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it's a virus starts it really worth on g.w. . this is d w news live from berlin searching for answers in new zealand off the deadly attacks on two mosques this christ church mourns the forty nine take tens of friday's massacre of a suspected gunman has appeared in court and has been charged with murder we'll go live to christ church for the latest also coming out. of that future thousands of children around the globe skip school to demand more
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action on climate protection. and the german capital show itself in its newest fluffy celebrity a three month old baby polar bear next to the sweet smell of fresh air for the very first time to make a dead view on the public stage at butlins park city. i knew it was mccann and thank you so much for joining us. less than twenty four hours after the mass shootings that two mosques in new zealand the suspected gunman a twenty eight year old australian man has appeared in court and has been charged with murder the attack described by new zealand's prime minister as terrorism is the nation's worst ever peacetime mass killing meanwhile people in christ church where the massacres took place are in mourning. mourning the victims and searching
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for answers in christ church outside the city's newer mosque people paused to honor those who lost their lives in the worst mass murder in new zealand's modern history . these were the scenes friday as a suspected white supremacist opened fire on worshippers nor and adam mosque in the neighborhood of linwood killing and wounding dozens as police scramble to stop the shooter rescuers raced to save the wounded survivors spoke of a narrow escape. after three four minutes. hard when a fire. and it was from the main entrance the main entrance of the building. and then everybody at the front through the back doors just to save themselves and first we hide behind the car. and the car then. i see they're fighting still on we
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try to. jump the fence. this footage shows the moment police apprehended the suspect after forcing his car off the road they brought an end to the rampage. the suspected shooter is twenty eight year old australian brenton tarrant charged with murder he appeared for the first time in court on saturday and reza remanded to custody until april fifth investigators say he published a racist anti immigrant manifesto online before carrying out the massacre the prime minister vowed to tighten the country's gun laws after it was revealed terence had a license to carry the types of guns used in the attack for work is being done as soon as china vincit lead to the holding of the scan license and the position of these weapons i can tell you one thing right now our gun laws will china which.
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new zealand's terror alert level was raised from low to high in the wake of the attack with added security around the country's mosques dozens of the wounded remain hospitalized some of whom are still fighting for their lives. ok for more on this let's cross over to clay richardson who is in christ church fled the suspected gunman has already appeared in court he's been charged with murder what do we know about him and what is likely to happen to him now. that's right he appeared in court today a very quickly indeed but apparently that is typical in a new zealand proceeding like this he's going to be held until april fifth when he will be on trial again currently facing one count of murder although the judge has said that you can suspect to see many more tacked on to that later the key thing to know about this individual is in fact that he is believed to be the man who posted
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a rambling manifesto online in which he expressed his dislike of multiculturalism and immigration in new zealand two things that the calls that the country really values in addition to expressing his support for white nationalist leaders do you can imagine that is very troubling indeed to the people who are grieving here today . new zealand's prime minister. has promised very clearly that new zealand. will change is this controversial and what in any way will this be supported by new zealanders. well there are many saying she will need to act quickly to impose any reforms while emotions are still running high at this moment she did say earlier today that there would be some gun control imposed we later heard the attorney general take it a step further saying that he would ban a semiautomatic weapons later walked that back a little bit to say he didn't want to get too far ahead of the prime minister's wishes. around here today in christchurch there's
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a very clear appetite for something to have been done there are a lot of questions being asked about how a man like the key suspect could legally have possessed five firearms including two semiautomatic weapons given the country's current law it's ok so a lot of questions being asked describe the atmosphere for us way you are how are people in christ church in new zealand coping. well you can imagine that this is a very dark day after many people were in lockdown throughout the day yesterday either in hospitals or in classrooms this was the first time that people were able to come out and grieve together and earlier today it was a beautiful sunny day out a typical day when you might imagine people would be having weekend picnics instead of vans were canceled and makeshift memorials like the one i'm standing in front of right now have sprung up around the city where people have been laying down flowers and teddy bears and messages of solidarity to their muslim communities saying that
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this should not have happened to you in a country like new zealand where there is freedom of religion and we are so sorry and are going to work together to try and prevent something like this from happening again all right ritchson and cross thank you so much for your reporting. now the attack in new zealand caught many by surprise the country's multicultural society has remained largely untouched by extremist acts of terror while in neighboring australia right when populism has been on the rise. you. zealand has long been known for its atmosphere of easygoing peaceful coexistence. muslims make up one percent of the population it's a minority that's never been a target of hatred before the perpetrator who struck during friday prayers is a white supremacist from australia. apart from the indigenous maori population new
