this is t.w. news coming to you live from berlin catalonian separatists claim victory in an unauthorized independence referendum voters faced off against spanish police trying to shut down polling stations but count on officials say ninety percent of those

who did vote opted for independence hundreds were injured also coming out the plot of an espionage novel in real life two women plead not guilty to an all day she is murder at kuala lumpur airport the victim the strange brother of north korean leader kim jong un we'll hear about day one of the trial. germany's celebrates its first same sex marriage d.w. talks to the happy couple about their big day one they've waited for for nearly forty years. plus what's next in the dispute over american football players who take a knee before or during u.s. national anthem more players used a symbolic move over the weekend to protest racial inequality but many also stood up in time for the anthem they were booed anyway we'll hear about the evolving cultural divide in the u.s. . and a shaky start for buying munich under

a caretaker coach. will see how his side fared against how to berlin this weekend. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us carol on authorities say ninety percent of those who managed to vote in a band referendum on sunday said yes to independence from spain that after a day of chaos and violence in the region left over eight hundred injured the vote went ahead despite efforts by the spanish government to shut it down that is part of spain's north east a region of seven and a half million people who have their own language and culture but it's not recognized as a separate nation under the spanish constitution after the mayhem sunday and the

forced closing of numerous polling sites catalonia and trade unions have called for a general strike tomorrow. independence supporters celebrate this as their victory preliminary results are out they show an overwhelming win for an independence catalonia held according to the u. girl c two million twenty thousand one hundred forty four votes are in favor of the yes. syncrude on together couples in but it means ninety percent of the voters are in favor of independence. of the over two million catalans have managed to cast their ballot on sunday authorities say only seven point eight percent voted no to independence people across the region are cheering but spain remains firm in rejecting the referendum as in constitutional and illegal. spanish prime minister mariano rajoy denied it even happened or you know we don't really it was no

self-determination referendum in catalonia. today the spanish people saw that the rule of law in spain is strong and valid and that it answers those who try to attack it and it acts within the boundaries of the law against any provocation. and the people that provoke a few. but the prime minister came under criticism as images like these began circulating on sunday tensions escalated as police tried to prevent catalans from casting ballots the authorities smashed their way into polling stations to seize ballot boxes later catalonian authorities declared independence is at hand. but i thought we listen to a of hope and suffering cut alone as citizens have earned the right to have an independent state in the form of a republic. and this my government in the next few days will send the results of

today's vote to the catalan parliament where the sovereignty of our people lies so that it can act in accordance with the laws of the referendum. do you know. all you got offended them catalan independence supporters celebrate a vote that has no official meaning in the rest of spain. for born a problem joins us now from barcelona the capital of the catalonia region we also have journalist martin roberts with us in spain's capital madrid good morning to you both gentlemen pablo sunday was obviously an emotional and chaotic day in catalonia how are things looking there this morning. well i'd say it's early in the morning remember and things got started a little bit later in spain and other countries in europe but it's certainly a feeling of shock surprise and excitement depending on what side of

the independence referendum you're on i think the statement last night from catalyst pushed him on certainly shocked a lot of people who he didn't really expect his words to be so powerful after seeing the number of people really who voted because there is something that needs to be buried you really need to bear in mind of the number who voted it represents more or less around thirty seven percent of the total electorate of cotton yeah so a lot of people on the other side who are against in that and then seal that well with thirty seven percent and as to potential that independents could be declared suppose there's a feeling of shock and fear of where this could be going and where it could be leading this week the public the organizers of the referendum the those who are who are advocating independence they're saying that a large majority of catalans voted for independence that there was basically a quorum there that this is a ballad reason to go for for complete to declare independence from spain is

that generally accepted among the people in catalonia. i think once again terry it's a bit late what i was saying to there that i mean it really depends on what side of this argument you're on i mean there's one thing to bear in mind eighty percent more than eighty percent of catalan people want an independence referendum but a legally binding referendum not not this referendum that we've seen this weekend which at the end of the day is unconstitutional and was illegal under the eyes of the spanish law of spanish law and the spanish government and even a lot of people here in cairo and it didn't turn out to vote and we've seen with that we've seen that with the number of people who actually went to vote now bearing in mind a lot of the schools and so on were closed with that with force by the police which didn't do any favors to the spanish central government it's still a very odd situation in that you don't really have in some people's eyes it's not

