this is deja news live from berlin a failed asylum seeker in germany is found guilty of murdering his teenage girlfriend. the court sentenced the defendant to eight and a half years in prison the burdick coming at a time when tensions over migration are running high in germany critics accuse right wing extremists of exploiting the case to the church hatred towards all migrants. also coming up international outrage as me on mars had to exist to avoid his journalistic seven years in jail the reporters say that they were trained by

police and western governments condemned the verdict in the u.k. calling it a hammer blow to the local long. time sarah kelly welcome to the program in germany a migrant who is reportedly from afghanistan has been sentenced to eight and a half years for killing a teenage girl the fifteen year old girl was stabbed to death in the western german town of kendall in december of last year the case prompted months of pro and anti migrant protests with some saying that the far right exploited the teen's death for their own hate message for more let's bring in our correspondent father and founder mark who is standing by with the very latest on this story and father and a young man stabs his girlfriend to death as we just heard that's not normally national or international news but this case is why is that. that's true i mean

when you have a look at the killings in germany there are two people killed every day in germany vast majority of these perpetrators are germans but in this case the perpetrator was a migrant from afghanistan and far right groups have exploited this case have used this case to highlight what they believe the criminal character of migrants in general they wanted to show that mosque migration as they have often said too dangerous in germany and for months there were protests in the city of candle protesters from all over germany came to candle in order to what they said protect germans from migrants and on the other hand protesters from the other side came to defend migrants and this idea of an open society and that's why there was a lot of attention of on this case and on the city of camden so let's have a closer look now at those protests of the details of this case and then fabienne

i'll get your reaction there after. the small german city of condo was unknown to most people until last december. that's when a teenage girl was stepped in front of a local drugstore her boyfriend a young immigrant was the suspect what followed was a situation not unlike that in kemet migration protesters flocked to the small western german town from all parts of the country back then the poster stated cundall is everywhere the goal was to utilize the tragedy for right wing propaganda . but they were met with resistance the citizens of candle did not want the town to be utilized and with the help of the state government they staged counter protests . kamel is not nazi brown it's colorful and diverse we have an open society and absolutely no reason to instrumental lies this tragedy for thinking. but then the counter protesters were targeted local residents like this family were attacked

after sitting. outside their home police had to protect the family as rightwing hooligans attempted to forcefully enter the house you know item is hundred for these people are abusing our towns. they have reasons for doing this but the real reasons are different when this in. in country they shut us down effectively we have to hide in our houses all day because it's too dangerous to take our children outside in even after today's verdict their ordeal isn't over for candle right when protesters have already decided to march again. safavi i mean we saw the atmosphere there on the far right very clearly seizing on this case as part of its campaign against migrants but the reality is is that we have this guilty verdict today how much is it likely to take the wind out of their

sails. remains open i mean we have to see eight and a half years is a lot for a murderer and the perpetrator was. still a young persons and when he came to germany said he's fifteen then testings gave that he's seventeen and a half but the court believes that he could have been that he probably was twenty when he killed his girlfriend but nevertheless the court applied juvenile criminal law that my. spark some new discussions but in general i believe that the biggest wave of protests is over now foreign groups have already shifted their focus on other cases like the one in canada is for example and that is something that we definitely want to talk a little bit more about because it's coming after more than a week of racial tension in that eastern german town that you just mentioned there cam that's the far right forces there exploiting another case that's the killing of a man allegedly by two migrants in that city what is the government doing fabienne

to counter this mobilization by far right elements. well first of all the government says that a lot of the responsibility lies on the state level in saxony so the state of sex and he should do more on the fight against far right groups should do more to support civil society and democracy groups at the same time the family minister went to and to show her support and her solidarity with the people in kenya it's and also the foreign minister said that it's a shame what's happening there and that he's afraid of the image of germany abroad and he also asked the civil society to stand up and speak out against far right groups and against right wing extremism then we have another discussion and that has to do with. the far right populist party in germany they are

demonstrating side to side with people who are using the hitler salute and this has sparked a new discussion on this party on the character of the car party and whether this even has to be money toward more closely by the domestic intelligence service and thank you. well meantime an anti-racism concert is scheduled to take place in that city the german city of chemist's tonight with twenty five thousand people expected to attend and an uneasy calm is slowly returning to the city following a week marred by far right violence and racist attacks that we just heard about on sunday some two thousand people joined a rally against right wing extremism in the city it called for tolerance and mutual respect this after days of anti immigrant protests sparked by the killing of a man allegedly carried out by two asylum seekers. on alex get a quick check of some other stories that have been making news around the world in

