the journey started may thirteenth on g.w. . this is. from berlin a. multiple journalist on terrorism charges they all worked for the newspaper as one of the country's few papers that has been critical of turkey's president we'll get the latest from. the press freedom case that has sparked international outrage also coming up france's president highlights the very special relationship

between the u.s. and his country addressing the u.s. congress. has urged the u.s. not to close the door to the world. and taking a stand against anti-semitism thousands take to berlin streets to show their solidarity with germany's jewish community after new fears of rising tension in the country. it's good to have you with us tonight a court in istanbul has sentenced more than a dozen employees from turkey's last leading opposition newspaper to get to prison journalists from the. independent daily which is critical of president won and his regime or sentenced for aiding a terrorist or. it is

a shot of the paper's editor chairman and an investigative reporter they all received the jail terms with a columnist and a cartoonist getting somewhat shorter sentences you see them all right there turkish authorities say that the case against a former editor who now lives in exile here in germany is being tried in absentia will continue or turkey has been cracking down on opposition media since the failed coup attempt back in two thousand and sixteen more journalists are imprisoned in turkey than in any country in the world earlier we spoke to d.w. story in jones in his generals for more on the latest media interest well this is seen as one of the most serious attack of the last remaining independent and critical voices of the government this paper is one of turkey's oldest and most established among the people that being with even these lengthy sentences of

veteran columnists and journalist people who've been writing independently in this country for decades and in fact one of the main issues many of these journals have been writing on is condemning and criticizing the very terrorist organization they're accused of supporting but that despite these convictions there is a strong sense of the finance following the convictions and they said that they will not be cowed they will not be thoughtless and if the investigative reporter who received the most lengthy jail sentence is set in history dictators have never succeeded in silence thing just people and he said that we will not be defeated and so there's a great deal of the violence and even though there have been these lengthy sentences handed out all of the people have been released pending appeal. and were these prisoners it is is i mean they were expected weren't they. well i mean i've attended several days of the hearings that in fact listening to the evidence i mean there wasn't any evidence among the evidence presented was

using the same travel agent of someone convicted of being in support of a terrorist organization and in fact a witness that attended a key witness for the prosecution went on to say that none of the fentons would guilty of any of the charges and that they should be charged of a crime prompting the prosecutor to put it and the needs of his face into his hands so about anyone watching this case even by the very low standards that all requires is that your convictions that there was no case to be answered for but given the fact that this is seen as one lone voice his cross sizing the paper the conviction expected or the who responded to you jones on this story is jim ball or is tonight dorian thank you fought in the united states for its president has addressed a joint session of congress he urged american lawmakers to reject see you're in isolationism and instead to launch a new era of twenty first century leadership by colin addressed syria free trade and the paris climate change agreement all topics where he and u.s.

president disagree and he urged the united states not to abandon the iran nuclear deal. at his rendezvous with u.s. lawmakers now called look to share their love heaping praise on france's special bond with america at his message seemed directed to an audience of one u.s. president donald trump and iran warned against abandoning the two thousand and fifteen nuclear deal but still took a hard line i asked for iran our objective is clear. iran show never above this any nuclear weapons. accomplished back country america first agenda urging the us to engage rather than retreat from world affairs. but closing the door to the word will not stop the evolution of the word it will not dollars but inflame the fruits of

our citizens. in the car also pushed back on trans threat to tear up international trade deals warning of commercial war between allies at the end of the day it will destroy jobs increase prices and the middle class will have to pay for it and he tried to sway trump a father of five to reconsider the paris climate accord i believe in building a better future for our children which requires offering them a planets that and still have bit of all in twenty five years. in the current tide things up with the call of duty for france and the us to confront global threats shoulder to shoulder. what we cherish is at stake what we love is in danger we have no choice but to

prevail and together we shall prevail. and invitation to shape the twenty first century to gather one macro may have a tough time getting trying to accept. and we want to go now to capitol hill in washington d.c. our d.c. bureau chief alexander fernand standing by good evening to you alexander you were in the chamber today during mr a speech talk to me a little bit about how the speech was received. i thought that it was quiet impressive to watch the french president entering the house chamber receiving a standing ovation on both sides of the aisle and i talked to democratic lawmakers and some of them told me that they felt that the with a very powerful speech something that they would like to hear from their president

