Take a look at how press freedom is under attack out of the. Im sorry so much calmer good to have you with us greece has declared a state of emergency around the capital athens as wildfires tear through residential areas at least fifty people have been killed and dozens more injured strong winds are fanning multiple fires across the country greece is just the latest european country battling wildfires the summer. There the worst wildfires greases seen in a decade. Moving quickly and taking many by surprise. Several have died in their vehicles trying to flee. Moments ago groups its feared up to one hundred homes have been destroyed in the coastal town of russia. Hundreds of firefighters and the army have been dispatched but this struggling to control the flames. But i must if you just leave me we must all be in a constant state of alert we must be unified and make an effort to face an exceptionally difficult situation for our country. Yet the court of greece has declared a state of emergency in several regions surrounding athens. Strong winds in temperatures of up to forty degrees continue to stoke the flames in coastal towns residents and holiday makers have been evacuated by boat some are feared missing at sea. Is only years due to the large expanse the intensity and the danger is the fires pose the country has submitted to requests through the European Civil Protection mechanism for International Ground and in assistance. Each instant here spain is sending water carrying aircraft cyprus is dispatching fire crews theyll arrive too late for those who have already lost their lives and homes. More doctor days lie ahead as greece counts the cost of the wildfires. Well soaring temperatures are wreaking havoc across europe including in the sweden the government there is warning of an extreme risk of new forest fires as dozens of blazes continue to burn across the country the flames have already consumed two hundred fifty square kilometers several e. U. Countries including france germany and italy are helping sweden battle the blazes. Us President Donald Trump is considering stripping several former top officials of their security clearance as it comes after several obama era officials criticized his refusal to confront russia for interfering in Elections White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee sanders has accused the officials of making baseless accusations. Italy has agreed to accept migrants rescued at sea until the e. U. Can decide on a strategy to distribute them foreign minister and so milanese made that announcement after talks with german counterpart michael moss in berlin its a reversal for italys populist government which said last week it was closing its ports to migrants rescued at sea. The German Football Association has hit back at accusations of or. He says im a bi football star. They were going to say shin says it supports diversity and has worked on integration in germany for many years made the claim over the weekend when he also announced he would quit the German National team the midfielder has turkish roots and was pictured with turkeys president back in may he said he faced racism and disrespect from the public and the media in the aftermath following the teams disappointing world cup performance he was also criticised by the German Football Association ms it as heels resignation from the German National side has also been hotly debated in his hometown of in western germany decades ago many turks migrated to the former Industrial Hub in search of work and it continues to be home to a large Turkish Community people there feel that decision highlights ongoing problems with integration in the country. This is where a young message often had a kick about a Training Ground in the german city of guns and kitchen today an homage to team is playing here about the resignation of the gemma National Plan is on everyones mind. To get some fluid its a brave move by him but as i see it hes only criticized others without accepting that hed might have made an error in my view of his mistake was not to have spoken out earlier. As its not all gone wrong to say its all about resigning its made things with integration even worse for a while i had the feeling that we were all coming together and this is german turkish and spanish italian. It all began here at the club just finally a zero four as it was grandparents were coal miners who moved from the black sea coast to girls in kitchen he was the first footballer of turkish descent to play for germany after a while of cop mirko langer used to play football with in his hometown. He was greatly interested when we met his kids he was a very quiet boy always carrying a ball around always with his father near the pitch. Or. An example to follow until recently ursule had been a proud poster boy for integration today many germans with turkish heritage can understand how one photo could change everything. He was by germanys own fans all because of a photo also took a photo with uggla merkel its his business takes a photo with her to one the scope of its a catastrophe how bad things of god is because of one photo for me its trying to. Turkish german or both Integration Research is from the Essence Center of the turkish studies say young people feel close to germany but also different from the non migrant population they say germans and german politics struggle with people who dont want to commit to just one nationality. Research allow me a card or has called for a reasonable debate on identity she says the integration policy of the