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this is deja vu news live from berlin got that brings us for more protests as palestinians began to bury their dad it comes after israeli troops killed at least fifty eight people including children in gaza yesterday israel said it was defending its border and the palestinians are calling it a massacre also coming up tens of thousands of people have been killed in mexico's drug war but who provided the weapons six former employees of a german company go on trial charged with illegally exploiting arms to mexico. and two german football players come under fire for posing for
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a photograph with the turkish president critics accuse for merely players message it is alleged ok going to one allowing themselves to be used for cheap propaganda. i'm sorry so much konica to have you with us all funerals are set to take place today for some of the fifty eight people killed monday by israeli troops in gaza 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 and people on both sides of the border are bracing for more protests today. 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 killed israel says it was
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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 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. possibility to provide international protection for the palestinian people we called upon an immediate emergency session for the human rights rights but also an
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order fight for a special mission investigation mission into the crimes committed by the israeli army against our people that are 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 city 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 eternal divided cup little vision i think interests applause here about vocals. holes at the new embassy in the city claimed by both israelis and palestinians and to monstrous day as a path towards peace appears increasingly more elusive.
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well the u.n. security council will hold an emergency meeting later today to address the bloodshed in gaza the violence has triggered scathing criticism across the region and istanbul turkey thousands of protesters took to the streets on monday burning american flags and calling for solidarity with the palestinians the turkish government announced it was recalling its ambassadors to both israel and the united states in response to the violence in gaza. more of this story now with yosef yawning he's the head of the berlin bureau of the european council on foreign relations thank you for joining us in our studio he is if we've seen very strong international reaction here as we said a south africa and turkey recalling their ambassadors and we should say the u.k. said quote the large volume of live fire is extremely concerning we're also seeing this u.n. security council special meeting what can all of this actually do international leaders are trying to signal to the israeli government that this is critical that their response is fueling the fire rather than controlling it and they are also
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deeply concerned particularly the europeans that now this leads to another period of hardening between the two sides which means there will be no progress whatsoever on any type of a negotiated solution between israelis and palestinians that will express the best concerns make a difference especially now as israel is buffeted by the support of the u.s. well it may not thorough the impress the israeli government but also the french the british the europeans they have to think about their own standing in the region and they cannot remain silent on something that they deem as escalating the conflict so they have to express their concern they have to make clear that they understand the frustrations that exist in among the palestinian people in order to uphold the credibility of their claim that both sides should come to a negotiated settlement well let's talk about those frustrations you mentioned we spoke earlier with that yara hawaii from the palestinian policy network to ask her
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about hopes for the peace process let's listen to what she said. the peace process has been well and truly dead for a while i don't think there's any chance of revival under the current format specially with the us as mediator the us has demonstrated very clearly that it stands for most with israel and you can see that from the language that they used yesterday to justify the massacre of these palestinians in gaza it was the same language that israel was using it was dehumanizing language. and it's very clear that they are not an honest broker in these negotiations so i think something you know very serious has to change. yes if we hear you are they're saying that the peace process has been well and truly dead for some time now do you agree yes i agree with her she lays a finger on an increasingly a whole. statement that the old sides are following that of
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a two state solution now because a lot of the action that has taken place including the move of the american embassy to jerusalem actually is coffins the nails in the coffin of the two state solution it becomes less and less a viable perspective and then the question comes if not that what's the new plan what's the new road map there is no concept to deal with the situation beyond the current paradigm of a two state settlement we should mention yes if as you were speaking we were just looking at some pictures from the border to gaza where there were fears that it would ask the late today these are the pictures here it does look like the situation has been escalating up on that border is that we also heard her say that israel is not an honest broker who is the honest broker in these negotiations well honest brokers need to be as accepted as such currently the united states is not in the position anymore to broker an agreement because it has taken too much of one
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side the europeans aren't either because they they cannot have essential leverage on his or it israel will only listen to the united states and not even to washington at all times and so that shows you where the difficulty lies the europeans also do not have a decisive influence over the political formation of the palestinian people europeans would not have wanted a hamas control over gaza but there they are not in a position to prevent that from happening so they are not strong enough on both of the parties to play such a role as we look at images of the violence escalating cool is in the position then to be the honest broker here i think you first need a sort of violence fatigue. need both sides to recognize that this doesn't get them anywhere and once they want to get somewhere this question comes up again and probably then it will have to be a coalition between representatives of the international community like the europeans and people from the region all right berlin bureau chief of the european
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council on foreign relations thank you very much for joining us in our studio pressure. now much of what international viewers see of gaza is images of violence but what is daily life like there tanya kramer met with students in the territory she asked them about their hopes and fears for the future. a niece of who 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 in augusta because the only thing is to finish and travel is at that here in little
