Play. Thanks for joining us. Hundreds of climate activists have broken through a police line and stormed one of germanys biggest lignite coal mines several Police Officers have reportedly been injured its the culmination of a mass protest organized by several environmentalist groups activists are demanding that germany take immediate action to phase out fossil fuels so as to limit global warning. Ok. Its a coordinated protest targeting several different locations slowly this group of demonstrators make their way towards their destination the carts wyler coal mine. Isnt metabolise and were well distributed now the train tracks in front of the new coal power plant are occupied and over 1000 protesters are on their way to meet or else and this morning nearly 2000 activists from our camp set off towards the open pit here in chorus finally. Hundreds of activists slept on the train tracks leading to the coal field power plant in order not successfully blocking coal deliveries to the facility. And enough it was very quiet during the night but the mood was very positive it was the world very happy to be here. This has to be done i thought it would be much harder whats going on here is really impressive i have a good feeling that we can make things happen. By mid afternoon some activists managed to breach the Police Cordon and enter the Open Pit Mine these people want your money to immediately end its reliance on coal saying the environment cant wait for a gradual phase out. For more on this lets go to d. W. Correspondent peter halo who is at the ghauts violent late night line for us peter welcome we are hearing reports about clashes between protesters and police how is the situation where you are. The situation is very tense here at the enormous Open Pit Mine of got swallowed as you can see behind me about 1000 activists have that mine today in the afternoon and now its a standoff between them and police down there in that mine theyre hard to spot because this is an enormous pit thats about 66 square kilometers big but i just had to look through binoculars and you can see really hundreds of policemen facing hundreds of protesters some of them have set up their tents so its already tense situation down there theyve got smiling nightline belongs to energy giant of a conflict between the Energy Supplier and environmental is a new whats behind it well its a conflict between and viral mentalists and the coal industry the environmentalists the protesters here say theyre. Not mining in this area is the main source of c o 2 emissions in europe they say and so they want to be shut down as soon as possible and the one running this mine and some power plants around here and other mines of course says no we need to burn coal we need that energy from the ground here that germany has announced that it will stop using coal as an Energy Source by 2038 politicians are even talking about bringing the deadline forward to 2030 how far along is germany with the transition. Well germany is not where it once to be and the mining the brown coal mining in the country is one of the reasons for that because it is called. The worst. Production when it comes to c o 2 emissions as i said its considered to be the main the biggest Single Source of c o 2 emissions in europe and that is a reason why germany wont meet its climate goals if these mines will keep running and the power plants in this region will keep running for another 20 years and that is why politicians are now discussing that they reached a compromise in phasing out brown coal mining until 2038 they are now discussing new dates in order for germany to achieve its goals so how protests like this one here following there for us affected Energy Supplies at all no not at all not yet be Energy Supply here in the region of course they have stockpiles of coal not far from here i can see smoke coming from chimneys off their power plants so theyre still running these power plants and even if some of these power plants were to be shut down of course theres other sources of energy in the country so i dont expect that we will see any sort of power shortages in germany in the near future t w correspondent peter hill a thank you very much the 2 contenders to be the next british Prime Minister are in the u. K. City of birmingham today and the 1st of 16 Campaign Events for the leadership of the conservative party front runner Boris Johnson laid out his vision for the party saying he would quote get bricks that done johnson also refused to answer questions relating to a Police Incident at his home last night his rival jeremy hunt who is currently the u. K. s foreign secretary has also been laying his plans out for the party the new leader is set to be elected in the 3rd week of july. And were he to become the next Prime MinisterBoris Johnson has vowed to leave the e. U. By october 31st no matter what earlier we asked on in correspondent challenge of pots how realistic this promise really is well he has promised by october 31st he is going to take the u. K. Out of the European Union come what may even if it was meant even if you had to do it with no deal which could have of course catastrophic consequences for the economy here in the u. K. And the you his promises cannot be taken too serious he has flip flopped on issues before he is somebody who is a political opportunist so people in the u. K. Are worried. About this uncertainty of what kind of Prime MinisterBoris Johnson will be. Lets now take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world u. S. President donald trump has said he will impose additional sanctions on iran in an attempt of war there hamper the