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Transcripts For KCSM DW News 20171123

And what is next for germany as politicians seek away from the good the social democrats be rethinking their opposition for governing together with Angela Merkels conservatives . We will have the latest on the negotiations. Sarah im sarah kelly. Welcome to the program. Thank you for joining us. Zimbabwes former Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has arrived back in harare in preparations to take power after president Robert Mugabes shock resignation. Mnangagwa had fled to south africa earlier this month after being fired by mugabe. A short while back he addressed his supporters outside the headquarters of the ruling party. Reporter crowds in harare welcome home their hero. And Emmerson Mnangagwa failed to disappoint. It did not take him long to connect with his supporters. The voice of the people is the voice of power. Today, we are witnessing the beginning of a new unfolding democracy. Reporter his return follows a historic day in zimbabwe. On tuesday, the speaker of parliament announced that Robert Mugabe had resigned after 37 years in power. Harare celebrated the beginning of a new chapter in zimbabwes history. Today though, all eyes were squarely on mnangagwa. He is expected to be sworn in as interim president on friday. In the midst of political changes, the African Union took a more cautious approach. The transition must be a and shortterm one, as the constitution allows for elections in july and these elections must be free, democratic and inclusive, where everybody is allowed to run. Reporter the vote is expected to be held by september, 2018. What shape zimbabwe will be in by then will depend a lot on this man. Sarah for more, lets bring in journalist ray ndlovu who joins us from harare. Ray, we just heard a pretty rousing speech. I think it is fair to say. Did the former Vice President tell the people what they wanted to hear . Ray thank you for having me. The former Vice President definitely had a resounding welcome. Winning over the people looking forward to his term. Speaking into taking over and addressing president Robert Mugabe as the former president , clearly drawing a line in the sand that he is now in charge and ready to start a new way forward. Definitely those that attended left happy and pleased that their man is back and hes talking their language. Sarah but surely when it comes to a new way forward, a lot of people must have concerns about that, because this is a man, he was the right hand man of president mugabe for a number of years. What is the mood there in the country, especially because people want change . Ray certainly we cannot take away the fact that he has been by former president Robert Mugabes side for 50 years. But the mood right now in harare is they want to give him a chance and want to give them a clean slate in which he can begin to chart his own way forward. We heard in his speech addressing president Robert Mugabe as the former president. I read it as a very strong indication of how he intends to disassociate himself from the former leader. He is a new leader for the country. Sarah lets talk about what might happen to the old leaders of the country. Robert mugabe and his wife, e first lady, grace. Do we know what is expected of them in the future . Ray we have not had any official communications from those that have been in charge of the country, the military. But we do understand from those that are close to the mugabe circle, that the former president intends to remain in the country and is not have any plans to leave zimbabwe. He is going to be allowed to seek medical attention as he has always traveled to singapore and malaysia. We understand that is going to continue. His businesses are going to continue running. I understand that basically he intends to live right now as a private citizen. Sarah ray ndlovu with the latest from harare. Thank you so much for your reporting. Ratko mladic, the former bosnian chief accused of leading the massacre of 8000 muslim men and boys in the small town of srebrenica has been guilty of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. Judges at the u. N. Tribunal in the hague have sentenced him to life in prison. The atrocities that mladic has been convicted of took place during the bosnian war in the 1990s. His sentencing caps off years of efforts to bring him to justice. Reporter in july, 1995, ratko mladic stood before the cameras and assured Bosnian Muslims that no one would come to harm. 22 years later, he was sentenced to life in prison by the International Criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia for a genocide that saw nearly 8000 muslim boys and men from the town murdered. The conviction of the former bosnian serb general was met with relieve from the victims relatives. But for those like this woman who lost two sons and two brothers, it offers little consolation. They killed all my brothers. All my sons. They were all mine. They were the same age as my sons. I have no one left. Not even a neighbor. Reporter mladics son said his father would appeal the ruling. This is all a lie. This is not a court. This is nato. I must say that they are trying to criminalize the legal endeavor of serbian people in times of civil war. Reporter but the chief prosecutor said mladic was no were zero no war hero. Some today will claim that this judgment is a verdict against the serbian people. My office rejects that claim in the strongest terms. Mladics guilt is his and his alone. Others who would say that mladic was a hero and was defending his people, this judgment demonstrates that nothing could be further from the truth. Reporter mladic will now spend his life behind bars after being found guilty of ordering the worst atrocity in europe since the holocaust. Sarah joining me now from london for more on this is the founder and chairperson of the u. K. Based charity remembering srebrenica. Thank