margaret it's your platform for reliable information. for. those who didn't have your news live from berlin the dangers of being a journalist in me and far more and more reporters in the country are being locked up simply for doing their job why is de facto leader aung san suu kyi so determined to silence her critics we have a special report also coming up young people have traditionally been reluctant to vote in the united states but as the parties ramp up the rhetoric ahead of next week's midterms it seems that it may be about to change we ask what's motivating

americans millennial. islamists in a town in nigeria bury their dead after the military opens fire on a demonstration in the capital the army says is good because of the french and national security but critics fear is a crackdown is producing a new generation of radical. new. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us two journalists in myanmar jailed in connection with the reporting on the war hinge or crisis are expected to file appeals this week the reuters reporter swallow and were sentenced to seven years in prison while investigating the massacre of her henge of muslims during a military crackdown last year many countries condemned the trial but as you se asia correspondent and heartache reports it's part of a wider push by the government in myanmar to stifle freedom of the press. workers'

strike on the outskirts of yangon. things get heated when protesters confront the police and. lying to us and why is right in the middle reporting it live on facebook. but situations like these are not the dangers journalists like him fear most it's criticizing the powerful which has once again become a present danger in me and mark a risk blankets and why has to weigh up carefully whenever i have to publish a news and story i need to do things. that this story my security you know this story can love me in the deal is in many kids that i thought he went to went to hide that will be a situation that information so. so they also had

already are also trying to address the threat alone and just only too well the two reuters journalists were sentenced to seven years in prison after investigating the involvement of me and my security forces in mass killings in rakhine state these are the walls of yangon's notorious insein prison back in the days of military rule that housed many a political prisoner nowadays more and more journalists have to do time here not only wallow and enjoy also whose case to international attention there are many more just recently three journalists were arrested and brought here because they reported on shady business deals by the yangon regional government and its head if you maintain a close confidant of state councilor and nobel peace prize laureate aung san suu chiefs three journalists have been released on bail but the incitement charges so far have not been dropped if convicted they face up to two years in prison. de

facto leader on sense that she was once the figurehead of the democracy movement in her country a symbol of resistance against the decades long oppression by me and mars' military rulers now she heads a party and a government that alongside that same military cattails press freedom and intimidates critical voices. they are lying runs me in my eyes first investigative magazine he says the laws like the official secrets act the two reuters journalists were charged under need urgent reform as things stand he says journalists remain under threat. even when we use in our phone we very nervous who are sent which if a mission to my for everyone can sense so if a mission or photo to me if some official. follow some secret to finish in the form it will be valid into the secrecy so very we have very nervous

not only me but also my family also very worried about that the last threatening journalists like they are lying are currently under review a spokesperson for cities party told us but it's not only the interests of the media the civilian leaders are considering they are also careful to avoid confrontation with the country's powerful military that report from southeast asia correspondent boston heartache and he joins us for more on the story happy to see you we mentioned that we're expecting just journalists to appeal their prison sentences this week how likely is it that their sentences will be overturn it. well it's a bit hard to predict the outcome of a potential second trial and have to wait and see if that second trial should actually happen if that's any different from the first trial the first trial was widely criticized for different reasons let me just give you an example of one of

those one of those things that bad critics pointed out is that apparently the judges didn't take into account the testimony of one of the witnesses. a police officer who admitted that the two reuters journalists were basically lured into a trap by the police they were given documents that allegedly contained state secrets and then directly afterwards they were arrested for being in possession of these exact documents and that's only possible because there is this law the official secrets act that has been in place since colonial times and that basically criminalizes the possession of secret information you don't even have to do anything with it it just having it or being in possession of it is already a crime and that's what they were charged for now. she's she said that this trial and also the verdict was in line with the laws and that really shows that the laws are really the problem here is that laws like this official