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zealand is a country made up of immigrants from countries around the world ranging from europe to lebanon but tension among different social and religious groups is on the rise and decade ago stories of racist violence against indian students were rife in the australian media today most in a phobia seems to target muslims. especially refugees arriving by boat some fleeing war in syria and afghanistan. the hostage taking incidents in sydney four years ago sparked the formation of extremist islam phobic political groups such as you noted patriots reclaim australia and australia first party prime minister they're regarded by others as nationalist right wing populists with violent neo nazis in their ranks members include individuals who make provocative anti minority statements in parliament. or . as a stray to the struggles with extremism new zealand is determined to avoid
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a similar situation its prime minister has reiterated the country's defense of diversity and tolerance. all right let's have a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. president donald trump has vetoed a measure from congress revoking his declaration of a national emergency at the us mexico border it is the first veto of his presidency the congress will now need a two thirds majority in both chambers to override him and that is unlikely to happen there's a voice is the place where hundreds of thousands of people have joined marches and cities across algeria witnesses say they are the biggest protest yet against long term president abdelaziz bouteflika despite caving in to pressure on monday and reversing his decision to stand for a fifth term the president has stopped short of stepping down. in that a swathe of released german journalist billy six after he was held in prison for
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four months he was detained in november and charged with espionage and rebellion the advocacy group reporters without borders said the charges are unfounded. thousands of children around the globe skipped school on friday to call on world leaders to combat climate change the student strikes a part of the fridays for future movement started by sixteen year old swedish climate activist gratitude yesterday was the biggest strike day at the young activists following her lead in an estimated one hundred countries. out of their classrooms onto the streets these students in germany's capital spent friday afternoon calling on the government to take action on the environment. we must to clean up under and i'm a change scares me we have to do something about it before it's too late so missing
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the last two periods of school does not hurt that much. in brussels it's the same message. climate change cons big no it. it's a really slow process and that is what a lot of people think they can ignore it because well it's i don't only had a couple of decades or maybe centuries but we have to act right now if you want to prevent a disaster it's that urgency that has echoed around the world in india's highly polluted capital tilly these children are already suffering you. can have a right to breed and they are bent on getting because of the pollution increasing day by day week asia is particularly vulnerable to climate change. that goes for africa too as these kids in you can just come part know only too well. they're cutting down ditches and it's affecting us and our government to know that this climate action is real and it's needed now. in the u.s.
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students took their message straight to the seat of power addressing lawmakers in washington d.c. . leave their plan is dying and they're being paid off by fossil fuel companies and we know that we see them so we can follow the money and we're here to take them down and to stop them and we're voting act. back in europe where it's all began is the girl who's active resistance a global movement sweden's aggressive tune back. eighty's so after all there is a crisis before we have to live with it's a crisis that our children and their children will have to live with but we want to accept it we will not lead to tappan and that is why we are demonstrating because we want a future and we will continue fighting to stay put if we don't come to the recall of culture though. it was the biggest day yet for
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the student strikers and the movement shows no signs of slowing down. now there's one thing but lim loves it is polar bears ever since polo back snoot who lived in berlin's maine zoo died in twenty eleven fans have been pining for a replacement and on friday the city's tear park zoo showed off a cub born to its mother tanya back in december the zoo says the cub who doesn't yet have a name is growing well and will be on show regularly to meet her new fans beginning next week. a proud mother and her new baby enjoying the first signs of spring in philly. these were the first steps outside after more than three months she was born in december last year but only allowed out today. it was also a proud moment for the german capital. she's the third band to be born in berlin since the liberty barracks newt he and two others die junk from illness
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disease and because this is a quiz it's dynasty is growing very very well she's three and a half months old when we first examined her she already weighed eight and a half kilos on tuesday we examined her again but we were unable to weigh her because she wouldn't stay still. and clinton. this susi the cops of arrival as a reminder of the challenges our environment is facing if we see this little polar bear is an ambassador for the natural habitat we call the arctic it's under increasing threat from climate change waste discarded in operations and the movements of people into animals living space to park belin say they will unveil the cop's name in a few weeks time she will now be allowed out every day and no doubt become the souse new star attraction. very gorgeous
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