w. . this is b w news live from berlin they must stop being targeting school children in japan at least 2 suspected victims including one adult have been killed more than a dozen injured a man detained at the scene is also dead off to stabbing himself in the next we'll get the latest from tokyo also coming up the people of europe a very sad now the race begins for the top kill of the heads of europe's governments are heading to brussels to discuss who will take over from commission president jumped the queue jumpers you'll pass to take

a look at the top candidates. plus a big surprise in german football outsiders in your own berlin make their way into the field to sleep at the very 1st time in the club's history unfold the details of last night's nerve wracking relegation match against stuttgart. i'm on you tube as mackinnon thanks so much for joining us we started in japan where a group of schoolchildren have been attacked by a man carrying a knife on a busy street at least 3 people are dead including the attacker and more than a dozen have been wounded at the stabbing took place in ca was lucky the city near tokyo japanese media reported that one of the dead and most of the injured all school children it's believed they were waiting for a bus in the morning rush hour the suspected attacker is reported to have killed

himself. i'm joined now by michael pena journalist based in tokyo michael what has the local authorities know so far about the attack. well the tech certainly came out of nowhere as far as anybody was concerned you know there's been nothing about it anybody knowing who this person know was or why he did it but apparently this morning at about 7 30 am local time when the school girls were lining up for their for their bus to take them the school man approached them with kitchen knives one in each hand and said i'm going to kill you and then he proceeded to attack the girls and in the end apparently about 16 of these young girls 6 or 7 years old were injured and one of them has died and he also killed a man in his thirty's before running

a few yards away and sticking the knife into his own throat and killing himself it sounds absolutely have you said these a school young school children is there anything else you can tell us about that the victims of this attack. they appear to have been basically young school girls that went to a local catholic school and they were. they were just 2 young girls going to school i mean or source not too much more to say mostly all japanese probably and as well as the attacker so far as we know. so you have basically normal school kids going to school the alleged attack as you said is among the dead is there anything we can ascertain about his his motives why why did he do something like this. well course that is the question which is being widely asked in japan right now and you know why would somebody do such

a thing what i can say is that there is not even a hint that it has anything do with politics or or in any larger issues i think you know in the absence of information but looking at the pattern of the event it appears very much to have been somebody who was mentally disturbed in some way who just carried out the attack as sort of a murder suicide but at this point the authorities aren't releasing any information about the attacker except for the fact that he was 57 years old came michael penn in take a thanks so much. thank you. ok let's have a look at some of the other stories making news around the world at least 40 people have been killed in prison riots in brazil. say the deadly clashes were sparked by fights between rival gangs in 3 different jails across the town of mouse the government has mobilized additional stuff to secure the prison. malawi's president

peter reith has been elected reelected to another 5 year term by a narrow margin the country's electoral commission confirmed the results after a delay to the final count over allegations of vote rigging. ukrainian president is not a man as an unskilled has visited soldiers on the frontline of the country's conflict with russian backed separatists after the visit he vowed to improve the soldiers' living conditions he says ending the war in eastern ukraine is his top priority. now e.u. leaders are meeting to discuss who will take over some of the key roles in the wake of the parliamentary elections and among the jobs up for grabs is commission president a role currently held by. german chancellor angela merkel says she wants a decision to be taken quickly we'll have more on that in a moment but 1st we're going to take a look at some of the candidates who've already thrown their hat into the ring. their star go. to months. or. it is that

the elections are over but the race to succeed as the next commission president has just started. too many he is the front runner monthly to be about the lead candidate of the largest group in the poll image the conservative european peoples party despite a loss of $38.00 seats his group and he still claim the use top job but brokering a majority in parliament will likely prove difficult. for france to moments from the social democrats it will be even more difficult for the dutchman's as india group came in 2nd with a total loss of 40 seats even if he managed to form a coalition with the greens liberals and the left party as he would still fall short of a majority in parliament. it is the 1st time in 40 years that the big center right and center left groups aren't able to control the majority of seats in the european

parliament. is still some think she may come out as the winner. of denmark this serving competition commissioner didn't run as an official candidate during the campaign that we've however after her liberal alliance made strong gains surely clearing that she is for the presidency. in the end it will be up to them. the leaders of the member states will choose their nominee for the job. and it might be somebody nobody has on their list just get. all right i'm joined now by correspondent in brussels max found max let's start with the role of the president of the european commission how important is this role well under the role of the president of the european commission is quite important it's the top job the most prestigious job in the e.u.

