bessie's d.w. news line from bali germany's president also says gays and lesbians for forgiveness . apologizes for decades of suffering in the nazi era and impose through germany also coming up. police opened fire in butlins iconic cathedral old dorothy saying officers shot a man who was brandishing

a knife inside the church one officer is injection straight through all reports at the scene. and does survive the florida school shooting prepared to graduate thousands take to the streets in u.s. cities to protest gun violence and call for stricter gun laws we report from new york. i'm one of the home free you could join me germany's president has apologized to homosexuals for the persecution they had to endure during and after the second world war president. was speaking on the tenth anniversary of a monument to homosexuals victims in the nazi era he also asked forgiveness for decades of official silence. people who were arrested convicted and imprisoned in perced war germany for their sexual orientation have been waiting

a long time for an apology too long says germany's president. under what has been said about other victim groups has so far been denied them. so today i ask forgiveness for all the suffering and injustice and for the long silence that followed. after world war two there were allegedly some sixty five thousand prosecutions of homosexuals in west germany alone and last year the german bundestag decided to reverse the convictions and rehabilitate those affected he's been there for a lot of these and i'm very glad about this apology because there really is a strong signal to the bundestag has apologized for the persecution for us that the federal president has the highest representative of the state expresses this so clearly. for lesbians and gays and trans and intersex people this is very very valuable for after the event homosexuals victims of the nazi era were also

remembered condemned statements by politicians who play down the crimes of the nazis. anyone who denies the singular break with civilization. or relativize as it. is not only marking millions of victims. he's also deliberately ripping open old wounds. and sowing new hatred and we must oppose this together good minds and. only those who remember what did happen can take responsibility today. the former head of germany's refugee agency says he warned chance that i'm going to knuckle early on about problems dealing with an influx of migrants but the chancellor didn't listen you're going to revise a says he warned merkel early last year about the strain stauffer under to handle asylum cases it made last be increased migrant numbers and this

comes as the federal office for migration of refugees faces an internal. after officials at his braman at brunch were accused of accepting bribes to way through more than a thousand asylum up cations. but i'm joined in the studio now by d.w. political correspondent report put there are reports that chancellor knew about the difficulties that the agency is facing quite some time ago one would imagine then that this could put pressure on her and her migration policies will it do you think absolutely because the russian migration policy and the refugee policy closely linked to anglo american as a person very the refugee policy of uncle americal has been under close scrutiny now for several weeks now as we've seen the house being a scandal at the federal migration office already and if we now have a look who has made these allegations the it is troubleshooter i think your move eyes is not just some of the official of the migration or has it is the chosen

mount of uncle americal himself himself under michael chose fungurume buys it to cope with the problems in the migration office when he's now in saying this office was in such a state i haven't seen before and it was totally unfit to tackle the the task it was made for and i told you several times and you didn't do anything this puts clothes brush up not only and i'm glad michael but also on the former interior minister to most of his yes on the corruption scandal at the office that in but i mean can you explain this for all international view is absolutely the. the office for migration and refugees split into several branches which are all in the branches of the german state so there's a there's a broad to bremen this about want to believe in there's one in bavaria too and this specific braman branch must have waved through more or less more than one thousand saddam seekers giving that granting them asylum although there was no legal ground

for this and there's even talk that some of them bribed their way through to their asylum. cation this of course is a huge scandal at itself we've already seen very inquiry last week where the acting interior minister a whole sea whole thing has already said we have to closely look at everything and he already started pointing the finger at his predecessor to a misdemeanor so there was already some motion towards the government to towards putting pressure on the america so this scandal is adding up now it is a huge scandal have we heard from the government how are they responding to all of this was i just said there has been already of parliamentary inquiry last week and this will be going on the acting interior minister a whole city over who is not in himself responsible for the scandal as he just got into office this year he already said we have to look closely at this you've

already started pointing the finger at his predecessor and there the opposition is already calling for a parliamentary inquiry commission which they would to bring in during the next weeks it's not quite sure yet if this is going to come but especially the far right opposition the a of d. party they have always wanted to make some sort of a tribunal of our new americans refugee policy so if this committee would come then we would not only talk about the scandal at the migration office we would talk about the refugee crisis as a whole and this is something i'm glad michael doesn't want our political correspondent made about thank you you know what. here in berlin police have shot and wounded what they termed a rampaging man in the city's iconic protestant cathedral a police spokesperson said the fifty three year old austrian man was wounded in the leg when police fired at him although he say there's no connection to terrorism police have cordoned off the cathedral one of the city's top tourist attractions.

