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the crash the investment bank lehman brothers start september thirteenth d.w. . immigrant demonstration in the eastern city of suspicions grow of a link between police and the season tonight's protest a peaceful one but it comes on the heels of two days of violent confrontations plus a prison worker has been suspended in connection with this week's violent protests also coming up. and he says he was tortured in prison. from leaving
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for the u.s. for medical treatment will take a closer look at this former hostage taking on political leaders. government demands the european union change its rules on rescues at sea it's threatening to close all ports to boats carrying refugees and to pull out of the e.u.'s rescue mission in the mediterranean. it's good to have you with us tonight again right wing groups have staged demonstrations in the eastern german city of kenneth's it follows two nights earlier this week a violent protest that included up to seven thousand the far right supporters and hooligans it was all allegedly triggered by the stabbing death of a german man two migrants a. and an iraqi have been arrested in connection with that killing more people
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gathered in the city center of kim it's again this evening the this time numbers were in the hundreds rather than thousands and the scene was calm for the most part journalists were virtually targeted however there have been no reports of injuries . or joining us for more is due to the political editor the killer of their good evening to you miguel that we've got a development in the investigation into how the arrest warrant for one of the suspects in that stabbing death one of the migrants was leaked to far right groups this week we understand today a prison worker reportedly term tim self in as the leaker what more do we know. yes we also saw a facebook statement by the lawyer of this man and basically saying that he was aware that he might be able to do this job but that he was unaware that he was acting illegally by publishing this this of course is illegal under german or because it has an impact on the investigation and there's also confident dental
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information included in that including potential hints for who witnesses are so very sensitive information that was handed out and that of course raises suspicions of what sympathies there are from with of within those very police structures which already in the state of saxony do have a reputation for being somewhat protective of right wing demonstrators in this culminated in a different case that we saw just under two weeks ago where actually a demonstrator who turned out to be a member also of state structures in the state had a camera team stopped by police and held for forty five minutes which was then seen as being out of force and so it does raise some rather fundamental questions about fundamental attitude. and it can only fuel suspicions that exist in germany but also outside the country that there is
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a link of some formal cooperation between law enforcement in the you're not. well i would not go so far i mean isn't there is there are some indications that we also saw just a few weeks ago a ruling in the case of the n.s.c. you mudda serious which was a rightwing group which went on to to kill people with the right wing which have a for more than ten years and not pretty much led to any secret services but also police particularly in those eastern states where these motorists were hiding basically saying they absolutely failed so that was the clearest evidence yet that there might be a blind spot in the system and this of course fuels the suspicions that have already been there is a major into a micro demonstration planned for this coming weekend the anti islam group. joining forces with the biggest opposition political party in germany's parliament. i mean you've got this political party the a.f.d.
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not hiding its affiliation at all with groups that are appealing to zina phobia. is i mean for a very long time if the far right posse actually did exactly that and said that there was some distance between them and peta there was also a sense that they were protesting that too much and they've since come around to actually cooperating with that bigoted group now this three eastern states from the f.t. where represent sensitives have cooled for this march of silence as it's called including . who's seen as the leader of the fall right and the extreme right and of the alternative for any posse here and any i had the opportunity to talk to its leader alexander gallant today and when i asked him what his party would do to stop the violence he said well basically it simply wasn't up to them and that was something for the police to secure for state structures but city if he doesn't really see itself in
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a position where they would call for violence and then of course the conclusion is why should they because clearly there is so much political capital for the alternative for germany who have the same slogan aspic edo which is merkel. they want to machall to go they want to see a complete turnaround on the home migration policy here in germany our chief political editor michelle couture tonight on the story for us here in berlin the goal of thank you in the u.s. state of arizona people bid farewell to the late senator john mccain the man who represented them in washington for more than three decades in phoenix mortars from both of the major us political parties paid tribute to the publication and war hero bikini's casket headed for the u.s. capitol in washington d.c. they are here why and stayed ahead of an official memorial service and a private funeral this weekend former u.s. presidents george w. bush and barack obama will deliver the eulogy. bobby wine the ugandan pop star turned lawmaker who says he was tortured while in
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prison has been blocked from leaving for the united states to receive medical treatment the united nations' outgoing human rights chief says that he is deeply concerned about the torture allegations involving bobby wine and several other politicians while they were being held in custody a high profile challenger to uganda's long time president yoweri museveni bobby wine was first arrested back in august after stones were thrown at the president's convoy he was released on bail earlier this week on crutches he's now facing charges of treason julius mugabo reports on how ugandans are venting their frustrations over the gays and what they think of the man taking on uganda's political elite. fortis to uganda's capital kampala. the focus of the be monstrous this month known as bobby right i protest as demanded
