when metropolis of crime. starts january twenty ninth on g.w. . this is d w news live from berlin poland bids farewell to the popular liberal mayor of danske who died monday after being stabbed at a charity event the killing of pawel adama veges sent shock waves around europe today he'll be laid to rest we'll go live to dance as mourners prepared to pay their final respects also coming up u.s.

special counsel robert muller disputes an explosive buzz feed story implicating the u.s. president a busted report says president donald trump ordered his former lawyer michael cohen to lying to congress about his time to russia now miller says the story is inaccurate. and by a munich kicked off the second half of the bundesliga season with a strong statement against hoffenheim byron are hoping to get back on top of the week by season's and. thanks for joining us i'm marion evans to. we begin in poland where mourners are gathering for the funeral of murdered death mayor. the fifty five year old liberal politician was standard a charity event last week in front of hundreds of onlookers the killing has stunned

poland with many blaming politicians for inflaming a toxic political climate. could dance is a city overcome by grief. thousands of residents braced freezing temperatures to join mayor pavol adam ovitz coffin on its final journey. past the schools he attended and the childhood home grown parents still live. winding through the streets of the city he went on to govern for over two decades. sadness here equaled only by horror. horror of the killing of a man celebrated by many for his liberal values and criticism of the conservative ruling law and justice party. everyone homosexuals refugees

everyone could come here. not say searched everyone mourns together and then the accuse each other or. the mayor was stabbed on sunday while the stage of the children's charity event and he died the following day. the twenty seven year old former convict with a grudge against an opposition party that adam overage once belonged to was charged with this murder. now poland's toxic political climate is under the spotlight with many blaming politicians for violin up hate speech but. the murder is also political in a certain sense when the perpetrator has been listening to aggressive political talk over a long period and when he feels like he is representing a political group you can go. pavol adam ovitz will be buried here at the sun maris basilica later today it's

a place where many notable residents are entered the service will be broadcast life across a mark of respect for a man whose progressive voice deeply missed by many. and joining us now from down correspondent monica. monica so there was quite a turnout yesterday evening with thousands of people accompanying adam overtures coffin was expected at today's funeral. but also today it's also a thousand or even hundreds of thousands are expected people are coming to the dice from all over the country but also from other countries among them our polish prime minister and the polish president who are expected here during the funeral ceremony . there are also foreign guests like the former president of durham and the mayors

of german cities and many many other people from. poland and other countries who want to take the final far aware of the mayor. monica dam of which is killing is being blamed by many on the hateful political climate that's been fostered by poland's current ruling party but is the government likely to change its tone in the wake of this violent murder. well there is a big fear in poland right now the hateful climate even will even increase after this through either gee that was a political crime the mark there or wanted to take a political revenge on the liberal politicians and. you know you're in the morning time different political group blaming each other for this. speech of hate which is increasing in the media in the and in the politics in poland so

that's the reason why the deep divisions in poland which already exist the political and social divisions even increased after this tragedy. while we also must mention that this tragedy in poland has sent shock waves far beyond the country's own border shocked many people throughout europe what do you think is the broader significance of what's happened and done. what this political crime is kind to warn you could be a warning for the whole of the whole of europe because the political divisions are existing not only in poland but also in other european countries so maybe this is a warning. and a call for less hates with and more understanding and tolerance in europe.

correspondent monica cover porting from guns many thanks indeed to the united states now and the latest twist in the russia investigation special counsel robert miller's office has disputed a bombshell busfield story implicating u.s. president donald trump the story alleges the president directed his then lawyer michael cohen to live to congress about his business ties to russia the reports science to unnamed law enforcement officers well the story made headlines across the world following its publication of thursday but then came this denial from the special counsel it reads buzz feed's description of specific statements to the special counsel's office and characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this office regarding michael cohen's good testimony are not accurate

