Million mercedes cars across europe after accusations of the german carmaker cheated on emissions tests. I am printing off. Its good to have you with us. Tonight Amnesty International says truth and justice have been become total strangers in turkey. It comes after an Istanbul Court ordered the continued attention of the group record for the country and five other activists. Turkey accuses the 6 activists of committing a crime in the name of a Terror Organization but it hasnt said which group. One of the six is a German National and the german chancellor angela merkel, she has condemned the court pass ruling, calling it unjustified. Reporter relatives and colleagues of the arrested human rights activists are in shock. A Turkish Court ruled on tuesday that four of the detained must be released. But six others will continue to be held in pretrial detention, including the workshop leader. That makes him the 10th german held in turkey on terrorism allegations. The German Government has dec
And a jewish director in the antisemitic richard wagner. Germanys annual wagner fest opens up with the master singers and a jewish sense of humor. Louise brent im brent goff for the u. S. Senate decided to proceed with debate on repealing the Affordable Act Affordable Care act known as obamacare. The Vice President mike pence had to break the tie to advance the repeal bill. As President Donald Trump held the results shortly after the vote took place, hes been applying huge pressure to get obamacare repealed but its unclear whether there are enough votes to do so. A short while later in the white house rose garden, trump commented on the vote. He was hosting the president of lebanon. Pres. Trump im very happy to announce that with zero of the democrats votes, the motion to proceed on health care has just passed and now we move forward towards truly Great Health Care for the American People. We look forward to that. This was a big step. I want to thank senator john mccain. Very brave man
Navy to stop traffickers launching boats from libya. Amnesty International Calls the plan shameful, almost 100,000 migrants have come to italy so far this year by sea. Laila im laila harrak. Thank you for your company. We are starting off with the volatile situation in venezuala where the government is cracking down on the opposition. To opposition leaders were taken by their homes by Security Service and overnight raids. This comes a day after the controversy over vote for an assembly that will rewrite the constitution. A move that critics say could spiral the country into chaos even further. Correspondent in the dead of night, authorities arrested opposition leaders. The cctv posted on twitter by his wife. 12 27 a. M. , the moment the dictatorship kidnaps him from my house, you will not break them, reads the tweet. Lopez was already under house arrest when the Intelligent Services came for him. As was caracas maya, who authorities have also detained. Two of the most high profile oppo
From gaza who is becoming an inspiration to young women. I am sarah kelly. Welcome to the program. It is great to have you with us. South african president jacob zuma has again survived a vote of noconfidence. The motion and parliament followed a string of corruption scandals. Zuma has faced several similar votes in the past, but this was different. This was a secret ballot, making it more likely that lawmakers from the ruling and it anc party might vote against him. Some did, but not enough to remove the president. And therefore, the motion of noconfidence in the president is accordingly negative. Critics and the anc reporter in a surprise move, a secret ballot. The opposition hoped that would boost the antizuma vote within his own anc, that that was not enough. Just a few minutes after his victory, supporters cheered their president. Mired in corruption scandals, the veteran leader had once again beaten off his opponents. The anc is there. It is powerful. It is difficult to defeat th
Floods swept through the capital. Sarah i am sarah harman, good to have you. Air berlin has filed for bankruptcy. That comes after its major shareholder with drew financial support. Etienne said it has no confidence the struggling german carrier can survive. Reporter air berlin had been a growing crisis, piling up the debt in excess of one billion euros. The Airline Posted repeated losses following a series of takeovers. It filed for bankruptcy after its carrier said it would no longer provide further financial support. That is not surprised me as well. Everyone knew that air berlin was not doing well. I am thinking about the poor people that work at air berlin. What will happen to them . It is sad news. I hope they find a solution, because i love air berlin. Reporter the government will provide a bridging loan to keep flights going for the next three months. This decision will ensure that business can continue so that Flight Operations do not have to be terminated. Air berlin has anno