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his release after hearing about easily torture while under are raised. in an interview will be one toward d.w. about his role in uganda supporting ticks nobody should look at me as a messiah nobody should look at me as a solution i'm just part of the puzzle and you out there that i was that is watching me he also part of that puzzle i cannot do it unless if we choose to do it together and yes that is this solution because if we are to attain. what we want as a country we must attain it to give that. a large majority of ugandans population is under twenty four and many see the thought the six year old hopes to as their voice so would not be when he's presenting me. voice of me as a youth because me to only use because what do you think is real and it is this
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you've seen will come from when it clearly and socially he speaks a lot of things and neutrally speaking i wouldn't. say that he inspires me like. i'm going to the streets and doing whatever he has been doing because there are other ways of handling things yeah but very present my voice really represents my voice because he talks about the things that affect youth. and he's a us he talks about unemployment education or option despite the supports above b. one enjoys especially among young people mainly because people campolo present during the seventy's government seems to have a different perspective of their margin politician who is also bottling prison charges in court does the bit of the moment and i don't think it is largely that that he's even viewed as the president to be or of course there's been
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a lot of framing around events our own him. by his group and on his one hundred hours where he's been portrayed largely as a victim but this is just a fleeting moment it will probably pass. but the one was voted to parliament last year in a by election where he defeated four challenger just including one backed by president . with less than two years in office this has been strongly critical of governments . anyone who is a serious political needs to sit back and evaluate that quote is will be weighing reprise into when he talks about people power you know what is he trying to say. there any weight in the words that he's expressing to us today right and shouldn't the president get kids.
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the rig a star has enjoyed more than fifteen years of a successful music career although he sees making it in entertainment has been an uphill struggle but challenging a government that has been in power for forty two years could prove to be his biggest struggle yet. for italy's new populist government is demanding that the european union change the rules govern. the rescue of migrants at sea in twenty fifteen the e.u. agreed that all migrants picked up by its naval mission in the mediterranean would be disembarked in italy but rome is now insisting the other is also start taking in migrants if not italy is threatening to close its ports to any vessel carrying migrants or refugees. almost fifty thousand lives have been saved off the libyan coast since the e.u. mission code named safina started migrants from africa and the middle east who set out on
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a dangerous journey to europe were pulled to safety and brought to italian ports as initially agreed by all countries involved in the mission a success story but not for italy's new populist government. is now threatening to close its ports to the saffir mission unless ships are allowed to dock and other neighboring countries instead. after today's meeting in vienna it was clear there would be no quick fix. i've seen that that is the political will to explore practical sustainable solutions will it be short of this invocation would it be relocation of the disembarkation we would be it would it be other options we would explore all possible sustainable options. operation saffir was launched to crack down on people smuggling in the mediterranean and judging from the numbers arriving by sea the mission is a success two years ago more than three hundred sixty thousand migrants trust the mediterranean so far this year less than seventy thousand have attempted the trip
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however italy's new populist government is seeking to clamp down on crossings via the mediterranean route. so we do think that this is a genuine european responsibility to the right so to diety everywhere in europe we talk about it well wonderful cation to show it changed the mandate of the mission would require a unanimous decision by all member states so far no other e.u. country has offered to open any of its ports to the sofia mission. starts with sports news now the draw for the champions league group stage is taking place in monaco there are four german teams involved in the tournament group a c's. draw on the long side league champions of late to go madrid meanwhile valley rivals shaka. the national champions of russia portugal and turkey in group d. german champions byron munich have what looks like a fairly easy group unfortunately for hoffenheim who are playing in the champions
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league proper for the first time in their history they face an uphill battle given that they've got manchester city and leone to contend with. it's day four of the u.s. open in new york and some of the big names have booked their sponsors in the third round the twenty sixteen champion germany's unsurely kara had a rough ride in her match against you on the larsen of sweden after winning the opening set the number four seed dropped the second before recovering in the decider six two five seven six four the final score fifth seed and two time wimbledon champion petra fitow of a had a tough start against china's. but the czech player was too good and won seven five six three and in the men's tournament the fourth seed germany's alexander beat nicolas mahut in straight sets to move into the third round. or you're up to date with the news for all of us here in berlin thanks for the company we will be back at the top of the hour with more world news.
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