Protesting after the Supreme Court threw out a petition to delay tamars vote with the country deeply divided there are fears of violence here in kenya with the latest also coming up a surprising twist in the case of a german human rights organizer on trial in turkey prosecutors are reportedly demanding he be released. And a german president can call their steinmeier says he wants better ties between berlin and moscow steinmeyer meets with president Vladimir Putin as part of his visit to russia will ask our correspondent in moscow what kind of reception he received. Also the Anti Semitism scandal rocking italian soccer fans of romes club a lot c. O. Left stickers in their stadium and frank wearing a rival teams jersey will examine their reactions. City of it and you cough which happened recently but he also pointed out that dialogue is important and he pointed out these store called ties that russia and germany share and now it was similar with putin he also said there were difficulties but they didnt want to stand still on dialogue so both of them optimistic there for keeping ties and keeping the channels of communication open a lot of diplomacy they are taking place in moscow but the official reason for this visit to emily is steinmeyer participating in this handover of a cathedral to st peter and Paul Cathedral a back to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of russia tell us more about that. Yeah thats right the handover is actually part of festivities marking five hundred years since the Protestant Reformation and i went to the church to talk to the people there and see what this change of ownership means to them lets take a look. An air of celebration at
a normal sunday service the last one before this Evangelical Lutheran Congregation In Moscow officially gets its church back. Lutherans are religious minority here in russia most in the community have german roots their ancestors came to russia centuries ago on the invitation of the czars who Promised Land and religious freedom but later the soviet government persecuted lutherans and seized Church Property including this cathedral the Community Led by archbishop paula has been using it again since the fall of the soviet union but so far it has remained russian government property. To be the. Serenely used to shoo shoo news to tell you. That the more of the picture because thats the get the liberal. Party that they need to work if that is it creates a situation. So. In the officially atheist soviet
union many churches were repurposed from Nine Hundred Thirty Seven this cathedral was used as a Movie Theater and a film studio by then all Lutheran Churches across the country had been closed and many of their pastors arrested and shot. Here at Video Cemetery In Moscow long known as the citys German Cemetery the scars of that persecution are still tangible many gravestones here were neglected and destroyed after the Second World War the Lutheran Community struggled with the additional stigma of its german origins often associated with the nazi enemy. Which. Most of the really new Study Released today is that each skipper nor. Chester yeah they used to it nice nacelle nova it up as a strongly in the short circuit just outside cricketer. Please put this into
context for us how important is the handover of this church. Well the archbishop there was talking about the restoration of historical justice after all the Evangelical Lutheran were persecuted for a long time during the soviet union and after the Second World War there their german past also came back to haunt them as it were and he also talked about this this church being handed over it means to them that they have their own their own home as it were that before it was as if they were inhabiting someone elses apartment this is a risk huge symbolic gesture and in fact it was the reason for steinmeyer visit and its important to the congregation as we just saw but its just the first step in restoring Church Property as the archbishop told me he hopes that it will set a precedent for other churches being handed back and other property being handed back and steinmeier also said that the church is
a nice gesture and also it shows the importance its a gesture towards germany as well not just all right or very very important diplomatic just sure theyre being Made In Moscow thank you so much emily a sure win for your reporting and we want to shift our focus now to some of the other stories making news around the world. In barcelona demonstrators have made new calls for independence for the region of catalonia this after Catalan Leader carlos turned down an invitation to address Spains Senate this week will the senate is due to hold a vote on dismissing the government on friday. In Austria Coalition talks are underway between the center right Peoples Party of incoming chancellor Sebastian Courts and the far right Freedom Party the a food led by high school came third in elections earlier this month curts has promised Zero Tolerance on Anti Semitism and said future partners must be pro youre. A little in bangkok the five Day Funeral Ceremony has started for king. His son has been Performing Rights in the citys Historic Quarter while tens of thousands of mourners have filed into the surrounding areas to bid farewell to the monarch the king died last october at the age of eighty eight. All right we want to tell you now about some Breaking News coming in from Turkey The German the press agency d. P. A. Is reporting that turkish prosecutors are calling for the release of german Human Rights Activist peter starting there well our Starters Trial got underway today after he was arrested in istanbul back in july shatner is accused of having links to terrorism but berlin has made repeated calls for his release. And it appears during jones has been covering Trial Proceedings for us at the Supreme Court in istanbul all day dorian tell us so what youve been hearing
well it has taken everyone by surprise the hearings are still going on even though its late at night but during those hearings the prosecutor made an announcement that all the defendants with the exception of one turkish Human Rights Defender should be released in two released in from pretrial detention now this is been a key demand of all human right defenders are. And seen as something that theyve been pushing very hard for but speaking to People International officials ahead of the trial there was this hope that some will be released but not the foreign nationals now the fact that the prosecutor does appear to be calling for the release all of those foreign nationals will be welcome but its undoubtedly is a surprise and is seen as a result of probably heavy international lobbying but they have to say that the final decision will made with the judge who is expected to make that in the next couple of hours or so but they speak the hearings are still going on final decision will be with the judge but if the prosecutor has called for this is seen as
