this is d.w. news live from bondage israel defends its move to open fire on palestinian protesters in gaza israeli troops killed at least fifteen protesters during mass demonstrations on friday prime minister binyamin netanyahu hailed the soldiers responsible for the killings while others accuse israel of an excessive use of force. coming up in the u.s. more protests following the death of another unarmed black man at the hands of police now his court oxys raising new questions about the killing. of glass it

is raining space junk a defunct chinese space lab has been spinning out of control for months and is likely to fall to earth within twenty four hours. i'm going to hunt for you glad you could join us israel is rejecting calls for an inquiry into the killing of at least fifteen palestinians on friday israel's military opened fire off to palestinian demonstrators turned violent at israel's border with gaza european union and amnesty international have joined the u.n. in calling for an independent investigation into friday's bloodshed but the united states reportedly rejected such a move put forward at the u.n. security council meanwhile israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says soldiers acted appropriately to protect the country's security.

hundreds of mourners on the streets of gaza. some are carrying the body of a palestinian killed by israeli fire during friday's mass marches. at least fifteen palestinians were killed by israeli forces and more than a thousand injured in violent clashes. witnesses have reported live fire multiple rounds of rubber bullets and tear gas dropped on to crowds. after the march started i went over the fence i found an injured woman i couldn't bear to see or not help her i brought her out. shot me in both legs. the un and the e.u. have called for an independent inquiry into the deadly clashes palestinians demand to return to what they call their homeland friday's great march for return had marked the forty second anniversary of land day when six on armed palestinians were shot by israeli forces as the government to cute swathes of palestinian land to

create the state of israel israel's military released these images showing palestinians throwing stones at the border and friday they claim they'd only targeted instigators they blame the bloodshed on hamas which controls the gaza strip. what we've seen is a violent riot in its clearest form the hamas terrorist organization have said that people to the border with israel and gaza in order to camouflage the true intentions of terror but as so often one person's terrorist is another's freedom fighter and those remaining in the demonstrators camps say they are determined. they hope that the old will die out and the young will forget that the young are here they want to go back to the lands of they filed as any grandfathers. the young want to go back they have more ambition than their elders. well. six

more weeks of mass protests are planned in the run up to the seventieth anniversary of israel's founding what palestinians dubbed the nakba the catastrophe. and if past history is any lesson that could mean yet more bloodshed in one of the world's longest standing conflicts of the modern era. syrian state media is reporting that rebel fighters have sauces to leave the town of doom at us the last rebel held stronghold in the east and go to a suburb of damascus this follows reports of a deal between russia and one of the rebel factions granting safe passage to over one thousand injured people from duma to opposition territory in the north of syria and the syrian government and its allies have surrounded duma and regained most of eastern ghouta since beginning an offensive in january. they've been referred reports of have been rather fresh protests in california over the killing of an unarmed black man by police seven talks family has released the results of

a private autopsy showing most of the bullets hit his back contradicting an official version of events now clarke is among a series of black men whose killings by police as fuck protests condemning violence by law enforcement. marches in california state capital sacramento protest at the shooting two weeks ago of twenty two year old stiff arm clark police who shot him in the back say they feared he was holding a gun it turned out to be a cellphone. in a separate case in louisiana body camera footage shows two police officers swearing at thirty seven year old alton sterling outside a grocery store before shooting him dead one officer blaine salamone has now been fired it was clear that blame so many came out like it. and immediately escalated the attire situation putting a gun to this man's hit. using profane language threatening his life

and he ended up taking in. a second officer involved has been suspended from duty. my decision was not based on politics. it was not based on emotions it was based on the facts of the case the family lawyer says the police have a responsibility to the whole community we know how difficult it is we understand that. it's a tough job. they have to deal with a lot. but with high duty comes high expectations you don't just look after white people you look after black people and hispanic and asian and everyone else a series of recent fatal shootings of black men by police has sparked a nationwide protests and the black lives method a movement but these cases can only fuel the debate over bias in the american criminal justice system. now some of the other stories making news around the world

the governor of rush's came out over religion has resigned after a devastating fire at a shopping center a man two years has been in charge of the region for over two decades to face criticism for his response to the mall fire in which at least sixty four people died include mourning more than forty children. the first plane carrying russian diplomats expelled from the united states has arrived in moscow washington is sending sixty diplomats home over the poisoning of the former double agent russian spy said basically fallen his daughter junia in britain last month the u.s. blames the kremlin for the incident but russia denies involvement. in the indian city of in-door at least ten people have been killed and several others injured after a four story hotel collapsed the collapse occurred after a speaking cost struck the rickety building rescuers have been able to recover some people alive from the different. in sierra leone

