surfers fighting against. starting january seventh. this is deja vu news live from berlin germany must do better those words from chance wrong of america that a memorial service for the victims of last year's christmas market truck attack michael admits mistakes were made in the aftermath will take a closer look at that response also coming every decision and every action we are

now putting america first donald trump lays out his vision for national security the u.s. president signals that america will play hardball in pursuit of its own interests and a turkish german journalist was released from prison in turkey but is still unable to leave the country will other jailed colleagues also be freed. thank you for joining us one year to the day since that terror struck the very heart of berlin a memorial has been opened for the twelve people who died in the dozens wounded in the first major islamist attack in germany the names of those who lost their lives have been placed on steps and plots the scene of last december's carnage among the dignitaries honoring the victims and survivors german chancellor angela merkel and interior minister thomas demise here german authorities faced criticism of the how

aftermath of the attack and many questions have been asked over whether it could have been avoided. berlin's mayor misha offered words of condolence as he inaugurated the memorial. this is a place that everyone who you wish is to grieve so. that to have a place to come to commemorate all those when you really can and are killed here. and there go to the sea we have the names of all of those who died you feel here and. it is a signal that we are sending out across all religious and national boundaries as well and this gash here commemorates the wounds that the attacks of the cold caused but we want to overcome this wound in our society we do not want to be divided by terrorism and hatred and this is why i am going to marry a plaque is also

a symbol of teller and tolerance of one we owe that to the victims not just in berlin but across the globe. let's bring in our chief political correspondent well on the crane for more on the story a lead a very moving ceremony earlier today take us through it. it was very moving very dignified also very short very brief it was an ecumenical service began with an ecumenical service in the church there after that public square in that church itself is a memorial church it was left partly in ruins after the second world war to remind germans. of the sorrow of the war so now a second memorial is joined at this place on the steps of the church as you could see in that memorial was inaugurated after this q medical church service we heard the words from berlin's lord mayor the only other person who spoke briefly was

chancellor angela merkel and the service and the memorial were attended only by invited guests and those of course included the families of the victims as well as german dignitaries otherwise this was not a public event in fact the christmas market at that site the christmas market being the target of last year's attack it is closed for the day also in memory of the victims so it was a small but as i said a very dignified and a very moving gathering and toward the end then everyone who attended was given a candle also to remember the victims and just a word on that the memorial itself you could see perhaps not only the names of the victims engraved on the stairs but a crock that went down the stairs that was filled today with molten metal and is supposed to show that this event this terrible attack last year was

a crock that leaves leaves everything different including that place but that also should be seen and that's the meaning of the gold medal that is in the crack as something out of which we can make something of value and meaning going forward well and as we said the chancellor merkel's government has faced criticism for its response to the attack and she actually made some remarks following the ceremony let's listen in. and i have to speak now on behalf of myself and on behalf of the german government to say that we need to work to improve the way we deal with things like this. that we must do everything in our power not only to try to protect the people in this country but also to ensure that people whose lives are affected by attacks of this kind and that we're doing everything we can to help them adjust to their new situation which is why the bereaved relatives and

the injured i will be meeting again. soon to tell them what we have learned from my mistakes what we will do differently next time in order to help. to move. overcome this terrorist attacks and to ensure that in the future we as the german state will do everything we can talk to help. someone that chancellor merkel there admitting mistakes were made how significant was that statement. quite significant there's essentially two sets of two sets of mistakes here but let's focus on the first which is the one that she underlined in her remarks about a few weeks ago a wrenching open letter was published here in germany from relatives of the victims saying that they felt essentially abandoned by the state of germany and germany's president has also said now that he admits that the reaction that germany

gave after the attack was cold and detached in his words and that reaction essential be focused perhaps largely on the political consequences of the attacks on concern about german citizens and their reaction but not on the families of the victims themselves the person who coordinated the response at mit's that some families of the bereaved didn't know for three or even more days that one of their loved ones had in fact been confirmed dead some families receive bills for the autopsies and no families although they were. contacted by the german president no families were contacted by the chancellor herself it wasn't until yesterday that she met with families of the victims so there has been an admission on a number of different levels that this response was not adequate to the sorrow that these family suffered and linda just briefly for can also on the level of police work and security services that there were failures there. exactly that's the

