an exclusive report from a destroyed city. in the science of i.r.s. starts april eleventh on g.w. . this is deja vu news live from berlin the death toll in the christ church mosque shootings rises to fifty. new zealand is in mourning after a deadly attack on the mosques the suspected gunman appears in court and is charged with murder. bonfires violent clashes and looting in the streets of paris as yellow vest protesters demand change in the french capital it's

a crucial moment for the protests which have now taken place for eighteen consecutive weekends. a day after the west imposes additional sanctions on russia the country is marking the fifth anniversary of the controversial annexation of crimea. unexpired search thanks for joining us. new zealand police have revised the number of people killed in friday's mosque shootings upwards to fifty they see two people arrested as part of the police dragnet during the killings are not suspects the new zealand police commissioner said at the moment only one person has been charged in relation to the attacks this thing i want to say is that it is with sadness that our vase that the number of people who have died in this pool full of it

has now risen to fifty. as of last night we were able to take all of the victims from both of those scenes and in doing so we have located i fear the victim so that brings the number of those who have died to fifty i also want to say that the number of injured is also fifty thirty six of those remind and christchurch hospital where they are being treated with the utmost care and professionalism by medical staff to do remain critical and we also have one child being well looked after it's hospital and cross church earlier the man suspected of carrying out the mass shootings in christchurch appeared in court brenton terence was charged with murder the act of terror is new zealand's worst ever peacetime mass killing.

a nation reeling a community paralyzed by shock. at christ church as botanic gardens a fence serves as the official site of morning city residents have been coming here to pay their respects with flowers messages and prayers. disbelief and anguish too at a roadside memorial outside one of the mosques targeted by the shooter residents outspoken in their rejection of hate. i think everyone in the community is absolutely hundred percent in support of. the muslim community and. muslim families that have lost loved ones and we just we just want to say that we have an i pod or that we don't believe what this guy believes and we are hundreds seen in support if you. support echoed by the country's prime minister who arrived in the

city to meet with survivors victims' families and muslim community leaders just in the adjourn said the victims came from across the muslim world including indonesia jordan syria and pakistan. i'll show solidarity is just not there yet no. new zealand is a place that we cherish. for its inclusiveness forty start to city. and are more considerate more recent much of it is prime minister it just seemed that at a press conference our daryn said the perpetrator had a gun license he used semiautomatic rifles and shotguns undoubtedly new zealanders will question how someone could have come to have been in position of we pens of this nature. one of the issues we fry seeing is that. the guns that were used in this case of peace who are being modified there is a challenge that police have bring fight sing and that's a challenge that we will look to address in changing our was

a short distance from the court that saw the shooter remanded in custody the hospital where dozens of people were being. treated for the gunshot wounds he inflicted among them a four year old girl in critical condition. earlier i spoke with the job is clear richardson who is in christ church she followed the news conference for us as we heard they've also increased the death toll to fifty people we still have several in critical condition so that could rise again and it includes people ranging all the way from as young as toddlers up to people over the age of sixty something else that we have learned today is also that two of the suspects in custody have been released they now believe that the one australian a suspect is the man responsible for both of the attacks at both mosques and he appeared in court yesterday and will be held there until we next see him on trial on april fifth. you've got your finger on the polls as regards the public mood there do you think this information is

likely to reassure people and to any extent. the mood here really has been a one of grief more than a finger pointing or revenge i have certainly people are happy to know that somebody is in custody but you would you could say the mood here is very much one that is meant to reassure the muslim community that new zealand stands behind them and that their values are ones that welcome multiculturalism and immigration you can see makeshift memorials all around the city where people have left teddy bears balloons and notes saying that something like this should not have happened in new zealand in a place with freedom of religion and that they hope to bring the community together during these difficult days difficult days ahead indeed and just looking even further down the road the prime minister was talking about tightening gun laws do you think given the state of the nation with the way people are feeling will be a lot of support for moves like the. well we have

heard from the police association that they would like to see her act quickly to avoid any influence of from people like the gun lobby in passing tighter gun laws and i think people here are really outraged to find out that the man who is suspected of carrying out these massacres legally possessed five weapons including two semiautomatic guns after he acquired a license and twenty seventeen so with that in mind although new zealand has not such tight gun regulations as many other countries in the western world people are now asking how could this have happened how did a man like this have access to such weapons and i think you're going to see increased support for any policy from the prime minister to tighten gun control. many many questions to answer i'm sure in the days ahead clear richardson intro's troops thank you for that. in paris police have again been firing tear gas and deploying water cannon as protesters fire shops in the most violent streak last.

