this is the news live from berlin tonight france honoring a fallen hero president leads tributes to the police officer killed in last week's terrorist attack he died after offering himself in exchange for a hostage also coming up pomp and pageantry for kim jong un it began as a secret meeting but we now know that china gave north korea's leader a lavish welcome give reportedly assured china's president xi that he is committed to de nuclearization and

a national day of mourning in russia funerals have begun for some of the sixty four victims of that deadly fire in a shopping mall many of the dead were children. off it's good to have you with us france is paying homage to the policeman killed in last week's terror attack lieutenant colonel arnoux biltong died of his wounds after offering himself in exchange for a female hostage there were ceremonies across the nation today in the capital paris president emmanuel micro-loan led the tributes. the nation honors its hero. french president emmanuel awards the legion of honor to bits from. it's france's highest honor but it can only be laid on the coffin of the

police officer who has given his own life for that of a stranger. for the fuss that this year we stood up against islamist aggression. against hatred. and against the mountainous of killing me by the bravery of a single man he reminded his 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 was 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. dead tom 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. while also in paris a memorial march was held for an eighty five year old holocaust survivor who was murdered in her home in the city thousands marched through the french capital in memory of marie know and to protest against a wave of anti-semitic attacks across france 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 attended the memorial march today and

she captured the mood in paris for. thousands have gathered today to pay tribute to me they can all an eighty five year old jewish lady who last friday was stabbed and burned in what authorities are now calling an anti semitic murder just people here have been telling me that they feel increasingly threatened in france the country earlier today pay tribute to our noble a police man who last friday during a terror attack on a supermarket exchanged his own live against the last hostages life this is a day of mourning for france but also a day where many people feel that they have to stand united in the face of danger because giving in is just not an option. that was lisa lewis reporting from paris here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world following a senate vote the irish government has announced may twenty fifth as the date for a referendum that could liberalize the country's abortion laws abortion is illegal

under current legislation unless there is a serious risk to the life of the mother women convicted of having an unlawful termination face up to fourteen years in prison ecuador's government says it is cutting off julian of songes 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 that the decision was taken to prevent the australian from interfering in other countries of thiers saudi arabia's crown prince has met with u.n. secretary general and tony a good terrorists in new york to discuss the ongoing war in yemen the kingdom is now in its fourth year of involvement in the conflict between a saudi led military coalition and who the rebels during his visit prince mohammed bin sullivan pledged nine hundred thirty million dollars in humanitarian aid.

well after days of rumors it has been confirmed that north korea's leader kim jong un 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 double trump tweeted that he's received a message from president xi saying that the meeting had gone well and that north korea's leader was looking forward to meeting him mr trump went on 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 kim jong un's first foreign trip since he took 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 rogue nation since he took power in twenty eleven rumors had been circulating for days that the mysterious armored train crossing the yalu river 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 came 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 progressive and 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 yet 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 mustered 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 or were joined now by our correspondent in

washington clare richardson good evening to you clear so we know that kim jong un spent four days in china that is a long time plenty of time for talks and we also understand that the u.s. president's double troll that he was informed about this meeting by the chinese president do we know exactly what the chinese president told mr trump about those talks. hi branch well trump says she told him that the meeting went well with him and the official reports we've seen coming out of both north korea and china seem to bear that out they downplayed any tensions to emphasize a good working relationship between the two countries now remember china has traditionally been a major ally for north korea but its more recent support for u.n. sanctions on pyongyang has really put a strain on their ties so the point of this meeting for china at least seems to be largely an effort to save face to try and present itself as a relevant player in any north korean talks after south korea and the u.s.

have been the ones making headlines but this meeting with china also is likely to boost north korea as a leverage in any possible the meeting with the trump having beijing on their side will buy them some wiggle room in terms of having a partner and that could for example help soften trade restrictions you know the that's a very good point especially that you make about the charges president when we look at the u.s. president he is known for calling the north korean leader the rocket man in today he tweeted that he believes that the north korean leader will do what is right for all of humanity that's quite a it's quite a change in his perception of the north korean leader i mean were do you think that's coming from. that certainly is quite a turn from the kind of language we saw earlier on in terms of presidency and now he really wants to be seen as the president who finally got north korea to give up

