this is the w. news live from berlin the race to fill that you use tough job that begins european heads of government meeting brussels to discuss a replacement for a commission president shall cause you put france and germany appear to be heading for a showdown over the issue. also coming up a social media storm erupts over this you tube video as the leader of germany's

conservatives appears to call for limits on free speech a you tuber said people should boycott her party. plus a big surprise in german football outsiders 40 on berlin claw their way into the bundesliga for the 1st time i'll tell you about this little talks big victory in the relegation playoff. i'm sumi so what's gonna thank you for joining us. european heads of government are meeting in brussels to negotiate their picks for the top jobs in the block after the last weeks of parliamentary elections the heads of major institutions must now be replaced including the head of the european central bank now another key job up for grabs is commission president that post is currently held by john hi joe great you see here but his term is due to end on october 31st. you leaders disagree over

who should succeed him and how that candidate should be chosen german chancellor angela merkel and french president in monarchical are at odds over this issue but let's take a look at what makes the job of european commission president so important well number one the european commission proposes legislation so the president has a very powerful role in shaping laws that in fact affect the entire interview a 2nd also important the commission president appoints the e.u. commissioners so with one commissioner from each member state of the president decides who is in charge of what which countries commissioner is responsible for trade migration energy and so on now let's take a look at the front runners in this race 1st there is germany's month he is the leading candidate for the largest group in the parliament the conservative european people's party backed by german chancellor angela merkel and then there is funds to moments from the socialist and democrats in the parliament helen from the netherlands he is calling for more social justice in the u.

and then there is margaret hassan from denmark her a lioness of liberals and democrats gained 40 seats in last week's election she has the backing of french president. so it's a complicated picture we're hoping that brussels bureau chief max hoffman who is following at the summit in brussels for us can clear things up for us a little bit hi max good to see you so it seems like there is a lot of disagreement in the e.u. over this question. and like you said it's extremely complicated i mean we couldn't even talk about a 10th of what's going on if you think about all the different countries and interest nor self small country big countries social democrats liberals or conservatives but it's the truth from my we have right now you mentioned it is seems to be between i'm going to measure the german chancellor in a manner and i call the french president because i get a macro is supporting this process which is called and you you explain the disputes process i know it's a terrible word but it's basically. says that those only those that have been

officially elite candidates for their group in the european parliament can eventually be elected to become president of the european commission and there not that many there notably monthly to the who is the head of the group of the conservatives the european people's party so the largest group in the european parliament a lot of people said that they could support them of course especially i get america but they might do in that call when coming into the european council didn't mention a couple of names but he noticeable he did not mention munster had the bus so that's where the clashes and this could take awhile already could take a while max with all of this wrangling when can we expect a decision. at the earliest optimistically speaking maybe at the end of june this is when we have the next regular summit here in this very building of the e.u. council so all the leaders will come back together and that's important because the european parliament the new jerseyan parliament will convene for the 1st time at the beginning of july so it would be practical to have

a solution then but many think it might not work out that quickly because you have forces now that a strong that word that strong earlier for example by the uni's leg up party so right wing populist party in italy that might complicate things in the parliament but also on the on the leaders level so it's hard to say some pessimists a might even take take until november or the end of the year a so beyond november 2 to sort this out are our correspondent not tough when they're 4th in brussels with the latest thank you max. now germany says stablish parties last voters in the country's european elections now the head of germany's conservative c.d.u. party has question whether opinions expressed on the internet ahead of elections should face regulation and as you can imagine that's provoked quite a backlash on line our reporter rebecca rivers has been looking into this for us tell us what. our has said here that is so controversial also it was all sparked by a video that's been making the rounds that was watched widely before your pain

elections on the weekend called the destruction of the city you know it was made by a 26 year old german blogger by the name of reza and it was signed by the 70 influential you tube is now the video criticize the c.d.u. that the leading party and the party of angela merkel and called for voters to boycott the party it also called on them to to cut to boycott their coalition partners the social democrats excuse me was also very critical of the alternative for germany the far right party but but the video really focused on cd you as main thesis was that the german coalition government was out of touch with young voters especially on issues that like the surrounding the environment and it was viewed more than 11000000 times in the lead up to the election now we know now post-election just how badly this deed and really historic losses is the worst it's the worst result since world war 2 and speaking in response to that and

a great care about who's known as a k k here in the german media she criticized the video and then questioned the regulations around influencing political opinion on the internet we've got a clip of what she had to say. shouldn't the question when it comes to shaping public opinion is what are the rules from the analogue realm and which rules should apply to the digital realm we'll tackle this discussion the flight aggressively. ok so she's talking about rules and regulations there yet and she's faced a mash of massive backlash with people accusing her of attacking free speech but she's obviously backed down from some of those comments but it's created quite a stir on social media tell us about the store on twitter because that's where we see the big backlash the absolutely i mean it's unleashed a bit of a storm the top 3 trending hashtags on twitter all surrounding this today one use a reply directly to a tweet from a k.k.k. saying the destruction of the c.d.u.

