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this is news coming to you live from berlin and gaza braces for more protests as palestinians begin burying their dead that comes after israeli troops killed at least fifty eight people including children in gaza yesterday israel said it was defending its border palestinians are calling it a massacre also coming out to german football players come under fire for posing for photographs with the turkish president critics accuse premier league players missile cruiser and you kind of going to one allowing themselves to be used for
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cheap propaganda. flow i'm terry martin welcome to the program three funerals are set to take place today for some of the fifty eight people killed by israeli troops at the border with gaza yesterday and people on both sides of the border are bracing as new protests are expected israeli soldiers opened fire after demonstrators tried to break through a border fence into israel the violence was fueled by the controversial opening of the u.s. embassy in jerusalem the u.s. has blamed hamas for the clashes the e.u. has called on israel to exercise restraint. palestinians burned tires and hurled stones and firebombs near the border from the other side of the fence tear gas and rounds of gunfire from israeli forces within hours dozens of palestinians had been
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killed israel says it was trying to quell the violence and defend its border the united states agreed and placed the blame elsewhere. the responsibility for these tragic deaths rests squarely with hamas hamas is intentionally and cynically provoking this response and as a secretary of state said israel has the right to defend itself. but rights groups have condemned the israeli military as use of force as disproportionate and palestinian president mahmoud abbas referred to the day's events as a massacre his office has called for a full investigation. of this war crimes should not go unpunished and the international community has a past. that is possibility to provide that national protection for the palestinian people we called upon an immediate emergency session for the human rights rights
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but also in order to fight for a special mission investigation mission and to the crimes committed by the israeli army against our people of today. deadly unrest here but on the other side of the border a starkly different setting in jerusalem for the relocation of the u.s. embassy i. made the opening of this embassy and this it spread the truth far and wide and may the truth advance a lasting peace between israel and on our neighbors god bless the united states of america and god bless jerusalem the general i'm devoted couple of vision i thank you nice applause here about vocal. scuffles at the new embassy in the city claimed by both israelis and palestinians a tumultuous day as a path towards peace appears increasingly more elusive. people
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in gaza have been living under a blockade for nearly twelve years many say it's like being in a prison our correspondent tony kramer met with students in the territory she asked them about their hopes and fears for the future for. a nice on his way to training in the east of the gaza strip sport of those him to switch off from the bitter reality around him. a nice studies english literature at university in gaza city language is his key to the world and the country said he has yet to visit. yet it will be difficult to say what you want to look to the future finish school find a job find a place to live get married but i watch there's no hope there's no hope for any gods or does the only thing is to finish and travel is a little subtle thomas looks at twenty three a nice has only travelled abroad once
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to neighboring egypt the protests in gaza an issue at university and these things are demos porton but also too dangerous to head and will the solution is that there should be some ease from the israeli side for the gaza strip a meeting that they open the border crossings and that you know travel to provide them with employment so that they're able to work and to pay attention to something else that is still really looked after as a ten year gaza's tight borders on in this capable reality for most people here for more than twelve years israel and egypt have sealed off the hamas controlled territory. nearby at the islamic university usma and. looking for new stories about everyday life for the beauty of the huggy twins have made a name for themselves on social media and if isn't that then the koran feet down our vision is to put content on the internet that shows daniel city as
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a normal city and not a place of war where people are just terrorists and troublemakers and even one the gods are is not like this and we are known for these architect to students have also from the demonstration taking place on gaza's borders they say they support the protests because they have put back on the agenda and raised the issue of the right of free turn for palestinian refugees their own grandparents fled to gaza in the one nine hundred forty eight. but it's been a mystery that's allowed when it comes to the return much is from the moment they started i absolutely did not expect them to be this big i was very surprised with how people got involved in the mess even people who would not be very much into such activity is. sit out but. the protests along the border between gaza and israel have been ongoing for seven weeks israel says hamas this orchestrating the demonstrations but the news and his friends say that young people
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have their own reasons for protesting they feel they don't have much left to lose. most of the us would leave if the border crossings were to open there's no future here so your life is a broad if you stay here it means that you think spiers the last thirteen years of my life like that. while they looked nomic circumstances and the crossing points these are the aspects that i need to change the most and i wish i would see them change everybody wishes the same they want things to get better and to have the prospect of a normal life to elusive goes that gaza's younger generation has dreamed about for years. now some of the other stories making headlines around the world today u.s. first lady melania trump has undergone surgery for what the white house describes as a benign kidney condition or spokeswoman says the surgery was successful the first lady is expected to spend the rest of the week recovering in hospital. authorities
