made for mines. this is the news live from berlin the death toll in the christ church mosque shootings rises to fifty prime ministers just into our daryn came together with residents in grief after the country's worst ever terrorist attack she said she would work to ensure freedom of religion in new zealand and police will be present at costs while they're open. and could slovakia see its first female president vocal government critic and anti-corruption campaign or susanna chopra told the leeds after round one of the country's election is the first ballot since the

murder of a journalist who'd been investigating fraud connected to the political elite. i'm carl aspen thanks for joining us fifty people are now confirmed dead after new zealand's mosque shootings on friday the suspected gunman has appeared in court brenton terence was charged with murder and remanded in custody until april new zealand's prime minister just send our darn has told muslim community leaders in christ church that mosques will receive police protection the country's worst ever mass shooting has left new zealanders and shock tributes around the city are piling ever higher. as grief sets in new zealanders are finding ways to express their sorrow over a massacre in their muslim community. but time is running short police are

rushing to clear the area around the mosque before many of the bodies can be removed and identified. for now it's still a crime scene. but police are picking up flowers to take closer to al-noor mosque where dozens of people were slaughtered during their friday prayers. but on the other side of the park christians weep and pray for their fallen muslim neighbors. one woman has brought an art project meant to show the bond between the two groups. this is an works that i did such a day for some petrik say and i wanted to. make something for the whole community to acknowledge is saving us and sore.

and and feeling of. connection with the muslim community. this man has found another way to show his support had quite a few people come and have coffees and hugs it's been nice i guess it's nice to see people just showing up in showing their support and solidarity. which is i think what new zealand is all about being welcoming and loving and peaceful people the support for the victims is overwhelming most here are satisfied with the government's response to the murders but they want to know how the suspect slipped through the cracks they say more needs to be done to address racism and to help individuals who think the world is against them the way we can help people who already feel like that but we can at least try and stop the younger ones from work occasionally us if we can. the message here is clear that hate has no place in new

zealand. for more let's bring in clare richardson she is in christ church covering this story for us hi clare now i understand that prime minister to send our journey has been meeting with members of new zealand's muslim community. that's right she was here in christ church and she has flown back to the capital wellington to meet with the muslim community there now she has promised them several things including increased police protection at their mosques so they can play pray in their places of worship peacefully she's also made clear that the families of those affected will be eligible for ten thousand dollars grants to help support them in their times of need and potentially for further government funding down the road one of the big issues here for many in the community though is the issue of burials and the fact that because the crime scene has not been fully contained many of the people in there have not actually been identified and returned to their families and in the muslim faith it's essential to have twenty

four hours of somebody obviously that mark has passed and that has been very distressing for many of the families here. also learning more about how the moments before these attacks played out can you tell us more about that. that's right well the police clarified today that from the moment when they received an emergency call until the moment when there were armed officers on the scene it was just about six minutes so a fairly fast police response and the people i've spoken to here are generally quite pleased with how this attack was handled once it had taken place obviously a devastating tragedy and there are a lot of questions about how it could have been prevented and how the suspect might have slipped through the cracks but overall now that this is taking place there's been general satisfaction with the response one thing we did find out today from the prime minister was that her office did receive a copy of this manifesto that the suspect is believed to have posted online ahead

of the attack it was they say that it was written in the past tense as though the attack had already taken place and included details of what the shooter planned to do and so that has also been very distressing for some who wondered whether something might have been done sooner. prime minister already taking action as well in terms of legal action she's promising to tighten new zealand's gun laws how much support is there for that. well that's right within a day of the shooting we had the prime minister promising that she would increase gun control in new zealand now compared to many other western countries with the obvious exception of the united states new zealand actually has fairly lax gun laws now that it's become known that the suspect was in the eagle possession of five firearms including two semiautomatic weapons many of the people i have spoken to do you think it's necessary to change those laws so that a person like him would not be able to possess such high level weapons and carry

out an attack of this nature. already w.'s collaborators and in christchurch new zealand for us thank you very much for board. an anti-corruption campaign or with no experience in public office has become the leading contender in slovakia's presidential race after the first round of voting susanna chapa tova an environmental lawyer collected more than forty percent of the ballot on saturday voters are turning against the ruling party there one year after the murder of an investigative journalist sparked protests was among the tens of thousands of demonstrators in the streets after that killing now she could become slovakia's first female president. soon after the close of voting chapter two of his supporters cheered the news that exit polls put her well ahead of her closest rival the environment lawyer and anti corruption campaigner has no experience in public office rather than being a hundred cap fresh approach appears to have been popular with voters. is not the

mission since he seems that slovak voters can imagine that someone who has been in politics only for a short time perhaps brings a different view of current reality and different views on the possible solutions. chopper to his reputation for fighting corruption has fuelled her popularity as the country marks one year since the killing of investigative journalist. he and his fiance were gunned down as he investigated the tax fraud of several business men with connections to top level slovak politicians under links to the italian mafia the murder investigation is still ongoing although well ahead chaplet over did not win outright and will now have to face her closest rival in a runoff vote at the end of march she'll go head to head with the ruling smirk party's candidate shift to reach his party has lost

a lot of public support in the wake of could see axe murder slovakia's president has a mainly ceremonial role but does have veto power over the appointment of senior prosecutors and judges that's seen as pivotal in the fight against corruption. russia is marking the fifth anniversary of its controversial annexation of ukraine's crimean peninsula most countries do not accept russia's move just missing 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's reunification with russia back in two thousand and fourteen moscow the events being marked with a three day festival on the i mean spring. our next report takes us through the events leading up to that annexation. 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 don't go away 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 an historical link 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 seven 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 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 again. for must go a cause for celebration for the ukrainian government and the international community and illegal act. now let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world thousands of cuts a line independence supporters marched in central madrid on saturday they were protesting the ongoing trial of twelve separatist leaders who faced years and for isn't for their role in organizing a failed independence bid from spain in twenty seventeen twelve are on trial of the

country's supreme court. venezuelan opposition leader one has embarked on a new stage of his campaign to oust president nicolas maduro was beginning a tour of the country gripped by an economic and political crisis at a rally in the northern city of aleppo he pledged to deliver a better life for struggling venezuelans. thousands of people have taken to the streets across germany to protest against racism and right wing political parties the demonstrators rallied under the banner march against racism in the capital berlin and other cities the protests were part of the international week against racism. the latest round of yellow vests demonstrations were the most violent clashes in paris since december police used tear gas and water cannons against protesters as they left fires and ransacked shops on saturday the demonstrators the demonstrators accused president emanuel

mccraw of ignoring ordinary people and favoring the country's elite instead. of protest in numbers had been to undoing in recent weeks but saturday saw many more of the so-called yellow vests joining rallies in several cities across fronts in paris protesters called for unity. the poster who will say you are going to have been a convergence of calls as much as early of the know so this can continue we need to merge we need everyone to wake up we need to stop expecting the riot police grouping. to. what i don't want. but despite starting out peacefully the latest paris demonstration 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 coast of

custom may accuse the vandals in a tweet of being neither demonstrators nor troublemakers but rather murderers he also said he thought the movement was dead. over the weekend 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 lost through violence. protestors reject this and say they simply want greater fiscal justice and income equality. sports now and in formula one or say driver voluntary boathouse as one b. season opening australian grand prix in melbourne over took his team mate lewis hamilton at the first corner and he led for the rest of that race even a twenty one seconds ahead of the defending world champion well red bulls a stop and was third for both of us this is the fourth grand prix when of his

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