that we can learn to stand up for women's rights. no one and so down we three voice a feature story. on d w. this is d w news live from berlin tonight in paris of thousands are marching for a woman named more rain more rain old was an eighty five year old holocaust survivor who was brutally stabbed to death and burned in her apartment last week demonstrators are protesting tonight against a wave of anti-semitic attacks across france also coming up pomp and pageantry

reported after the fact it began as a secret meeting we now know that china gave north korea's leader a lavish welcome in beijing kim jong only reportedly assured china's president xi that he is committed to deep nuclearization and a national day of mourning in russia funerals have begun for the sixty four people who died in a deadly shopping mall fire in siberia many of the dead were children. i'm for golf it's good to have you with us tonight on the streets of paris they are remembering a woman brutally murdered in her apartment last week eighty five year old holocaust survivor marie no thousands took to the streets in her memory and to protest.

against a wave of anti-semitic attacks across france there have been reports of isolated scuffles firefighters discovered noles partially burned body after being called to a fire in her apartment in the east of paris she had been stabbed several times police have arrested a neighbor and another suspect. lisa lewis has been following the march for d w she sent us this report that lots of it jewish people here also non jewish people but they are saying you know we feel our country is under attack jews gentleman from the northern town of lille told me earlier that he thought he could not sleep walk down the street with his key fob on his head when he goes to the synagogue to the place of worship he actually before he leaves is that that place he checks the security cameras before he steps out to the street he takes off his keeper he will never gather in front of the city gate because he thinks that he and

his friends could then become targets of many people here are afraid that other consummate take acts could actually happen in the near future bill truong died of his wounds after swapping himself for a female hostage in paris tributes were led by president manuel micron. the nation owners its hero. french president emmanuel mccrone awards the legion of honor to bits from its france's highest honor but it can only be laid on the coffin of the police officer who was given his own life for that of a stranger. it was a fuss that of this year he stood up against islamist aggression. against hatred. and against the madness of killing by for bravery of a single man he reminded his the will of the very heart of our nation the french spirits of resistance beltran was one of the first officers to respond to the

deadly hostage siege in tribe the special forces officer died of his injuries a day later initiating a further outpouring of praise for the forty four year old sacrifice as events unfolded at this supermarket biltong traded places with a female hostage who is being used as a human shield by the attacker it wasn't just his act of self-sacrifice that helped end the siege beltran cleverly left his mobile phone on so that police officers could hear what was happening inside then after hearing gunshots reinforcements went in shooting the twenty six year old islamist attacker and ending the four hour ordeal. bedtime died for his country and his memory will live on in france today his nation saluted its hero. and gave him a most distinguished sendoff. so here is some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world

ecuador's government says that it is cutting off julian assange his communications from its london embassy the wiki leaks founder has been holed up in the building since two thousand and twelve he fears extradition to the u.s. if he leaves the premises ecuador said the decision was taken to prevent the australian from interfering in other countries affairs have only as parliament has passed a symbolic motion affirming the right of the former separatist leader. to be reelected to his old job mr predictable has been held in a german jail since sunday when german police arrested him on a european war. oh after days of rumors it has been confirmed that north korea's leader kim jong own did visit china this week his meeting with chinese president xi jinping was kept under wraps until after he left yesterday the hope is

that this is the prelude to talks on nuclear disarmament today u.s. president donald trump tweeted that he received a message from the presidency saying that the meeting had gone well and that north korea's leader was looking forward to meeting him mr trump were known to say that until then u.s. sanctions would remain in place and that pressure must be maintained at all costs. here's more on him jiang owns first foreign trip since he came to power. heavy security for an unnamed visitor making their way through beijing. then pomp and ceremony as a mysterious individual is confirmed as none other the north korean leader kim jong un it's a historic moment as kim's first diplomatic trip outside the room nation since he took power in twenty eleven rumors had been circulating for days that the