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circle thomas which at twenty three and news has only traveled abroad once 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 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 hunted twins have made a name for themselves on social media and if isn't that the acorn feet vision is to
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put content on the internet that shows gaza city as a normal city and not a place of war where people are just terrorists and troublemakers and even one the girls 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 post has 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 us even people who would not be very much into such activity. but. the protests along the border between gaza and israel have been ongoing for seven weeks israel says hamas this
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orchestrating the demonstrations but the news and his friends say that young people 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 open there's no future here so your life is a cruel if you stay here it means that you would use expires i was thirteen years of my life like that. your nomic circumstances and the crossing points these are the aspects that i need to change the most 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. let's catch up now and some other stories making news around the world iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif has arrived in brussels for talks over the nuclear deal europe's foreign policy chief federica mo greeny says the european
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union is determined to make sure iran nuclear agreement is honored even after the u.s. withdrew last week. u.s. first lady melania trump has undergone surgery for what the white house described as a benign kidney condition her spokeswoman says the surgery was successful the first lady is expected to spend the rest of the week recovering in hospital. authorities in hawaii are warning of more lava eruptions from the killer whale volcano after two new fissures opened they say a major eruption is possible and could block roads crucial for evacuation officials are educating residents on how to protect themselves against hazardous ash fall and few. a painting by on the deal has become the most expensive artwork ever auction at sotheby's the reclining work lining knew would fetch one hundred fifty seven million dollars on monday in new york and the piece cost a scandal when it debuted in paris in one nine hundred seventeen and it is credited
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with reinventing the new it's the italian artist's largest painting. you're watching news still to come two german football players with turkish roots are under fire for posing with the turkish president germany's football association accuses them of being misused for political ends. but first former managers of german arms maker heckler and koch are facing trial today that's right because due to its history germany has put strict limitations on its arms produces they can sell guns into running conflicts for example but in two thousand and six in two thousand and seven some four thousand seven hundred rifles from gun maker heckler and koch arrived in four troubled mexican provinces although that was not covered by the export license these rifles were then used to carry out against civilians now six managers are on trial the prosecution says they must have
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known from the start. in twenty fourteen a bus full of mexican students was attacked by mexican police six of the students were killed and forty three others disappeared without a trace since then investigators have determined that the attackers used heckler and koch and guns. proof that the german weapons maker had sold guns to certain mexican states illegally the german government gave the green light to sell to the mexican government under the condition that certain states would not receive any of the weapons critics however say that all parties involved knew that control over the distribution would be lost once the weapons entered the country exports to countries with dubious human rights records have proved profitable for a heckler and koch in the past revenue took a hit after an export ban to the middle east in twenty fourteen in twenty sixteen the company decided to only sell its products to safe and stable democracies.
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eighty years after an anti arms trade activist filed charges prosecutors in stuttgart bring the case against heckler and call to trial at the district court some fifty protesters demonstrated against weapons exports it's the biggest trial in german history concerning the export of small arms. this trial as dance today touches upon an issue that is hotly debated here in germany for decades should a country that started two world wars actually be an exporter of weapons well customers clearly thinks of guns tanks submarines and ammunition made in germany a very popular make in the country the world's fourth biggest arms exporter after the us russia and france last year forty percent sold by of weapons so by german companies went to e.u. and nato countries the remaining sixty percent went to so-called third countries
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all around the world every single german arms export needs a government license exports to countries outside the e.u. and nato are subjected to particular scrutiny to make sure they comply with the following criteria first they have to meet several strict human rights standards they must not not endanger regional political stability and they shouldn't clash with germany's and the e.u. use political interests these guidelines guideline is that german weapons should not be used to fuel wars or oppress people but many doubt whether these fundamental principles are always it hits to and recent weapons exports to saudi arabia and turkey have drawn heavy criticism but how can a company control where its products are being used and by whom i spoke to our correspondent peter craven outside the courthouse in stuttgart and i asked him what this trial will tell us about companies responsibility for their products after the
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sale. but it's a question of the extent to which you are directly responsible. in directly and ethically responsible in this is very interesting heckler and koch and responded to their own situation of having found themselves in this situation that they had sold weapons that were used in a. terrible atrocities and in massacres in mexico they have now completely rewound and as we mentioned in our report they're looking to only make a exports to e.u. countries to nato and nato associate countries believing that then the weapons will be much more clearly under control however there are problems there because heckler and koch going to be it's anticipated selling what weapons to the u.s. military we don't know where the u.s. military might be using those weapons in the near future given the policies of donald trump and they are also selling weapons domestically in the united states which is a very uncontrolled market in itself peter craven that inge got for us the dutch
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government has decided to phase out the use of antivirus software made by kaspersky labs as what it's called it's calling precautionary measures it's told major companies to do the same the dutch justice minister is that the move was in response to the russian government's aggressive cyber program which had also targeted the netherlands he said as a russian company has burst he had to follow directives from the kremlin and mid september the us bad because firstly from all government systems on suspicions of spying that's the way they are also the software could be harmful to national security as best he has rejected all the accusations. and to the u.s. where the supreme supreme court rather has overturned the ban on sports but betting up until now that has been illegal everywhere in the united states except for nevada it is now up to each states to decide on the issue the ruling paves the way
