Britains ambassador to the United States resigns amid a dispute over leaks of diplomatic memos. Came under fire after cables revealed that he called in secure and. Journalists and editors meet for a global conference on Media Freedom well take you to mexico where journalists risk their lives reporting on drug lords and human trafficking. Good to have you with us we begin tonight with the German Defense minister lion she is on a Charm Offensive at the moment in brussels and she seeks to secure the role of European UnionCommission President of the current. The German Defense minister used to hearing at the European Parliament today to spell out her credentials for the top job her priorities she said would be the rule of law Climate Change and European Defense cooperation. Pretty tough this year that is if its funded lions 1st public appearance as nominee for the e. U. Commission presidency the European Unions top job her priority is to speak with any peace 1st to clarify her standing and gauge the mood shes meeting with European Social democrats who are critical of fund a lion a conservative. And i didnt feel she was specific on some issues but in other areas she stayed quite vague so that was definitely not the end of our discussions. Fund ally and needs 374 parliamentary votes to get the job its not clear how much support shell get from social democrats greens and business friendly parties she can rely on the 182 votes from her own group that p. P. And possibly the european conservatives and reformists or e. C. Are critics are hinting that decision on her stance on Climate Policy rescues of migrants at sea and the parliaments rights of initiative. The 100 im convinced shes a passionate european but in some of her statements she was still quite unclear shell have to deliver more by next week and not leave. From the lie and has little time to engage in further talks the outcome of the secret ballot is hard to predict. Whats not there are new worries about the health of america after the german chancellor was seen yet again trembling in public and this is the 3rd time that she has been seen on camera in this condition in the past month this latest incident occurred as the chancellor stood outside with finlands visiting Prime Minister and she read while watching military honors to welcome his arrival you can see her there clenched fist trying to control the shaking. Or just bring in our Political Correspondent now in my neuroscience for more on this so. People are asking more and more questions is 3 times now and theyre asking is she suffering from a medical condition well theres something going got going on there and we say i dont have the answer as to what exactly it is this that this is a sad occurrence months ago though it was a case during a cure crane and president say less his visit that im going to america in front of the camera for the 1st time then a few days later again she couldnt blame that on the heat this time as she had done the 1st time around she had another trending episode and now we heard from a source close to the government that the shaking could actually be down to a psychological pressure that she would have not so trumbo after the 1st sort out there is that it yet maybe lets listen to what i got america has to say about her condition. Would help im fine ive recently said that im working through what happened during the military honors for the visit by the ukrainian president this process is clearly not finished yet but there is progress and i have to live with this for a while but im very well and you dont need to worry about me. Ok so she says shes working through something and we dont need to worry i mean is that answer going to do suffice for the public well you know here in germany there isnt a culture of can i say voyeurism into the. Officials and also germans are very reluctant to pack into the personalize of there as he does and thats very much respected here in germany reso that the press has been quiet about this condition and apparently thats explanation does suffice for the time being of course it brings up the question as to whether or not and america is so faith as a chance that all bets are apparent if this 1st explanation when she says that shes doing fine and that as she can go through our schedule as usual she has proven so flot apparent at this explanation is that some of thats a good point she has not canceled any appointments so far all right our Political CorrespondentEmmanuel Charles thank you thank you. Well a court here in germany has sentence a failed Asylum Seeker from iraq to life in prison for the rape and murder of a 14 Year Old Girl the case prompted a public outcry because the suspect should have been deported after his asylum application was rejected instead he was allowed to stay in germany and that he killed a little girl. Life imprisonment for 22 year old ali bashar thats the toughest sentence allowed under german law the judge said he had shown the compassion nor remorse for suzanne his mother this made it even harder. I know is right on the one hand im grateful for the verdict he cant do anything to any girl or anyone else anymore. But on the other hand it still doesnt bring my daughter back. In may last year rate and murdered susanna 2 weeks passed before any trace of her body was found acting on a tip from another migrant who had been living with bashar police discovered susannas corpse next to a rare way