this is d w news live from berlin half a million people are reportedly in washington d.c. at the march for our lives these are live images from the rally in support of tighter gun laws across the united states is being led by survivors of the parklane to school shooting for profit live to our correspondent at the protest. police have discovered explosives and other weapons at the site of a shooting in southern france tourists have also been made in connection with the attack have the latest from our correspondent. and in sports the football world cup

in spots approaching with germany putting the finishing touches on their team the defending champions took on spain in a hard fought friendly last night to bring you the best of the action. time maya shweder welcome to the program protests in favor of tighter restrictions on gun ownership are taking place across the u.s. hundreds of thousands are at the main demonstration in the capital washington d.c. called the quote march for our lives the protest was organized and led by students who survived a mass shooting at marjorie stoneman douglas high school in parkland florida similar marches were also held across the world. and one of the students from marjorie stroman douglass high school spoke at the rally in d.c. in d.c. here's what he had to say. it all comes down to

a slice or ten was offered to all the politicians out there if you take money from the n.r.a. you have chosen death if you have not expressed your constituents a public stance on this issue you have chosen to ask if you do not stand with us by saying we need to pass commonsense gun legislation you have chosen and none of the millions of people marching in this country today will stop until they see those against us out of office because we. thought you have your off earlier i spoke to our correspondent alex hunter phenomenon who was at the march and asked her about the atmosphere there. i would describe the atmosphere here as a mixture of determination and confidence because the students i talked to are confidence that they can make a difference one of them is joining me right now it's amanda she's from new york

amanda you came here from new york with your friends why was it so important for you to participate in this protest it's important to me to. prices have been this because this isn't just one person issue it involves everyone because everyone is a vick could be a victim of gun violence young old black white whoever you are and so i want to stand up for the people that i love and for everyone so i encourage everyone to go out vote make change what what change you would like to see what kind of legislation and i would love for some out america so rifles to be banned i want shook her gun background checks i just want people to be safe and especially gun violence in general to understand just about school shootings gun violence continues in communities of color constantly and we need to focus on supporting students and not mental health background checks and just keep going from there

what do you tell people who tell you you are just a high school kid you don't know how politics works what would you say i think every time you see me on my phone and you think that i'm just watching some t.v. show or not doing anything that i'm watching the news and i'm paying attention and so is everyone in my generation and to never doubt us because we're coming here to do your job and to speak up because no one else has spoken up for us and so they might want to take that back. thank you very much. thank you alexandre phenomena in washington d.c. at the march for our lives. now on to some of the other stories making news around the world families of the victims of a german wings flight that crashed in the french alps three years ago have gathered to commemorate its anniversary flight nine five two five crashed near the town of the van killing all a hundred fifty people onboard investigators say the jetliner was deliberately

downed by the copilot. two policemen have been killed in a car bomb attack in the egyptian city of alexandria the target was reportedly a convoy carrying the city's security chief the attack comes just two days before egypt's presidential election no group has yet claimed responsibility. thousands of far right supporters in croatia have marched in the cockpit or zagreb to protest a european council treaty designed to prevent domestic and gender based violence they say the so-called istanbul convention promotes what they call a quote gender ideology which would undermine the traditional family. investigators looking into a hostage taking and shooting incident at a supermarket in southern france have discovered homemade explosives at the site of the attack they also found a handgun and a hunting knife we'll get the latest on our end on the investigation from our

correspondent in paris in a moment but first tributes are being paid to the policeman who offered himself as a hostage colonel on old died of his wounds in the hospital he switched places with a woman who was being held captive inside the store. outside the police station where bill tribe was based in the town of local people have been paying tribute i don't you know i haven't slept all night since what happened yesterday he was marvelous he was a hero all the asli the military the police officer had huge respect for them feeling and their home out on the radio bell chimes mother spoke of the policeman's commitment. because he was someone who ever since he was born gave everything for the homeland he would have said to me i'm doing my job nothing more but that's defending and helping others and doing his work in the most noble way possible for somehow by ripping no agreement policy of france president emmanuel

mccollum praised the swift action of the police. i want to salute their engagement and their professionalism but especially their courage. particularly the courage of an officer of the gendarmerie who volunteered to take the place of a hostage. the attackers rampage began in the medieval city of caucus on around lunchtime he then moved on to tub. and said. you know we live in a small town of six those and residents and we were all convinced these atrocities would never happen at home we were all convinced it would be after neighbors. but yesterday we were able to measure how much radicalism can affect anyone that shoots your. investigators found homemade explosives one hundred gun and