legal and other people's eyes it is legal so now how is the spanish government going to proceed and how is the catalan regional government going to proceed so it's a very confusing situation and to be honest with you extremely worrying well let's get the view from madrid martin robertson standing by for us there martin we heard spanish prime min of the spanish prime minister say the referendum had been blocked does believe spain's strategy for dealing with the referendum was successful. well that's certainly what he said last night. on the other hand we have to remember as he spoke before the president said he was moving towards independence already a lot of us have expected since do not permit that day that. you know which is what he noticed of some last week the next move is that he's. cold for a special session of parliament today and he's coping multiparty support he just hasn't said exactly what the next move is going to be so again like public service

a lot of uncertainty at the moment but a lot of uncertainty clearly but the spanish government has to deal with this issue in some way are there any prospects for negotiations or reconciliation something that would satisfy both signs. there was no suggestion of us in last night's speech . and again it seems to be the strategy which really has been pursuing for the last five years which is just to insist that more is the law the law needs to be enforced i mean about the only dilemma he said was that there was always playing to it was always remove the negotiation within the bounds of the law. so that with the appearance rules and. you know any negotiation or any acceptance that yesterday's vote was in any way valid the round of them that i just referred to her health situation. they provide for the group taking over the direct rule of counselor near dissolving that as i'm as again i think

a lot of people in have to learn you would see that as being very very highly progressive. back to you in barcelona pablo after the clashes yesterday between the police and people trying to vote in that referendum there was a lot of friction there must be even more tension what can we expect on the streets of barcelona and elsewhere in catalonia in the days ahead. well there's been a call for a general strike by a lot of the unions here there's going to be a lot of protests today it'll be also there's also going to be a meeting at ten thirty with the catalyst push them all and the rest of his regional government and they're going to be discussing and what's happened over the weekend on how to proceed so it's going to be an interesting time today i think a lot of people are waking up and in a state of that shock. after what we've heard from from the regional government we also have to wait and see what happens from madrid and depending on what comes from madrid then people will will decide well they're going to react to that so once

again and we've said this throughout it's a very odd situation it's very confusing and people really don't know what's going on pablo thank you so much and martin to us in madrid thank you that's probably only earliest therefore if you can barcelona and martin roberts in madrid. let's get the european perspective on that catalan independence vote let's bring in barbara basler for that she's our correspondent in brussels good morning to you barbara how are european union officials reacting to the catalan referendum. officially they are not reacting at all in officially over the weekend to prime ministers the one from belgium and the one from slovenia stuck their neck out and said now this referendum was illegal and illegitimate however those situations can never be solved by violence and particularly the belgian prime minister he knows

what he's talking about because belgium has had in movement for years and years that flanders has those sort of flare ups of wanting to go it alone there's been a number of european parliamentarians talking over the weekend and everybody said and they were really united in their opinion this is not the way to go at it in officially of course in brussels there was shock and horror of during the last two weeks when this was sort of coming up because everybody knew this was like a train crash waiting to happen and the spanish government walked right into the trap that the separatist movement had set for them they created the pictures they wanted in barcelona that's the official opinion in brussels well what do we expect moving forward now from the european union barbara now that this illegal referendum has been held the european union has been so quiet about the catalan independence movement in the past are they likely to get more involved now. they can only get

more involved terry if they are asked for instance to mediate i mean they're called that from people say now european union should try to get involved and offer itself as a mediator however we have to keep in mind that the european union is not. against the book popular opinion might think this supra national body who has a right to interfere in the eternal affairs of their member countries they simply don't so they have to of course talk and get on the telephone and they did get on the telephone to be on the heart of the weekend mark of the german chancellor has done that and several others so they are trying to sort of say no let's stop this let's sort of not get drawn into this spiral of violence and counterviolence however officially it is a very difficult position you can only act if it is asked to act ok let's take a step back for a moment borrow a look at europe in terms of independence movements we've got we've got britain of