second set of failures that have been admitted and to some degree corrected since the attack so one of the things that came to light is that there was far too little coordination between federal and state security authorities here in germany that allowed the person who perpetrated the attack on this to slip through the cracks also to little coordination with other countries because mr i'm very had already been detained in italy in the us managed to make his way to germany then there were also problems in terms of how well protected soft targets like christmas markets are this christmas market had no concrete barriers separating it from the street hence a truck was able to drive on now all of that has been the subject of much discussion here there have been measures to quote to correct a number of those failings as well as issues like people who were supposed to be deported like this no longer would be set free they would be held in detention until they can be deported and or even be subjected to being controlled through

some form of electronic device that they would have to wear so all of that an attempt to prevent such an attack ever happening again our chief political correspondent linda crane for us thank you melinda now u.s. president donald trump has laid out his foreign policy strategy in a speech that outlined a shift from past administrations is focused on protecting american interests first mirrors washington's changing role in the world the plan focuses on dealing with threats from iran and north korea and challenging china and russia both moscow and beijing say they'll welcome u.s. cooperation but warned that confrontation could bring on losses for all sides. in a wide ranging speech donald trump unveiled his new national security strategy let me begin once more he used the blunt language that his supporters love and his detractors love. with every decision and every action we're now putting america

first with the strategy i am announcing today we are declaring that america is in the game and america is going to win this dropping previous mentions of climate change trump instead focused on four main pillars. boosting homeland protection including building his wall on the mexican border promoting american prosperity by rebuilding infrastructure demonstrating military strength he said he would end mandatory defense spending limits and advance u.s. influence in the world. trim call china and russia great rivals he also said washington had no choice but to deal with the challenge posed by north korea's nuclear and missile programs. our campaign of maximum pressure on the north korean regime has resulted in the toughest ever sanctions we have

united our allies in an unprecedented effort to isolate north korea however there is much more work to do america and its allies will take all necessary steps to achieve a d. nuclear ization and ensure that this regime cannot threaten the world. but on monday it was the united states that was isolated at the u.n. security council when the us ambassador nikki haley vetoed a resolution rejecting trump's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital after all fourteen other security council members back the measure. what we witnessed here today in the security council is an insult it won't be forgotten today for of knowledge a basic truth about the capital city of israel we are accused of harming peace the record will reflect that we reject that outrageous claim. the video highlighted

washington's isolation over trump's declaration that the u.s. embassy will be moved from tel aviv to jerusalem station the now some other stories making headlines around the world in south africa the governing african national congress has elected a new leader deputy president cereal from a post that defeated president jacob zuma exwife in a closely fought brace that puts him a big step closer to south africa's top job all of the last three leaders have gone on to serve as president. u.s. investigators say a passenger train that derailed onto a busy highway was traveling at nearly three times the speed limit at least three people were killed and dozens injured when the amtrak train left the tracks it was the inaugural run of a new route linking the cities of seattle and portland. the turkish german journalist michel are told it was released from istanbul president prison pending trial on charges of terrorism her case has tested already strained relations

between berlin and uncorrupt total was arrested earlier this year what human rights organizations have called a targeted crackdown on free speech in turkey mischler tolu can finally embrace her family members again she'd been in a women's prison since april when she was arrested in istanbul her three year old son also spent time with her behind bars. i'm very happy but also very exhausted and this is been a huge sacrifice that i still have to. thank you steve in the coming days i'll get a clear idea of what actually happened and be able to say mall. but told those new freedom only goes so far turkish authorities have refused to return her passport the charges against her membership in a left wing group turkey considers a terrorist organization remain her trial is still set for spring for the german government to those release is a good sign but not

a final resolution. and as. we aren't in place yet where we can say everything's being solved. definitely not and there are still many existing difficulties but this is a clear signal towards the easing of tensions that a step in the right direction or of course very happy for him is told to fall in. toto is one of several german journalists or human rights activists arrested in turkey this year the german government considers them political hostages to lose release comes on the heels of another turkish court ruling in a german detainees favor the sociologist is now free to return to germany after nearly two years detention that leaves eight german nationals still behind bars in turkey. in sports doping authorities have launched an investigation after an undercover sting from the british daily telegraph called world one hundred meter champion justin gatlin to question the american sprinters agent at the time robert

wagner offered tests testosterone and human growth hormone for a fictional client the undercover reporters were representing the meetings were secretly recorded on tape lawyers for the american sprinter say he is clean gatland had been banned twice in the past in two thousand and one and two thousand and six . already cryptocurrency bites the dust bend will tell you which one coming what up .