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len. this is d w news in. the united nations militia troops to halt. in the capital of libya the forces are commanded by a warlord from the east because in a power struggle with the un backed government in tripoli. has been trying to avert renewed. coming up. remembers its deadliest one hundred days on sunday the nation commemorates the twenty fifth anniversary of the genocide that killed nearly
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a million people here from the survivors striving to keep the peace. who would have been strikingly bold and designed created a century ago. will visit a new museum in the city of by our house. a man you can thanks so much for joining us. the united nations security council has called on militia forces closing in on the libyan capital tripoli to halt their advance but the troops commanded by khalifa haftar a warlord in the east of the country have also suffered some losses inflicted by troops from the un backed government there are now fears of a renewed civil war in libya which has been riven by violence and division since
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a long time ruler muammar gaddafi was overthrown in two thousand and eleven. general have toes troops advancing towards the capital tripoli thrust against libya's internationally recognized government commanders of have to. be a national army say their forces have reached the city limits. this is great progress that means we're technically inside tripoli we still have a few checkpoints to secure but the battle will be on the outskirts of the city. ranged against have to as brigades forces loyal to the government the struggle for power and control of libya's oil began with the fall of the dictator moammar gadhafi nearly eighty years ago and remains unresolved. the united nations in new york is calling for an end to the war mongering the members of the
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security council expressed their deep concern that to military activity. here tripoli which risks libyan stability they called on any forces to halt all military movement. they also called on all forces to deescalate and halt military activity that can be no military solution to the conflict. as government backed militias deployed to defend the capital tripoli the risk of an escalation to all out civil war remains alarmingly high. for more on the situation in libya we're joined by mona hefner news arabic service minor thanks so much for joining us a militia forces commanded by khalifa haftar they're advancing on the capitol hill the un backed government in tripoli has sent out its militias in an attempt to stop them tell us how serious is this or the meeting of u.n.
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general good terrorists with with huffed out of the u.n. envoy to libya. said that made it obvious that you have no interest and halting the complain and it is quite obvious that hostile is determined to take over the capital so it is quite serious tell us more about khalifa haftar what exactly is he trying to achieve he is a quite powerful man he has. quite a rich history he has helped gadhafi to overthrow the former king of libya then afterwards while he was in chad he was captured for almost twenty years afterwards he moved to exile in the u.s. and worked for the cia there and he helped. he helped for the soul of afterwards in two thousand and eleven now his most important aim is to take over the capital of course because the one who takes over the capital is the one in power basically. if he succeeds what could happen if the u.n.
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backed government failed it is quite unclear what we have what will happen right now because we could have one scenario which is quite similar to the egyptian scenario where they're cracking down the muslim brotherhood which is centered in the capital right now but the thing is that other countries around libya might be also endangered because he has threatened last year algeria to. start a war and he has said that he will move up to tripoli and then afterwards he might move to a jury which which might mean that there will be also turbulence as around libya what could the international community do to stop this situation from escalating i think the international community can do very much because first international. only condemns things by words it does not really interfere although there are also double standards like in the like the emirates who stated that it is against this intervention but on the other hand or against the us but on the other hand it supports a hostile so we don't really know what's happening right now but i think in the end
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it will not much will happen was hotter is not amount of words he's the man who talks with weapons and who is determined to reach his goal then i have me thank you so much for your analysis thank you. some of the other stories making news around the world front says it will oppose any extension to the u.k.'s deadline for leaving the european union unless it presents a clear plan for the way ahead prime minister trees amaze request for a brick sit to delay until the end of june is set to be considered as an e.u. summit on wednesday. u.s. aviation giant boeing is to temporarily cut production of its best selling seven three seven and line the decision as a response to a wholesome deliveries of the seven three seven max a model that was involved in two crashes in ethiopia and indonesia all seven three seven max is all grounded as preliminary findings suggest it's empty stable system was at fault. former u.s.