course leaving the european union that's one thing scotland though is trying to leave the u.k. it was an independence very vocal independence movement there now we've got catalonia of course this is part of a trend in europe. basically the answer should be no because we've had the referendum in scotland and the majority of the scottish people said no we'll stay with the united kingdom and so that issue is mol acetyl it's also more or less settled politically because even bracks it hasn't really brought back the independence movement there so but they are for the have been for decades in several regions in europe if you think of the trentino in the north of italy if you think of. so if you think of several regions in europe that wanted to break up and this is like a festering wound that is sort of on the circuit surface to surface and the in this mint in barcelona could really reignite those fires barbara thank you so much to

barbara basal there in brussels and we do have some breaking news coming in to you coming in to us now this hour for you police in the u.s. city of las vegas say there is an active shooter situation at the mandalay bay casino they're asking people on the famed gambling strip to take caution we'll keep you updated as more information becomes available france now where so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility for a deadly knife attack the attacker stabbed two women to death at the main train station in the southern city of marsay french soldiers shot the assailant dead. police descend once more after another attack in france. the knife wielding assailant was shot dead by patrolling sojitz it's too late to save his two young victims. some eyewitnesses reported that the attackers shouted.

that's much remains unclear. linda viduka the individual was killed thanks to the composer of the soldier on patrol it appears that this individual had several identities i don't know anything more and i cannot tell you anything more than the interior minister did. in terry a minister. said an investigation has been opened into what was potentially a terrorist attack. the soldier who shot to the attacker was part of up there on. a military deployment of some ten thousand troops it was launched in twenty fifteen to protect areas deemed to be likely terrorist targets. sunday's attack came just two days before french lawmakers are expected to vote on a controversial anti-terrorism bill which has come under fire from human rights

experts. so you look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today canadian police say they've arrested a somali national for deliberately ramming a rented band into pedestrians during a high speed chase in edmonton. after he allegedly stabbed a police officer authorities say the man was has refugee status in canada prime minister justin trudeau has described the incident as a terrorist attack. and puerto rico hospitals and other facilities are still without power almost two weeks after the island was devastated by hurricane maria on sunday president trump defended u.s. relief and recovery operations is due to visit the u.s. territory on tuesday one local official has openly criticized the trumpet ministrations efforts for being inefficient. turning now to indonesia where there are fears of an imminent volcanic eruption on the island of bali the alert level

for the amount volcano has been at the highest levels. since last week hundreds of thousands of local residents have left their homes and some taurus are choosing to leave a tropical paradise that's become a danger zone. the island of bali the usually crowded tourist resort is now seeing an exodus of holiday makers because of this volcano mount argo has been on the highest alert level for more than a week and some experts warn that the danger of an eruption is getting critical. the magma precious still continues to billow and it's causing tremors we're also monitoring and have seen that the heat is increasing at the bottom of the crater on the neighboring island of java dozens of ferries are on standby to help with evacuation efforts if the volcano blows. some tourists have already decided to leave. was it was.

also fearing for their safety around one hundred thirty five thousand local residents have left their homes and are now staying in makeshift shelters officials say many people have overreacted and are urging those living outside the declared dangerous zone to go home they say they are overburdening the cams but some evacuees disagree. they should allow them to stay if it's not safe yet we can stay here together so they're not in danger. the warnings have been scared of everyone though as long as the island is safe except for certain areas some tourists are staying put to have a good time on bali. well speaking of tourists british authorities are scrambling to bring home more than one hundred thousand holiday makers gathered has more try

terry most of them are stranded at destinations in the mediterranean because authorities shut down britain's monarch airlines after the struggling carrier was unable to find new lines of credit there was dismay at airports as ticket holders were told to go home because all flights had been canceled monarch is britain's biggest ally and it celebrated its fiftieth anniversary just months ago but it all came to an end on monday morning with this message posted online by britain's civil aviation authority it says it's now chartering planes to bring all those stranded passengers back to the u.k. but no such luck for three hundred thousand others who had booked flights on monarch their tickets are now worthless as transport minister said that she's been told by other elements they will hire monarch staff very quickly now if you're a b.m.w. customer in the us and drive one of its s.u.v.s it's likely it has been made in spartanburg north carolina more than eight thousand u.s.