you for joining us this evening. We know that the tribunal found mladic guilty of war crimes and genocide. What does this mean today for the survivors . How are they seeing the significance of this sentence . Waqar well, the survivors and the mothers that i have spoken to, for them there is some consolation. The man who was sentenced, he was really the chief architect behind the genocide, behind the pure evilness that was promoted across bosnia. Certainly there is sadness because those people who perished in the genocide, those children, those boys, they can never be brought back. Genocide is one of the worst crimes that humanity can experience. And this is what happened in our lifetime in europe. Sarah and that genocide, those unspeakable atrocities, they were actually captured in a single iconic image that opened the worlds eyes to what was happening. We just want to show it now because it shows an emaciated prisoner held in a serb concentration camp. That prisoner managed to escape his torturers. Here he is at the court in the hague today, where he saw ratko mladic being brought to justice. That leads me to my question, because your organization wants to raise awareness of the genocide in bosnia. What lessons can be drawn from this tragedy, would you say . Waqar well, we must learn the lessons certainly, so that hatred can lead to genocide. And we are living during times we have far right organizations promoting hatred. Particularly hatred focused on islam and muslims. We must understand that in our lifetime, that hatred led to the genocide of muslims after we had said never again after the holocaust. So we need to teach people through commemoration, through memorials, as well as in schools, teach children about the consequences of hatred. Sarah thank you so much for joining us this evening to tell us a bit more about that important work you are doing to raise awareness. We appreciate it. Waqar thank you. Sarah lets get a quick check now of some other stories that are making news around the world. The president s of russia, turkey, and iran and said they have agreed to keep working on a Peace Process in syria. Russias Vladimir Putin said the Syrian Government is committed to a Peace Process and free and fair elections. Earlier this year, the three countries helped negotiate a partial truce between Syrian Forces and the opposition. Six syrian men who had been arrested in germany on terrorrelated charges have been released. Authorities had suspected the men were planning an attack but now federal prosecutors say theres no sign of preparations for an imminent terrorist attack or that the men are members of the socalled islamic state. International airplanes and ships have joined the search for an argentine submarine that went missing a week ago. But experts say that oxygen levels on board may have dropped to critical levels. The Argentine Navy says that the ships oxygen would last one week if that sub was still intact. German tennis legend boris becker turned 50 today. Becker took his first wimbledon title in 1985 when he was just 17 and went on to win five more grand slam crowns in a glittering career. He has been remaining busy with coaching and Poker Interests while also generating occasional controversy in his retirement. The lebanese Prime Minister says he is putting his resignation on hold after the countrys president asked him to reconsider and allow time for more dialogue. Hariri attended Independence Day celebrations in the capital after returning to lebanon later last night. It is nearly three weeks since he suddenly announced resignation while in saudi arabia. Lebanese officials accused saudi arabia of forcing hariri to resign, but he has yet to confirm those allegations. For more on this im joined now by bente scheller, she is the Beirut Office director. Welcome to you. So why is this change of heart, do you think, taking place from hariri . Bente it was very important that today he would be here in lebanon. Today we are celebrating the lebanese Independence Day and all parties here had said they would cancel the celebrations if he would not return, so therefore it is very important that he came and that he delivered the message that hes willing to engage here. The suspicion was that saudi arabia was behind his move and therefore now his signal to the lebanese population was i am here for you and i want to discuss with my adversaries or the other Political Parties what to do to solve the lebanese crisis. Sarah i want to talk a little bit more about that role from saudi arabia and iran. Would do you make of the role they are playing in this . Bente its a small state that has always been in the focus of regional powers and therefore hariris movement , the future movement, is backed by saudi arabia. Given the controversy these two have in the region, lebanon is one of the battle grains battlegrounds for them to fight it out. Sarah so is the crisis, would you say, over now . What do you anticipate hariris next move to be . Bente the main aim of all political activity in lebanon is to have the parliamentary elections that is scheduled for may next yr. This reallwill be very important because the parliament has extended its mandate several times and now we are looking forward to these elections. And therefore, i think the crisis as such is not over, but at least a very important step has been done for having him back here so there is the possibility to discuss the issues at stake. Sarah whats the feeling on the ground there in lebanon . What sort of reception did the people give hariri when he came back . Bente it was a very warm welcoming back. Also in the weeks before, we already saw a lot of posters and all the streets of beirut. You ll find poers with the image of hariri saying, we are all with you. There really was a large effort of all Political Parties to stress the importance of his return to focus on the future of lebanon. Sara bente scheller, thank you so much. Bente