its nuclear weapons and so we've seen a complete scaling back of that language we've seen trump say that it is his tough policies toward north korea that are what have finally brought it to the table what he calls his maximum pressure policy but it seems like there's a likelihood that the north is going to give up its nuclear program in talks with trump is pretty unrealistic the north sees its nuclear program in many ways as essential to its very survival and the u.s. would have to make potentially enormous concessions to even move forward with clear eyes ation which of course would not fit in with trump's narrative that he's going to be the one to bring conjunction into line yeah you know you're touching on the concessions there that have to come from the united states and also from north korea you know that really requires a lot of homework do we know how the u.s. president is preparing for these talks with the north korean leader well he seems to be prepared for it by shaking up the united states top officials who

are in charge of foreign policy to bring in people who are more ideologically aligned with president from for example we've just seen john bolton a super war hawk an advocate of military strikes on north korea being named national security advisor that's going to send a very alarming message not just to the world but to north korea especially and they'll also be watching what he does in other areas of foreign policy like when it comes to the iran deal they're going to be waiting to see whether the u.s. is good for its word when it comes to negotiating long term international agreements our correspondent in washington clear richardson on the story for us tonight clear thank you very much. you're watching the w. news live from berlin still to come stephen wiltshire can draw a detailed panorama entirely from memory after only a brief glimpse of the cityscape we take a look at this our extraordinary ability.

our daniels' here now tax rumors have put amazon investors on alert that's right brenton's the three letter cuss word tax us e-commerce giant and as a last as much as fifty three billion dollars market value in wednesday trading and stock falling more than seven percent after u.s. based website x. ers reported that president trump wants to go after amazon because he's worried about main street stores being put out of business the white house denied any new policy changes towards amazon but its stock plunged to anyone. on wall street for us our markets man events against it's not just amazon us tech stocks overall are under pressure what's going on. well there is quite some regulatory pressure all over the place we had the privacy issues with facebook we had some concerns about the self driving cars and good knowledge now that he might be on on

amazon and even if the white house is saying that no action is a plan right now is that what does right now mean not within the next five minutes not was and the next five days so what we hear out of the white house is from different sources that u.s. president donald trump is obsessed with amazon and that he might eventually look at how amazon and other online retailers are text then we shouldn't forget a lot of the friends of donald trump are actually coming from the real estate industry and online retailers so well they put some pressure on brick and. mortars there seems to be one concern of. this beautiful rainbow colors behind you there yes but let's talk test things have not been bright for them on tuesday reported on their sinking stock after a crash involving one of their cars but that's not the only thing on investors' minds. you know the stock of tesla dropped another almost eight percent here in the

wednesday's session and that was because the credit rating agency moody's lowered the credit rating for tesla mostly because of there there are some concerns in respect to the production of the new model three we will get the new figures next week recently tesla promised to deliver about two and a half thousand of those week olds per week but no one things it's more likely that it will only be a thousand to fifteen hundred and on top of it tesla also needs fresh money and needs the credit market so a lot of concerns all around tesla can tesla meet its great expectations we'll just have to say yes thank you very much. and second with cars diamond b.m.w. are teaming up the two german car makers saying today that they'll merge their offerings in car sharing right hailing apps and systems for charging electric cars with their car to go and drive now brands under one roof the old god of the

automotive industry hope to take on a new breed of tech savvy competitors. diam learned b.m.w. are fierce competitors and they're going to remain so but when it comes to their car sharing divisions the two have become collaborators dialers card to go and b.m.w.'s drive now are set to merge creating a combined member base of four million drivers they read the cars by the minute picking them up and dropping them off flexibly within city limits the joint fleet will have around twenty thousand cars in them in thirty cities across europe and north america and one city in china car to go as been operating in eight countries while b.m.w.'s drive now has been available in nine for members nothing will change for now down the road however the two car makers say the aim is to expand mobility services in electric transport working closely with the urban authorities it's also a way of staving off competition for mobility mavericks like. looks beautiful

doesn't it but it's too popular in a bid to halt environmental damage tadi off of all of the temporary closure of one of the country's most famous beaches maya bay which is best known from leonardo dicaprio as moving the big has been visited by millions but now the beach will close for four months again. tourism is a major factor in the thai economy the sector was responsible for over twelve percent of the country's gross domestic product last year. most tourists head to thailand's beaches so the decision to close my beach for four months will leave many visitors disappointed thai environmental already say the move is essential. if it is too late to save. there is no but if we don't do something today it will be too late. thailand has restricted tourist sites before to protect its environment for example in twenty eleven dozens of diving sites were closed to