hamburg more than ten thousand people have demonstrated support of organizations operating migrant rescue boats in the mediterranean the marchers called for hamburg to become a safe harbor for such vessels similar protests were held across germany. a huge fire has ripped through brazil's national museum in rio de janeiro gutting the two hundred year old building the director of the stork and to church and has called it a cultural tragedy the museum house some twenty million valuable items the cause of the blaze is not yet known. and two people have been booted by gunfire during anti-government demonstrations in nicaragua protesters the or protests rather flared up in the capital after president. expelled un observers who accused him of violent repression rights groups say that some three hundred protesters have been killed in the past four months. children in france go back to school after their summer vacation today but with

a new ban on mobile phones in place the french education minister says that the aim is to help children socialise more and to focus for unless it's. well two journalists have been jailed for seven years for breaching me on mars official secrets act while investigating violence against rohingya. while though and child they look. we're also we're both working for the reuters news agency the men say that they were framed by the police the u.n. in myanmar has called for their release the case has been widely criticized as an attack on media freedom. joining me now from young good myanmar is kevin a he is in asia editor with reuters and a colleague of the two journalists thank you so much for joining us kevin and we understand now that your colleagues are now set to go to jail for seven years what's your view on this verdict. is a deeply disappointing result it's not a result. a fair reading of the trial of the evidence in the scrutiny and

can sustain. we're disappointed it's a heartbreaking result for their colleagues here in the in the bureau for their friends for their young families who are deprived ok i was once and fathers and what happened today was an injustice that so well throughout also to the rule of law and to the freedom of press that any democracy requires the government of myanmar has an opportunity to know it's up to the right thing and to step three as you fight against that injustice as you try and encourage the government to do what you have just said there to release them what are the next steps do you see any possibilities left to help them. well we want to every avenue so valuable to us. the verdict was only in the yangon district court only a few hours ago you see in widespread international reaction to the verdict

already we want to look at every opportunity that's available to us to press for freedom for all and we need to meet with advisors and lawyers and talk to the families this doesn't end here we won't stop working and only other. this verdict is being seen as as much bigger than the esteem and it's really being seen as an attack on press freedom in the country therefore i'd like to ask you what is the mood in the reuters news firm bear in myanmar right now and how hard is it just generally speaking for journalists to do their job in the current climate it's very difficult clearly this verdict will have a chilling effect and that's a bigger concern than our museum or you know. our our reporters in fact and that's a concern that they recognize well on leaving court today you know i think you heard him say he knows what it is he believes in truth and free press and democracy ultimately live strong and unwavering in the indicated. want to

we want to work and we will work until it happens kevin asia editor with reuters and colleague of the two journalists who have just been sentenced to seven years in jail for breaching the on mars official secrets act while investigating violence against kevin we thank you so much for joining us to share your insights. to bundesliga football now and a wrap up of the weekend's results two surprise scores from sunday's matches as berlin defeated shelf and disallowed or forced a one one draw at leipsic on saturday biron defeated stood guard and wolfsburg beat leader laver coups and hoffenheim got their first win of the season over freiburg while braman age frankfurt the three other matches ended in draws including dortmund at the bottom there which failed to get past hanover so turning to the

bundesliga standings now and after two weekends of the season check this out it has a slightly familiar look with byron munich at the top but wolfsburg and berlin surprisingly joined them with the maximum six points so far at the bottom we can see it has been a bad start for a number of big clubs including shall go and leave her cousens. to racing in formula one's world champion driver lewis hamilton stunned for already fans by winning their home race on sunday the italian grand prix in a tight race the british driver got the better of both sebastian fed and can be right conan to extend his lead in the standings. it's saudi and we're hoping for an easy ferrari win on home. and that chances look good with kenny reichen and sebastian vettel first and second don't look great. but calamity quickly ensued with germany's vettel clashing with his title rival lewis hamilton vettel complained that it was the book but she would still do it as

a racing incident that would end up fall for. defending champion hamilton still have work to do to seal victory expertly past rocket in just nine laps from the end his victory extends his lead over vettel to a healthy thirty points which seven races left us if you don't get. to ferrari who put up a great challenge this weekend they really did amazing job and they gave us such a great fight and basically i just want to say q thank you to these guys they've won back because without their support without their continued efforts this would be possible today the missing these driver was booed by ferrari fans when handed the trophy. but comments and won't care a jot. and with that now you're up to date on your news i'm sarah kelly and berlin helen humphrey has business news after a short break thank you so much for watching have

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