this is either be a news lie from berlin the dangers of being a journalist and millions are increasing numbers of reporters in the country are being locked up simply for doing their job why is the fact a leader aung san suu kyi she's so determined to silence her critics we have a special report also coming up the islamists in a town in nigeria bury their dead after the military opens fire on a demonstration in the capital the army says the group is a threat to national security but critics fear the crackdown is producing a new generation of radicals. in sports

a family making waves and one of sailings toughest races a couple will compete against each other when they set off across the atlantic this weekend the most difficult part might be leaving their little song at home. i'm sumi so misconducts good to have you with us to journalists in myanmar jailed in connection with their reporting of the ranger crisis are expected to file appeals this week the reuters report as well known and were sentenced to seven years in prison while investigating the massacre of all hinge of muslims during a military crackdown last year many countries condemned the trial but as d.w. southeast asia correspondent boston heartache reports it's part of a wider push by the government in myanmar to stifle freedom of the press. workers' strike outskirts of yangon. things get heated when

protesters confront the police that are. going to 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 like kids and why has to weigh up carefully whenever i have to publish a news and story i need to kick. three times. that this story and heart my security of the district can love me in the deal was in many kids that i thought he went to. to hide the real situation the true information so. so they also had already our tried 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 maher 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 end on regional government and its head if you maintain a close confidant of state councilor and nobel peace prize laureate aung san suu chiefs the 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 suchi 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 into government that alongside that same military cattails press freedom and intimidates critical voices. they are lying runs me in march 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 using our phone we very nervous who are sent if a mission to my phone everyone can sense so if a mission or photo to me if some official. fall some secret to finish in the fall it will be valid into the say secrecy so very we are 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 that 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 the 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 but 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 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 there

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 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 that laws like this official secrets act for example but there are others telecommunications laws for example defamation laws as well and there's 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 the i mean bus you know 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 tame saying who was a former general and 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 pressed 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 now some other stories making news around the world german chancellor angela merkel is in warsaw for a joint session of the foliage and german cabinets relations are tense between the two neighbors for lim thinks the polish government's judicial reforms could undermine the rule of law while worse off fears of german russian pipeline project

could threaten polish energy security. a freelance japanese journalist who returned from more than three years of captivity in syria has apologized for causing trouble to his government. said he traveled to syria to see for himself what was really happening but was kidnapped by militants after crossing the border. brazil is set to follow washington's example by moving its embassy in israel from tel aviv to jerusalem brazil's far right president elect both the narrow announced plans and a tweet and later discuss them with reporters a controversial step was when abbas announced campaign interest. us president on a trump says central american migrants who throw rocks at u.s. border troops would be treated as if they were armed the president told journalists a group of several thousand migrants moving north toward the border had already thrown rocks at mexican police and that soldiers should act as though the rocks are

rifles the migrants are fleeing poverty and violence in their homeland trump has deployed thousands of troops to the u.s. mexican border. let's get more on the story now we can speak to my let's cover from the ngo medico international he's in mexico with this convoy moore thank you for joining us now this caravan has been on the move on foot for weeks now and you have been on the road with them tell us what the conditions have been like was you're really talking to since we have a really great. almost no shadow and besides that. sometimes they've really heavy rains. put everything on the water. or. by. trying to recover. it's really does a good conditions especially for the disabled people who are going to start is with small children who probably with this current. imagine those conditions would be

especially difficult morris' that we heard u.s. president donald trump saying troops would fight back if immigrants in this convoy throw rocks or any items for that matter at soldiers how have people been reacting to that. people take notice of people who don't really care or. almost. trust you will make it possible for them to arrive besides the bar. and the daily. basis. for that it's not only geographically far away. how determined are they to reach the u.s. do they think they're ever really be able to cross the border. they are absolutely . decided absolutely determined to reach the boil it is. because you have no transport except for some hitchhiking and it's really far away

but they are going to get to a place provides a life and dignity and safety for them and yet the u.s. president has more it's the u.s. president has made very clear he doesn't want them to enter are they willing to consider alternatives the mexican president has said for example the migrants could under certain circumstances stay in mexico could that be an option for them. it could be but they don't want to stay the course of. which is whatever you offer they want to get a better life in the really better life and not change only the place of miserable living conditions. all right marts critical from the ngo medico international thank you so much for joining us on our program. now police in china have released chilling c.c.t.v. footage showing the moments before a deadly bus crash in the city of chong ching officials say

a female passenger started fighting with the driver after she missed her stop she had asked him to stop on the road but he refused the bus then plunged off a bridge thirteen bodies have been retrieved from the water two others are still missing no one is believed to have survived. 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 what l.c. off antarctica it's a remote area that's home to a vast array of marine life some of it believed to be still undiscovered and international commission meeting in hobart australia failed to secure the agreement of all twenty five member countries. you're watching news still to come a family is put to the test as partners become competitors in a grueling transatlantic sailing race.

