cycling. transports. the line find out what you can do today at redraw the lines. this is d w news live from north and south korea prepare for a historic summit as your country's leaders will meet in this room on the so-called peace lock which divides the korean peninsula officials have been the person friday's in charge of putdowns also on the program. course in turkey conflicts journalist from that leading opposition newspaper on terrorism charges i'm listing

international response by saying that to must stop using twenty six teams failed to pass an excuse to crackdown on free speech. for a new protests in our media as demonstrators demands elections after the resignation of the country's prime minister but with no end to tensions between the opposition and the ruling party will russia intervene. welcome to the program south korea is preparing to welcome the north korean leader kim jong un for talks about peace and nuclear disarmament will be the first north korean leaders to set foot in the in the in the south for more than sixty years and potentially has seen some dramatic diplomatic strides over recent weeks expectations are that it will come a step closer to easing the tension between the two koreas. pinning messages of

hope to the fence dividing the two nations it's here in the border village of panmunjom that kim jong un will make history on friday. when he crosses this border markets attend the into korean summit he'll be the first north korean leader to set first on south korean soil since the korean war ended more than sixty years ago it's a significant location inside the demilitarized zone straddling the border to north korea that pyongyang has promised to end nuclear and missile tests hoping for a lifting of sanctions in exchange in south korea many see the summit as a cause for optimism. that you have an agreement on people see if you will come out of the summit. generation has been through a lot of pain due to political chaos so i hope the summit ensures our next generation won't have to experience that. the two leaders work together to prevent another war like the korean war. which your. countrymen

some of the dresses human rights issues in north korea and the other how could it be the. others however as skeptical. you've been there don't you go on is saying that he will complete denuclearization and close the nuclear test site through the into korean summit but we cannot believe it helps you navigate them and it undeniable as officials in panmunjom complete the final preparations for the summit it's clear that achieving any official agreements in just a day of talks will be difficult to say the least but friday's summit is a breakthrough in itself and if the meeting goes smoothly it should lay the groundwork for something even more unusual talks between north korea and the u.s. . correspondent jason strother is in the south korean capital seoul he told me about expectations ahead of the into korean summit. right oh i think this summit

between the korean leaders will really set the agenda for the expected trump and kim summit north korea has always regarded this out there as the junior negotiating partner certainly some. resolutions or some symbolic agreements can be made during the summit tomorrow maybe we could even see a resumption of family reunions between north and south korean relatives who've been separated for decades but any real concessions that kim is prepared to make would have to comment out of direct talks with the u.s. . assistance to other insult to some other stories making today's news headlines defense lawyers. a former member of a neo nazi like use of murdering ten people more than a decade ago a call for a maximum jail term of ten years for their client a shop has been on trial for moving forward he is

a suspected accomplice in the so-called and this you killings. germany's bundestag has referred its commitment to the existence of the state of israel and a bill of proof for the great majority of german m.p.'s declared that israel's right to exist was known negotiable resolution comes just shortly after the state of israel its seventy thousand three hundred made a public debate about rising anti-semitism in germany. u.s. president donald trump a kind a westphal praising him on twitter after the rapper posted a series of tweets clinton won if i make america great again hat which had been autographed by the president the post sparked an online backlash but kindness wife reality star. defended her husband saying that he didn't that he didn't say that he agreed with mr trump's politics. the philippines has closed its first famous holiday island to tourists for a six month cleanup of a commercialization and over development on the barakat i have taken

a toll on the island's once pristine landscape security forces have been deployed to enforce the shut down the businesses that rely on tourism so the closure puts their livelihoods at risk. human rights group amnesty international has accused the turkish government of creating what it calls a climate of fear and cold on it to stop using the state of emergency as an excuse for silencing critics imus's report on turkey comes a day after a court in istanbul sentenced to fourteen journalists the leading opposition newspaper to put they've actually been released from custody pending the outcome of their appeals but are barred from leaving the country. released from prison but by no means a free man akon after i publisher of the june hurry it newspaper hugged by his supporters he was one of fourteen employees found guilty by a turkish court of aiding terrorist organizations charges he says a trumped up. good good i'll tell you there's no justice in turkey

there's no judiciary as we've always said they cannot scared to join her newspaper it will continue to deliver the truth to a treatise. the charges stem from this the failed coup in twenty sixteen as a critical newspaper june harir tunics journalists were accused of backing those turkey says were behind the coup and they were the only ones. in more than fifty thousand people were arrested from the military to the police from teachers to public servants who are part of a crackdown carried out under the pretext of a state of emergency slammed by rights groups. or you'll start his have one which is all about nobody's in prison or you know needed to worry illegitimate reasons and the realities why reverse unfortunately and there is a climate of fear that you aiming at silencing and clamping