German Football Association has failed the harmony we have a real racism problem in germany its not something we can say is exclusively on the far right racism has long existed at the center of this society. She says those who have the interests of both sides at heart have lost the winners of the debate nationalistic turks and the german far right. We have tom going away from good of you sports for more on this story with us here in the studio tom what does this mean for the future of the german team and Young Players who like you still say they have two hearts beating for two countries well its hard not to see this really as a huge blow for sport as a model of integration do this as it would have been the poster boy for football you know for integration in sport he was he was one of the first generation of players with nationality to choose germany. Previously had been the no particularly for players with turkish and germans but nationalities to choose to. And only chose germany but was a huge part of their recent success he was massive in there winning a World Cup Campaign in two thousand and fourteen he had been voted his german player of the year five year is out of six not only because he really had been in the Success Story for integration in sport. A brilliant example for german sought you know an example of German Societys capacity to integrate people of other nationalities and different heritage. And its incredibly damning for German Society and of course actually for german football that a grassroots and a national and at the highest level that you know this has been the end of his career in the National Scene and he hasnt been the only person speaking out has he no i mean that if he has also faced so thats the German Football Association has also faced criticism from other people phillip lawn the captain of the two thousand and fourteen world cup side has written an open letter criticizing coach you akim lives chinese style columns woman to go one of the bosses a munich has also. Said this functionaries that the d. F. T. Have been behaving like a much as. However has also been very sing quite of criticism his self now in these statements in which he announced that he was going to step back from the German National team he actually began with a defense of his photo with russia tired. But again which a lot of people i think perhaps justifiably have been seeing is a little bit naive he said he would take the photo again its the first time a long time after the photo came out that hes broken his silence he said that it wasnt a political act some fortunately i dont really think. He seems to realize that taking a photo with an autocratic leader of a cum country that had you know until very recently been a liberal democracy and is now being transformed into something quite radically in scale really different is the political and he said that he you know hes only paying respect for the office and not for the incumbent i dont really think those things can be separated neither do a lot of other people. We have had a chance perhaps for a real debate about this and a real reckoning unfortunately the tone as deteriorated and its a story and an all round while the tajiks are fortunate time tonight from sports with us here in our studio tom thank you very much. All right returning now to our top story that were following here on d w dozens of people have been killed by raging fire spreading rapidly near athens the greek government has declared a state of emergency and is calling on the European Union for help in the worst fires in greece in more than a decade. And lets get more on this story we have George George a couple us hes a journalist with the daily to many in athens and lives very close to where the fires have been raging he joins us on the line george bring us up to date on whats happening where you are. Good morning its a dramatic day after very dramatic evening here in the greek up because we have woken up to the smell of smoke that is ash on the ground and on the cars about eight kilometers away from the spot where about fifty two people have been confirmed dead now which is just north. Of port the flames have no being contained to a great extent but their body count continues for people who have drowned in the sea their efforts to escape the flames and they have been the worst on the shores over there youve got. Hundreds of people who have been rescued my port authorities as they were trying to swim away from the. Fire and many people still missing and we feel of a body going around even higher. George as you said is a very dramatic situation how did these fires get out of control so quickly. In the building was that this fire. East over attica. Region of the greek the people started a boat a couple of hours after another fire to the west of the car because im afraid it was underestimated so the Fire Services had flown forth to the other fire which fortunately has feeling no life but this allowed this one near the airport to find foster and within a couple of rows it had been a ghost large settlements and led to huge destruction now how are residents where you are coping with this. Where i am with there are windows shut and they fear for a change over again there has already been a change over the weekend this morning we trust how to contain the blaze so far but the problem would be what will happen in case we need those where was the getting the same things last night that fund the fire. And amazing way they mention firefighters are working very hard will help from the European