extremely significant i mean as youve already outlined that this is a very Surprising Development were there any indications throughout the day that this was even a possibility. Well not a toll him the the prosecutor was very tough in the cross examinations pushing very hard on this case even though it has drawn such condemnation paul the lack of evidence according to most observers so there was little hope that there would be a gesture made on speaking to observers have been following the case closely their expectation was of possibly some of the turkish Human Rights Defenders could be released but little chance was given for the foreign nationals in particular Peter Storrie so this is seen as a major surprise but i do say caution the final decision will lay with the judge all right so the final decision is what the judge relations between her and berlin have plunged to the historic low how serious is the rift and especially if you
consider that in addition to start married there are ten other germans sitting in jail accused of having ties to mr gould and considering this development as breaking development do you think that this is one way of turkey to reestablish its diplomatic relations with for instance germany. Well on the outlay i think if peters story is released and crucially if hes allowed to leave the country which has happened with other foreign nationals that have been released from pretrial to say internet even though the trial is still continuing that will be seen as a very significant gesture i think the fact that there was there is is fear that the bilateral tensions were spiralling Out Of Control and there is still the potential for that weve rumors of berlin is going to push harder for more financial sanctions against iran that would undoubtedly have led to more retaliate in those if it is tit for tat would. These relations into the abyss now that this if Peter Storrie name is released him from from his prerogative and possibly
allowed to return back home i think that that would be seen as an opportunity for a reset a beginning of a new dialogue but there are as you said there are still ten other german nationals languishing in jail and they still remains a major Stumbling Block to improving relations but if story that is released that will be seen as a major step forward and least putting on hold this spiral into the abyss of tensions between the countries ok well lets talk a little bit about people in turkey itself how worried are turks about the direction of politics under mr. Well i mean it is split more or less down the middle the president no one is still very popular is still the most popular politician in the country he deals secure around forty fifty percent of the support but equally the other side of the countries incredibly opposed to him and this polarized nation and and came to it with turkeys key
allies trading allies also relations the United States are very bad at the moment i think is causing alarm and feeding into this polarization but it has to be said i think that the eries growing evidence that even among president of ones own supporters there are factors that are starting to get appearing to be can turn a concern and possibly a softening in support among those for one and that is crucial because the president when its Facing Reelection in president ial elections in the next two years and he needs every supporter you can get to secure what is it going to be a very close vote so possibly this gesture for Peter Storrie could be seen as a gesture to those concerned supporters within his own ranks dorian jones reporting on Breaking News from turkey prosecutors calling for the release of german Human Rights Activists peter start thank you. All right and now weve got some Business News now with the helena and lift tons that is flying high what can i say later profits at the Gemini Carrier have really were acquitted it recently enough towns
are reporting a thirty two percent rise in underlying fed quarter earnings thats before interest and tax now offer years of cost cutting the group is back on the offensive this also keeping its feet on the ground sticking to its on your forecast. Business is going well for germanys Largest Airline look duns up in the summer the car being creased Ticket Prices and its cargo unit is booming. The sounds i was able to boost Revenue Thanks in part to its increased market share following the acquisition of Brussels Airlines last year the carrier is also flying more people. In Two Thousand And Sixteen tons of flu some One Hundred Ten Million passengers nearly two percent more than in twenty fifteen the growth didnt come from its flagship carrier but from its german subsidiary Budget Airline euro wins still for the first time with downs as Passenger Numbers were overtaken by dublin based no
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largest lender bank has agreed to pay out a combined total of two hundred twenty Million Dollars to forty five states across the United States surveys and edged manipulation of Interbank Lending Rights now the states investigation allegedly uncovered that dog. The bank along with some other big banks including barclays had inflated the libel rate now the libel rate is the rate used to work out how much banks should charge each other for boring money has already agreed to fines of two and a half billion dollars with federal authorities in the u. S. And authorities in the u. K. The bank says the payouts agree to today close the case. The e. U. Has put a decision on the life of states on the back burner once again the Member States cant agree on whether to renew the european license for the widely used herbicide over a million europeans have signed a petition against it worried that the chemical can cause cancer because studies
prove otherwise. Its the most commonly used herbicide in the world in Europe Farmer Sprague Life is saved on around half of all fields used to raise commercial crops but the weed killer is highly controversial due to concerns that could have an impact on human and Environmental Health today the e. U. Once again postponed a decision on whether or not to ban it activists in brussels hit the streets on wednesday to push for a one year they say its institutions have colluded with the industry at the expense of the public they want the commission to come out with a nonrenewal of full band any number of years whether its one year five years ten years as long as its revenue its not a ban and european citizens have been clear they want to ban studies dont agree on whether glyphosate is a long term cancer risk or not the World Health Organization has said it could pose a danger the e. U. s Food Safety Authority has proclaimed the chemical harmless but
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