track in a hole covered with dirt and branches. The rejected Asylum Seeker and his family fled to Northern Iraq but he was arrested there and handed over to German Authorities he confessed to killing susanna but denied raping her. Susannas father said he was shocked by the shows unrepentant massaging istic remarks as were others at the trial. The perpetrator showed no remorse empathy or understanding that he could have done something wrong couldnt it if this was really a crime if you wish tough talk and as the presiding judge also put it the perpetrator tried to blame others implying the girl was promiscuous and her death was her own fault and that he is not guilty to. Some not immortal interest to a whole kind of short far right wing groups have seized on the case saying it shows the governments migration policy has had disastrous consequences or thirtys have denied bashar requested asylum and that he was supposed to have been deported long ago but because of the severity of his crimes the court has ruled he will never qualify for Early Release from prison faces another trial on charges of raping an 11 Year Old Girl. Or here are some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world an airstrike on a syrian hospital in the rebel stronghold of. Has killed 6 people and put the hospital our border thats according to the White Helmets activists were fighting in syrias northwest has gone well the government to give she is with the United Nations over a possible peace process. The United States wants to build a military alliance to safeguard the strategic waters off iran in yemen the u. S. Says it aims to guarantee navigation in the strait of hormuz. Both crucial trade routes this comes amid an escalation of tensions between washington and tehran. Britains ambassador to the United States has resigned from his post after blistering criticism for from u. S. President donald draw a circle. Stepped down earlier today following a twitter barrage from a truck you know he called very pompous school after the publication of leaked diplomatic cables which were critical of the trumpet ministration the resulting well has escalated into a full blown diplomatic crisis with some senior british officials saying the leak may have been intended to sabotage u. S. U. K. Relations. For more on this now lets go to london our correspondent bigger losses on the story for us tonight good evening to you do we know exactly what prompted derek to resign did something happened last night for example that triggered his decision. Thats a very good question and the official explanation is that he wanted to end speculation surrounding his role and that he said he couldnt really execute his role in the way he wanted to but also you already hinted at it last night was a Leadership Debate in town of on the television and Boris Johnson who is the most likely successor to reason may you will most likely take over as president Prime Minister in a couple of weeks time he has not really endorsed the ambassador so this is supposedly reportedly the real reason why the ambassador resigned and bigger what about the investigation into who leaked these cables what do we know tonight about that investigation. Well we know that the head of the Diplomatic Service says he was in front of the front a Fast Committee in the houses of parliament and he appeared to be quite shocked about what happened and he said that the police was on the case and that they want to go to the bottom of what happened and that i had deep concerns about whats going on also interesting leigh the head of the Diplomatic Service defended the ambassador and he said so he wrote to him and said youre one of the best of us. And we know now that were going to have open position there in washington and we also know that about 2 weeks time were going to have a new Prime Minister in the u. K. So theres a lot of transition at the moment any idea who will be the next u. K. Ambassador to the u. S. We really dont know at this point in time most likely it will be a decision that will be made by the next Prime Minister and most likely that will be biased johnson so he has got to find the right telling and dealing with the u. S. President and surely he doesnt want to go down as donna trumps patsy hes been criticized a lot for not standing behind the ambassador a lot of criticism even from from his own party a Foreign Office minister said that he has thrown the ambassador under the bus so its a really quite severe and he will have to really think about his steps very very carefully you know that he will begin last reporting tonight from london bigger thank you. The 1st global conference for Media Freedom has begun in london its part of an International Campaign to highlight the importance of a Free Press Reporters without borders has described last year as the deadliest on record for journalists with 99. 