mahler's office is investigating alleged russian interference in the u.s. election and whether any trump campaign figures were complicit the statement is a rare intervention from miller's office which is known for being extremely tight lipped. well the buzz feed report also the bus three to four claimed that trump ordered cohen to lie about plans to build a trump tower in moscow and last year michael cohen pleaded guilty to lying to congress about the russian real estate plans president trump for his part has repeatedly denied any collusion with russia here's his press secretary sarah huckabee sanders speaking earlier that's absolutely ridiculous i think that the president's outside counsel addressed this best and said in a statement earlier today those categorically false that one statement those two words sum it up better than anything anybody else can say and that is categorically false. buzz feed is sticking by its story the editor in chief ben smith

tweeted that he stands by their reporting and the sources who informed it he's called on the special counsel to make clear exactly which facts it's disputing. and staying in the u.s. president trump is set to meet the north korean leader kim jong un for a second summit the white house has confirmed at the meeting is scheduled to take place later next month trump and kim jong un held their first historic summit in june of last year it focused on denuclearization of the korean peninsula but there's been little sign of progress on that process since news of the second summit follows a visit from north korean envoy kim jong il to the oval office the white house said the meeting was productive but that the u.s. is keeping up economic sanctions on pyongyang. all right now to some of the other stories making news around the world at least twenty one people

have been killed in a pipeline explosion in central mexico authorities say another seventy one were injured the pipeline had been leaking fuel before the blast t.v. footage shows it engulfed in flames it's believed it was ruptured by suspected fuel thieves. violent protests have erupted in the sudanese capital khartoum police clashed with hundreds of mourners following the funeral of a man who was shot during a protest on thursday witnesses say officers fired live ammunition and used tear gas against demonstrators who threw rocks deadly anti-government protests are now in their fifth week. colombia has reactivated arrest warrants against leaders of the leftist guerrilla group and were living in cuba this comes two days after a deadly car bombing in bogota which left at least twenty one people dead the government blamed the rebels for the blast it said peace talks will not resume

unless the group stops its attacks. german lawmakers have approved legislation that classifies tunisia morocco algeria and georgia as so-called safe countries making it much harder for asylum seekers from those countries to remain in germany interior minister for has long advocated the move. defending been asleep at champions byron munich travel to hoffenheim on friday to kick off the second half of the season byron trail league leaders dortmund and had lost on their last two trips to hoffenheim. hoffenheim had beaten by on here in both of their most recent attempts and the hosts were hoping to make it three home victories in a row against the champions but by and had a point to prove in the thirty fourth minute the only gorecki pounced on a paris head to make it more new

a smart finish from the germany international. just eleven minutes later to risk a score again this time he latched on to the end of a tough it out of a cross. it's the midfielders first ever does need to brace. posts often came out with guns blazing in the second half and early counterattack culminating in this brilliant strike by nathan shoots his first league goal of the season once remember. but the hat trick of home wins against by and wasn't to be never dull steeple champions beyond sites in the eighty seven minute. job done for by and they've returned from the winter break looking shop and they've got dortmund in their sights. on byron moved within three points of league leaders dortmund but that club is up against life sick today after an impressive first half

of the season two up and reckons it can finally end by munich's run of six consecutive bundesliga titles. there's plenty of anticipation in dortmund for the second half of the season. sitting atop the league where their biggest rival may be complacency and until he does is it's a good situation to be in but we know there are seventeen more games in that it's still a long season ahead there are big challenges and difficult games to play especially in the next few weeks. pressure to perform dortmund dominated the opening half of the season with fast paced entertaining play. they'll have to hit the ground running though against their first opponents of the second half of the season fourth placed leipsic. this is dangerous in possession but also on the counter-attack they can also play a. transition really really quickly because

there's not much else to say about life they're very good team. dampening the mood somewhat is the recent illness to captain marco royce and passer is only just coming back from injury together they scored twenty three goals in the first half of the season more than half of dortmund's total to the team looked a bit shaky in recent friendly matches. the christmas season then new year's eve then you spend time at a sunny beach. and you look at the table and everyone is passing you on the back. perfectly normal for the tension to lessen but not affect us. must maintain. the same approach we had of the season. ending. statistics point toward a successful second half of the season for dortmund a club that has led the league three times at the halfway mark and each time won

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