this is d.w. news live from berlin and donald trump goes off script as he gives bicheno speech to a major gathering of u.s. conservatives it's been a difficult week for the u.s. president and he'll be hoping to rebound rebound politically by energizing his conservative base also coming up. living and dying on the line of control kashmir's civilians pay the highest price in the latest find in tensions between india and pakistan. and by munich is full of mention in the bundesliga after winning five

one against much of black clad salvage teams back at the top of the table together with procedure dortmund. i'm rebecca riches welcome to the program it was president donald trump has lashed out of political opponents in a speech to the conservative lobbying group a say pac trumps facing pressure on both domestic and foreign policy after this week's failed summit with north korea and the explosive allegations made to congress by his former lawyer but at saturday's conference conservatives loyal to trump rallied around him. the warm welcome was just what the politically under the gun president needed trunked was received like a rock star at the conference he took the opportunity to. question the credibility

of special counsel robert mueller and his investigation into whether the president's election team had secret dealings with russian officials trump described the investigation as a witch hunt unfortunately you put the wrong people in a couple of positions and they leave people for a long time that shouldn't be there and all of a sudden they're trying to take you out with both ok it seems the more person in trump gets bogged down in the so-called russia affair the more his supporters get behind him nineteen year old jacob martin from new jersey believes trump when he says the whole thing is a conspiracy by the democrats i think it really is manufactured i think there was legitimate concerns to begin with but i think it's gone far beyond that into looking for anything to take down trump. alley j. nikolai is a university student she's only slightly put off by claims from trump's former lawyer michael cohen that the president had paid hush money to a porn star obviously i'm not supportive of any of that extramarital affairs i

think it's a terrible thing but i look at him as a president of course character is very important but i do see that that was in his past and he has moved forward from that. griffin from new mexico is the founder of the support group cowboy's for trump he thinks the president is being treated unfairly as far as all the the garbage that the media is trying to dig through and president trump's alive. i as well as most americans are more concerned with the future of our country than the past. it seems that no matter what trump says or does his base group of supporters are staying faithful in fact more than eighty percent of republican voters say they're satisfied with the president's performance that seems to back up a statement trumps made some time ago that he could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot somebody and would not lose any voters are. our washington correspondent all of his talent was closely following the event and sent this

analysis of the fiery speech. well that was his first appearance after his failed summit with north koreans kim jong un and also after his formal lawyer and fixer michael cohen testified at congress so all eyes were on the u.s. president to you today to see how he tackles his situation how he deals with the pressure is he's currently under that is mounting on him right now and interesting lee he did not go about talking about michael cohen or north korea at first and then went straight off of his script really just as he did in the two thousand and sixteen election campaign and started at tacking his political opponents he ridiculed the democrats made fun of the congressional committees that are currently investigating against him and that was exactly celebrated in fact by cheering crowds that was all fired up and cheered for their president

really and those were the pictures donald trump needed at this point. to go back into the political the offensive really after suffering a major setbacks here in recent days and weeks. now to some of the obvious stories making news around the world in a stranger fire crews are battling numerous bushfires raging out of control in the country's southeast hundreds of people have been evacuated in victoria as some thirty fires burned across the state the blazes come amid the hottest start to march on record. and as well an opposition leader and self appointed interim president one kwan why dos says he'll be returning to venezuela despite the risk of a wrist met with ecuador's president lenin or a no on saturday as part of his bid to gain support for latin american countries has called on venezuela whether it's whalen's to stage more demonstrations against

president nicolas maduro in the coming days. the u.s. and south korea have decided to end their annual large scale military drills the two nations announced they were canceling the massive military exercises in an effort to support diplomacy aimed at resolving the north korean nuclear crisis north korea's always regarded the drills as preparation for a military invasion. tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of milan to denounce racism the protesters say italy's right wing government is promoting racist policies including refusing to allow humanitarian ships that save migrants in the mediterranean to dock at italian poles. it's almost five years since the disappearance of malaysian airlines flight m h three seventy and relatives of those on board on gathering in kuala lumpur to commemorate the anniversary massive search if it's failed to locate the aircraft it disappeared

with two hundred thirty nine people on board on its way from kuala lumpur to beijing on march the eighth although several wing fragments were discovered the main wreckage of the boeing seven seven seven has never been found the cause of the crash remains unknown. our correspondent is bowling a is at the commemoration and sent us this update. relatives have come from all over the world to remember the disappearance of their relatives they call this a remembrance event not a commemoration because they are not ready to accept that the case is closed the authorities have stopped this search without any results the plane has not been found nobody knows exactly what happened to them aged three seven zero and many relatives say that this is the biggest burden on them the uncertainty of not knowing what happened to their relatives. civilians in the disputed territory of

