this is a day to be a news live from berlin a powerful dust storm kills more than ninety people in india extreme winds smashed walls and tear of trees across the country similar to these pictures are from delhi where we'll be going live for the latest and also coming up we'll hear from iranian academic subjects even a lot of the winner of this year's d.w. freedom of speech award he faces prison for daring to speak out against iran's government during protests in two thousand and seventeen. a standoff at the mexican border as a caravan of asylum seekers looks to enter the us that you visit sir can we learn

why transgender people in particular fear for their lives in central america. also coming up we look at tonight's europa league clash between our political madrid and arsenal and this is arsène wenger's last chance to win european silverware before he leaves the club at the end of the season but diego simeone expands in his way. i'm sunni so misconduct good to have you with us we start in india where a powerful dust storm has left more than ninety people dead in the country's northwest extreme winds and rains brought down trees and destroyed temporary structures throughout the region causing many of the deaths officials confirm that more than one hundred other people have been injured and warned that the death toll could rise the storms caught many by surprise as india's typical monsoon season is still weeks away. he's following the story for us from

delhi high ashish good to see you so bring us up to date on what's been happening and how delhi itself has been affected well yeah delhi was affected as well it was actually around this time yesterday when i was actually riding in an auto rickshaw which is an open vehicle and we were just kind of driving into the eye of the storm so to speak you know the sky was very hazy there was dust kind of flying in my eyes and that was something that i experienced around this time yesterday but you know at the same time delhi really didn't get the brunt of this i mean there were some power failures here and there was a lot of rain that came after the dust but but where the brunt of the storm really hit were in the nearby states of or depredation rob just on that's where you saw a lot of trees uprooted homes destroyed power lines that were ripped ripped from their roots and that's where you know you had the kind of death count that you see

in this region has seen dust storms in the past why is this one been so deadly yeah i mean as you said dust storms are very common at this time of year in north india and even when i was out on the street yesterday i noticed that here in delhi at least in the area that i was in you know people were kind of just going about their everyday business and it's something that that happens from time to time and you just kind of deal with it but but what what happened elsewhere in iraq just on the predations you know the storm also kind of came in at night a little bit later and so what some officials have said is that people didn't really have time to react you know they were sleeping it was at night and so they were at home sleeping and didn't didn't get to sort of run out of their homes and that's why you sort of seen the impact that you've seen this time and in terms of a much bigger death death toll than usual how is the government responded what kind

of relief are authorities that providing. yes so the two states are predation rajastan they their governments have announced compensation for the families of victims and for the families of those who were injured so they've come out with that very sort of quick kind of response but there has been some criticism as well of the chief minister but there provision his name is that they're not he's a very controversial figure and he's actually down in south india right now campaigning with the prime minister there both from the country's ruling party of course and they're campaigning for a local state election over there and so there's been some criticism you know that he's down there sort of playing politics and not in his home state addressing the serious crisis. reporting for us from delhi thank you. third today is recognizing a man who's chosen to speak out and challenge those in power risking his life to do

so said it is the winner of this year's did up your freedom of speech award civil criticize the iranian government over protests there in two thousand and seventeen we'll hear from him in just a moment but first this report. at the end of december twenty seventeen iran's though its biggest anti-government demonstrations in almost a decade the protests quickly spread to dozens of cities and towns across the country. just days after the unrest a rep did so dexie back alarm gave an interview to d.w. far as the he characterized the demonstrators as young people disappointed with the entire political system. and said more than two thirds of people are dissatisfied with the islamic republic those views didn't go down well with the a rainy a north or a seize they accuse the back alarm of spreading false information and propaganda

against the islamic republic. he was sentenced to eighteen months in prison and barred from social media for two years. is appealing the decision. why should they be punished someone has expressed an opinion what she's not compact at goal which is starting line which is not in all of the answers because it got all an opinion she like you quote me should i go eighteen months into prison . it's not the first time the academic has received a jail sentence for speaking his mind. he's become a well known figure in iran for challenging the government narrative on many sensitive issues from the country's nuclear program to foreign policy and he has a large audience online on telegram which was banned by the iranian authorities this week. he has almost one hundred thousand followers. on instagram almost seven

hundred pages and. has vowed to keep on expressing his opinions despite the official threats against him. on hope for for iran is genuine i really i sincerely hope it's not a daydream just thinking because i believe that democracy will eventually prove they indeed are on yet hope seems out of reach for now reporters without borders has ranked iran one hundred sixty fourth on the press freedom less he spoke to us about the harsh reprisal he and others faced for speaking out against the government i really i think believe that. there are many men. who with much more than i have you can see the. price of