down on any sense. this latest case concerning the jim hurry it journalist says once again race questions about press freedom and head of snap elections in june. but with president looking to further cement his grip on power critics don't expect the intimidation to stop anytime soon. the media has seen the day of protests as demonstrators demands not parliamentary elections following the resignation of the country's prime minister this week opposition activists to return to the streets of the capital and yet a van on thursday following two weeks of peaceful protest this is parliament set the first of may as a day to elect the placement leader russian media and foreign ministers have helped talks to try to resolve the crisis. correspondent and we show it is a republican square in the center of welcome emily tell us what's happening.

well office ition leader he called pushing on has called for a rally here on republican or on republic square on and as you can see there are people gathering behind me there is the stage set up the mood is very very much one of celebration here again in gary vonn there is music playing people are waving flags as well and today and he said that he will be announcing a strategic decision so we'll have to wait and see what he says today he was actually out on the streets marching with people the protests were slightly smaller than they were for example gas today but there were so crowds of people and they were chanting nichol for prime ministers about the name of the opposition leader here and they were also chanting for a free and independent armenia my impression is that people here really just want change it's not so much about who will lead the country in the future they just want to see new faces in politics so the problem is to resign just to protest just

like the clearly this is not. yeah absolutely there has been a lot of anger at the ruling party the republican party out on the streets in the past few days and the opposition is calling for them to basically leave politics and people here on the streets were chanting republican party go away now the republican party is of course said stocks younes party he is still the leader of that party even though he resigned as prime minister on monday but the party is clearly under pressure they clearly sense that people kind of disapprove of them today they said that they're willing to negotiate with anyone but as i said such john is still the head of the party and the acting prime minister is also from the republican party they still have some leverage and in parliament though. they are

still the majority there so we'll have to see whether they end up supporting the opposition leader and coming out in supportive of him as they as they become more and more pressured by the crowds here and. mention that the opposition leader has been a significant figure in these protests he attended the russian embassy for talks yesterday do we know what went on. we don't know really any details about those talks and touching and also said that he met with other diplomats he mentioned the u.s. and the e.u. but it's also interesting to note when it comes to russia that several high ranking officials from the ruling party the republican party reportedly went to moscow today and yesterday so it seems that for both sides russia will remain an important partner now moscow's official position on what's going on here in armenia is that this is very much armenians internal issue their internal affairs and they want

our i mean it's a result of this this conflict this these protests within the constitution they will certainly be watching this situation going on here closely they don't really like having popular uprisings in their sphere of influence and really show it in the thank you. to sports starting with football the champions league so high drama last night the bundesliga spire munich hosted spain's real madrid in the first leg of the semifinals much of the german league champions are looking for a red travel trophies this season the cost was made more difficult by the loss of home. i if by and it's a win the treble this season a champions league semi final showdown with real madrid represents the greatest test of all and they got off to a dream start you're sure kimmage finishing in the twenty eighth minute off the

hammers rodriguez found him on the run but with biden's back line already missing several key faces an injury to jerome but taking the thirty fourth minute spell danger by robin had already limped off early in the match must selo capitalise on the germans absence to fire a low volley past spend all right and draw his side level on the stroke of half time. and marco asensio a rounded off a lightning fast counter to put the visitors ahead in the fifty seven minutes and so it would remain she won the final score and nights of contrasting emotions for the coaches it all. it's not easy to come here and supply a bike and we know this is not flashy and we know we can do better but we can be happy and satisfied with the match tonight she put up with it most are content to satisfactorily do their part to jam it's nice fresh london the chance and some notes and we didn't know how to take advantage of our chances. we weren't as

a fish and as we usually are does come to even though he does this year i don't top of that we handed out gifts and then didn't use the chances we created for ourselves properly. cannot stand a difficult night for your side the coveted travel slips a little further from reach. in tennis all eyes are on the lead up to next month's french open but preparations are not going well for former world number one joke of it he went out of the barcelona open in the second round to slovakia's martin cliche in the topsy turvy encounter which powered through the second set to level the match completion took back control in the decider to claim his first ever victory. joke of age. this is just talk your mind of our top story at this hour the leaders of north and south korea also meet in this room on friday for a historic summit official something rehearsing for days of the so-called peace

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