the president of the european commission heads the commission and that is the e.u. body that basically sets the agenda for the european union and also makes up the laws also the president of the european commission represents the e.u. abroad so in a way you could compare it to this role to add a state ok now we've got 2 men who are the current favorites of the month a day by and on for 10 months but there's also a woman among the top contenders isn't that we've got mark at best do we have any sense right now of his likely to come out on top. well this point still very difficult to say you got monthly veba he's the head of the european people's party the conservative bloc in the european parliament his party came out 1st in these elections but with significant losses in compared to 2014 so he will still have to find alliances he will have to broker a majority in order to become the next the next commission president. for 2 moments

from the s. defection it's very unlikely that he will become the next commission president he is for him it's very it will be very difficult to find a majority even if he manages to ally the entire progressive camp ranging from the left over the greens liberals and the social democrats he still fall short of a majority so many think that margaret could be the lady for the job her other fraction of the liberal faction came out pretty strong in these elections the problem is that she never officially said that she was running as it's kind of got her a little fraction did not adopt this procedure of spits and kind of doubt that nominate the lead candidate which rather is team of 7 individual candidates so until the final results of the election are with until election night she never really said that she was in the race for the top job in the you it's very likely that in the european council french president mccall will push for its 1st order so

we will have to see ok now that does seem to be some disunity amongst some of the european leaders of the leaders about how the next candidate should be chosen german chancellor angela merkel says a decision should be made quickly let's have a quick listen to what she has how do you voice does she want to find a solution as quickly as possible is a few because the european parliament will meet at the beginning of july and it would of course be desirable if there were already proposal at the european council then so that staffing could be carried out very quickly. so michael says he wants a quick solution but the main parties didn't get the big majorities of they'd hoped for so does this make finding an agreement more difficult now. this is a very difficult and very long process some all heads of state the european council and they will have to decide on the nominee need in order to present it to present

him or her to the european parliament which by taking into account essentially the election results so the parliament then will have to decide on this nominee with such a fragmented result as we're having right now it's likely to be a little bit more difficult or a lot more difficult rather than the previous years so we're probably not looking at quick results is probably going to drag on for quite a while all right max fund in brussels thank you very much. just 2 weeks ago the austrian chancellor as the best quotes looks invincible but now he is the country's 1st leader since the war to be ousted in a no confidence motion parliament voted to kick him out over a corruption scandal involving his far right coalition pata pata freedom posse now the country will be run by technocrats until new elections in september courts for

his part has vowed to fight on. you know in my view i am still here. i am reading. a defiant sebastian courts promising supporters he's not finished yet he predicted that he and his austrian people's party would be back in power within a couple of months. the the candidate in the next weeks and months real trouble all over austria talking to the people and asking for their support today parliament decide it but at the end of the day in september in this democracy the people will decide and i'm looking forward to that thank you for your support. hauser earlier in the austrian parliament he was dramatically ousted from office by his former allies the far right freedom party they teamed up with opposition parties to mount a vote of no confidence in the chancellor. that's to pull this conflict what really

has deeply surprised me is stead the chancellor in such a situation has still to this day not offered one word of apology to the austrian people mr chancellor me down to this because. it was an act of retribution the coalition fell apart last week after freedom party leader heinz christian straka was caught in a sting video promising government contracts to suppose that russian heiress in a beach in exchange for campaign support. the verge of no confidence came a day after courts celebrated the victory of his center right party in the european parliamentary elections that result is what gives the young leader confidence that he'll be returned in a general election in september is that going to will then austria will be governed by technocrats. the country's president alexander vander bell and announce the vice chancellor. will take over the top office. but of

