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this is d w news live from berlin searching for answers in new zealand up to deadly attacks on two mosques this christ church mourns the forty nine victims of friday's massacre of the suspected gunman has appeared in court and has been charged with murder we'll get the latest from christ church also coming up. for that thousands of children around the globe skipped school to demand more action on climate protection.
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a minute hoops mckenna thank you so much for joining us. less than twenty four hours off the bat shootings at two mosques in new zealand the suspected gunman a twenty eight year old australian has now appeared in court and has been charged with murder the attack described by do zealand's prime minister as terrorism is the nation's worst ever peace time mass killing meanwhile people in christ church where the massacres took place are in mourning. mourning the victims and searching for answers in christ church outside the city's al-noor 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
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a suspected white supremacist opened fire on more shippers nor and out of 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. prior to fire. and it was from the main entrance the main entrance of the building . and then everybody destroying two of the back doors just to save themselves and first we hide behind the car then under the car then they. see their fighting still on we 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
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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 terrance 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 this gun license and the position of these weapons i can tell you one thing right now our gun laws will chime. 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.
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ok for more on this that's possible to claridge's son 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 seize 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 a rambling manifesto online in which he expressed his dislike of. immigration. to things that the country really values in addition to expressing his support for a white nationalist so you can imagine that is very. much the people who are
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grieving here today. new zealand's prime minister. has promised very clearly that. 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 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 laws. so
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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 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.
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the attack in new zealand cool many by surprise the country's multicultural society has remained largely untouched by extremist acts of terror in neighboring australia however right when nationalism has been on the rise. new zealand has long been known for its promise. 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 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 a decade ago stories of racist violence against indian students were rife in the australian media today most said a phobia seems to target muslims. especially refugees arriving by boat some
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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 united 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 stranger struggles with extremism new zealand is determined to avoid 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 of from progress revoking his declaration of a national emergency at the us mexico border it's the first veto of his presidency
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congress will now need a two thirds majority in both chambers to override him that's unlikely to happen. in venezuela have released german journalist billy six after he was held in prison for four months he was detained in november charged with espionage and rebellion the advocacy group reporters without borders said the charges are unfounded the. 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 the future of movement started by sixteen year old swedish climate activist gratitude and bug yesterday was the biggest strike day it with young activists following her lead in an estimated one hundred countries. out of their classrooms on to the streets these students in germany's capital spent
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friday afternoon calling on the government to take action on the environment. to match the clean up under climate change scares me we have to do something about it before it's too late so missing the last two periods of school doesn't matter that much. in brussels it's the same message climate change cons big note the claim it's new 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 have a silly couple of decades or maybe centuries but we have to act right now if you want to prevent the disaster it's that urgency that has echoed around the world in india's highly polluted capital dili these children are already suffering. to have a right to breed and they are going on getting because of the pollution increasing day by day asia is particularly vulnerable to climate change. that goes for africa too as these kids in uganda know only too well.
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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. students took their message straight to the seats of power addressing lawmakers in washington d.c. . leading 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 they can is the girl who's active resistance global movement sweden's aggressive tune back. eighty's so after all there is a crisis before us that 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 this day for today we don't turn to you
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don't become a full church now. it was the biggest day yet for the student strike because and the movement shows no signs of slowing down. or been mistaken news now mentioned bloodbaths fulcher in home form a continued as they were held to a one old troll by freiburg flashbacks allison player cancelled out and chances are her first early opener it was the strike his eleventh league goal of the season but he couldn't manage any more it means to drop another two point in the race for champions league places they've now gone for home games without a win. and german coach can live has presented his new squad for the upcoming international games if was criticized after dropping three of germany's biggest players from the squad. last week he said he took the decision because he wanted to want to germany to be more dynamic in the future. you're walking nerve explained
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his reasons for dropping three of the twenty fourteen world cup winners from the squad. is this issue not to pick. and saying caused a stir in germany. said it was a necessary move and he wanted to tell the players straight out that they were no longer in his plans. for the. players have my highest esteem i'm very thankful to them. emotionally i can assure you it was extremely difficult because we owe those players so much. so for. lurve nominated three new players in the squad in defense nicholas stark from how to berlin and lucas post a man from ebay leipsic in midfield maximillian and from vedder braman live said he made the changes to fit in with a different playing style. we want to be fast in the final third dangerous in front
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of goal and cause her opponents problems we didn't have that in some games last year that's our main focus to get back to about two months for the. move contest his new style of play in a friendly against serbia before germany's euro twenty twenty qualifier against our tribals netherlands. it watching t w news life from berlin up next as well stories with a recap of the past week but first we're going to leave you with some images of u.s. and possibly my slough a celebrity on friday the city's to park their showed off a three month old back is a little buzz first public appearance thanks for watching and enjoy.
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