freedom of speech. as i said they they said must war. because they are. far more than i suffer because. it was. not some other stories making headlines around the world the international red cross has called for the immediate release of a german nurse abducted by armed men from its compound in somalia the group said it was in contact with various agencies in the somali capital mogadishu to try to secure the women's for the woman's freedom. police in southern germany have been conducting a large scale raid on an asylum seekers' facility this after they were prevented from detaining a total lease man wanted for deportation two days ago after being threatened by other asylum seekers at the hostel the man has now been transferred to another reception center. in armenia opposition leader nicole passion jaan has called for a halt to mass protests that have rocked the country for days the move comes after

the country's ruling party indicated they're willing to back question young for prime minister if the country's parliament supports his bid and china's top diplomat has met with his counterpart in north korea it's their first trip to pyongyang by a chinese foreign minister in more than ten years and comes as diplomatic efforts to bring lasting peace to the korean peninsula gather pace the north korean leader reportedly told china he is committed to a limit in his country's nuclear arsenal. around one hundred central american migrants are camped at the u.s. border with mexico waiting to be allowed into the country to claim asylum few will be successful though as a criteria for receiving permission to stay in the u.s. are strict but people from the transgender community may be in with a greater chance claire richardson reports from the border. for the one door ins guatemalans and salvadorans waiting at the u.s. border the odds don't look good the vast majority of u.s. asylum claims from central americans are denied for the transgender people taking

part in the caravan the future could be somewhat brighter but after a grueling journey this twenty seven year old is still not sure what it holds in a store. i'm a little bit tired from the trip. it was a very long and we've been here waiting to see what happens to us. she's one of several transgendered individuals spending time at this makeshift camp of mostly women and children. some twenty transgender people traveled with the caravan coming by foot by bus and by train all the way from near mexico's southern border they say they face violence and discrimination in their home countries and now they're waiting to ask for asylum in the united states they come from countries with some of the highest murder rates in the world where people are often killed or threatened by powerful gangs but it still wasn't an easy choice to leave home. what

we need is to forget what they've done to us in one place and go somewhere else when i left my country it was very painful. by law the migrants are allowed to request asylum but to stay in the us they must show that they have suffered persecution because of characteristics like race religion or sexual orientation or that they have a credible fear. if they are not granting asylum for fleeing violence that's not enough of a reason but a well founded fear based on belonging to a particular group and in this case the community offers more possibilities of receiving asylum. that could give transgender people a leg up. but even the migrants who pass initial screenings face more hardship their futures will unfold largely behind closed doors and often in long term detention centers as their cases are decided. to sports now and this season's champions league final will see real madrid take on liverpool the red secured their

spot after beating roma seven six on aggregate in the semifinal the game in rome saw savio monday take an early lead before a james milner own goal levelled the score of both teams added more goals to the tally was roma just a strike short of taking the game to extra time despite the deceit on wednesday liverpool advance to their first finals and two thousand and seven. in the champions league semifinals are done and dusted and out later today it's the europa league turn to have the weights of european football will be going head to head in madrid as athletico host arsenal the first like ended in a one all draw also the route to the final is wide open. it's all or nothing for arsenal for coach also invent a last chance at a title before he leaves the club and with stuck in sick then the league europa league win is that only short of champions league qualification. after twenty two years with a gun as he certainly has more experience than his counterpart diego simeone the

problem is you don't know six years you can lose you know he is only sixteen to go . things a somewhat something. they hold the trump card of an away goal and on the much less pressure currently second in the spanish league with champions league qualification already in the bag but simeoni knows that progressing to the final is not a given and we need the stadium to explode with the fans full of positive energy and passion because that's how we are someone else will do it so everyone who is hopeful for a positive outcome will be welcome given that we won't passionate people with us we want people who are full of excitement we need to play a great game so we need to have a great connection between us and the fans you know. and it icky bully. that you will draw would see also go through. for at let's see any women will do the firm's certainly seem up for it. they wrote the league

second finalist will also be determined later today the other semifinal sees salzburg host marsay with the french side taking a two no lead into that match will bring you the results from both cade's as they come in. has arrived at the court of arbitration for sport in switzerland the peru captain is appealing a six month doping ban that could see him miss a world cup tournament in russia the former bahrain and hamburg striker was greeted by fans outside the court building in lausanne in december a good header was suspended for a year after testing positive for cocaine his ban was later cut in half but it had to hope so overturn it completely claiming he did not take the drug he says that the retest result was due to contamination. you're watching t.v. news still to come new volkswagen c.e.o. have a decent faces shareholders for the first time at the company's annual meeting in berlin he is promising more openness. plus wine from

china's and gobi desert you see ben behind me he'll have those stories for you coming right up on business. ok listening. to the curse. response from the church and in this scandal free. monsoons the tropical tone first she wants to know. there's a song to sing.