a vote counting is underway in a runoff election to choose a new president from a military coup. de b o one the first round he's pledging to end corruption and offer free education his rival somewhat a camera from the governing party is promising continuity and economic recovery. the first round was won with a razor thin majority julia smarter beer was victor the challenger to the ruling party's candidate some. but with only a fifteen thousand vote difference the ruling party alleged irregularities and filed a court challenge delaying the vote on saturday sierra leonean went to the polls. because as a citizen of this county i liked what the course says made it and understand in the very least what that's most there and we're looking forward to we hear an election

and with a credible resolves the queues in front of polling stations were much shorter this time the opposition leader believes that skew to an increased military presence. where districts are no i get the view from i was very good about it it was a. little bit it will begin to the was after sporadic clashes during the campaign security was stepped up for the runoff most citizens want the new government to focus on the reconstruction of the country after a devastating outbreak of the a bowl of virus and on securing permanent peace i don't think they want to drag aussie again to where we are we are before their ten years senseless civil war that we went through in this nation i believe both of them will be reasonable enough lots of drug wars to anything will bring conflict again in this nation will serve

as the we know led to lose us support that we know less what to get of what a better leader this nation. analysts say the race is too close to call results are expected to be announced within two days. one of the world's heaviest drinking nations is grappling with new laws that and to come down on alcohol the legislation coming into force this year bans of deciding for alcohol makes it harder for people to buy liquor was some welcome as a positive move for public health is leaving others with a bad. quarter to eleven in the morning. good time for a nip from the bottle according to the world health organization lithuanians consume the most alcohol worldwide to tackle the problem the country has passed new laws for example a ban on alcohol sales after eight pm. it changes only that i am buying the how much more. so. that is the only thing

that changed my husband said that in a time he has seen a man a woman he said that he had never seen that in holland. everyone here agrees something should be done but what exactly. the new laws also ban marketing alcohol in magazines and that's caused an uproar. and it's placed by foreign companies have even been cut out of magazines. if you recall the ads were also removing the articles and the other side of the page. the laws even cover reviews about alcoholic products which are now considered advertising. good food oh shit my good food magazine recommends wines that go with the recipes those also have to be removed if you like that into school can waste your most optimistic skin. sensors still have their work cut out for them the lithuanian

press has adjusted to the new laws but foreign firms haven't. just thought this is disgraceful straight out of the middle ages it's damaging lithuania's reputation worldwide that go to the it up without. this label explains that a page has been removed. the lithuanian government has now put a hold on the decree until march but it's not lifted in its fight against alcohol consumption lithuania is hoping to give its citizens a dry future. and now defunct chinese spacelab is hurtling towards us this weekend experts estimate it's going to crash into possibly as late as monday morning greenwich mean time that could come down anywhere across a huge swathe of the planet's surface where the good news is it poses almost no danger to us here on earth when it enters the atmosphere it will break up into thousands of small pieces

a most of it will likely burn up. just where will the tiangong space lab come down nobody knows not even europe's top space junk expert hoga crag he says scientists are constantly revising their predictions. it's going to be an uncontrolled reentry and it's even more complicated because the space station is tumbling on its own axis. in twenty eleven the nano half ton module was launched into space it was the first step of an ambitious chinese project to build its own space station earth's orbit but two years lighter they lost contact now the module is close to hitting earth but all that's known for certain is that it will come down somewhere between last chewed forty three degrees north and forty three degrees south. first will see the outer weeks trinity's torn off due to the violent aerodynamic forces and then the object to develop megawatts of heat as it reenters

the atmosphere element you melts but it's made of titanium or stainless steel will glow as they come down but this won't be some kind of heavy rain of molten metal rather individual bits many kilometers apart astrophysicist predict between one hundred and two hundred kilograms of the module will actually hit earth however they say there's no danger of a severe impact and if the weather plays nicely people can expect to see something like a large media shower and then much more spectacular. i'll be looking out for it christians around the world all marking easter sunday the day they believe that jesus christ rose from the day pope francis is eating celebrations in the vatican which include a traditional easter message and the oh to be an obit blessing in the holy saturday mass the pontiff called unbelievers to speak out in the face of injustice.

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