kashmir in fear of their lives after the latest exchange of fire between india and pakistan at least five civilians and two soldiers were killed in the light as violence which followed pakistan's release of an indian pilot captured earlier this week meanwhile people in the area have been burying the victims. thank you. another victim in the decades long conflict a funeral procession winding up the hills of pakistan controlled kashmir. the man was killed in a gunfight between indian and pakistani troops near the disputed front here that divides kashmir between the rivals of. only i spoke to my son yesterday now i can no longer speak to him i wasn't aware of his death until other family members saw pictures on the internet oh god what would i do without him to do that you know you've got to tell you the poor man had to go near the border to work

indian troops are deliberately targeting the civilian population by appealing to the international community to urge india to stop what little you know it is a bungling. but on the indian side the latest escalation of hostilities has brought casualties two shells fired by pakistani soldiers left several dead and wounded. in the fighting was going on in the night and the shell hit my house it was completely destroyed my son was injured and so will my wife and daughter. to try and protect those living along the volatile border the indian government is building shells and have fun because but the shelters might not be enough to put people's minds at ease as tensions flare up between the nuclear arms states. turning to some sports news now and on the back of stray straight home to fates magine gladbach played host to reigning

champions by in munich in saturday night's game club but couldn't reverse their fortunes as byron rocked a victory to go joint top in the bundesliga table. fire in the right didn't cut back in a determined mood and they turned on the burners from the off probably levon tusky with a glorious chance after just thirty seconds. from the subsequent call and i have the martinez put by the head with barely a minute on the clock. the spaniards had his second goal in as many games. his tussle with nicole verdi in the build up went to the video referee box they saw nothing amiss. but back just words at the races with blind completely in control and after eleven minutes thomas moore up made it to nail the defending champions handing data hacking side a brutal lesson the hosts did find

a break for crave talk and has a funny captain lost in don't. do something the full home to one heading into the break. the second half started much like the first with by the words fans ruthless. eleven dusky put their guests three one up the deadly pole with some textbook footwork and finishing. crumbled from there in the seventy fifth minute surge not brave made it fall one. young son left stranded by his passive teammates. and in injury time joshua kim a one his teammate penalty robert levin tossed the stepped up and completed the routes his fifteenth goal of the season by end trumping gladbach five one and turning up the hate on late late as dortmund. with

floundering near the foot of the table coached dominica to desk i was praying for a win in order to silence calls for him to be sacked but doesn't golf palled on the misery to record a first win against their opponents fool than twenty is. throughout testing times this season shall because home support has remained faithful. but coach to manage to disco knows patients is beginning to within and it seemed his side got off to the worst possible start when don't you come back here gave to the lead midway through the first half only for the referee to rule it out with the help of a are for this challenge in the build up but v.a.r. went against shell because shortly before half time at cns the suits handled the ball in the books getting back you know an opportunity from twelve yards and the man on loan from what foote put his side ahead for a realist time. after the break fortuna picked up where they left off plenty to run and said that it comes not ski who slotted home when the sixty second minutes. just

six minutes later they were at it again looking back you know found ram and on the run the witness banked the ball whom to put the visitors three up. the belgian six goal in twenty people in his league appearances this season they weren't down there either to catch you saw me found space the course on the eighty fourth minute before called netsky back to second from close range for until the final score the . as the rain fell off the final whistle to disco pleaded with a c. the section of the hunch support it appears however that patience has run out to the cells in the arena. news days and no i don't believe he should be sacked i liked him and he has done a good job. in this as it's not the coaches for all we're the ones out on the pitch we need to give everything and we didn't. to qualities or not to do is not my place to say whether i have the quality to turn this around by have the will and the

desire. whether or not he's given time to do so remains to be seen. and here are all the results from the one his league is matchday twenty four so far as we saw bon thump glad. frankfurt struck late to the fate fellow european hopefuls hoffenheim bottom place nuremberg lost one nil at home to. they victors and beat fribourg and head to berlin defeated minds on friday night late as dortmund suffered a shock to fate in aus borg and today host had over while braman travel to vaults bug and in the tennis roger of roger federer has become just the second man ever to reach one hundred career titles after winning the championship final the thirty seven year old defeated stefano it's six four six four and it was sweet revenge for federer after the greek wonder kid knocked him out of the australian open earlier this year federer becomes just the second man to achieve the one hundred title

milestone after us that and jimmy caan ice. you're watching news live from berlin remember you can stay up to date around the clock on our website stats dot com i'm rebecca riches thank you for joining. us. to show an organized party it's a real party because there's no rubbishing about everyone writes that only him on the roof and the republic. and you know what the great thing is here is a new image.