mysterious ahmed train crossing the young riva from pyongyang had kim on board but it was only confirmed after kim and his wife were safely back home according to china's state news agency she pressed kim on north korea giving up nuclear weapons kim apparently replied quote the issue of denuclearization of the korean peninsula can be resolved if south korea and the united states respond to our efforts with good will create an atmosphere of peace and stability while taking progress even synchronous measures for the realisation of peace. but many are skeptical about whether or not kim jong un would really skill down the program after the north korean government has worked so hard to celebrate its development. a little i don't think he will officially declared the nuclearization because he has been emphasizing the importance of nuclear weapons a lot he has particularly been stressing that the nuclear program makes the country strong and that the country can defeat the united states with it he can't totally

change that stance all at once. but others think kim could use disarmament to his advantage. kim jong un would seek to propagate the idea that he persuaded the u.s. and the international community to essentially surrender by having carefully mustard nuclear weapons so. the china visit comes ahead of a historic summit between north and south korea for april that meeting is expected to further focus on denuclearization. i'm joined here in the studio by his most there he is a korean analyst and a professor of east asian studies at the free university here in berlin it's good to have you back on the show let's talk about this this secret meeting we find out about it after the fact did they keep it

a secret basically to protect the north korean leader's life were they afraid of an assassination attempt on yes that's for sure one reason why it's been kept secret the security issues very important but then there's another reason i suppose and that's in case the meeting doesn't go so well and the results are not so presentable then they could keep it under the carpet and wouldn't lose face they would lose face and losing face is something that particularly for the north korean leader is it's almost like a deadly blow isn't it he has to come back to his people in what he brought them right right in the best case scenario would be what we saw now a very good meeting with good results and would you say it was a good meeting with good results as far as we can know what we know through the media would say definitely yes because he told he reaffirmed he reassured she's in

pain and the world that she is that he is committed to his pledge to abandon his sister make arsenal. certain conditions and place of course and made clear to everyone that he's taking this very seriously what do you think we see kim jong un going to china first before he meets with south korea or with the u.s. did he need to get maybe and assurance from china and from the president that we have your back no matter what it's definitely yes and if we look back into history that's only the natural very logical next step china has always been the most important. corporation the most important ally of north korea after the second world war and of course the us this has to discuss these matters with china south korea has to discuss. matters with the u.s. and when i look at the positions of power right now it's hard not to

see china really standing out there particularly president xi jinping i mean is he showing even with this visit to the world that when it comes to north korea he is the gatekeeper. he is a very important player in the game when it comes to north korea and the east asian region but he doesn't multiple lies north korea he now knows that north korea is ready to take the seat with south korea even with the u.s. and that's for sure the reason why she's in being was very open to invite kim jong un to china today we saw the tweet from the u.s. president you know announcing that this meeting took place in what was interesting is that in the tweet double drop says i was informed by chinese president xi jinping. that shows a tremendous amount of clout on the part of the chinese president doesn't it yes absolutely and it's very important that all involved actors now act responsibly and

try to build trust and this shuttle diplomacy also between south korea and all the involved russia china japan and the u.s. was therefore very important and that's very important now that china also talks directly with the u.s. and look at these talks what do you think is the biggest risk right now to these talks. very bad coincidence that for example in the u.s. administration all of a sudden the hotline is take the seat and the whole process or that within north korea something happens that would have a bad result but that makes it so important that the people talk to each other and that the whole process is very transparent we heard also today from japan.

there was this concern that. the talk is just being presented for the sake of talking and denuclearization is not the real goal do you think there's credibility i think japan is interested to to get on board and that's why being a little picky on the side we have here we want to be part of the story too of course we have to be cautious what we can expect from the talks but it is very important that these talks take place because that's the only chance is progress in this very important process all right. as always we appreciate your insights thank you thank you. in football brazil has ended germany's twenty two match unbeaten run. side defeated the south americans seven to one in the world cup semifinals four years ago but failed to fire in this friendly rematch brazil outplayed germany in defense and.

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