them going to turn those ladies and gentlemen this is a provisional solution for the next few days until we have a solution that can carry us to the new elections in september to see how this break. in the streets protesters celebrated his downfall he will not only be remembered as austria's youngest chancellor but also its shorter serving head of government. staying in austria the capital vienna is playing host today to the on 20 world summit that's an annual conference on climate change set up by the austrian born actor. mega he'll be joined by. a swedish student who's been leading the school strike movement known as friday as the future is travelling to vienna by train up to speaking in copenhagen at the weekend she called on politicians to enforce the paris climate agreement to reduce carbon emissions and

to tackle the climate crisis. now one way of reducing carbon emissions is possibly by promoting public transport in the small european state of luxemburg taking the bus or tram may soon be free of charge another traffic jam in luxemburg a daily nuisance but the minister for mobility says this is going to change luxembourg is set to become the 1st country in the world to offer free use of on public transport nationwide by 2020. we simply have to understand that a car is not always the ideal merge of transport in urban areas of course we have to offer people alternatives and that means we have to invest a lot more in the studio with expanding the rail network alone will cost luxembourg around 2200000000 euros the goal is to make it possible to transfer to the tram bus or bike all electric of course in particular the idea is to get the 200000 commuters who travel daily from belgium france and germany 70 percent of them by

car to switch to public transit to achieve this park and ride spaces are being doubled and car lanes are being replaced by tram lines. in the past when office space was being planned you had to provide a minimum number of parking spaces a few years ago we turned this around so now the number of parking spots is limited you're only allowed. in the. freedom of the transport authorities control center the hub of data from across the system if there are delays additional vehicles are dispatched after all people will only switch to public transport if they can count on quality and service but ticket machines will remain at the train stations those who prefer to ride 1st class will still have to pay. and i'm joined now by my colleague niranjan from our

environment esque. he is making public transport really an effective way of reducing carbon emissions tackling the climate crisis in a lot of ways yeah it's i mean cars are one of the biggest emitters of greenhouse gases and trying to save one of the most effective ways you will reap us me could reduce our greenhouse gas emissions along with a cut down on flying and. reducing the meat intake we have is by even not driving or by driving less and actually getting people to do that is incredibly tricky. as they're one way the people suggest there's obviously offering free public transport to everyone and that's partly because not everyone is able to just give up because people rely on cars for the jobs that work and to ask people to make those sorts of economic sacrifices without giving them an easy way to kind of alleviate that is the many people to begin to ask. let's have

a talk about what's happening in vienna today talking about. 16 year old climate activists gratitude that there's going to be there last night before my act. actually tweeted this picture which i think we're going to have a look at now which was him and in vienna together now the 2 are going to be meeting with heads of states with representatives from the u.n. the world health organization is all very hot high profile. how much influence do these people really have on climate policy it's hard to measure but i think a lot of people so aggressive. let's remember this softly spoken 16 year old school kid and it really resonated with a lot of the they were able to see the action that she was making the changes she was making i mean for instance she's taken the train to vienna yes that so there's a big idea that i think is very powerful which is that people can see themselves in these sort of climate action areas it's i think the times on the short think it's been using and i think this is

a really effective way in many ways of getting people. actually relate to climate and that's where maybe the scientists have struggled for quite a while is so true is that it's the people cost of it isn't it is being able to understand why and then understanding how you can you can make a difference yourself. we've been talking about the e.u. elections europe's green paint policies made major gains in the e.u. election has been called the green what you've does this tell us something about people's maybe growing understanding of climate change or the climate crisis withholding him yeah i think one of the interesting aspects is that it's becoming more and more mainstream that i mean in germany for instance we saw in the green party was a favorite party of the under sixty's so it's no longer just the sort of kids movement of school kids protesting in affright it's the future protests but it's gone far beyond that to something where i don't know it's and old people are very willing to understand that engage with the challenges that climate presents to them