protect coral reefs but with the number of foreign visitors expected to grow the government has a tricky job it needs to find the right balance between protecting the environment and drawing tourists. business news now looking to russia that's right thank you very much dan you know funerals have taken place in siberia for victims of this weekend's shopping mall fire russia is observing a day of mourning but the heartache is mixed with anger many people believe the authorities are trying to cover up lax safety standards standards that they believe resulted in so many lives lost. the size of the coffin showed the scale of this tragedy most of the victims of the fire with children these parents lost their daughter and son ten year old masha and eight year old died alongside their grandmother. which even those used to

dealing with death find it hard to comprehend. we're all suffering from grief there are no words to express the pain we feel. the personal tragedies have touched the entire country. but they've also provoked an outpouring of anger people here are desperate for justice they want to know whether all this could have been avoided. those trying to escape the mall found many emergency exits blocked. children were also reportedly left locked inside a cinema while stuff. the day my daughter was found among the first victims she trying to protect two children my granddaughter and her friend she hugged them and they lay underneath her yet i do not understand why the staff did not open up the cinema that greet. the authorities need to take measures find

a guilty and punish them accordingly. seen from about the damage to the morning's clear but what's not so clear the second stance is behind the fire furious locals suspect to cover up so far five people responsible for fire safety have been detained including the most direct oh my i'm a mother myself i perfectly understand what people who are now burying their children are experiencing i know what they're going through but i don't want to blame myself for this i just don't. recover meant his promise there is that folks will be harshly punished but we're relatives believe officials when they say justice has been done. germany's defense minister has renamed a military barracks as part of a new approach to germany's militaristic past the barracks which were named after a veteran of world war one are now dedicated to

a soldier who was killed in afghanistan a new code of conduct stipulates that german soldiers should concentrate on post world war two history when celebrating military tradition tradition plays an important role in the military by providing a degree of identity and that's no different for the german army. but how should the german modern military deal with its nazi past. that's such a tricky topic that the german army known as the bundeswehr has issued a formal decree on the subject. god advice as to how we need a common understanding of how ponced is specially because challenges happened so quickly today. we need to know where we come from in order to go into the future with sixty. last years soldiers at several barracks were caught with world war

two german army memorabilia it sparked a discussion about how best to deal with the past. the decree makes it clear that nazi era memorabilia has no place in the modern buddhists they're. going to have is this the i think and that's why it's valid to place the more than sixty year old rich history of the bundeswehr in the center of all collective memory it will become a cent off reference for our tradition it's a history we can be proud of. and. to demonstrate this modernization the bundeswehr renamed one of its barracks from a world war one german general to that of a fallen german soldier in afghanistan. well how good is your memory for example if you looked at a photo of the manhattan skyline for a few seconds could you remember the detail well you're about to meet a man who can not only that he can also paint an accurate picture of what he has

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know i've been there by. singapore hong kong. tokyo. stephen smith is los angeles another city to add to his extraordinary memory. which was you can do that it's well the cheating scandal engulfing australian cricket continues three players have now been handed a lengthy bans by their own country's governing body among them is steve smith a true modern icon of the game in australia in a sport that considers itself the very essence of fair play and their country where top athletes become national heroes the scandal threatens to ruin careers and destroy reputations. and steve smith heading home in disgrace the former australian cricket captain has been suspended from playing in or for australia for

a year the same goes for vice captain david warner and their worries down ten they're both players with due to play in the lucrative indian premier league this season now and they might struggle to play any more cricket at all in twenty eight . we have. these two players can play. the scandal began during australia's match against south africa when batsman cameron bancroft was caught scraping the ball with sandpaper that can affect the way the ball moves in the air and could have given australia's bowlers an advantage . smith later confessed that leading figures in the same were behind the plan. cricket chief admitted the saga has hurt the team's reputation. but clearly this is caused a huge amount of damage to the game of cricket as a whole and and certainly destroyed in cricket and that's the fans confidence and faith in cricket back home the players face more outrage even the country's prime

minister strong had. was for the trio this cheating is is a disgrace look we all know that it is a terrible describes. australians have drawn and men's pride from that cricket team for one hundred forty years but now the site needs to rebuild its reputation from scratch. and after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day we're going to go live to sydney to talk about that ball tampering cricket crisis.

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