thank you. Sarah daniel winter is here now with some business news. And we are talking about a big hack in silicon valley. Daniel thats right. Its a massive data breach which affects millions of customers, and yet uber kept it under wraps for a year. Your name, email address and phone number could be among the leaked data. The ridehailing app even paid hush money to keep it quiet. Now, new yorks attorney general is looking the case and a federal level investigation could also take place. Reporter not only did uber know about the hack and keep it from authorities, it paid the thieves 100,000 to keep quiet. Uber is not the only company to be extorted by hackers. Yet firms in the u. S. And u. K. Are required to disclose breaches to the government. That means uber could face heavy fines. The coverup also exposes the firm to customer lawsuits. More seriously, it raises questions about ubers management at a sensitive time. The company is trying to change a reputation for recklessness following a string of scandals under founder and former ceo travis kalanick. It is also pushing for a new round of investment. The fact that they refuse to tell people that tens of thousas of drivers licenses, that all this personal data was floating around outside of its control, only reinforces the impression that people have that this is a company that does not care about what happens to his users data. Reporter customers say the latest revelations make them uneasy. Uncomfortable. It is a little disappointing. I use uber. I had no idea this was going on. Reporter but will they actually leave uber . Valued at nearly 70 billion, the company is already the largest Ridesharing Service in the world. D it has continued to grow despite past controversies. That means the latest scandal for uber may just be the latest bump in the road. Daniel u. K. Finance minister Philip Hammond has the unenviable task of trying to relieve the burden of austerity in the country while reducing borrowing. The timing could not be worse. In his autumn budget today, hammond lowered his countrys fiveyear growth forecast. That is due to the uncertainty caused by brexit. The countrys decision to quit the European Union has resulted in a sharp fall in sterling and an increase in inflation. He set aside 3 billion pounds for brexit contingency plans. Ployees of bankrupt Airline Air Berlin have taken to the streets of the german capital to protest against job losses. Their futures hang in the balance under the companys new owners, lufthansa and easyjet. Reporter they say they have been forgotten. Hundreds of former air berlin employees took to the streets to vent their frustration. The Airlines Insolvency has left them in a peculiar kind of limbo. Today we are calling on politicians to take responsibility. This is about a company takeover. As the facts stand today, 80 of us here are flight crews. We have no work anymore. We were let go conditionally, which means we are not entitled to social welfare because we were not officially fired. I do not think people realize that. Reporter anger, especially at the decision to guarantee payments of up to 4. 5 Million Euros to the former air berlin ceo. Many people accuse the company of breaking promises. Were back to square one. People need to apply for new jobs from scratch. At other companies, which makes sense. But we had been counting on being kept on with the same salaries, as has been promised. This has not happened and that is a great shame. Reporter the protest took place as air berlins bondholders learned they are unlikely to recover more than 1 of outstanding debt as a result of the companys insolvency. Meanwhile, the future of thousands of workers remains up in the air. Daniel from bitter talks in berlin over an uncertain future, to something completely, totally, absolutely different. Sarah pretty much the same thing, just on the political front. Because were going to talk about those failed Coalition Talks here in germany, which have catapulted the country into unprecedented political uncertainty. President Frankwalter Steinmeier has been meeting with already leaders to find a way out of the deadlock. Meanwhile, pressure is growing on the social democrats. They have so far ruled out joining Angela Merkels conservatives in a grand coalition. But that position, it is becoming increasingly difficult to maintain. Have a look. Reporter the conservative cdu csu block working together with the social democrats and the federal government. Will the old team also form the new one . There is already support for a new edition of the grand coalition. The conservatives want to stay in power. We need a partner who at the moment still refuses to go along. The spd needs to quit pouting. Reporter so far, spd Party Leaders have shown no interest in governing. On Election Night they ruled out joining a grand coalition, something they reiterated after the collapse of the recent coalition negotiations. We remain unafraid of new elections. In view of the results of this years elections on september 24, we will not be available to enter into a grand coalition. Reporter but germanys president is increasing the pressure. He even alluded to the spds rigid stance during a visit with schoolchildren. Those who barricade themselves behind assertions, as we are now witnessing, can only be reached with great difficulty later. Reporter there are even rumblings within the spd itself. Not everyone is thrilled with a possible role in the opposition. President steinmeyer has made a very clever announcement. He said that we now have been called upon to talk. I always very much favor coming to decisions at the end of talks and not at the beginning. Reporter even the wouldbe governing green party thinks the social democrats should not refuse, in spite of everything. It probably wont work to their advantage to enter into a grand coalition again. Thats the dilemma. But this general refusa

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