december the demonstrators accuse president of forgetting ordinary people and favoring the country's elite instead. of the protester numbers had been dwindling in recent weeks but saturday saw many more of the so-called yellow vests joining rallies in several cities across france in paris protesters called for unity. i think this should have been a convergence of calls as much as early of the now so this can continue we need to merge we need everyone to wake up we need to stop its hacking the riot police people to. what i did. but despite starting out peacefully the latest our statements direction also saw a return to some of the violence and destruction of earlier protests. police have arrested hundreds of people in the capital city alone. luxury shops were attacked and looted and buildings were set on fire. the country's interior minister of

course on a accuse the vandals in a tweet of being me the demonstrators no troublemakers but rather murderers he also said he thought the movement was dead. we can see that there are very violent people there and they are responding to the battle cries of certain leaders who have no really long words today they want to see this movement last through violence. protestors reject this and say they simply want greater fiscal justice and income equality. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world. slovaks have been to the polls to elect a new president today almost four and a half million people were eligible to vote if none of the thirteen candidates gets an absolute majority the two top contenders will enter a runoff vote later this month polls suggest a strong lead for the pro western liberal activists is that it shot for toda she could become slovakia's first female head of state. in albania supporters

of the center right democratic party have clashed with police while trying to storm parliament opposition lawmakers have given up their seats in parliament they refused to engage in dialogue with socialist prime minister it rama and are asking for a transitional cabinet with out him to prepare early elections. thousands of cattle on independence supporters have marched in central madrid they protested against the ongoing trial of twelve separatist leaders who face years in prison for their role in organizing a failed independence bid from spain and twenty seventeen defendants are on trial at the country's supreme court. russia is marking the fifth anniversary of its controversial an extension of ukraine's crimean peninsula most countries do not accept russia's move dismissing it as a violation of international law. but russia has planned

a whole program of events to commemorate the occasion it's celebrating what organizers call crimea is reunification with russia back in two thousand and fourteen in moscow the event is being marked with a three day festival called the crimean spring our next report takes is through the events leading up to the end station. march sixteenth twenty fourteen tens of thousands celebrate in crimea. have been insular had voted to become part of russia the man who is today crimea as prime minister congratulated the crowds go on we're going home a phrase repeated over and over on this day this time backed up by the russian national anthem. the previous month had seen violent protests in ukraine's capital kiev the demonstrators wanted to reduce russian influence the protests drove the country's pro russian president from power

moscow responded by sending its forces into ukraine's crimean peninsula which has in a story called linked with russia soon the referendum was called but the result was clear from the start efficient tally showed over ninety percent voted in favor of leaving ukraine yet the idea of russian role was especially bitter for the indigenous crimean tatars who are traditionally muslim in the one nine hundred forty soviet leader joseph stalin deported over two hundred thousand chartist essential asia tens of thousands died but in one nine hundred fifty four stalin successor nikita khrushchev gave crimea to ukraine as a gift but when the soviet union later collapsed crimea was suddenly in a separate country. sixty years later russian president vladimir putin saw himself as the man to take back that gift on march eighteenth twenty fourteen he welcomed crimea's leaders to moscow there the two sides signed an agreement making crimea

part of russia are again. for must go because the senate gratian for the ukrainian government on the international community an illegal act. five years to the day since the referendum which paved the way for russia's takeover of crimea and the authorities here won't let you forget about the celebrations are everywhere but this is a referendum which the west and even many of russia's closest allies still refuse to recognize. to the kremlin this anniversary is about more than crimea and its two and a half million inhabitants crimea has become a symbol of russia's place in the world its standoff with the west and present legacy. and in formula one defending champion lewis hamilton has claimed pole position for the season opening australian grand prix hamilton set a new law record at the melbourne circuit edging out teammate terry bought us with a dramatic late run the mercedes pair were well ahead of ferrari sebastian vettel

who could only manage third grid. it was hamilton sixth straight pole position in melbourne. taking the show close out there was a credible crowd here but what a beautiful day and i again coming from testing from winter we had no idea where we would be. you know we were hoping of course we were we work until they got back to the fact we've been working so hard on a weekend this weekend also they've just been you know working. and coming up after the break is the bluntest league with pavel foley ileus dortmund dropped to second place behind by a new nick last weekend and they were gunning to go back on top when they visited her to berlin that and much more coming up on the bluntest. don't forget you can always get d.w. news on the go just download our app from google play or from the apple store that

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