much and i will. get up here. 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. mourners are remembering pov allow them over issues murders send shock waves around europe being laid to rest in the city where he was born and governor and also coming up. a

mexican gas pipeline explodes killing more than twenty people at the blaze north of mexico city and gulf dozens of people who gathered to fill up fuel containers. and byron munich kick off the second half of the pundits make a season with a strong statement against hoffenheim byron are hoping to get back on top of the week by seasons and. thanks for joining us i'm marion evans team. leading figures in poland and the european community are in dance today paying their respects to the city's late mayor. who was fatally stabbed while on stage at a charity event last sunday the murder of the liberal politician is believed to

have been politically motivated european council president donald tusk a former polish prime minister is among thousands of mourners inside and outside st mary's church the funeral service is being broadcast on big screens in dansk and in cities across poland. joining us now from dunces d.w. correspondent monica said ask her so monica i can see that you're actually outside of st mary's church where the funeral service for the polish mayor is taking place as we speak can you describe the atmosphere for us. yes on many different streets and places in. like here when i am where i am standing now there are people who gathered to attend the holy mass and the speeches on the screens there are so thousands of them i told some people.

here and everybody say that says that. the people are still in shock after what happened six days ago here in the diocese they ask how it was possible that such a tragedy such a criminal act of revenge of political revenge could take place here in the middle of europe in the heart of europe and they find no answer they keep this mayor in their memory they talk about him. about a liberal progressive. his voice was very important in poland right now because. it has been ruled by the national conservative government for the last three years and follow up the mortgage voice was one of the most important voices liberal and progressive voices in the country. one of the adam which is a murder has not just gripped poland it's also sent shock waves throughout europe

what do you believe is the broader significance of what's happened. is there are many reactions from europe many people from different countries also here in today there are. in the church there are polish high ranking politicians attending the ceremony but also foreign guests like the former german president. like donald score actually comes from and was a close friend two of them are there to mayor. to significance for a whole europe. they want to show that this strategy has big significance significance for the whole of europe this. is a warning for the europe this is a call for

a tool to end the political divisions in many european countries have more understanding and tolerance to each other all right our correspondent monica reporting from danske many thanks indeed. adam overage is being remembered for his civic engagement in his hometown and also for his willingness to speak up about his convictions. to dance because a city overcome by grief. thousands of residents braved freezing temperatures to join me. coffin on its final journey. past the schools he attended and the childhood home in which his parents still live . winding through

the streets of a city he governed for over two decades. sadness here is equaled only by horror horror at the killing of a man celebrated by many for his liberal values and his criticism of the conservative ruling law and justice party. so to everyone homosexuals refugees everyone could come here. nash say first everyone mourns together and then they accuse each other. the mayor was stabbed on sunday while on stage at a children's charity event he died the following day. a twenty seven year old former convict with a grudge against an opposition party to which once belonged has been charged with the murder. no poland's toxic political climate is under the spotlight with many blaming politicians for fueling hatred.

a 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. this is pavel his final resting place st mary's church in his hometown of good downs. in mexico at least twenty one people died and dozens more were hurt when a ruptured fuel pipeline exploded the disaster happened in a state to the north of mexico city residents from the town of tal ali pond were siphoning fuel from a nearby oil refinery run by oil firm payments they did so by breaching a pipeline it later exploded sparking a huge fireball well the blaze has since been put out by and officials say the death toll could still rise as rescue services examine the site.

hundreds of people could not resist the temptation of free gasoline the fuel was spraying from a pipeline connected to a nearby refinery run by pay mix mexico's state run petroleum company it says thieves had illegally tapped the pipeline people soon crowded around the front to fill their pails and jerry cans. a couple of hours later an explosion and the fireball and gulf the scene. an official says nearly two dozen people died instantly and dozens more suffered burns as they fled for now it's not clear what triggered the explosion but gasoline and its fumes are highly flammable the single spark is all it takes. charge and watching the news and what up to my roof when it just exploded. he

then i got worried and i called my father. this tragedy comes just weeks after president lopez obrador launched a crackdown on theft from mexico's vast network of fuel pipelines on a late night visit to the scene he vowed to press ahead with that policy. it is yeah i mean unfortunately what this shows is that we have to end this practice which has led to this tragedy. that. the government says thieves drilled more than twelve thousand illegal taps in the first ten months of last year. those taps often lead to fires and loss of life though last night's tragedy is the deadliest in recent years. and though a look at some of the other stories making news around the world violent protests have erupted in the city's 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 i mean rest warrants against leaders of the leftist guerrilla group and 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 and it says peace talks won't resume unless the group stops its attacks. germany's conservative c.s.u. party has elected a new chairman marcos or to fill replace german interior minister horace save over at the head of the party chancellor angela merkel's christian democrats are closely allied with the c.s.u. who suffered heavy losses last year in state elections. all right to the united states now and the latest twist in the russian investigation special counsel robert miller's office has disputed a bombshell buzz feed's story implicating u.s.

president donald trump the story alleges that the president directed his then lawyer michael cohen to lying to congress about his business ties to russia the report cites two unnamed law enforcement officers. the story made headlines across the world following its publication on thursday but then came this denial from the special counsel it reads buzz feed's description of specific statements of the special counsel's office and characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this office regarding michael cohen's congressional testimony are not accurate. miller's office is investigating a legit russian interference in the us 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 while the buzz feed reports claimed trump ordered cohen to lie about plans

to build a trump tower in moscow last year michael cohen pleaded guilty to lying to congress about the russian real estate plans for his part president trump 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. well 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 has called on the special counsel to make clear exactly which fact it's disputing. all right some soccer news now and defending bonus league 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 let's see what happened this time. hoffenheim had beaten by on here in both of the 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 leone gorecki pounced on a powerade header to make it more new a smart finish from the germany international. just eleven minutes later scored 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 hoffenheim came out with guns blazing in the second half and early counterattack culminated in this brilliant strike barbican shoots his first league

goal of the season once remember. but the hat trick of home wins against by and wasn't a big blow but never does speak of 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 sites. are a strangely an open tennis now in germany as alexander is there if it's looking like a title contender he moved into the round of sixteen with an easy win today there in his building on his biggest ever tour victory at november's a.t.p. tour finals when he beat both roger federer and novak djokovic on the way to the trophy the women's top seed simona halep defeated venus williams to set up what could be the best match of the tournament against syria williams. and a quick reminder now of our top story. the funeral of a murdered of mayor pottle at a mall bitches under way at fifty three year old liberal politician was stabbed at

a charity event last week in front of hundreds of onlookers who died of his wounds on monday. you're up to date now on d w news american evan steen from all of us here in berlin thanks for watching. i'm not over out and they will not succeed in dividing us about not succeed in taking the people off the streets because we're tired of this dictatorship. taking the stand global news that matters. made for minds.