secrets act for example but there are others telecommunications laws for example defamation laws as well and there are so broad critics say that they easily lend themselves to silencing and intimidating critics and they say that critics say that these laws have to be amended and if that doesn't happen then it's really hard to see how things will significantly change then we bussin what about aung san suu kyi you know she was the nobel peace prize laureate a former pro-democracy activist but some say press freedom has declined since she took office tell us more about her role in all of this. well it is a surprise or it was a surprise for many to see this development really because many people inside and outside of myanmar thought and hoped that things were going to get better that things were going to move more towards more freedom and more democracy but as you say it seems that the opposite at least in parts has happened so many journalists for example in myanmar say that they felt they had more freedom under the previous

president taint saying who was a former general then they do now another reason is why is this happening there's a lot of finger pointing at the military saying it's their fault they're the ones who really wield power in me and maher and that they have been very sensitive especially since the onset of the crisis but it's not only the military because it's the government too if you take for example that case against the three journalists who were recently arrested for criticizing the regional government that's led by the. party and they want they're the ones who press charges so that was their decision so that is really a development that not only surprises but also disappoints many so we are there southeast asia correspondent boston heartache thank you very much for your reporting let's catch up on some other stories making headlines around the world police in china say an on board quarrel between a bus driver and

a passenger is to blame for a deadly accident in the country's southwest the bus plunged off a bridge in the city of chong ching thirteen bodies have been retrieved from the water two others are still missing. a freelance japanese journalist who returned for more than three years of captivity in syria has apologized for causing trouble to his government pay yes said he traveled to syria to see for himself what was really happening but was kidnapped by militants after crossing the border. german chancellor angela merkel will be in warsaw today for a joint session of the polish and german cabinets bilateral relations are tense germany and the european commission are concerned that the polish government's controversial judicial reforms are undermining the rule of law. and u.s. president donald trump says central american migrants who throw rocks at u.s. border troops would be treated as if they were armed trump told journalists that a group of several thousand migrants moving north towards the border had already

throwing rocks at mexican police and that the u.s. would quote and. in fact of. course it is all politicians in the u.s. are pulling out the stops to win over voters ahead of next week's midterm elections they're singling out one group for special attention by young most occurring but youth turnout will play a key role in the outcome of next week's election in the past millennial is have been difficult to motivate but as you get. reports that may be about to change. alexander violences nineteen years old the first year university student and she's from new jersey a rather blue democratic state her vote is a prime target for both of republicans and the democrats for young americans like alexandra who are gripped by politics the motivation to vote is low i really don't know if i'm going to vote yeah i want to vote it's just there's nothing pushing me there's no one there my parents tell me to vote but i really don't have anything around me it's a no you should know this is the registration this is everything polls show that

young people go for democrats over republicans by a wide margin and largely disapprove of president donald trump that's good news for democrats if they can convince those voters to show up and in the last midterm elections only sixteen percent of eligible voters from ages eighteen to twenty nine voted in new york needs and deserves a new vision republicans also know it's to their advantage to convince first time voters that their party is a young age but it won't stop me from working hard america is a. exception a place that is still a young country bridget the president of george washington university student democrats says her group has been running big get out the vote campaigns on campus since the first day of the semester their goal is to convince young undecided students to vote in this huge voting bloc i think we're the largest voting bloc just the most under-represented in terms of whether or not we show up to the polls so i think that if we end up showing that we'll have

a large impact recent polling suggested young voters may defy expectations and show up to vote in significant numbers this year if so that might tip the balance of power in congress russia china and norway have reportedly blocked efforts to create the world's largest marine reserve the proposal spearheaded by the e.u. to protect nearly two million square kilometers from fishing and mining in the white house sea off antarctica it's a remote area that's home to a vast array of marine life some of it believed to be still on discover an international commission meeting in hobart australia failed to secure the agreement of all twenty five member countries. supporters of a jailed shiite cleric in nigeria secure but the military says he's a security risk and has met their demonstrations in the capital abuja with live fire. almost every minute another corpse arrives

tearful relatives have gathered outside what is normally an islamic school but now functions as a mortuary they're still in shock. so why don't you know i'm heartbroken that my older brother isn't here anymore. and thus also came here to say goodbye he watched as soldiers shot his twenty year old son before his eyes the father insists he was an armed and peaceful. you know what you saw it in nigeria i'm absolutely shocked by the actions of the nigerian military not all soldiers behave like that it's but those who did this to me they're not soldiers. they're terrorists. have been. an ass and his son belong to the so-called islamic movement of nigeria

