Crimes and now hes running for president so well ask an expert what his comeback could mean for the volatile nation. Plus here in germany a first state opens controversial new Processing Centers for Asylum Seekers it will fast track refugees out with haitians and deport those who are protected and critics say they will deal a blow to integration efforts and europes Heat Wave Decimates crops when the German Farmers are preparing for a future of extreme weather plus the robbery that has left Swedish Police red faced thieves steal priceless crown jewels from a cathedral new york if you told their stock home and making a daring getaway across a nearby lake. Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program Reports of unrest in. Zimbabwe after historic
elections police saying that at least three people have died in the capital harare as troops were deployed to quell the undressed riot police used water cannon and tear gas to disperse opposition supporters the Main Opposition Party the movement for Democratic Change is disputing the official Election Results would give the ruling zanu p. F. Party a majority of seats in Parliament Election observers from the European Union and the United States have called for the results of the president ial election to be released as soon as possible to avoid further volatility. And our Correspondent Melanie Current a ball is standing by in zimbabwe shes been covering the elections for us and she is joining us from harare so melanie weve heard here at least one Military Unit deployed to disperse these protesters what is the situation right now on the ground. Right now the situation has calmed down
a bit the city center has been emptied by the military which has been driving people out of the city throughout the afternoon but i can tell you it was a very very tense and violent day there were helicopters everywhere i had gunshots one of the Time Military tanks were possible by and protesters were beaten down you can now see on social media the people who are Moving Pictures of people beaten down even if the dead are hearing online and they were not the only ones experiencing that kind of violence to journalists over here have also been attacked by the military cameras were destroyed rifles pointed at them Freedom Of Speech and press was definitely on the mind today. Well have to see how it develops in the next days especially if the president ial vote comes out we could be expecting move on and the opposition i mean they have addressed that delay in fact they say that it is you know the delay in releasing the results of the president ial election that
it is tantamount to fraud do we know anything else about those claims. Are really. Well what we do know is the socalled be eleven films which are the ones signed by the different Polling StationsEleven Thousand in the entire country stating the results of the president ial vote they need to be brought to harare and the opposition didnt have the funds they didnt have the money to have Polling Agents present at the different Polling Stations so damn fear is that they missed out on checking whether they signed could. But the results of finding that on that transport. Because we manipulated but we cannot confirm those claims yet the e. U. Had observers on the ground and i know that you actually spoke with them what do they say about all of this. Thats true i spoke to you broke the you know seven issue here. When hes telling me that on the one hand
danes are planning to defy the new law. And blueprints for three d. Guns will not be made Available Online in the United States thats after a u. S. Judge blocked their publication in a last minute ruling the blueprints demonstrate how to make untraceable printed plastic guns the ruling versus a decision by the Trump Ministration that would have permitted their release. Of a very a has become the first german state to open controversial new Processing Centers for refugees authorities want to hold Asylum Seekers there while their applications are processed which can take up to eighteen months they will support anyone has rejected critics say that the system will get a wise they were rivals. For many refugees arriving in germany in future this is what home will look like this Reception Facility in a former u. S. Army barracks in the bavarian city of bam bag is the model for the new Refugee Centers to be known as centers the acronym stands for
able to leave to go shopping or for other reasons despite that critics say they are tantamount to deportation centers. The plan is to open these facilities all across germany or in most parts of the country that will lead to a massive worsening of conditions for Asylum Seekers. Currently holds around Fourteen Hundred migrants if things go smoothly Similar Centers may be opened in other parts of germany and our Political CorrespondentThomas Farrow is covering the story for us and joins us now from berlin and thomas you know these new Processing Centers they are controversial what are the critics saying. Essentially the migrants would be isolated in these centers and that that would affect their capacity to integrate because essentially they will be kept in those centers for the whole length of the procedure since they apply for asylum in germany until
their decision is granted where theyre allowed to stay in the country and then moved elsewhere where they have to be deported back to their countries of origin so that essentially what the critics are saying what those who are in favor of these measures are saying is that by speeding up these processes by making sure that all the different offices are in the same place and can deal with these applications that all this will become more efficient and that that could actually help refugees then to integrate into the country so there are two very clear different ways of approaching this issue which has turned into a very controversial one here in germany not only now but also as it was planned a few months ago and now these centers we know that they are the brainchild of the Interior Minister of course they offer so far theyve only been set up in his state of bavaria how likely is it that we can see more of them elsewhere well for now its not likely and theres a reason why they have been set up in
germany that practice of course was suspended three years ago at the height of the refugee Crisis Thomas what are the new rules and whats the reaction been well essentially this affects those refugees that have been granted subsidiary protection thats a level under the full protection status that would allow refugee to stay indefinitely in germany were talking here about a number around one thousand Family Members that will be allowed per month to end germany and reunite with Family Members that are already here and obviously this is also being extremely controversial on the one hand those who believe that this measure would mean more refugees coming to the country on the other hand those who say that that is actually a right that refugees have to be reunited with their closest Family Members and that that could help them in their Integration Process in germany so there are very different views regarding this controversial issue of Family Reunification but its also something that obviously affects refugees themselves who are now hoping here