00 journalists killed among the most dangerous countries or afghanistan where 15 reporters were killed doing their jobs last year 11 were killed in syria mexico is the deadliest place to be a journalist outside a conflict zone 10 reporters lost their lives there last year or d. W. Has met with a journalist in mexico who risked her life every time she goes to work has. Got a call at desperate voice saying we found bodies again the reported knows the woman who called her she belongs to a group of mothers looking for their missing children now its become a search for bodies. Reports life but then we went on them we have no where and when i was a leos with the searches of. This they were told that there might be secret mass graves here they have discovered one little kiss we have these womens loved ones have disappeared here we can see the bones out of wessels playmobil set about it was like the. Well the money has been reporting on the searching mothers for years and the vast majority of cases it turns out that their children were abducted and killed by the signal cartel. By covering the story to put herself in jeopardy she regularly receives death threats. A few years ago the threats almost became reality. Was kidnapped are yes i was going to be almost my life was in danger i knew theyd either kill me or let me go but i had already seen their faces was Good Practice so i was sure they would kill me about that or know that you know this one of them said it was time to make this just year. Old girl maybe i wont matter one asks me if i had a last wish. There would be more there so i said god bless you. For joining the care and turning my daughters into orphans was there in the gussies i was there in the us i let god like your password and may you be well get they will mean that book i mean like i asked him for a boy really the words move the kidnappers to let her go. To c. S. S. And i mean once youre on the cartels list they can kill you at any time with or without a bodyguard as a day as escort thats just a few days later a colleague of hers was kidnapped she knew him and had researched the drug scene with him as well 2 weeks later his body was found in black plastic bags. Seen a stanley is constantly aware of the danger she faces every day. Her sister allowed and daughter always worried about her own isnt. Killed there. Im sad because i know that something can happen to her that ive. Ive known because i know that shes not safe when shes working. Still see both a very proud of. Yes him but i though shes always given 100 percent and 100 percent extra for. Proof of the real dangers for reporters in mexico and my next guest she can also attest to how dangerous our profession is there on a bill or not as is a mexican journalist and an author she is known for her Investigative Journalism into mexican Drug Trafficking and the alleged collusion between government officials and drug lords she is the recipient of the w. C. Freedom of speech award this year 2019 and a bill its good to have you on the program would you have asked us not to mention where you are located now and we have respected that decision it speaks for itself maybe could you tell us about the threats that you and your colleagues deal with on a daily basis. Well. In the last decade have been the most dangerous place to be a journalist you and United Nations said this in one report poorish and. Then of the last year or so more than one hon grant shared. Journalist terry journalists have been killed in mexico and as as do you have here many of them were targeted toward her 1st they could impede sess and their manes were left in sad and black backs so these these what we have to him face they say in mexico now for tonight is the 2nd time that i have to left my country just to be able to keep doing my job i have been on their track seems 2010 when i push my book and not collapse then mexican drugs north and the fathers where i reveal all the connections between the shans. A. Businessman in mexico at the highest level you can just press in and of mixed go with the cartels so as you know mexico has these these wire between the god of scenes 2000 sikhs and because these why are more than one quarter 1000000 a person had been killed in mexico so we we we have to warrant any of these very difficult situation and out of the i read your book it really it is its like the encyclopedia for the situation in mexico do you feel that the situation in mexico do you feel its getting worse. Yes absolutely absolutely right now i am working in a new book i was able to have a testimony inside the most important in mexico they snuck out of jail these women as well as the head west in the west seem to have in bed of the cartel and here he was able to reveal the tells how the car dope works and these just give give me an english give i have big picture how really is is difficult this edition in mexico because almost all the fi shelves almost all of the members of that tony get out all these all the federal believes or the army in y. And way are no theyre worse for the car this little you have these live between that got us where the people innocent people or journalists have to work every day between these 2 forces that got us and the group the government trying to do to survive let me just ask you this what about with the new mexican president one man will Lopez Obrador he has promised to address exactly what you are talking about has he changed anything. Well i have to said that not exactly that watch thats what he promised he said that he will not prosecute any mark to the head of the cartels he said that just at the beginning of his government right now in mexico is not any operation against the cartels then you government create national war that super bowl xli will be clean and with and when try to combine all that all the other kind of crimes like extortions kid not bean strawberries all these fancy money issues that banks do that people every day but the problem is that the president