never read a book like this. list. the streets. this is news live from birth plan the death toll in the christ church mosque shootings rises to fifty prime minister just send our dern came together with presidents 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 as mosques while they are open. could still baki see its first female president local

government critic an anti-corruption campaign or susannah chapa told means after round one of the country's election it's the first ballot since the murder of a journalist who'd been investigating fraud connected to the political elite. and the day after the e.u. added more sanctions against russia the country is marking the fifth anniversary of its controversial and i say of crimea. i'm calling aspen banks for joining us. fifty people are now confirmed dead after new zealand's mosque shootings on friday the suspected gunman has appeared in court french and terence was charged with murder and remanded in custody until april new zealand's prime minister just send to our dern has told muslim community leaders in christchurch that mosques will receive police protection the country's worst ever

mass shooting has left new zealanders and shock in a moment we'll go live to our correspondent claire richardson she is in christchurch covering the story for us but first she sent us this report 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. 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. 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 so this is that i did so

today for some pitch and i wanted to. make something for the whole community to acknowledge is save us and soar. and if 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 cards 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 and the way we can help people who already feel like that but we can at least try and stop the younger ones from work a shameless if we can. the message here is clear that hate has no place in new zealand. did abuse claire richardson without reports and she joins us now from christ church where she's been tracking that story claire i understand the prime minister just and our dern has been meeting with members of new zealand's muslim community. that's right she was here in christ church meeting of both the victims and leading members of the muslim community she then went on to the capital wellington where she has been to meeting muslims there as well and she is doing everything she can to put this community's mind at ease firstly she has offered continuing police protection for their mosques so that they can continue to pray at their places of worship without fear she has also made clear that these individuals

affected are eligible for a ten thousand dollars grant to cover the cost of funerals and said that immigration status will not be a factor in whether or not people can receive she said there will be additional funding to help these people down the road available as well now the one thing that many people in the muslim community are very upset about here is the question of what to do with their dad in the muslim faith it's very important that bodies are buried as quickly as possible but certainly within twenty four hours and obviously that mark has long passed so a lot of people are particularly distressed over this issue. we're also starting to learn more now about how the moments before those attacks played out what can you tell us about that. that's right the police confirmed today that from the moment they received an emergency call until the time armed officers arrived on the scene was just about six minutes and a little over half an hour later they were able to apprehend the key suspect there

is footage of a police vehicle ramming his car off the road and they were then able to taken into custody and other people i've talked to here are generally very happy with both the police response and how the government has reacted to this tragedy obviously it has been a day of mourning but overall when you talk to people about how the response has been handled people are generally satisfied with that response. the prime minister has also announced plans now to tighten new zealand's gun laws of how much support is there for that. that's right just the day after the shooting the prime minister promised that she would it tighten gun laws she's also said that she will meet with her cabinet tomorrow and they will be having preliminary policy discussions on issues including what to do in terms of gun legislation now many people were very upset to learn it that the suspect in these attacks was in legal possession of five firearms we know that he used

a modified semiautomatic weapon or is alleged to have used one in the attack and that he was able to purchase these after acquiring a license a standard new zealand license back in twenty seventeen so people are asking how a man like this was able to possess such weapons and speaking to people here there is a lot of support for the idea of making sure that that grade of weapon cannot fall into just anyone's hands or i did abuse claire richardson there for us in christchurch new zealand thank you very much. and slovakia an anti-corruption campaign or with no experience in public office has become the leading contender in the country's presidential race after the first round of voting so then a choppa tolga and environmental lawyer collected more than forty percent of the ballot on saturday voters are turning against the ruling party one year after the murder of an investigative journalist sparked protests over was among the tens of thousands of demonstrators in the streets after that killing and now she could

become so valkyries first female president. arrives 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. to its nasa mission. it seems that slovak voters can imagine that someone who has been in polling. six only for a short time perhaps brings a different view of current reality and different views on the possible solutions. his reputation for fighting corruption has fuelled her popularity as the country marks one year since the killing of investigative journalist young could see. he and his fiance were gunned down as he investigated the tax fraud of several businessmen with connections to top level slovak politicians underlings to the

italian mafia the murder investigation is still ongoing although well ahead 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 now look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world thousands of cuts a lot of independent supporters marched in central madrid on saturday they were protesting the ongoing trial of twelve separatist leaders who faced years in prison for their role in organizing a failed independence bid from spain twenty seventeen twelve are on trial at the

country's supreme court. venezuelan opposition leader one has embarked on a new stage of his campaign to oust president nicolas maduro is beginning a tour of the country gripped by an economic and political crisis at a rally in the northern city of aleppo he promised to deliver a better life for struggling best way. a russia is marking the fifth anniversary of its controversial annexation of ukraine's crimean peninsula 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 celebrating what organizers call crimea's reunification with russia back in twenty fourteen moscow events being marked with a three day festival called the crimean 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 know if 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 soviet leader joseph stalin deported over two hundred thousand tartars to central 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 are again. so must go because the senate ration for the ukrainian government and the international community an illegal act. all right sports now and in formula one mercedes driver voluntary botha's has won the season opening australian grand prix in melbourne. over took his team mates there was hamilton at

the first corner and he led then for the rest of that race ended up finishing twenty one seconds ahead of emerson who is the defending world champion while red bulls max a stop and was third for both of us it was the fourth grand prix when of his career i don't know what to say yeah thought was really get. it was there for me my best race ever. i don't know what happened to us just felt so good and everything was under control and. call were so good today truly enjoyable i mean i have to enjoy today. and the bonus league brucia dortmund came from behind twice to seal a dramatic late when against a berlin captain marco scored the decisive goal in injury time as dortmund we took the league's top spot. for one hundred selection headache coming into the clash with her to berlin axels it so good unpack all costs or all were ruled out. on his head it would have worsened early on was just four minutes in sullivan to

leave to watch as you know it was almost a lady stormed on tended towards cool. i believe it would work was a deflection was hard to digest for bursty boy pulled out. his mood improved after thirty minutes with nearly inveigle humbled in the ball i. believe comes to the back of the lead with his second goal. much to fire themselves up at half time as they levelled in the forty seven minutes. i done actual saga duty to mark the breach in the air and it was all to play for. dortmund's wastefulness in front of goal meant it was. before cut to marco voice rescued his sight. i was showing gives us a technique just to hold his fifteenth cool of the season i've got to base of it so

read for taking out his frustrations of bercy capital games and berlin for top and retake top spots in the bundesliga and put the pressure but. you're watching news live from berlin coming up next we have shift living in the digital age this week we'll take a look at self driving cars and forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our website www dot com i'm called aspen thanks for watching. city in ruins. a. symbol of a long conflict in the philippines between the muslims and the christian population . structures to put the city center in two thousand and seventeen prison.