in germany that they can apply for some of their Family Members to come and join them in germany Thomas Sparrow in berlin thank you and one syrian refugee who hopes that the new ruling on Family Reunification will bring his wife and daughter back to him. A lot more last look his wife and daughter in the eyes in august twenty fifth teen allow our is a lawyer his name is on the Syrian Government blacklist he had no choice but to flee. If i know my Daughter Bush she doesnt know me she calls me uncle will buy first new music. His daughter was two months old when he fled a lot more didnt realize it would be years before he would be able to see her again he wasnt able to take much with him when he left this precious photo with his daughter his wedding portrait a photo of his home village from syria he fled to turkey and from there he went by
boat to greece then along the balkan route in september twenty fifteen here in germany he has called his wife every day since they parted and every day she has sent him a picture of their daughter. He wants his wife and daughter to join him in germany but in march of Twenty Sixteen the German Government stopped allowing refugees to bring their families into the country. Its hell and its hard to describe what your daughter is growing up you know its pretty painful. Only those whove been through it themselves know how. Peoples families. Allow or has long been waiting for the rules to change again he hopes his wife will be given an appointment at the German Embassy in lebanon this month a lot more thinks it might help that hes attended all his german classes and
integrated well. I have a great wife and my daughter can come. On that my daughter complained here. During the long waiting period i made a great effort to become integrated here. I worked for one year as a Security Guard and i believe that my family and i can become well integrated here these are our longs to see his family again but hes worried about how much longer it might take hes waited three years and its still unclear when theyll be reunited. Migrants are increasingly using spain as a gateway to europe theyre travelling the short distance by boat to the Strait Of Gibraltar from morocco excuse me the spanish coast guard rescued nearly one thousand migrants last weekend alone the refugees are choosing this route as other
countries such as italy cracked down on arrivals and he doesnt use markers burnished reports from Southern Spain. Rescue teams have just pulled another twenty one people from the Strait Of Gibraltar off Southern Spain they consider this a slow day compared to most but these twenty one arrivals present a problem for spain the Maritime Rescue Service wants to take these migrants to the nearest port but the port refused permission a common occurrence. Of all men are. Over the course of the entire past year weve rescued Sixteen Thousand people but this year after just seven months the number has already climbed to twenty two thousand. Metres. The ship carrying the rescued migrants docked at the nearby port of august the rest instead but the situation there is no better the migrants had been stuck
on the ship for days now theyre on land looking for shady places to rest. A few kilometers away Jose Antonio Gomez is waiting for the daily food delivery more than six hundred rescued people were brought to this gym over the weekend. They called us on saturday and then the people came they were simply too many of them. Local authorities are responsible for looking after those arriving at the church has prepared Food Volunteers are helping out but people are getting impatient. Well. We arent eating well we dont have a proper place to sleep to arent enough clothes and we cant call our families to reassure them that were still alive. Spanish authorities are overwhelmed after
talking to migrants its clear that the Strait Of Gibraltar is gaining in popularity as a crossing point. I was going from ivory coast to libya but they told me that morocco would be a better idea. Refugees want to go to spain before they chose libya or italy but that is close i was just thirteen kilometers lie between africa and europe at spain southernmost tip the country once again has become the gateway to europe for thousands of migrants. Its over to Helena Humphrey now and we have news just in from the u. S. Federal reserve the u. S. Federal reserve leaving its key Interest Rates unchanged for now sarah after its regular policy meeting the fed was upbeat about the u. S. Economy citing strong Consumer Spending and Business Investment a strong jobs market and inflation near that target over to the sense that probably puts the fed on course for a rate hike in september off its next meeting now fed chair during powell said at
the start of the year that Interest Rates would continue to be raised in small to moderate steps they now stand in a range of one point seven five to two percent off for a small hike in june u. S. President donald trump has warned against further hikes fearing it could slow economic growth. Well today is the first of all its earth overshoots day is the day that humanity has used up all Natural Resources that the earth could regenerate and provide sustainably for this year now from now on were moving essentially in to deep debt current estimates suggest we would need one point seven earths to satisfy our needs for one year now in one Nine Hundred SeventyWell Consumption matched the Renewable Resources actually available since then consumption has risen continuously consuming the equivalent of five earths worth of resources in one year the United States uses the lions share germany uses
three Planets Worth a year and china uses two point two thats phenomenal when compared to a country with a population the size of india which only uses zero point six of a planet in the same period while the planet shri overload can only be slowed by a drastic cuts in consumption by rich countries when were talking about energy food and other resources as well as a massive global increase in Sustainable Production and of course we all know a direct consequence of an over use of resources is Global Warming and europes heat wave shows no sign of abating here in germany the hot weather is having a dramatic impact on Agriculture Farmers have to deal with the devastating effect on their crops in a looking at a possible future in which extreme weather is the norm. A sad sight meets the eye across germany this years crop is only half the height it should be and weeds are everywhere. Here in the eastern state of brandenburg measuring stations on test fields show that there has not been this little rain since one thousand Nine Hundred Seventy six and once again farmers have to figure out how to deal with the unexpected extreme weather the center for Agricultural Landscape Research and been should bear hughess tried and tested methods to find answers to this Question Solution one is diversity before sewing the experiment manager. Planted the look human in this field his goal was to find nitrogen in the soil this resulted in the plants being more heat resistant which now benefits the old crop for. In principle we really do see the grains which in my opinion are relatively well developed at least considering the
weather weve had this year. Solution to less evaporation to prevent the soil of this masefield from drying out the scientists are experimenting with mulch to keep the dirt moist. We have a mulch cover here interspersed with organic matter mostly on the surface and that really protects against the bath ration we intervene as little as possible in the soil through the use of tillage. Solution three different varieties soya beans are not only heat resistant but also highly productive despite little water yet they are still rarely cultivated in europe but that will change soon if scientists have their way. Loving plants and because temperatures have risen continuously in recent years its quite lucrative especially for again because they can generate a high revenue per ton. But the problem for farmers is not just higher
temperatures finding a simple solution is difficult because