as a party of the democratic center with a statement like that you are destroying yourself even traditional supporters have been ruffled by the incidents this one said as a longtime c.t. voter i'm shocked how you deal with opinions in digital media and digital channels in general such statements show that the c.d.u. isn't able to lead our country into the digital future and isn't a viable choice for me anymore for some pretty strong words there and then one analyst sort of broadened it out to other countries that have censorship and she wrote where else are they trying this approach oh right egypt where influences with more than 5000 followers are treated like media outlets and controlled by the government probably not an example to follow so the backlash has been quite fierce despite her sort of backing away from those comments it was just a suggestion of course to talk about the type of our my debate ahead of elections so how realistic is it that germany could actually change its laws on this well

pretty unlikely i mean there's not that much support probably none i would say and even if they were she's governing in a coalition of the social democrats the general secretary of the social democrats has criticized the comments as absurd other parties have come out and also criticized it but even members of her own party have come out. the state premier northwest north rhine-westphalia and has spoken to do it develop and he had this to say. just because it says god. sees a german is basic law which just turned 70 and was drawn up here in bonn stipulates that everybody has the right in various forms to express their opinion and you tube is a new medium that wasn't around back then but the law would certainly have applied to it so it's not journalism it's an expression of opinions and expression of opinions are not supposed to be regulated. can't deal so a lot of criticism even from within her own party and you know i mean i think the comments will certainly not be building any bridges with the younger voters all

right our reporter rebecca ritter's with the story for us thank you so much for becca. let's catch up now on some other stories making headlines around the world opposition groups in sudan are holding a 2 day strike to protest the slow pace of talks with the ruling military council negotiations aimed at transferring power to a civilian authority stalled this week after the 2 sides agree to a 3 year transition period a cabinet and a legislature. officials in mexico say a japanese man has died on a flight after swallowing nearly 250 packets of cocaine the 42 year old had been traveling from colombia to tokyo his plane made an emergency landing in northern mexico after a flight attendant's spotted him convulsing. a hiker who survived for 17 days with a broken leg and hawaiian forest has been welcomed home by her local community amanda keller from went missing on the 8th of may she drank stream water and ate

plants until she was spotted from a helicopter and rescue on saturday. at least 11 people have died trying to climb the world's highest peak mont everest the season most are believed to have suffered from altitude sickness caused by low levels of oxygen in the air but a number of deaths are being blamed on overcrowding. they came for an adventure in the remotest place on earth they got q.'s carnage and tragedy. the man who filmed this long breathless crawl to the top of everest turned back fearing for his life it has become a death ray is there because there was massive traffic jam and people are pushing themselves for not even care people of doing it they do it they try to summit and they're in a sort of summiting they kill themselves and it's turned into a bad thing and i think people should really look into it. the reason for the sneaking lines of mountaineers at the top of the world

a record number of parent and a narrow window of good weather the delays made the already stream conditioned worse according to this climber who has the scars to prove it. but i had to wait a while for the traffic to decrease so we could go. home at that because of that i was very cold and i was protecting myself and. all that if there was no traffic there maybe this frostbite would not have happened. robin fisher is one of the 11 people to have died this season he shot this video describing the conditions as he set out for the summit. for 3. but it is the death zone near the hillary step where the congestion is most dangerous to resume officials have promised to implement safety

barriers but. the number of climbers who come to our mountains is actually quite low compared to other countries we're not going to fix or limit the number of climbers we're trying to get more tourists and climbers to come to nepal by giving them better facilities and safety we want to encourage them to come for both pleasure and fame. as cleanup operations gets underway on everest it's not just rubbish they're collecting for more bodies were plucked off the mountain another reminder that the pursuit of pleasure and fame can come at the greatest price now to northern syria where president bashar al assad is trying to take back the territory lost in his country's bloody anti-government insurgency the region is home to one of the country's largest tribes which has fought against the so-called islamic state but it has also at certain asserted itself against assad the shamar hope to play