countrys Nuclear Program trump also said the pentagon was still considering military action against terror the statements come after trump called off the strike on a rainy and targets after the revolutionary guard shot down an american intelligence thrown on. The people of istanbul are preparing to go to the polls tomorrow in a rerun of the citys Mayoral Election that was an old in may polls show be not only interim of the ruling a cave party again trailing edge from him only the opposition c. H. P. And almost one the initial vote in march which was then scrapped following alleged irregularities. Leaders in germany are sounding the alarm about far right extremism after the killing of a member of chancellor merkels conservative party the suspect has known links to the neo nazi scene hes accused of shooting. In the city of casa earlier this month the 65 year old who was a vocal supporter of refugees a number of politicians across the country say they have received Death Threats in recent days now foreign minister heikal mons has written an op ed for germanys biggest selling newspaper calling for more action against the far right call. D. W. Reporter hunk friendly has been following the story for us what are people in the Political Community heikal mas other politicians what are they saying about far right extremism in germany while the foreign minister just mentioned has published an article on shirleys best selling newspaper the build side the newspaper and there he wrote an article and hes saying that people really need to call the crimes committed by far right extremists need to call them right wing terrorists he said that because a lot of these cases were were mentioned as isolated cases but actually they are language and terror is terror thats what hes saying and he also calls for protests he mentioned that we have fridays for a future right now and then we also should have thursdays for democracy for example because he says that right wing extremism is in danger in democracy and also interior minister whole say hoffa also said that these crimes have had to become combatant online so he vowed that Domestic Intelligence will work on more to wanted to those who are very likely to commit Violent Crimes and also merkel also said something she say that the go she says that the government is very serious about about fighting right wing extremism how serious of a problem is this really how big is the neo nazi community here in germany. The problem the potential threat posed by these right wing extremists has become clear after the killing of the politician and in fact. Perpetrator was found being having participated says and neo nazi meeting that back in march 29000 and he met with a group called combat 18 thats a new nazi terrorist organized. Known to be an extremely dangerous and the last time these kind of events happened in 2009 and now we have 29000. 00 so its pretty threatening pretty alarming also a number of politicians for its received Death Threats. And in one of the letters for example i can mention it right now to you its a road that the face of cleansing has started with by to live and many more will follow him including you your life and in 2020 thats pretty threatening and also some official statistics also indicated that there has been a rise in the crimes committed by a far far right extremists for example in 2014 it was like around 10000 cases recorders and then 2017 it rose to become around 12000 worrying developments here in germany followed by a hug from me thank you very much. To new york now and the musical event that usually takes place here in germany the wrap up on festival is celebrating its 4th new york edition its named after hamburg most famous street and showcases a colorful rioting of artists from across the musical spectrum and around the world theres also a special award for up and coming talent. There was something for nearly everyone and theres a pub on festival showcase from american punk band surf part. To the popular strains of berlins gird. The dance being so from northern germany. Or the quiet melancholy of israeli multi instrumentalist henri. This was the 4th time that the hamburg based festival held its new york edition and this time it was part of the year of german American Friendship a series of events promoting Cultural Exchange which. He knew him from the original hamburg version of the tape on festival takes place this september but the jury for its anchor award was presented in new york headed by legendary record producer Tony Visconti it also features the likes of british singer kate nash and the berlin based canadian artist peaches can take me to both a single couple times its such an amazing festival i said how an amazing history like music so its like. I think its very important for us from very different styles in. Music to being out with each other and. Discuss younger generations the organizers of the deep upon festival have their sights set on even Greater International Cooperation with additions planned for los angeles nashville beijing and across. Indie music maybe i need a shot but its fans are clearly spread across the globe. And in soccer the ongoing lawsuit by the u. S. Womens team against the American Soccer Federation over fair pay is set to go to mediation following the world cup the u. S. Players initially filed a lawsuit and marched over an equal pay and working conditions when compared to the mens team they and the u. S. Federation are hopeful mediation will settle the case but 1st team usa is dealing with the task of defending their world cup title in france. 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