prize winning documentary song from the forest starts first on w. . this is d w news live from berlin the death toll in the christ church mosque shootings rises to fifty. new zealanders mourn the victims of the country's worst ever terrorist attack while the government promises police protection or mosques and tougher gun laws the residents of christ church struggled to come to terms with what has happened in

their city. also coming up could slovakia see its first female president vocal government critic an anti-corruption campaign or susanna trouble tobruk leads after round one of the country's election it's the first ballot since the murder of a journalist who had been investigating fraud connected to these political elite. i'm calling aspen thanks for joining us. fifty people are now confirmed dead after new zealand shootings on friday the suspected gunman has appeared in court brenton tyrant was charged with murder and remanded in custody until april is even the prime minister just are durn has told muslim community leaders in christchurch that mosques will receive police protection now a new zealanders are coming together and coming to terms with the country's worst

ever mass shooting our correspondent there richardson is in christ church covering the story for us and 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. police are sweeping the area around the mosque as a team of officers elsewhere work to identify the victims. 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. and on the other side of the park christians have gathered to pray for their muslim neighbors. one woman has brought an art project meant to

show the bond between all faiths. so this is an works that i did such a day for some pitch and i wanted to. make something for the whole community to acknowledge is safe and sorry. 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 hugs spin 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 combat far right radicalization 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. 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 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 and so 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 take him 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. 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 to a standard new zealand license back in two thousand and seventeen so people are asking how a man like this that 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 great of weapon cannot fall into just anyone's hands or i did abuse claire bridget's and there for us in christchurch new zealand thank you very much. the killings in christ church or again drawing attention to the role of social media in the spreading of hatred the suspect live streamed his attack on facebook the company removed the video shortly after but not before it had been downloaded and shared by others this morning facebook revealed the scale of the videos spread writing on twitter that in the

first twenty four hours it had removed one point five million videos of the attack globally of which over one point two million were blocked at upload the company said it's removing all edited versions of that video as well. now in 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 susanna tova an environmental lawyer collected more than forty per cent 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 the killing and now she could become first female president. soon after the close of voting for 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 handicap her fresh approach appears to have been popular with voters. it's not the mission. it 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 tobas reputation for fighting corruption has fueled her popularity as the country marks one year since the killing of investigative journalist young could see uk he and his fiance were gunned down as he investigated the tax fraud of several businessmen with connections to top level slovak politicians and links to the italian mafia the murder investigation is still ongoing although well ahead chap who took 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 shifts of each 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 some of the other stories making news around the world in the occupied west bank a man believed to be a palestinian has shot and killed an israeli and wounded two others one of them critically the assailant reportedly grabbed a gun from a soldier at a highway junction near the settlement of ariel israel's military says troops are still searching for the gunman. venezuelan opposition leader won by doe as embarks on a new stage of his campaign to oust president nicolas maduro fido is beginning a tour of the country gripped by an intimate and prices at a rally in the northern city of aleppo he promised to deliver

a better life for struggling venezuelans. paris's cleaning up after another bout of protests by the so-called yellow vests movement saturday's rallies in the french capital saw the most violent clashes since december police used tear gas and water cannons against demonstrators who lit fires and ransacked shops it's now the fourth month of rallies by activists angry of president emanuel mccracken's economic reforms they accuse him of ignoring the needs of ordinary people. protester numbers had been too undoing 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. reports general council so you don't think there should have been a convergence of calls as much as early of a no so this can continue we need to merge we need everyone to wake up we need to stop expecting the riot police to grow people to. well i don't walk.

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 made to demonstrate is no troublemakers but rather murderous. 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 in words today they want to see this movement lost through violence you're also. protesters reject this and say they simply want greater fiscal justice and income equality. to the sports fan in the bonus league dortmund came from

behind twice to seal a dramatic late when against. captain mark o'brien scored the decisive goal and injury time as dortmund we took the league's top spot. who'd seen five or had a selection headache coming into the clash with head to berlin axels it still gets unpack all cusser all were ruled out. and his headache would have worsened early on was just four minutes and salomon kalou to it as it now was almost a lady stormed unhindered towards goal. and made it one one was a deflection was hard to digest for best the boy called out. his mood improved after thirty minutes when you inveigle handling the ball which i'm. telling you come from now to back in the lead with his second goal. duckman must have fired

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seamus power take a look at this couple hops a roll and right in there that was the first hole and one of is. you're watching news live from berlin coming up next it's d.w. world stories with airports on this week's key topics and offering as you can all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site that's d.w. dot com i'm carl aspen thanks for watching. i'm secure that while you were not tired and in the end this to me you're not allowed to stay here we will send you back. are you familiar with this. with the smugglers would lie and say. what's your story.