workers them make more than a thousand cars a day the m.w. is one of more than five hundred foreign firms doing business in the spartanburg area and many locals are thankful that foreign investors have helped revive the ones ailing region so few people there understand that president trump has threatened those companies with punitive tariffs if they import components manufactured abroad. joel print more is determined to reach the chance. he's already been paid for going to school by b.m.w. and when he graduates that's where he'll start working. joel's grandparents work for the textile industry in badly paid jobs something which is unimaginable for joe the production technology that came after the fall of the textile sector attracted him thirty years ago his hometown was desolate then international firms came to the rescue joel will work as hard as his grandparents but the rewards will probably be

better. not only as an opportunity but you know i love the way that you know everything's kind of moving and you just program it is what you mean it's just it was also. there are now five hundred foreign firms in the region many offer tailor made apprenticeships through the local technical college and that's a boost for the region when b.m.w. came into our area twenty five plus years ago that was the eye opener if you would say just saying you know if we do work work together and go after organizations or companies like that we can we can we can retain them and get them into our area. people here are proud of all the foreign investors who've helped to get the region back on its feet south carolina is a strictly republican state this is trump country yet almost no one here

understands why the president has picked on carmakers for higher import tariffs on the components they sourced from outside the country. the southern states are courting foreign investors it helps that there aren't workers unions here but if costs of imported components increase that could be a deal killer and local jobs would be in jeopardy. i believe the old quote is. assigned to mr churchill it said of americans will always do the right thing after they've tried everything else so sometimes we have to stumble around in the. before we get to the right formula but i believe we will get to the right formula b.m.w. doesn't just make cars in spartanburg it's also introduced germany's two track vocational training scheme which keeps companies of all sizes supplied with skilled workers this gives joel a chance to get hands on experience while still in tech school and earn money at the same time joel was born here in spartanburg he became a soldier as

a way out when the city seemed to have no future since then the area is being reborn new cafes are opening it's becoming a nicer place to live the inner city is profiting from the boom and it severs. germany's still doesn't have a whole lot of women on the boards of its top companies but the few who are earning more than their male counterparts a new study says the eighteen women who now serve on the boards of germany's blue chip companies represent the stock index an average of about three million euros a year while their male colleagues only came to an average of two point nine million but then passed legislation two years ago to boost the number of women. back to terri the big moment for same sex couples across germany very big moment indeed something many of them been waiting a long time for gay and lesbian couples in germany are finally tying the knot after

a new marriage equality law came into effect this weekend rebecca ritter's was on hand to witness some of the country's first same sex i do. finally the day they have waited nearly forty years for until a few months ago both men day and called krajina never imagined it would happen so soon still on the big day some pretty wedding date is we didn't sleep. last night but happy really happy. to be able to marry to be a. photo and call method a party in one thousand nine hundred seventy nine in what was then west berlin they've been together ever since and i've spent he is campaigning for gay rights in germany. so that hard work has finally paid off.

the ear. marriage is a contract for life for two people who love each other and want to make a life together to be there for each other their gender is irrelevant. but now they've made it official in front of their loved ones with the world's media looking on. not everyone the most moving moment was walking in here about seeing all our friends and hearing the wedding march. that was a moments where you just. you just can't stay cool and. marriage for all is the message on their wedding cake and finally now for bodo and it's a dream that's become a reality. switching gears to formula one and first stop and the reason reigns supreme at the malays a grand prix of the red bull driver started third on the grid but with her save his

driver lewis hamilton struggling for pace it was an easy overtake for a first up and this is the dust friends second career formula one win and it comes a day after his twentieth birthday in while ferrari's boston father went from dead last in the race to fourth but hamilton's second place finish means he now has a thirty four point lead in the drivers' championship over that. and some breaking news coming in police in the usa the los bega say there is an active shooter situation at the mandela bay hotel. casino they're asking people on the famed gambling strip to take caution reports say at least one police officer has been injured other casualties are being taken to nearby hospitals and of course we'll keep you updated as more information on this story becomes available still to come here on the news the kim jong murder

trials starts in malaysia two women are accused of his assassination but did his half brother north korea's kim jong un give the order we'll go live to kuala lumpur . plus we speak to a north korean defector who says he's survived multiple assassination attempts life on pyongyang's hit list we have a special report. that's him much more coming up in just a couple of minutes to stay with us here on. where will you find a living bridge. where women love a man. where does the world's hottest chick have