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on hawaii's big island tour warning of more lava eruptions from the killer way a volcano officials say two new fissures have opened they are warning residents of a possible major eruption that could block roads crucial for evacuations so far some forty homes have been destroyed. and a painting by motive yani has become the most expensive artwork ever auctioned saw the beaches reclining nude fetched one hundred fifty seven million dollars on monday in new york piece caused a scandal when it debuted in paris and one hundred seventeen and is credited with reinventing the nude it's the italian artist's largest paint. the head of the tibetan government in exile has told the w. news that he wants the german government to help in its efforts to to enter into dialogue with the chinese authorities lobsang singh a is currently visiting germany
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and has metz parliamentarians here in berlin chinese forces have occupied the tibetan territory for sixty years now seven years ago tibet's spiritual leader the dalai lama gave up the reins of the territories government in exile and handed them to saying a he came into our studios earlier this morning i asked him if he sees any chance for improving civil rights into the third. it's odd that china claimed itself to be right some spotty power so powerful it defused or threatened by a single person is all of this that imo the fact that he's so popular and revered by tibetans inside tibet everybody wants to get a lesson from him keep a picture of him yet the chinese government doesn't allow it hence the chinese government should see just one is that ask a solution to the tibet issue and not a problem that is the crux of the issue i want to talk more about that in just
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a moment you know how we might make for health you might make progress on this issue yet but yesterday you're here and you're in germany right now yesterday you met with claudio. a member of the german parliament to you're going to meet with other members of parliament today i understand you didn't have you didn't get a meeting with the chancellor but chancellor merkel will be in china next week what would you hope to have her say about your cause while she's there you know we always want a good relationship between germany and china having said that we also want you know germany to have good trade relationships so you should do business and make money but you should also stand up for the morals and the values of germany for example germany is an inspiration for many countries around the world because this is a bed berlin wall came down this bed to the unification east and west when it happened that spirit of berlin was should be taken to beijing by chancellor angela merkel
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and conveyed to the president of china and other leaders in say the unification is good the bringing down the wall is good so we hope and a model really you know help us bring down the wall in tibet repression and restore freedom for tibet and people and then he she would urge that they be a dialogue between the envoys. and representative the chinese government there have been discussions between the government in exile and chinese officials in the past apparently those discussions are suspended at the moment nothing is really happening you see any chance of those discussions being revived and what do you think should happen in order to to push the cause of reconciliation one should always remain hopeful that you're right before and was the chinese government's representative meant for nine times but it ended in january two thousand and ten
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it's high time that you've been in a second term. revive that and through dialogue to bed should be dissolved peacefully and for that i think a little bit of wisdom and courage on the part of the chinese that it is very important from i was side you already see we have building to enter into dialogue and in time and it and was with that lama ready i hope fully and there will be dialogue and dissolution if i want of something ahead of the tibetan government in exile thank you so much for being with us this morning on t.v. news thank you very much terry. germany's football federation has criticised two german players for posing for a photograph of the turkish president rest of time parent on the federation said premier league players. and going to want head allow themselves to be used for evidence election campaign the incident is expected to be discussed today when the two players are said to be confirmed in germany squad for the upcoming world cup in
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russia. german internationals with turkish roots as it is ill and. posing with wretched tired bearded one the photo was later distributed by the turkish president's party kinda one handed i want to jersey on which he'd written for my revered president the scene has provoked a firestorm from fans and german politicians. has been rejecting the german national anthem for years and it has to be said that he is also a product of the failed integration as we are now seeing if one has to ask whether he'd rather play for the turkish national team. punish me both who took us or not and i want to. get into one has both turkish and german citizenship while israel has had only german citizenship since his eighteenth birthday critics say the photo could be used to help the turkish president's election campaign. if they let themselves be used for a cheap propaganda show for
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a despot and authoritarian rulers who was obviously afraid of losing fair elections in turkey and they had to do the act soon find i think the players committed a serious foul and i think it's embarrassing to hide under slack of distance between german internationals and a foreign president is in my opinion completely inappropriate. apparently surprised by the criticism going to want issued a statement it was not our intention to make a political statement with our photo and even less so to campaign for his election as germany internationals we are committed to the values of the d.f.t. and are aware of our responsibilities therefore football must be guided by values and where mr advani is in charge those values are not sufficiently respected. and so one must not allow oneself to be exploited for an election campaign this fall the lesson of the photo session with the turkish president has become a political issue just before the announcement of germany's preliminary squad for
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