Champions League 8 german championships and 5 german cups. He also formed a fearsome partnership with fellow wing a funk they believe the jew owed dubbed robbery were integrity to buy and success over the last decade. In his last league game of robben found the net for the final time in his career. The flying dutchman 1000 out as one of the greats of the modern game. Dont forget you can always get it up in news on the go down letter out from google player from the app store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can also use the data to send us your photos and your video. 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