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and white. in countries like russia china turkey people are told it's that simple and if you're a journalist there and you try to get beyond that you are facing scare tactics intimidation. and i wonder is that where we're headed as well. my responsibility as a journalist is to get beyond the smoking mirrors it's not just about being clear and balanced or being neutral it's about being truthful. when he was point guard and i work to be done. welcome back here at the w doos i'm terry martin our top story cut a lot of thought he said ninety percent of those are managed to vote in a band referendum voted for independence spanish prime minister defended measures

taken to stop the boat and maintains no legal referendum was held. and the so-called islamic state of claimed responsibility for a knife attack in the french city of marsay and assailed an assailant murdered two women there before being shot dead by french troops. now a murder mystery that stunned the world hung feb thirteenth kim jong il the strange half brother of north korean leader kim jong un was killed in the middle of kuala lumpur airport the weapon. today the two women accused of his murder saw their trial begin well asia the suspects were ushered into court earlier today amid tight security as expected they pleaded not guilty to the attack with a deadly no. of agent the pair say they were tricked into believing they were part of a prank for a reality t.v. show they face the death penalty if convicted. as you can imagine there are many

unanswered questions surrounding the murder u.s. and south korean officials say it was a cold war style assassination orchestrated by north korea a charge showing young deniers let's take a look now and at what we know so far. the last images of king john now alive on february thirteenth two women rub the liquid into his face at kuala lumpur airport he reported the incident to airport stuff saying he felt unwell he was taken to the airport clinic and died on the way to hospital. king jong nam was the older half brother of north korean dictator kim jong un they share the same father former supreme leader kim jong il. was the child reese father's first marriage and should have succeeded him as leader but by the early two thousand he'd fallen out of favor from exile in macau he criticized his half brothers rule and called for reforms reason enough to have him killed according to south korean and u.s.

officials who blamed the north korean regime for his murder pyongyang denies all involvement but tried unsuccessfully to prevent malaysian authorities conducting an autopsy the results showed that kim jong nam was killed with a nerve agent v.x. the murder spot a diplomatic crisis between the two countries can join them as body was returned to north korea in march part of a deal securing the release of malaysian citizens from reclusive state. it was bring in quality was bring a journalist are done yellow here she's writes for the south china post and she's in kuala lumpur good morning to you now there are so many illness or two questions about kim jong numbs murder how much can we expect to learn through this trial with it being the first day of the trial would be pretty difficult to predict what more they can be in the new revelations coming out of this trial but from what we

know it today is that the four suspects who are still unknown defense is trying to bring up their identity but the judge is declining the defense for inspire them to request for the identity of the four suspects to be brought up but as of now i suppose we would let the trial fix its course to see where does it stand in the whole month because the trial we're spending through the whole month that you mention of for four unnamed defendants in this trial that's in addition to to the two remaining who are on trial why would the not reveal the names of those those four other defendants. the reason being why the names are not being revealed as because there's no known cause yet and now we will let the trial because it's still very new and early stages of the trial today and i suppose with more evidence and more witnesses coming out re might be able to i mean a sustain of the information and other evidence that could been fined the four that would be named in the touchy one of the allegations that north korea was behind the

attack will be addressed in this trial. that is speculation in hearsay but as for the how the trial is going on with it being the first they really it's not my place to say whether they are actually directly involved but we believe that they are some ties to the north korean government. well the two defendants that we know about in this trial the two women they say they were thought they were dissipating in a reality t.v. show is that seen as a plausible defense there in malaysia. speaking to a legal expert i spoke to the former president mr rugg an ascii savan and he did mention that with it being a defense i mean with both women saying claiming to be fired off a reality t.v. show they would be very difficult for the defense to actually prove it given the politics surrounding this case to the defendants expect to get

