this is the w. news line from berlin germany's president asks gays and lesbians for forgiveness from pole to shine my apologizes for decades of suffering in the nazi era and in post-war germany also coming up. police open fire and billions iconic cathedral authorities say an officer shot a man who was brandishing a knife inside the church one officer is injured and will bring you more from the scene. and in sports germany regroup at their training camp after the shock defeat

to australia saturday big 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 first accused they had to endure and during and after the second world war president. was speaking on the tenth anniversary of the monumental homosexuals victims of 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 a lot of these and i'm 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 as 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. at the event 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 of civilization.

or relativize as it. is not only mocking 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 rampaging man in the city's iconic protestant cathedral a police spokesperson said the fifty three year old austrian man was one dead in the leg when police fire detained authorities say there's no connection to terrorism he did however quote an off the cathedral one of the city's top tourist attractions. spoke with d.w. reporter becca riches outside the belgian cathedral and asked her what we know about the man who was shot by police knife wielding man ran into the cathedral

behind me the bill 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 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 building has been the target of some terrorist attacks in the last couple of years leaving police on high alert but they're not investigating this as a terror attack at this time. that was reporter becker it says at the bell in cathedral staying in germany a power blackout at hamburg airport has grounded hundreds of flights and left thousands of passengers stranded airport officials said the source of the power failure was

a short circuit but they were and they were unable rather to say when the electricity would 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 if 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 whether you're stranded passengers got free water and look to kill time any way they could while

all flights remain grounded and. how long they'll wait to get off the ground is anybody's guess. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world israelis new interior minister matteo salvini has visited a migrant detention center in sicily a week before municipal elections on the island region outside the center 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 gran's and refugees. london is marking the one year anniversary of a terror attack on a london bridge eight people were killed and forty eight others injured with three men drove a van into the desk trans of the tourist landmark a memorial service at south where cathedral has been held for victims and their relatives and their families. thai officials say a whale that died had eight kilograms of plastic trash most of it shopping bags in

its stomach the animal died despite a five day effort to save it now they said the plastic made the whale sick and unable to hunt. initial results from slovenia as parliamentary elections point to a major win for the country's right wing opposition the southeastern 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 for the party led by younis yasha one a quarter of the votes have to come painting on an anti immigrant platform outgoing prime minister came in to third place with ten percent of the vote. as no go to the civilian capital of libya nowhere fight brown is joining us so can you tell us who younis yasha is i mean we know he's the leader of the right wing democratic party but what else can be said of him. he's

a long serving leader twenty five years already he was twice prime minister and you probably describe him best as a conservative turned populist that's at least what he designed to come pain based on the slogan slovenia first and based on a massive campaign against immigration not that slovenia would have any problem with immigration there are only a couple of hundreds every year here in this small country but young took the populist right wing hung gary in prime minister viktor orban as his role model or been by the way supported the interest campaign must have lead this time and yet slovenia is part of the euro and it does belong to nature on the shenzhen union and by and large the country is regarded as a reliable partner so is it now joining the e.u. member states that are critical of the union. that's completely and completely open question at this moment it looks like the slovenes really opted for

a classical stalemate so the on chair will get the mandate to form a government but it's absolutely unclear if he will succeed in doing so so far all the other parties of the center of the left have excluded to cooperate with him he offer talks but if that will really happen it's an open question what is clear is the slovenes. voted or showed a massive discontent with politics in the country with the political class and that also is. is marked by the fact that the turnout is on a record low only every second slovene mental. light on wishbone following that election for us in slovenia thank you. in just nine days the leaders of the u.s. and north korea 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. much 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 up here on how to move forward with north korea of course. 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 and

figuratively from the resolution or north korea and north korea were revealed relieved or we want to demonstrate verifiable your verbal debbie to do very very good. at this meeting of defense experts there is still considerable towns where the north korea will agree to compromise and and its nuclear program. germany is top men's tennis player and the number two seed at the french open has done it again alexander sped of today claimed his third straight five set comeback win and that means his into his first ever grand slam quarter finals very of got past russia's karam catchin of as variable play seven seed a dominant team of austria on tuesday the team beat japan's corey in four sets. germany's national team had a rather special visitor at their training camp today chancellor angela merkel

stopped by to motivates the play is now they played the first of two friendlies ahead of this month's world cup on saturday and that game against austria and it in a surprise defeat drawing criticism from fans and coach of. after being rested 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 one the final score for the hosts. but i think it shows we still have a few things to work on the fully 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 had 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. 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 over the coming fourteen days. in the next fix and part of 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 wished them good luck in their title defense. and here's a reminder of the top stories we're following for you germany's president has apologized to homosexuals for the persecution they had to endure during and after the second world war president. i also asked for forgiveness for decades official silence. and

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