is shiite group whose followers have repeatedly been targeted by authorities. three years ago the army a text the house of their leader threw him in prison and killed more than three hundred of his followers since then the shiites demand the release of their leader shake him which was also ordered by of course but he remains in custody because the government still sees him as a national security threat and therefore between security forces and his supporters keep on escalating read you food it shows that the latest protest started out peacefully then individual people threw stones and soldiers responded by shooting into the crowds the army says they were forced to defend themselves against a growing threat. this will bring is supported by iran. would have a lot of money. to do its. job. is

supporting the group. security this group even if it was a. market experts fear this prediction could be correct but they also say the military could be to blame for a while and crackdowns by the army are what radicalized almost a decade ago since then the jihadist group has killed tens of thousands of people. under the force of a loud test you might push a group to go into. yes just look at the history of the book which you would you would you pointed out it actually started as a group just wanted. to practice islam. you know. with brutal tactics that put them on the ground and then they decided to take this where we are today. shiite leaders are still appealing for peaceful protest but in

the wake of the latest violence it's becoming clear that some followers like mohamed are ready to give their lives for the course. marriage. to be sincere i feel sad that i lost him. but he died as a martyr. this is also my goal and not of my children ok it's a sign of success a sign that god has accepted our work. with you and. that. was. for now and says he will keep protesting until their release is leader even if the government and security forces continue to choose violence over dialogue that he. spanish football club barcelona are opening the re football schools across china southwestern your non province as they look to uncover the asian version of their

great forwardly in a messy but selling team jerseys in china is also a key a part of a wider strategy barsa hopes to supplant the popularity of the english premier league in the region. i'm enjoying. for these young lads the dream of being the next messi has just become a tiny bit likelier three barcelona football academies promise to bring the beautiful game to chinese youngsters one in the city of cuming has already opened and will admit more than one hundred students spades between six and fourteen every year. the methodology that we do in barcelona we will be training the same way with the same guidelines and also with the same values. balsa loan out famed for their player development will surely also have other benefits in mind china is a massive market for football the english premier league with its star studded teams is currently the most popular league there but the catalan club have begun

cultivating the next generation of balsa fans and who knows if they heed the advice of their coaches these youngsters may follow in the footsteps of their idols. sprinting legend you same bolt's quest to become a pro football or is on hold after his trial at the australian team central coast marine earth officially ended the thirty two year old jamaican on the elite club failed to negotiate a contract both scored twice and in october friendly match but financial considerations meant to the club could not afford to sign the eight time olympic gold medalist. in tennis roger federer remains on course for his one hundredth career title after beating fabio fognini to reach the paris masters quarterfinals this was great to see her at the top of your screen dominated throughout any produce a memorable moments including this delightful dropshot which are about to see a thing that the thirty seven year old progressed in straight sets after italian

opponent double fall to federer's ten career victories behind men's record holder jimmy connors. ben is here with business now in asian markets rallied today in europe is also looking up yet most exchanges surging this friday is optimism tensions between china and the united states could be said to we will get to that later first let me take you to the asia pacific conference of german business in indonesia it's a key event in the region full business leaders and government representatives to discuss economic relations between germany and asia and of course the trade war is on everyone's minds. modern cosmopolitan an economically growing this is how the indonesian capital is portraying itself at the asia pacific conference almost one thousand top managers and politicians came to jakarta a representative of the indonesian government spoke in german to the crowd. many people know that i'm the only german speaking member of president we don't as cabinet. who is having this but the friendly words couldn't dispel the misgivings

german economy minister peter meyer spoke plainly the. protectionist tennis is a part of the. package. we have to be. back to. foreign investors are welcome in indonesia astra one of the largest industrial companies in the country even introduced a german dual study system still german companies have to make a little bit of effort if they want to do business here they probably have more private. hands but don't forget indonesia we go at five percentile is growing at six percent is probably a bit time now it's time probably for germany also a little shift some of the investments to indonesia. minister out myer called for more cooperation introducing germany's dual study system to jakarta was