a fair trial. and i suppose it's still a bit of premature for us to speculate that they might not be getting a fair trial a fair trial and that we would just let the legal caustic flee ok now there are the murder sport quite a bit of discussion about about korea and the relations between korea and malaysia north korea and and malaysia so far those relations have been pretty good as relations go between north korea and any country could this trial result in a. reigniting tensions between those two countries. will we hope there would not be any tension rising from this trial and actually invested us from boys indonesia as well have been monitoring this trial and will let the justice system in malaysia takes its cost but it is a say there are

a lot of unclear questions about this including the strange method that was used to carry out this murder we understand it was a particular nerve agent is is more going to be learned about that too during this trial do you know what we can expect to be presented as evidence and arguments. initial investigations asked before smart them as revealed from pathologist that it was in fact that it was the x. no agent and now with it being evidence that's already being brought to court defense will have to prove that it is the wife's but it's still a bit it's a bit mature for us to assume want to speculate what if there were any other engine that we use to poison the deceased we sure thank you so much that was shut down the other they're talking to us from kuala lumpur she writes for the south china post chess so was kim jong il now most murder

the result of a years long plot by pyongyang north korea has a long history of ordering killings to silence and its opponents d.w. met one defector who fled the regime and says his life is still in danger. for one north korean dissident this assignation of kim jong nam last february wasn't merely news talk somehow himself has been on the north korean government's death list for years the body got some round the clock tom mutism my life is always in danger in two thousand and eleven north korea ordered a spy to assassinate me with a poison dart the following year a north korean came to shoot me later someone brought a homemade bomb to my hotel there was a letter sent to me threatening not only to kill me but my whole family. grew up in a privileged family in pyongyang he worked his way up until he got a post at the propaganda ministry by one thousand nine hundred nine after

a round of purges in the north korean elite he and his father defected to the south soon a pox on her life took a tragic turn. i lived quietly and saw for three years in two thousand and three an old friend who had defected as well came to tell me what had happened to my family that intelligence officers had arrested my uncles they were killed after being tortured my fiance was tortured terribly to my cousin had gone missing this is why i joined the north korea human rights movement poc is now fighting another kind of propaganda war but on the other side of the korean border. he doesn't need weapons just leaflets transistor radios and us dollars when the wind is blowing off park and his fellow activists drive to the border. they launch balloons filled with strong political messages. the north korean regime however fiesta free flow of information for its sealed off people. packs on happening most

from his own experience how a piece of paper can change lives. in one thousand nine hundred three i visited a classmate in one santelli at the square downtown people suddenly looked up in the sky and saw balloons state intelligence officers were carefully watching the balloons then they popped in flyers were scattered people were asked to turn them into authorities but some people put them in their pocket and i did too. that was when poc realized for the first time what living in a country without oppression could actually mean. while most south koreans simply shrug off the threat from the north and go on with their daily lives activists like pox on hockey approve of a cold war conflict just a few kilometers away. young viewers spock's regular balloon launches as a provocation and tries to shut them down with the tiller it still pox on hack

hopes to achieve his dream of a unified korea one day. even though i come from a good background and had a comfortable life back then i don't think i could have been happy in the north in saw i learn to appreciate the value of freedom and this is why i became an activist and pockets not planning to give up his efforts his goal is a free north and south korea and he will do whatever it takes to achieve it. we're turning now to some breaking news coming in from the us police in the city of los vegas are investigating an active shooter situation at the mandalay bay has seen a report say multiple victims are being ferried to nearby hospitals after a gunman opened fire at a concert authorities shut down part of the las vegas strip and interstate we'll keep you up to date on any developments on in this story as as more becomes available. turning now to turkey that country's relations with germany are at

a new low as the government there continues its post-coup crackdown and the breakdown of relations isn't just at the diplomatic level it's also having a big impact on the tourism industry with german holiday makers staying away but as our next report shows russian tourists are making up the shortfall. these pensioners decided to move to a line yes seventeen years ago until recently they had plenty of friends who live here too but now many of the houses and apartments are empty. indian dog still surviving we belong to a german circus club and their membership numbers a falling rapidly and many people have gone back to germany i guess one or two have returned but the most of moving back to now at least. we don't go to and along was once a favored destination for pensioners and tourists from germany but now the number