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president barack obama has met chancellor angela merkel as part of his three day visit to germany the two are said to have discussed transatlantic ties but you've been strained under the trumpet ministration obama will wrap up his trip with a town hall meeting for young people in berlin today. police in greece have clashed with migrants outside a camp near the northern city of thessaloniki people were trying to make their way to the border with north macedonia authorities said the migrants will galvanize by folse reports that travel restrictions to northern europe have been lifted. to africa now where the people of rwanda a marking twenty five years since the genocide that resulted in around eight hundred thousand deaths ethnic hutu extremists slaughtered members of the minority to see community neighbors killed neighbors husbands even killed wifes
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a quarter of a century all the children of the genocide have been telling their stories. we want to know this is where our house used to be before the genocide nothing is left of it now. then to top down after looting it and i guess what i'm saying. eric means he was just three months old when his parents and four siblings were killed by hutu militias he's a survivor of the one thousand nine hundred four genocide in rwanda the fastest of the twentieth century during which close to a million randoms mostly tutsi were wiped out in just one hundred days. eric was too young to remember his family dying but he says he will never forget the day his aunt told him what happened. she carried me on her back during the genocide right up until the killing stopped
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she told me how horrific it was she witnessed it all there really was pouring down on us where hard times for many of these would flee from the killis you know while we were fleeing we would jump over our dead bodies will be. eric's dog family history is one shot by many his relatives like countless persecuted tutsi across the country had sought refuge in a charge when they were killed and chads just like this one in yamaka are an estimated fifty thousand people died during the genocide. today this side stands as one of runners most poignant mario's and stabbing remind of what happened and physical evidence of crimes but should never be forgotten. you can't imagine how it feels like growing up knowing that you're all alone with no parents and new siblings while about children you know each of them. eric says
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his generation's identity is deeply entrenched in the trauma of one thousand nine hundred so many survivors who lost their families who are still processing the past but also children of perpetrators who participated in the killings. it's very hard to find yourself all alone either because you're from a members where killed for being to see or in my case with parents who are in prison because they were convicted of participating in the genocide. before. we have to take on a lot of responsibility from a young age to. the genocide could cast a long dark shadow over the lives of future generations yet they believe in the power of reconciliation is offering a new chapter and round us history. as the youth we have to live in a way that brings us together to keep our country moving forward. you are the
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future of the country. if you look at almost any modern building around the world you're seeing the legacy of our house the design school founded in germany one hundred years ago schools influence goes beyond buildings to many other areas of design such as furniture domestic appliances and now a new museum has opened in via the city where it was founded to mark the centenary . together let us conceive and create the new building of the future those were the goals of bauhaus according to their founding manifesto from nine hundred nineteen one hundred years later the city of via mar has erected a new monument to this global modernist movement the chief curator for architecture and design from new york's museum of modern art has flown over especially for the unveiling and are they coming up on one hand you can definitely say that modern
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visual culture and our current visual culture is impossible to imagine without bauhaus it's become part of our d.n.a. so that we almost don't notice it anymore but on the other hand and this seems even more important to me the ideas of bauhaus are still in our heads as an enduring utopia. or topi or using the crypt because it's a crime our has spent twenty seven million euros and three and a half years building this minimalist concrete cube on the site where bauhaus was founded it's a treasure chest holding the world's oldest bauhaus collection from founder vance i don't use himself some one hundred sixty eight works the famous table lamp from vilhelm fog and failed and counting on computer. modeling on a bronstein on. the ceramics of t.r.w. . two thousand square metres of exhibition space over five floors the structure was built to reflect an industrial workshop the exhibit is meant to spark debate not eulogize the past as how much semen of the weimar classic foundation does the let's
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just be about we can only understand it now that one can see the bow and also museum puts the sound close we remain today to the incredible developments of one thousand nine hundred and the following years and for them in addition of thousands i think this will really change our city about social issues because it's got that under us. the building is a symbolic rebuke to the nazis were stamped out the bauhaus movement in germany. forcing and abroad. das's clubs good now that's exactly what i think we need to pay attention to today that our needs this openness and the ability to provoke a fit about house was an institution that course borders that survived and thrived on the diaspora without open borders that wouldn't have happened then and without them it can't happen today i think it leapt out at an issue when they often occurrence in the midst almost needs to get as a whole to. fittingly its modern digital technology that lights up the concrete
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facade of the new bauhaus newseum just as darkness descends on by mark. and israeli man has broken the world record books off to becoming the oldest footballer to participate in a professional match isaak high it is seventy three and a goalkeeper for a fourth to a club in israel was born in iraq but he moved to israel as a child he received the guinness world record prize in an official ceremony after playing the full ninety minutes will turn seventy four next week and he says he's ready for another game. just a quick reminder of the top story we're following for you today in libya the united nations has called on troops commanded by warlords to halt their advance on the capital tripoli u.n. chief continued the terror she has been trying to avert renewed civil war between the militia and the un backed government. you're watching news live from berlin
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