well for the latest on the shooting in now at the berlin cathedral i'm joined by rebecca races who's at the scene for us this evening rebecca bring us up to date with what we know so far well it around four pm local time helen a knife wielding man ran into the cathedral behind me the bell in a tone he was said to be behaving very aggressively eyewitnesses say he was dazed and confused and acting quite threateningly towards the other guests in the dorm police were called and they arrived at the same they tried to calm the man and this on him but believed he lunged at police and then they shot him in the leg now during the incident another police officer was also shot both men are injured and are in hospital do we know anything else about the man at this stage rebecca. well police say he he's

a fifty three year old austrian man he's not known to police and it's not believe he has any links to any terrorist organizations now obviously berlin has been the target of some terrorist attacks in the last couple of years leading police on high alert but they're not investigating this as a terror attack at this time and give us a sense of what the area is like where you are because of course this is a busy tourist spot isn't it. absolutely i mean this is in the heart of berlin the berlin dawn is frequented by hundreds of visitors each day. as the incident was taking place there were around about one hundred guests inside all were evacuated and none were injured luckily but i mean it's obviously it's a very busy tourist spot here right in the heart of the c.c. the the area has been completely cordoned off and is shut down now police can't say exactly when it's going to reopen but it's definitely going to stay shut for the rest of the day rebecca riches reporting for us thanks rebecca

and now some of the other stories making news around the world a power blackout a hamburg at port has grounded hundreds of flights and left thousands of passengers stranded at port officials at the source of the power failure was a short circuit but were unable to say when electricity will be restored. london is marking the one year anniversary of a terror attack on london bridge eight people were killed and forty eight injured when three men drove a van into pedestrians on the tourist landmark memorial service at suffolk cathedral has been held for the victims and their families is just knowing days until the need is all of the u.s. and north korea all set to meet for the first time in singapore a potential bait breakthrough on the korean peninsula is the focus at the shangri-la dialogue the regional defense for also takes place in singapore in this year it's turned into the last chance for top security officials to confer before

the historic meeting begins. it may be a week away but singapore already looks to be practicing for the planned summit between donald trump and can jump. taking place amid tight security is the asian security conference known as the shangri-la dialogue and north korea is on everyone's mind so. much good indies and how can you confuse that there's been some movement in recent days expectations are high that a road map can be drawn out here on how to morph a bit with north korea. the defense ministers of the u.s. japan and south korea met on the sidelines of the summit for talks. south korea has warned of approaching the north with excessive mistrust but japan has called for ongoing pressure on the country as has the u.s. we must remain vigilant and. we will continue to implement all you are in security

council resolution or north korea and north korea really feel relieved or we want to demonstrate verifiable your verbal debbie did your very very good. at this meeting of defense experts there is still considerable towns where the north korea will agree to compromise and its nuclear program. now where the students here raised their voices off to a mass shooting killed seventeen people at their florida high school in february now as the scene yes and lottery stoneman douglas high school is set to graduate they're looking ahead to their futures all morning those who can't do the say and the nationwide movement to survive is inspired to stricter gun control in the united states when it shows no signs of slowing down thousands rallied across the country on saturday which was national gun away this day and our correspondent alexander phenomena reports now from a march in new york. for a moment contreras this march is a personal issue together with his friends and overactivity. a ninety year old

student organized this event meant to address school shootings but also gun violence in communities of color. supports me because last year i was afraid to go balance and i felt you know. when i was in a moment i felt like some people are really needed to be empowered people need to hear about this. contrast became active in the wake of the school shooting in parkland florida earlier this year since then more and more students in the u.s. have begun to raise their voices for gun control students like jordan go in twenty twelve she survived the shooting at sandy hook elementary school in newtown connecticut. i witnessed one violence does not just one singular person but for the entire community in the nation and if there's any chance that what we're doing like protesting in marching will save one hit i'll do it. they believe now

it's the time to ban assault weapons to strengthen background checks for gun buyers enough is enough if their slogan orange is the color. so far you as lawmakers refused to take meaningful action on the federal level but activists like ramon contreras say this is just the beginning of. this students go to continue their protest and to make their fight for gun control a voting issue hoping that the midterm elections in november will show that their movement has staying power. and xandra phenomenon in a new york that germany's top men's tennis player and the number two seed at the french open has done it again alexander's about if today claimed his third straight five sec comeback win and that means he's into his first ever grand slam quarter finals so that has got past russia's czech can off as that as well play the seventh seeded dominic team of austria on choose a team b.

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