of germans has dwindled the sea the sun and beautiful beaches just aren't enough to draw people here for their vacations since the coup attempt terrorist attacks and president rich have tired erda ones increasingly authoritarian policies tourists are simply staying away mehmet has been working on the beaches of a long year for thirty years he's never seen them so empty. forgotten they gotta leave. all the beaches are empty and it's not just here beaches are empty everywhere but i think many russians are still coming to get. tourists from russia are offsetting some of the dramatic losses to turkey's tourism industry since june the situation has eased a little things to the russians they appreciate the competitive prices and nice weather and they're here to enjoy themselves. my

husband and other people isn't all taking a bow because when you're growing into ever you go through it thinking about all the good well those you know things you go in to pay happy. but the atmosphere here is not what it used to be a year ago the main shopping streets were bustling and packed with tourists today only a few people can be seen. owns a travel agency he's not optimistic that things will get better anytime soon. yeah you know though you. give a damn what is a yes more russians are coming the other one country alone and can't save the tourist industry again for our agency also works with rushing us to the cinema but what's going to happen to those who don't well most of the. many hotels that have been catering to german tourists are now closing but hotel onic is still open

and the owner food onic has been managing the business for thirty five years. she's been entertaining and taking care of her german guests for three decades now and the few remaining visitors may enjoy having the pool to themselves but not everyone is happy about it. we work very closely with travel agencies and we were always very full that was up until last year. and we had a massive drop in bookings and we really noticed it we've always been completely full right from the very beginning. but now our numbers have dropped by thirty to forty percent and. phoned and heard turkish friends say they can't really understand why germans are so hesitant to vacation in turkey. if they think that there's something going on in turkey i don't know what exactly

but something and that they can't come i have friends who always come with their children in the summer but now they're going elsewhere. before but these german pensioners are still here they say they wouldn't even consider returning to germany and can't comprehend why the tourists are staying away. put some. nothing's changed for us since last year's coup attempt we're just living our lives here as usual we haven't been affected at all we don't feel any restrictions and we're not afraid. of simply noticed that the germans who vacation here have completely overblown fears. thanks to the german pensioners say they have nothing to fear and feel integrated with what we're accepted wherever we go that's important what does it mean to be integrated that depends if you feel it easy somewheres then you're integrated for them germany's new travel advisory urging

heightened caution for citizens visiting turkey is simply not a concern. to football now where match day seven saw a reigning champions by munich start life without coach carlo ancelotti who was sacked on thursday former players took to the reigns as they travelled to berlin to face head to a side notoriously hard to beat at home the big guns are back thomas front rebury jerome and mats hummels were on the pitch right from the start for blind fans when he said no had corrected his previous s's mistake to good effect. saying to who's by and in front after ten minutes a strong start for sign you know i never made it to most immediately off to half time after he held off nicholas stark the guy looked to be decided but hatch

has. gone to pass by the tank and then passed what was and made it impossible for andrae duda to miss. just five minutes later this free kick from the impact and how it went straight pasta lisa landed at the feet of a grateful salamone. at the dish on the islands in the mount of olives i think we're all very disappointed and frustrated that it's the second time in a row that we haven't been able to win after being two nil up to and it's opening for by and things got even worse when front rebury had to be taken off with a knee injury he could be out for a long time. the pressure is on the bye and buses to speed up their search for engine lottie's permanent replacement. yes the pressure is on a sports reporter early manhood talk is here to tell us all about it good morning

lima but i am once again giving up a to go only to end up toying with how i was psyching on the right decision. and if you look at that result it probably say not much has changed but i say yes because. his prat madison was supposed to be on all everything that god jonah had accomplished and instead what we've seen this season and also perhaps last season is that by munich have progressed they've really taken a step back but i'm talking about the game as today's because what interim coach released on you all what he did was these four five k.m.'s that way ostracized under and i'm talking about these top players like homo. rebury robin he had put them all back into the lineup but at the end it didn't change the results so that has a lot of people now questioning was really the problem or perhaps what we're seeing and by and is that the problem is a lot deeper than just