is trying to integrate to compound these national what we did same bad people i mean hes imbibing he want to do put inside these national with these new new corporation to the federal police that have been very corrupt that members of the army member so no use chairs he just like heather well because i think that shame bad people well before we run out of time on it let me just ask you this situation at the border with the United States i mean that gets a lot of attention right now with migrants crossing mexico trying to reach the u. S. How is that impacting the ability of journalists to do their job in mexico and the safety of journalists about this problem with the border. No it really doesnt have any change i mean mexico has been done for journalists even without that problem so that problem really dont change anything you know because journalists have been doing their job in both borders in what to milan United States inside the country and its not because theyre proud of the board their dad now its more or less than yours is just the same ok under bill and hundreds journalist and author its good to have you on the program this evening on a bell and we wish you all the best and stay safe thank you. Well as the saying goes haters going to hate snow where is this true event on twitter for most people the solution is simple block them but for us president double trump a new Court Ruling Means there may be no was gaping the haters lawyers waiters hear all the talk about whats this ruling all about so this case upholds an earlier ruling that said trump is not allowed to block twitter users because it violates their right to free speech which is trying in the u. S. Constitution and he had previously blocked 7 users who have been critical of his policies and when you block someone on twitter for those who dont know it means that you cant and their tweets you cant message that you cant interact with their profile at all and the judge basically made the point that this Digital Space is a new kind of modern town hall where people come to express themselves and by blocking users specifically for their political views trump is shutting them out of this Public Forum Discussion in their minds he uses twitter. Policy resolutely what are the arguments that are coming from the trump camp well trumps lawyers basically said that the after real donald trump account that we all know is not his official account rather its a personal account and they tried to draw a parallel between trump owning a house and owning a personal twitter account saying that if you chooses to conduct government business in his personal property is it doesnt suddenly make it Government Property and that same logic should apply to social media accounts now we do know its worth noting that President Trump has an official president ial twitter account thats at p. O. To us at protests or stands for at president of the United States but this account as we can see has less than half of the followers of his personal account at real donald trump and really its just retreating statements that he makes from that personal account so now his personal twitter feed which as you mentioned he uses to announce major policy is promote his legislative agenda has now. Bin rules as an extension of his presidency whether he likes it or not the courts rationale here is that trump is a public figure obviously and twitter is a public forum therefore cannot keep people from exercising the 1st amendment rights to free speech i mean it sounds like this could have consequences for a lot of people only the us president were looking at a very interesting legal precedent now and are already seeing some of the cases pop up particularly against the new darling of the left wing new york congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez shes been accused of blocking members of the conservative media on twitter and we have a tweet from the former democratic new york assemblyman dov hikind who said hes exploring filing a suit against her looking for other plaintiffs because she blocked him on twitter and we have a 2nd tweet from a republican but this is what you see if alexander causing her death is blocked tweeted we have a 2nd tweet from a republican whos running for Congress Bring up exactly this issue hes filed a lawsuit against a receiver blocking him on twitter trump is not allowed to block people on twitter will the standards apply equally stay tuned to find out he writes so its good to be seen how this will in fact play out but this is a new standard set by the trump case as to how social media plays a role in Public Policy decisions certainly elevates the position of twitter as a way to move the thank you. New york city is in full party mode as the u. S. National soccer Team Returns Home with the greatest trophy in the game the world cup the team made its way through the kenyan wide streets of Lower Manhattan the financial district today where the grade and the good have been celebrated in tickertape parades for more than a century the u. S. Team beat the netherlands in the World Cup Final sunday they have been heralded as Game Changers for the way they push themselves and the equal pay issue in the sport. That struggle continues all right youre watching news up next conflict zone ill be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed by the day i hope to see you this. 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