they also told me that they think it was very important that in this to micro remind the lawmakers of the values the united states and europe share and it was quite impressive to see mostly democratic lawmakers members of the democratic party lining up after this speech to thank. him for the address but they also talked to republicans here and one congressman from new york told me that he thinks it was quite interesting and good to listen to mr mcauliffe views but said that this speech has not changed he's positions on the climate. agreement for example or on the deal. a lot of the message from my cold today was the antithesis to trump's america first message and he really he gave this rally or this pep talk to u.s. congress to remember america's multilateral leadership role in the world how

do you think any of this is going to happen while in the white house. well i don't think that speech is going to impress president no he's not a fan of. he is not a fan of international organizations such as the united nations for example he's approached to foreign policy. action though we have to say that the leaders have personal connection that they seem to get along pretty well with each other but we don't have any indications that president crawlers speech. negotiation conversation with the president. have had and the president views the world or the way how he sees his own president. yeah

that's an interesting point a lot of. speculation. to washington this week early in the week. is coming friday which will take place also with the german chancellor and we know that trumpet miracle are not best friends so the hope is that mr. magic to maybe get. to find common ground with the europeans are we going to see that happen on friday. well the simple answer is we don't know yet and it's true that the europeans the french president and the german chancellor are trying very hard to convince presidents trump to pull out of the current deal with iran and to grant the european permanent exemptions of the terrorists. and steal but we simply don't know whether there

will be successful diplomats i talked to told me that they would not like to predict and they think that they think that we are going to see decisions on this topic very shortly before the upcoming deadlines are alexander phenomena on capitol hill tonight alexander thank you very much here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world u.s. investigators have been searching for over forty years for the so-called golden state killer now they have arrested and x. police officer on suspicion of being the man behind more than fifty rapes in twelve homicides in california and least detain the suspect outside his home in citrus heights a suburb of sacramento. international donors have pledged about four and a half billion dollars in emergency aid for syria and its neighbors with a billion of that pledged by germany the total is well short of what the u.n.

says is needed speaking at the donor conference the e.u.'s foreign policy chief. called on russia iran and turkey to force a stop to the fighting a copenhagen court has sentenced pay to months into life in prison for the murder of the swedish journalist kim walt muds and was found guilty of killing and dismembering walls body aboard his cell filled submarine it happened after she went on board to interview him. or does the jewish make people here in berlin a target of hate berlin's jewish community appears divided on that question today thousands of people protested across germany against anti-semitism the demonstrations were in response to a recent assault on an israeli wearing the jewish skullcap. at one of the rallies twenty five hundred people turned out to show their solidarity against anti-semitism jews and non jews was

a key part of the traditional jewish skullcaps in defiance of a recent warning from the central council of jews in germany that jews should avoid wearing it in this country. he often does with us to sort the good so we hope that this demonstration offers a thought provoking impulse that goes far beyond this week. so we hope it makes a difference in the fight against anti-semitism. so i'm german and i think what's happened in the last few weeks here is disgusting so i had to take part in this. this is my it's my we have to take a stand against what's going on so or stop as germans we have a special responsibility it doesn't matter where the summit has missed coming from . politicians and church representatives stressed that anti-semitism has no place in germany anyone who wants to live here they added must adhere to this the head of the central council of jews in germany said there's

a growing concern in the jewish community yob once employed we've gotten a little too comfortable in germany i'm a little racism here a little anti-semitism there a bit of a slum a phobia i'm fine i'm fine that's not so bad is it. yes it is and that's why we're demanding one hundred percent respect. pointing to recent attacks a member of chancellor on an america's conservative party says a line has been crossed. it's all the more upsetting when i hear what's happening in berlin and other places in germany on a daily basis. let's stop calling them isolated cases anti semitism unfortunately exists in our country. how to condemn the fact that a rally against anti-semitism elsewhere in berlin was disrupted when some of the participants were attacked. our. football real madrid have beaten by

a munich two one in the first leg of their so my finals taught kimmage open the scoring for by the twenty seventh minute but marcello answered shortly before half time and then marco sealed the visitors win in the fifty sixth minute away goals give real a huge advantage for the second leg in madrid. are. at the top of the hour with more. with different languages we fight for different things that's fine let me all stick up for freedom freedom of speech and freedom of press. giving freedom of choice global news that matters g.w. made for mines.