the first step. you know we used one way to cast a cloud caught up with german economy minister peter she asked him whether he's wired about trade tensions and rising economic nationalism. why we have to be very cautious and concerned about some protectionist tendencies crowing in different countries worldwide but i found in this. conference wide consensus that we have to preserve a free and open market economy rolled wide that is rule based a respect for w t o rules because open and free market access means optimized our location of resources it means more drops better us and higher standard of living for millions of people worldwide germany is seen as part of the solution not as part of the problem and therefore there is an increasing interest

in cooperating with germany and have suggested business people here in this conference even called for in the alliance to promote an open economy how could this look like well we have heard today. social media and in many fora an international debate and this international debate has to be inspired by people advocating free and open trade because we believe it is so widely for our economic success and that's economic success of countries like indonesia jack pan and china is closely linked to the economic success of advanced countries in europe like germany france the u.k. and therefore. arguing in favor of free trade promoting negotiations on the on free trade equipment between japan and the e.u. between saying you're poor and you between the knees you and you astray leah and you that means we are spreading we are spreading this philosophy that is so

important as philosophy that is inspired by a market economy by social market economy this is a success model worldwide and we wanted to preserve it. could this be the trade war truce we've been waiting for china's foreign ministry says president xi jinping and u.s. leader donald trump think they should head straight relations that's for been our financial correspondent to get the european perspective on this story daniel cope how a trade is they're reacting to the news. you have an shares in the u.s. already made a jump after a tweet of the u.s. president in which he pointed out that there could be an deed as soon lucian for the ongoing trade war between the u.s. and china a trade war that has been dominating the headlines and also the interaction here at the stock market so you know what's behind this according to the news agency a blue merc trump has already advised his senior staff to work on

a trade agreement with china all of this was happening after a phone conversation between the two leaders traders have reacted very positive and will most likely see a trump effect happening at the markets today the blue chip index that's already open with more than one hundred sixty points higher this is also happening after already shares in asia. saying the nikkei all in the winning zone with a plastic between three and almost four percent it really happens that we see a positive effect on a tramp here at the market you sound all excited about this story is it all too good to be true. well that's a question because we know that u.s. president donald trump is in campaign mode at the moment the very crucial and important midterm elections are just days away and everybody knows that the republican party of the u.s. president will benefit with good numbers at the stock market so now everybody is wondering how sustainable this news is and that's hard to say investors around the

world hoping for a solution but we know that the u.s. president can change his mind every day there just needs to become a new treaty of trade surplus of china and. you might tweet something completely different with his fingers crossed that the preferred stock exchange. i paid engineers a google are emerging from their comfy tech bubbles to demonstrate against the mistreatment of women waves of workers all around the globe walked out yesterday chief executives pichai says his company is grappling with the issue. organizers of the walkout for real change have hit out at what they say is a culture of complicity dismissiveness and support for perpetrators of sexual harassment and misconduct at the company at the tech giant's headquarters in california hundreds of employees took part in the hour long walk out. there are so many stories that we've heard for so long and it's time for action can

change real change that's why we're calling. out that they're listening for real change. similar protests were organized at google offices around the world including the web giant e.u. headquarters in dublin last week the company disclosed that it had fired forty eight employees including thirteen senior executives for sexual harassment in recent years. in london bad weather kept most of the demonstrators inside but some braved the elements to take the protests to the public. so we walking out to support. any workplace so that's something the rest as you ensure that the right is on protected forward a. google employees in singapore tokyo and many other cities also walked out one of the key demands of the walkout is an end to for stop attrition which is used to stop complainants from suing or going public the demonstrations come after

a new york times report allege that google paid a ninety million dollar golden parachute to a senior employee who was dismissed for sexual misconduct. the american tech giant apple has fallen back below one trillion dollars in market value a warning on holiday sales taking a big bite out of its share price in the drop in the stock executive said they'll stop releasing i phone unit sales a key indicator of quarterly success they argue the figure is becoming less relevance as customers buy bundled products apple c.e.o. tim cook blames the poor sales forecast on weakness in emerging markets like brazil india russia and turkey. and washington news live from berlin see you next hour.

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