a hunting knife in a supermarket while a woman and a young man believed to be linked to the attacker have been arrested more than two hundred forty people have been killed in islamist attacks in france since the beginning of twenty fifteen. i'm joined now by did abbey a correspondent lisa lewis who has been following the story for us from paris. we know that the police arrested two people after the attack what's the latest on the investigation now well we know that the heiress arrested his partner and a seventeen year old friend of his and the police is now looking into how these people were connected how the attacker was connected to a local extremist group actually they're still wondering how this person who was known to be radicalized then got to the point to stage this attack they were not expecting this the authorities and they said they had not seen him traveling to iraq of syria and and i'm now wondering actually if he has been in contact with so-called islamic state or not apparently investigate is found some papers some

names at his home some local means of national media reporting that they also found the will mentioning so-called islamic state so it seems like we have a homegrown terrorist situation here or what else do we know about the attacker we know that he was twenty five years old he was of moroccan origin he was born in morocco he got the french nationality at the age of twelve at one point between twenty sixteen and twenty seventeen he was being watched very closely by the french secrets' was services but at the time they believe he was radicalized but not about to commit an attack that there was no imminent danger coming from him we also know that he was known for petty crime such as drug offenses but again that the police were not thinking that he would be able to would be willing to stage an attack really. now unfortunately these incidents seem to have become part of everyday life

now in france they're happening so often how are the french reacting to yet another terror attack on their home soil. well the people here obviously a poor they're shocked every say they they knew that this might be coming everybody knows that the terror threat in france is still incredibly high but they were maybe hoping because for the past year and a half there had been no huge major attacks here in france they were hoping that maybe it was going away but it's not the case and also there is something out so actually it's happening in rome france and not in a big city and that means that the secret service is now have to spread out even further that they have to get more decentralized to be able to watch everybody very closely here in france hi lisa louis for us in paris thank you very much for your insights. and an order to sports and football where world champions germany hosted spain in

a friendly in the western city of dust on friday it was a chance for coach yogi lurd to test his players against a fellow title favorite ahead of the world cup in russia in june both teams started with strong line ups which made for a tight contest. no surprises in germany starting eleven as they spotted the new away should despite being the hosts but the pits a stop along to spain and dressin yes to setting that rosy goal merino with a need to bowl on the floor with a spade and in the against a static german defense of of germany's first attacking efforts lacked for cision. spain remained the more dangerous side just missing shot miss in front of go by. but after half an hour thomas miller did find a gap in the spanish defense something home the equaliser of

a after the break both teams had their chances in an entertaining affair but it remained only square one woman between two teams who underlined that will cut potentials germany next play brazil in a friendly and choose de spain and to take out in tina. and start your engines the new formula one season gets underway on sunday with the australian grand prix mercedes driver lewis hamilton beat the audi sebastian vettel for the title last year and the two look to the set to continue their rivalry in two thousand and eighteen on saturday to traverse faced off in qualifying and it was the defending champion who struck an early psychological blow. the new season but the same old story defending champion lewis hamilton's stormed to a pole position in melbourne the mercedes driver set a new law practice and will start sunday's race at the front of the great despite winning the world championship four times in his career the britain's thirst for

victory remains unquenched. you would think that with. the results have had for these years it would be the norm but if it doesn't it's still just as intense and i'm like my heart's racing i wish you could feel it right now. furries kimmie reichen was second quickest. his teammate and four time world champion german drivers sebastiaan fettle came in third. mercedes driver of terry boss had a nightmare start to the season he crushed and starts well back an exciting season awaits with both hamilton and fattal hoping to equal argentine great juan manuel funk heels five world titles. and into the international break we don't have any bonus league action for you this weekend but training what ahead for the players not included and their national teams with the pressure off men decided it would be

the perfect time to try out the talents of an extremely famous jamaican. retired sprinting legend you saying bolt has never denied his love for the beautiful game. in fact he's long dreamed of becoming a player and now with more time on his hands he's confident t.v. has what it takes to make it. i think overall i'll give myself probably. i think i was ok i did well i just takes practice and. get fit and i should be ok. bolt appeared to gel well with the dortmund squad and even showed some promise in front of goal. but the left footed one hundred and two hundred meter world record holder is trying to kickstart his footballing career at the ripe old age of thirty one which may go against him. as if he's not at an age where i'd

say he can develop much but he can still improve some things he'd have to train with the team for a few weeks or months and then see how it works out but he has a good understanding of the game. and courage in words for bolt but no matter how well he develops his skills on the pitch the jamaican certainly knows what the crowds. learn german with w. . any time any place. whether with jo jo and her friends. colleagues is going to get enough to eat this year expect to see some special.