. so i think on one level is that they become more and more accepted within society but on the other hand the big question from environment find us which is why is that happening fast enough of these changes and this growing awareness of climate and they are they really enough to make these massive changes that they say we need to make starting now theat of speed is of the essence. around john from our environment us thanks so much thank you. it was indeed still to come the fans from this club celebrate as that team makes history will tell you why in just a moment. now to an award celebrating journalism and bravery it comes from the annual global media forum hosted by which started yesterday in the west on the highlights is the freedom of speech award and this year's winner comes from mexico reporter annabel hernandez continues to investigate

drug trafficking and government corruption despite receiving multiple death threats . for the jury and for her admirers it was clear annabel had more than earned the freedom of speech award but the mexican journalist did not want the prize for herself instead she accepted it on behalf of others killed for doing their job. these spies is not for. i can hear it. it's no more than their 125 journalists who have been more there they want us that they want no silence but we still standing and we make our voices heard these years the journalist was awarded the prize for her courageous work in her home country of mexico and about hernandez uncovered corruption within the mexican

government and her books she reveals how drug cartels are entangled with the military the economy and the government again and again journalists in mexico are killed because of their research this was also threatened she fled to europe. today's recipient of the freedom of speech award 2019 is in a sense a walking miracle. and that miracle is simply the fact that she is still with us. german president frank steinmeyer is also concerned about press freedom worldwide he had words of encouragement for annabella head on this and other journalists. keep being courageous about reporting on what must also be uncomfortable for governments democracy needs all of you. remember this refuses to give up

she wants to continue to report on corruption and cartels preferably as part of a global network of investigative journalists she's already won over new found at the global media forum. all right football now and a club here in the german capital. have made history by moving up to germany's top here for the very 1st time relegating in the process and to talk to more about that any how it from day to the sports anthony tell us about it was a tense night and. yeah it's a cliche to describe something as david versus goliath but here it is it was david versus goliath 2019 german football stuff stood guff i think a lot of good squad with 160000000 euros trying to stay in the bundesliga up against your own berlin a team with just 20000000 so 1000000 euros spent by on yonge street got can match up with 8000000 euros spent so it was

a footballing fairy tale sit on the edge of on the edge of the forest in a tiny little stadium on the edge of burley in. the goliath stuttgart fearing a financial nightmare of departing the bundesliga when you're in berlin. the 2nd division saw add. dreaming of a draw that would take them to the bundesliga big guy. the omens weren't good for only 2 2nd tier clubs had won the been does lead a playoff battle in the last 10 attempts but with the backing of a typically raucous home crowd and 2 away goals in their locker he would have been confident of bucking the trend but stuttgart started better and denis olga looked like he'd scored a beauty of a free kick but the video assistant referee spotted an off site no goal no millet remained at halftime despite stuttgart sweating blood for the cause the noon came

into the game after the break this was the 2nd time they were foiled by the woodwork. french world cup winner. came closest to rescuing the day for stuttgart. but in your own held on i was nil nil the final score but new ones 2 goals last week in swabian meant they had finally reached the promised land the new owner promoted to germany's top tier for the 1st time and the fans joined their heroes on the pitch to celebrate their moment in history. it's a really historic night. we had that they're not your run of the mill club they know they're not their former east german state sponsored club they're one of the 11 and they've always been proudly anti establishment and it remains that way to this day yet expects got a fantastic from they did a fantastic article online that describes a match states periods that is like no out of their club from a different time and after a goal there's no music there's no pre-game show there's no fuss and they're

a club making their way at a time when you consider clubs like you're looking at their fans now and what it means to them that's because for them and for every other football fan we're witnessing manchester city an oil sponsored club winning trebles in in england and it doesn't have this feel good factor they're doing it at a time when the people powered club they recognize themselves they might never win a championship. so for them this promotion of the bundesliga is just the sweetest victory of all and fished it out it's the 2nd relegation in 4 years so what's next for them they are a big big club with a big big sponsor by plan a big stadium but now they just the big kid with the the other kids at the table and they've got a lot to lose they going down and they're going to be a lot of t.v.'s but really this is about the cheese for a tame a really feel good story at a time when football it's a great story now at a much. you're watching news from berlin more

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