UnionMember States arrive in time to make a difference. Im afraid in our computers referring to free think a few days ago through going to receive help from the for from other European Countries but these were forest fires where in the future could be. Gunfire really so what has already taken place the only hope a group can now expect. From. My house otherwise i wouldnt know where you are we cant undo the huge tragedy by journalist ga ga couple us joining us on the line from athens a george thank you very much thank you to pakistan now where journalists are facing an unprecedented crackdown by the countrys powerful army thats a country gets ready to hold an election on wednesday the military wants to boost the chances of its favored candidate former cricketer imran khan those who report on its main rival face intimidation and war worse as state of you know me conrad and i report from lahore. In pakistan second largest city law whole election campaigning is in full swing but behind the scenes many fear strings are being pulled to favor one candidate in run code. His party p. T. I. Is in a neck and neck race with the Pakistani Muslim League run by one of the countrys most high profile politicians now what Sharif Sharif angered the countrys powerful military with his attempts to improve relations with pakistans are tribal india and rein in the army support of islam and earlier this month he was jailed on corruption charges. And now journalists like zari julio are bearing the brunt of the standoff those who dared to openly criticize the p. T. I. Or appear to support now while sharif risk the wrath of the security agencies. And the party of the talk about like the pm alone if you speak for it in any way ritu articles written in a very balanced manner to speak for it theres going to be trouble brewing somewhere down the line previously like i said there were there were certain areas you can speak about but it was never about Political Parties not to do things stand you just kind of reporter the balance mother and here youre out there at it there after you know this was really startling to many of the editors but but then of carrying on so of course some of us are really really struggling. Many of her colleagues have received intimidating calls and threats on social media and journalists know all too well which stories editors want to afraid to run but on the record few dead to point their finger. Well. Ill take the safest route out of this. Human Rights International human rights organizations and the local human rights organizations have repeatedly called out the military for doing this and the military would mean the intelligence agencies that are associated with the military and. This illegal and rights organizations and im quoting them i mean quoting them on those that defeated the bill of too much power over the civil demat government a democratic government a democratic set up and awful religious power to get you know we. Serve people more about those. To be well received. In pakistan the generals have always pulled the political strings and dictated the red lines that journalists trust in peril but talk to human rights activists and they agree that the degree of meddling in this election is unprecedented the military has a record of interfering in each and every election that has been held in pakistan this is part of. Her right. To regulate everything. We wanted to confront the military with the accusations but our interview requests were turned down in the past the generals have denied any involvement in pakistani politics with the p. T. I. India melanie neck and neck the outcome of the elections is far from. Conrad reporting there to sports now six have a limp dick medalist ryan lochte he has been handed a fourteen month ban for doping by the u. S. Antidoping agency lochte accepted the saying for his use of prohibited Intravenous Infusion the u. S. Swimmer posted a photo on social media receiving the i. V. Which led to an investigation lucky said he wasnt too clear on the rules and hoped other athletes can learn from his mistake the swimmer was banned from the sport in two thousand and fourteen after falsely claiming he was robbed at gunpoint during the rio olympic games. Now a bit more uplifting sports news a polish mountaineer has made history by becoming the first person to ski down the k two it is the worlds second highest mountain and widely recognized as the most difficult one to climb m j bargain face extremely difficult conditions and reaching the summit of the eight thousand six hundred eleven meter peak from there he put on the skis and made a stretcher wrist descent to the cape to a scary. Scary. What also scary tesla is having some problem paying its bills maybe there is this quite amazing isnt that so me but it seems to be right i mean thats what investors are asking whether tesla does have problems paying its bill after it emerged that the American Economy had to made an unusual request to supply us it asked them for refunds on invoices it had already paid to help it to a profit or tesla shares fell more than three percent on the news the company has been struggling with massive production problems with its mo a prized model three tesla burned through one billion dollars in liquid assets in the First Quarter alone leaving its with just three point two billion by the end of march the chief even muska said hes aiming for the company to turn a profit in the second half of this year. Well meanwhile theyve been impressive resume. 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