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out of darkness cities after war. starts september second on g.w. . you know. this is deja vu news live from berlin a far right protest group the german city of come this sunday joint anti immigrant marchers that's after the fatal stabbing of a german man during a dispute police say involved people of various nationalities. also on the show. somalia the procedure is done by your so-called content yet they have no idea what
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they're doing they just have a knife and they cut the cruel practice of female genital mutilation we meet a woman from somalia who fled her country to seek help at a german reconstruction club. plus the bonus league it was back after a very big weekend the showdown on sunday featured dortmund against lives two teams desperate to keep byron munich from winning a seven straight title. i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show it was supposed to be a relaxed summer festival instead there were violence and protests on the streets of chemist's protests erupted in the city after a german man was stabbed to death in the early hours of sunday morning later in the day police say a crowd of about eight hundred far right demonstrators refused their order to
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disperse and march through the chemist city center. by right david street use. with police in kemet city center batons meeting bottles leading to more officers being drafted in from neighboring trees thin and light sick to cope oh god god god god god. god this is our city the chant in this video shared on twitter german media see some of those gathered were protesting against crimes committed by foreigners the un rest follows the death of a thirty five year old german man in the air the iris of sunday during the city's annual street festival he died from his injuries in hospital after being attacked with a knife two other men were seriously injured in what police described as an altar cation between people of different nationalities. these trades are chanting we are the people what was
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a call for democracy in the final days of east germany has now been rebranded by the modern day far rights heightening tensions in ever more divided communities. to have used have political correspondent when the train is on the story for us good morning linda how could decide this protest organizer quickly. it was absolutely coordinated and incited after the knifing incident occurred in the night from saturday to sunday reports apparently immediately were to be seen on far right social media sites that attributed the knifing to migrants of what these websites called southern origin and the same website said that the victim was a german with russian roots and these websites called for protests against this action and that call was then picked up by a group that calls itself. they are football fans of the local football club f.c.
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cabinets and they are known for extremist actions both inside and outside the stadium and in this case the ultras called on people to take to the streets and show others who's boss in our city and and what we see there on the screen right now was the result of that so absolutely incited and in fact those protests then overpowered the police in the initial stages and the protesters absolutely targeted people who appeared to be of migration origin you know eastern germany has of course been in the headlines recently of words right wing extremism how is this such a situation there different from other parts of germany it absolutely has been in the headlines there was a very big anti immigrant gratian demonstration in the city of dresden in saxony in
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the middle of august and in fact this state was the birthplace of the zina phobic movement piggy which brought tens of thousands of people to the streets of brazen in two thousand and fourteen to protest the so-called islamisation of germany and this is also the state where the far right party actually was. the strongest party in last year's federal election in saxony so what's going on in saxony and in eastern germany as a whole it's a paradox really brian because the fact is this is a region where there are the lowest number of migrants of foreign residents nonetheless the far right fares best where it can exploit a sense of insecurity and frustration and that is absolutely present in many regions of the east that has to do both with demographics and with politics just briefly the demographics this is a region that has seen real deep population since the fall of the berlin wall young
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people moved away to expand to look for better opportunities in the west order people remained and have a real sense of precariousness in many especially rural regions of the east add that to the fact that there was a general mistrust of west german political institutions that western german political parties have never fully taken root in the east and you have all the ingredients for a very fertile environment for the far right on the ground for us this morning on the story thanks very much for. united nations investigators have called for an international probe and the prosecution of mian mars army chief and five other top military commanders for genocide against the country's will hinge a minority some seven hundred thousand range of muslims fled northern iraq even state the bangladesh after me and more launched a crackdown last august on is a mist insurgence soldiers and vigilantes attack numerous muslim villages in the
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mainly buddhist country. now for a look at some of the other stories making the news at this hour pope francis has refused to comment on claims made by the former vatican ambassador to the us that the pope himself was involved in a cover up of sexual abuse by an american cardinal francis was asked about the claims on his way back to rome from ireland archbishop carlo maria began oh who made the allegations has called on pope francis to resign. two people have been killed and eleven wounded in a shooting at a computer game tournaments in jacksonville in the state of florida a twenty four year old contestant opened fire on other competitors before shooting himself dead police are investigating the gunman's motive. a memorial service is to be held for the late u.s. senator john mccain saturday before more republican presidential candidate will be laid to rest the following day mccain died at the weekend at the age of eighty one owing