a coaching issue well first they do have this coaching issue to resolve who's going to replace hands a lot everybody's wondering about thomas too is rumored to be a top candidate for the job you'd think he'd be a good choice so in terms of his footballing philosophy yes this is exactly the man that they need he has a vision he has a concept but does buy a new nick we need another alpha male that's the problem there's so many alpha male players on their team so many in top management and took on as great as a coach as he is tactically in terms of his knowledge he's really polarizing he's a difficult person to along with for example last season at dortmund he even banned one of the that tops out at the club from attending the practices because of a difference in opinion and i'm talking about the same scott scott that discovered people like. dead and then they pm it over my young saw but at the same time by and this is a very smart team they plan ahead of time they've been doing their homework so yes

they have been in touch with talk but at the same time they have also been speaking to the likes of that's what most was a former player on a talk as well as sporting director so and the fact that they have not arrived at as a decision yet could mean that they are unsure about to hope ok a lot of questions there by and as you say a smart team great players won the last four bonus league titles but right now they're trailing dortmund by five points so could there be another champion this year i hope so and i think a lot of bruising of fans hope so because in that respect at least when his ego is becoming more exciting we're moving from a monopoly to a do awfully because by and have won the last five but let's be honest by and nick i'm not going to throw the season away and sometimes we as football. fans and even football experts we suffer from something called amnesia football in knees and we forget that you know football is very unpredictable and that anything can happen between now and anything and that's why we keep watching the game a limited talkie from v.w.

sports thank you so much and one other match talk about from sunday hoffenheim went in to match day seven undefeated while their hosts five or were yet to secure a win with the two sides of opposite ends of the table the result seemed to foregone conclusion. christian strikes freiburg seemed to stick to the script. just fourteen minutes in they conceded as hoffenheim as nineteen year old evolving hoch schooled on his bundesliga debut to give his side the lead. but just one minute later fly book hit back to flow again leaderless no. two minutes passed before they struck again this time through chawla so you tube his first full fry book to wank five hoffenheim got close to tying the schools in the second hof as phillip ox unleashed this cracka saved by alex on the shoulder in

spectacular fashion. just before the ninety minute mock stencil extended fly books lead to three one. at the other end flavell defend the union schuster was so keen to get in on the action that he put one into his own net nonetheless hoffenheim lose that first game meaning freiburg grab a first women. in the u.s. emotions are running high in football stadiums across the country as more and more players choose to kneel during the pre-game national anthem it's an act of protest against police violence targeting african-americans president trump drew attention to the protester in a speech in alabama last month calling it a gesture disrespectful of the u.s. flag d.w. correspondent alexander phenomena reports from baltimore. the opening kickoff is an hour away but outside the ravens stadium in baltimore the upcoming game is not the

only topic of conversation when you start your ravens on some team play is are expected to kneel during the national anthem and the act of protest is a major concern to some. hope everybody stands does what's right and we move forward i expect understand because this country is a great country i don't think there's a better country which you could live in and i expect every single person up with their hand over their heart enjoy the great weather we had with a great football game over the past weeks more and more national football league players have been taken to one need here in the national anthem to protest racial injustice and police brutality against african-americans president trump blasted those who take any accusing them of disrespecting the u.s. flag his remarks angered protesting players and their supporters even more. that is our rights as americans too that we fight for i mean they're saying that we can't you shouldn't protest because the whole purpose is. to have you know the land

of the free that is your right to protest and if you want to protest us fine if you don't that's fine also but don't take our right away in baltimore the ravens briefly took to one knee before the national anthem began playing and even if they stewed again before the music played fans could be heard booing them from the stands it seems like presence trump and many of the fans have some success in their rejection of the players' protests but the controversy is far from over and the underlying problem a feeling of racial injustice among many of fricken americans remains unresolved the debate has extended beyond the u.s. borders has n.f.l. team sunday played the second of three matchups this season in london. as in baltimore one entire team kneeled up to the point on the singing of the u.s. and british national anthem. and before we go just

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