but first to nigeria where supporters of a jailed shiite cleric say security forces have shot dead more than forty five of their protesters since monday the islamic movement of nigeria has been calling for the release of its leader. but the military says he is 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 unarmed and peaceful.

and you know what you saw in the video. salute me 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 a 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 sack sakhi 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 fleshes between security forces and his

supporters keep on escalating redo food it shows that the latest protests 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 this supported by iran. would have a lot of money. to do it's. the. tree is supporting the group. this group if it is. them are experts fear this prediction could be correct but they also say the military could be to blame while unkrich down by the army i what radicalized almost a decade ago since then the jihadist group has killed tens of thousands of people. under the force of

a don't allow. you might push your group to go into. yes it 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. 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. with marriage i don't want it to be sincere i feel sad that i lost him. but he died as a martyr. this is also my goal and that of my children it's a sign of success a sign that god has accepted our work. because you can see that.

that was right for now and says he will keep protesting until they release his leader even if the government and security forces continue to choose violence over a dialogue that heavy. one of the world's top solo sailing races starts this weekend and this year's has some extra spice because sam davies will be competing against her partner or may not and as you know the thirty five hundred miles is one of the top female sailors in the world but the britain is about to face her toughest challenge not only must she take on the atlantic ocean alone she must do it against her partner of. the jew or among over one hundred so those sailors taking part in the four yearly

divorce and the couple see living together as being a help rather than. when you're preparing a race in a single handed race especially. not so many people. here really understand what's going on to talk to so i guess we're in a lot position in that way where we can't exchange quite a lot of our ideas and use each other to. to get better together. the worst part is leaving their son in the care of grandparents while their boats battle the waves on route from brittany to guadalupe. when i go to sea i do so because it's my job to and we feel no guilt. but we have a seven year old boy and every time we prepare our departure the most important person is him. so you need a more present. the pair are getting used to their new quarters for the next week

or so but there is always a reminder of home. north and south korea are using sports to build diplomatic bridges they're now one step closer to applying for a joint bid to host the twenty thirty two summer olympics leaders from both countries met in north korea to discuss the bit and agree to inform the international olympic committee of their intent to apply they also announce that a joint korean team will also compete in next year's men's world handball championship in germany and in denmark. all right ben is here with business now asian markets rallying today europe's also looking good ben most exchanges have been surging today it's quite surprising that there is optimism surrounding trade relations between china and the united states the leaders of the two nations spoke by phone reporting progress in their little spat over how to do global business frank of course what it does to cope is tracking the latest developments for us daniel is the rally continuing. here it is take

a look at the board behind me the blue chip index dax is performing very strong today shares jumped and gained more than one hundred and seventy points this is happening after a strong performance this morning in asia and also last night on wall street especially in asia this news has been very much appreciated by shareholders the hang seng index finished the trading day in the winning zone with more than four percent in the green and the nikkei index in japan with a bit more than two and a half percent and it seems says this rally is also set to continue on wall street dow futures indicate that we might see a very successful trading day there as well we don't really see it very often happening that u.s. president donald trump is helping the market but because of this ongoing trade war now there is hope and that's why we're seeing this reaction here today at the stock market you know it's interesting though that this telephone call between the two leaders was followed by trump toggling more chinese firms. exactly i mean we have

to remember we're talking here about the u.s. president he is known that he can change his mind from one second to the other next week china is publishing their latest export numbers and other trade surplus is expected here by traders let's see if he is still in the mood to get an agreement after this announcement but for the moment we have to remember that he is in campaign mode the very crucial midterm elections in the u.s. 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 of course is wondering how sustainable this action is but one thing is clear investors around the world are hoping for a solution ok now i don't know if you're in weekend mode but i sure am have a nice one else you again next week. take care now to how southeast asia is trying to take advantage of the trade war two were tracked or basement from european

nations like germany while the world's top two economies courts. 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 his cabinet. who is of this but the friendly words couldn't dispel the misgivings german economy minister peter out myer spoke plainly he can't take tennis is the. fact that. we have to be. back to the 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 insists in a country. 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 investment in an asia. minister out myer called for more cooperation introducing germany's dual study system to jakarta was the first step. on a way to cast the cards caught up with german economy minister. she asked him whether he's worried 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 interface spec 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 jap 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 agreement between japan and the e.u. between saying you're poor and you between indonesia and australia and you that means. 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 want to preserve it. and just briefly europe's banks so waiting for the results of the latest stress tests the report cards focus on the resistant strength of the banking sector in the eventuality of

a heavy crash the european central bank has put a total of forty eight european lenders under the microscope together they account for more than seventy percent of banking assets across the euro zone observers will be keeping a very close eye on how they get talian banks before. and before we go to forget you can always get the news on the go just download our app from google play with the app store and we'll give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can also send us your photos and videos via the t w app. it was indeed w. news live from berlin when news next out.

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com africa. welcome to quadriga following a dismal show into the recent state elections here in germany the conservative party woke up to dramatic news this past monday chancellor angela merkel is preparing to leave politics after eighteen years she's stepping down as leader of the c.d.u. .