pharmac magazine. long do you w. b news line from berlin germany as president to gays and lesbians for forgiveness from. decades of suffering in the nazi era in a post-war germany also coming up. police open fire. authorities say an officer shot a man who was brandishing a knife. and we'll bring you more from the scene.

many in sports germany regrouped at their training camp after defeats to austria saturday going to this month's world cup hoping to defend their title. i'm glad you could join us gemini's president has apologized to homosexuals for the persecution they had to endure during and after the second world war president. speaking on the tenth anniversary of a monument to homosexuals victims in the nazi era he also asked for forgiveness for decades of official silence. people who were arrested convicted and imprisoned in post-war germany for their sexual orientation have been waiting a long time for an apology too long says germany's president that's going to undo

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 it's been there for all of these in five very glad about this apology it really is a strong signal to the bundestag has apologized for the persecution for us that the federal president is 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. active events homosexuals victims of the nazi era were also remembered in my condemned statements by politicians who play down the crimes of

the nazis or anyone who denies the singular break with civilization. or relativize as it. is not only mocking the millions of victims. but he's also deliberately ripping open old wounds. and sowing new hatred and we must oppose this together minds and. only those who remember what did happen can take responsibility today. here in berlin police have shot and wondered what they termed packaging man in the city's iconic protest and cathedral a police spokesperson said the fifty three year old austrian man was wounded in the leg when police fired at him authorities say there's no connection to terrorism and police have cordoned off the cathedral one of the city's top tourist attractions.

now earlier we spoke with the reporter rebecca reaches outside the belly of cathedral and we asked her what we know about the man who was shot by police knife wielding man ran into the cathedral behind me the bell in a tone he was said to be behaving very aggressively witnesses 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 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 in hospital 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. porter becker it says at the berlin cathedral staying

in germany a power blackout at hamburg airport has grounded hundreds of flights and left thousands of passengers stranded now airport officials said the source of the power failure was a short circuit but they were unable to say when electricity will be restored. chaos across the concourse where travelers at first didn't know what was going on without power the p.a. system couldn't function. nor did the lights and for security reasons even the backup power system which could have functioned was switched off as well according to airport officials that was necessary to determine the cause of the blackout before long travelers were told to evacuate the building until the problem is solved germany's fifth largest airport is closed for business. we were up there getting ready to board and then suddenly they told us to get out it's chaos hundreds of people standing around the air conditioning is down so now

we're all sitting here wondering what's going to happen next what argued stranded passengers got free water and look to kill time any way they could while all flights remain grounded. how long they'll wait to get off the ground is anybody's guess. as to have a look at some of the other stories making news around the world it is new is interior minister salvini has visited a migrant detention center in sicily a week before municipal elections now island and that was on the island region outside the center of protesters chanted slogans against salvini and held banners reading welcome refugees. is head of the far right league party which has demanded a crackdown on my grass and refugee. london is marking one year since a terror attack on the london bridge eight people were killed and forty eight others injured when three men drove a van into pedestrians on the tourist landmark

a memorial service that software cathedral has been held for the victims and their families. time officials say a will that died had eight kilograms of plastic trash most of it shopping bags in its stomach the animal die despite a five day effort to save it and they said the plastic made the will sick and unable to hunt. a russian space capsule has landed safely in ca's extern carrying three us journalists from russia the u.s. and japan they were returning from a one hundred sixty eight day mission on the international space station another three astronauts are to be launched to the station later this week. now initial results from slovenia's parliamentary elections point to a major win for the country's right wing opposition the south eastern european country which used to be part of the former yugoslavia has been led by a center left government for them the democratic party is strong showing is a blow to the party led by younis young one close to

a quarter of the votes of to come paining on an anti immigrant platform outgoing outgoing prime minister came in at third place with ten percent of the vote. is no go to the slovenian capital of libya now with few for. where mr bowen excuse me i'm sorry of struggling with your name is joining us there for us so young as young as democratic party will have to find partners to form a government how likely is that and where is slovenia headed. well that is very open to the hour because it is clear that slovenia has shifted to the right with the conservative as the as party of winning nearly twenty five percent of the votes but it is not at all clear if that translate all translates also in the majority of seats in the parliament for the time being that would include even small parties like very extreme nationalist party with four percent approximately

and that's. say concretely say tonight what is going to happen clear is however this the president of the state has announced that the leader of the strongest party gets the mandate to form a government and that is young as he enters the fight now that i have your name correctly can you tell us more about that from the fact that he is a former pm. yeah he was twice already a pm in this country he is probably characterized best by a conservative turning populist or turned populist not only because he based his complain on the slovenia first slogan but also because he enjoyed heavy support from his populist neighbor prime minister of hungary viktor orbán who twice joined his campaign here in the country twice appeared publicly and it's also said that he

supported the young to complain massively with money that's a fact which is presently invest under investigation if that turns out to be right it would be against slovenia to slay ssion on the other hand. there is. a strong anti immigrant moment in your interest campaign or has been a strong anti immigration moment in your interest complaint which is not clearly based on facts because immigration here in the country is very low but what is unforgotten is hundreds of thousands cross crossing the country three years ago on their way to the north on the way to austria and germany and this has left a kind of trauma here with the population because all three has clearly announced with that to happen again and there are some indications for it that tens of thousands arctic and gathering in other countries should that happen again they would close the border and then these people would strand here in slovenia for the people here it is a nightmare fight all respond joining us from new piano thank you.

so it's not just nine days till the leaders of the u.s. and north korea a set to meet for the first time in singapore a potential breakthrough on the korean peninsula is the focus of the shangri-la dialogue the regional defense forum also takes place in singapore and 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 minds. good indies and you can feel that there's been some movement in recent days expectations are high that a road map can be drawn out here on how to move forward 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 for north korea and north korea who are really really relieved or we want to demonstrate verifiable your birth to their very very good. at this meeting of defense experts there is still considerable to house where the north korea will agree to compromise and its nuclear program. germany's top men's tennis player and the number two seed at the french open has done it again alexandra's vet of today claimed his third straight five set comeback win and that means his into his first ever grand slam quarterfinals it's very i've

got past rushes carrying the catch out of. variable play seven seeded dominic team of australia on choose day the team beat japan's king isha cory in four sets and germany played the first of two friendlies ahead of this month's world cup on saturday and game against austria ended in a surprise defeat of a stormy conditions delayed kick off today the team regrouped and a special visitor stopped by the training camp to motivate the players. after being arrested for yesterday's friendly thomas miller joined the coaching staff for a bike ride the rest of the squad stuck to some light training behind closed doors . the night before had ended in disappointment as germany lost to austria for the first time in thirty two years to warm the final score for the hosts. but i think it shows we still have a few things to work on before we confident in the team in the coaching staff will definitely sorted out. still there was

a silver lining captain marrable neuer proved his fitness coming back from an injury that have plagued him since september the defenders in front of him didn't look convincing deficiencies that can't be excused by the team's tough training camp no player gave the coach a headache ahead of his final cut on monday and feed it and he said hide it much we've been training very hard and made a lot of changes if you get overall i think it's clear that we need to improve in certain areas of the coming fourteen days in the next fix and five course we'll do that. midday on mondays when your he looks will submit his final world cup squad leaving for the current crop at home on sunday evening the players got a pep talk from german chancellor angela merkel who wish them good luck in their title defense. now don't forget you can always get news on the go with app get access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications and also on your

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