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a battle with brain cancer. a referendum on measures against corruption has failed to reach a quorum in colombia not despite it being a hot topic in the country where graft is estimated to cost about five percent of g.d.p. but the measures including cutting lawmakers salaries were heavily supported by those who did vote. the women's rights organization estimates that as many as sixty five thousand women living in germany have been subjected to female genital you middle age. now that figure is twelve percent up. last year but it's been rising for some years now largely due to increase the number of migrants from countries where if you have a spark just the school sometimes lethal practice is common across africa leaves women with lifelong pain and scars both physically and emotionally there is a first from a third more than two hundred million girls and women are living with the effects of after. a reconstruction clinic here in berlin did obviously brady talked with
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a somali woman who's joined the call for an end to after her name has been changed to protect her identity. and one has to say. i was about eleven and twelve years old several people held me down then they cut me off they laid me on the table i can still picture it i had such horrific pain well then the sewed me together. they tied my legs together for a month so that the wind would heal. them by the head had i types of female genital mutilation very anywhere from damaging the clit or us to summing up the vaginal opening in some countries the brutal practice is considered a rite of passage a prerequisite for marriage. in somalia the procedure is done by your so-called cutter they have no idea what they're doing they just have a knife and a razor and they cut to even after two and
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a half years in germany thirty six year old the first seek an advice it does flower center which offers reconstructive surgery and consultation for women affected by a. dr cornelius johns advises those effects and but germany services an expertise in f g m a still limited. when i studied medicine and was uncovered in the subject . but i know this is changing and i hope that trend continues but i still need colleagues who either know very little or absolutely nothing about this and he got into this according to ted they found some sixty five thousand women affected by after living in germany an increase of twelve percent on last year. this is due to the increase in migration from countries where female genital mutilation is particularly prevalent or germany this means countries like somalia eritrea and iraq. in
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a statement to deutsche avella germany's family and women's ministry described female genital mutilation as a human rights violation during this legislative period the ministry also plans on working more closely with germany's youth welfare offices but when it comes to some parents taking that young daughters back to their hung country for a so-called vacation circumcision there's very little that all thora to all the german government can do. volunteers and teachers therefore play a huge role. the only way to really gauge what's going on is to have a vigilant society particularly means people who work in close contact with families who might potentially subject their daughter to. these people should be particularly attentive. ted if estimates that fifteen and a half thousand girls living in germany are in danger of a. failed her three year old is among the. miami goodnight three year old daughter
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has been circumcised yet but if we stand back to somalia who am one hundred percent sure that her grandparents will make undergo the procedure. but for the first. eldest three door says it's already too late. that night that was our fate those of us who had to experience thought but i'm a fighter. i hope that these women are healthy and i hope that at some point this ritual will stop. we have some sports now and a big match in the bonus league on sunday featured two of byron minutes closest rivals dortmund and leipzig both teams have high ambitions for the season above all they want to prevent biron from winning a seventh straight title in the end dortmund was the side that looked most like a contender. but shock for the hosts after just thirty one seconds. in the
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lead of bouncing ball fell to john. who bulldozed it past keeper roman burkey. but dortmund struck back in the twenty first minute. smelters trust met by the acrobatic. bend in the forty eighth minute to mark otoh it's free kick headed in by marcel's up it's light sick handing their opponents a gift and three minutes later a christian policy corner thomas delineates headers by paper but it's still firing home the rebound with the sublime overhead kick. and dortmund weren't done yet in injury time new captain marco. is one hundred one just to get. a four one success and dortmund stake their claim to being legitimate title contenders. and the other sunday match could minds against
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a guard both teams and spent a lot of money to bring in new players this summer and it was minds coming out on top this goal in the seventy six minutes by having a good job made all the difference robin flies on made it all possible by taking the ball from the defender and then pulling it back to set up a job this was the first time mine's won their opening match in five years. let's get your minder now the top story we're following for you today hundreds of people joined anti immigrant protests in the german city of cabinets on sunday those marchers were sparked by the killing of a german man police say. he was stabbed during an altar cation involving several quote people of various nationalities. well don't forget you can always find out more about these and other stories with our app you can get our news on the go download the app or google player from the apple store it gives you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications you can also
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