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to expand an industry worth tens of billions of dollars per year stock prices for casino operators and equipment makers suds off the ruling was announced by the state's hope that kind of legalized sports gambling could help solve budget problems. with controversy clouding germany's world cup squad for. and we have max merrill from four to talk about the german national football team hi max so the big news today was supposed to be that the coach of the low was actually going to be announcing his provisional world cup squad but that's been overshadowed a bit by a controversy that the two national football players have found themselves mired in tell us more about this yes the two players involved. and they took part in a photo op with turkish president rich one and this is. just five weeks before the
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presidential elections in turkey and the german football association criticized the players and now german politicians are getting involved german internationals with turkish roots as it is ill and going to one posing with wretched tired bearded one the photo was later distributed by the turkish president's party into 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. still has been rejecting the german national anthem for years and it has to be said that he is also a product of a failed integration as we are now seeing if one has to ask whether he'd rather play for the turkish national team. punish me about it it took a shot and i went off to be honest going to 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
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election campaign. if they let themselves be used for a cheap propaganda show for a despot and authoritarian rule or who is obviously afraid of losing fair elections in turkey well they had to do the act soon for i think the players committed a serious foul and i think it's embarrassing to my understand 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. but 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 i'm thinking this while the lesson of the photo session with the turkish president has become
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a political issue just before the announcement of germany's preliminary squad for the world cup. ok max let's talk about this controversy is it going to affect the squad. that both style plays and almost certainly on the plane so it will certainly be discussed in the dressing room i presume have been no fines or disciplinary action from the german f.a.'s of although we have heard them used very strong language when it comes to this i mean for me it's unclear why they did it if. as it wasn't politically motivated they have agents press offices all around them so this isn't known oxidant you know but i don't think it will affect the squad it's very diverse dressing room lots of players from vastly different backgrounds in the germany squad and the team manager be a health has already said he has no doubt of their commitment will however affect the press conference which is starting in just a few minutes now let's talk about the team announcement from the coach what are you expecting there well first of all we're expecting to announce that he has
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extended. contract to twenty twenty two that's running till twenty twenty now and there's a lot of suitors around him because of his success to germany but other than that you know he's a very loyal coach show you love he has his favorite players and an embarrassment of riches i mean only france and spain really come close there are a few players who are injured that he can't call upon one of them being serves now briefly we can see here. get a fantastic season with health and i was a real shame for him we see him here pulling out injured just near the end of the season and so did last in the who at twenty eight made his debut for the national team a different story for him the fairy tale a late bloomer in full in the footballing world unfortunately he injured himself as well just before the end of the season on the flip side there are dead ends we have years where commish you want to head to a definitely going to be that they impressed at the european championship and then players like tony cross sammy could be going to on as well who's landed himself in a bit of trouble alongside him as a little both of them almost certainly on the on the plane and thomas miller who
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love scoring at the world cup so whatever happens whatever squad he picks we'll have one of the strongest in the world cup what about one of the world's best goalkeepers manuel neuer he's been injured is he going to make the cut yeah he's been struggling with this injury which was supposed to just last for a month an initially he's only taken part in eighty percent of training sessions and he himself said if he's not match fit and hasn't played he shouldn't go to the tournament now we expect him to be in the provisional squad full keepers will be an only three get to go so he could he could because right and do you see any surprises here that we might see inclusions on the squad that we weren't expecting yeah i mean in the striking position there's a lot of speculation who will go team of anna looks to be almost dead certain to go but then we're just hearing now that zundel wagner could be out of the squad even though he was presumed to be the second striker to be taken along but you know he lives very much all about loyalty not just about form and niels peterson is a left field choice that is being touted now mara. gomez also in the mix to be the
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second strike that he takes alongside. and also mario got looks to be included even though he hasn't had a great season don't just very briefly how strong do you think this fight is could they would it up i think pretty much in the top three in the world cup this summer so i do back them to win although i'm a little bit biased right looking forward to a good tournament max force for us thank you max. ok we just have time now for some colorful scenes from kyoto japan revelers there have celebrated the festival of a whole matsuri of this event is one of the city's three main annual festivals and centerpiece is a march featuring hundreds of people decked out in costumes from the ancient hay on air route it said the festival dates back some four hundred years commemorates the time japan's emperor had horses galloping through the city to pray for a fountain who are fast.
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or minor in our top story that we're covering for you here on d w gaza braces for more violence as palestinians prepare to bury their dead after israeli troops killed at least fifty eight people including children yesterday israel said it was defending its border. and eight former employees of german arms manufacturer heckler and koch are going on trial charged with illegally exporting weapons to mexico prosecutors allege the defendants knew the guns would be used in states affected by mexico's deadly drug war. thank you for watching we will be back at the top of the hour.
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