a vital role in syria when the fighting comes to an end. who made a huddle and his entourage follow and c'est old traditions in a bid to solve a very current standoff. on how to heads one of the most powerful tribes in syria. marlette a historically nomadic lifestyle across the region today they're mostly settled in northern syria. president bashar al assad is targeting this area of northern syria after regaining control of broad swaths of the country. he's hopeful that negotiations might help prevent a military attack on his tribe. that's why he recently held talks with syrians representing assad. we have a. negotiation but these meetings took place to bring about peace and reduce hatred among different ethnic groups in the country different political parties it's our

duty to diffuse the hatred others have spread. palace lies in tel a town in northern syria flanked by advisors the chef has been discussing the future of the tribe estimated to number in the millions including members in neighboring iraq even before the war broke out 8 years ago assad never had full control in this part of syria. has long been at loggerheads with the government which is why she. have wielded so much influence. and that influence grew in recent years after assad's army almost completely withdrew from northern syria. fought alongside the kurds and the u.s. led coalition against the so-called islamic state. the barrier at the entrance to a reminder that fighters could only halt the advance of i.a.s.

with great effort. more militants are led by the son but. he's convinced the radical mindset still poses a danger in syria. it's been clear for some time that i will be defeated militarily but i'm worried about the ideology children's minds and cannot easily be. since bandar and his fighters fear sleeper cells they maintain a presence in the tribal area they've stationed checkpoints along the bumpy roads but these roadblocks won't stop assad's army. she. is seeking common ground with the assad regime to avoid dragging the show more tribe and its warriors into a new deadly conflict now some other stories making news around the world

a man armed with knives has killed 2 people including a child in a stabbing spree near tokyo japanese media report the suspect killed himself after the attack which targeted schoolgirls waiting for a bus during the morning brush hour. more than 30 people have been injured by debris after tornado pulverized buildings around dayton ohio officials said snowplows were used to clear debris from roads at least 2 other tornadoes touched down near the city more than 60000 homes and businesses in ohio suffered power cuts . malaysia will send 3000 tons of non-recyclable plastic waste back where it came from china banned waste imports last year causing countries like the u.s. and britain to start shipping trash to malaysia trying it and turning it into the world's main destination for up plastic waste now the country's concerned it's increasingly becoming a dumping ground for a few days ago the philippines at its word to turn tons of trash to canada. you're watching news still to come these berlin football fans celebrate as their team

makes history we'll tell you why in just a few moments. first though reports from britain show knife crime is soaring across the country with nearly 300 people step to death last year the problem is especially acute in the capital london or members of ethnic minorities and gangs are disproportionately affected as victims and us perpetrators the british government has faced a lot of criticism over its response. to new day a new crime scene last night here in east london a 15 year old was stabbed to death with a knife. social worker paul mckenzie has visited many such crime scenes but this time it really gets to him the victim was a friend of his nephew or drove. his son to watch is now you see these are everywhere you see

a bunch of flowers years ago and it meant something you really saw when i was very red the request. was too many to read more the only because somebody wanted to prove something to somebody else that's that's the side 3rd wife has become a point system. and now somebody somewhere say. they know that i'm that person but. often it's a case of rivalry between members of gangs but innocent bystanders can also fall victim to knife crime. almost or in some gangs knifing someone is proof a youngster is worthy of belonging to a gang. on the right 13 years old be diversified not by. what happened mackenzie talks to gang members and makes videos to show how quickly things are to syria rating in some parts of london. why do you carry a 15 inch not crazy big round skid but if you say. hey

i don't want someone put up with me let turner cermak killed me. oakland bottle a day. everyone pull mckenzie feels that the government tells and take knife crime seriously enough he supports an initiative demanding that the government treat the violence as a national emergency. you know you might really like this was my son i say oh he was more murdered in 2015. with much better let me thank god for not crime in the face of fiber a.b.c.'s. if not through the heart. i in some neighborhoods and young people don't leave home without a knife as i think they must be prepared to defend themselves. jason isaak's was stabbed to death one and a half years ago he was sharon candles eldest son. now he younger children always

have to come home straight from school because she fears for their lives jason was killed early in the evening while he was out with a few friends. just the ones where 4 friends so 5 of them and you know that someone for their lives and they all were in different directions and jess and got call and stabs 8 times everyone that knew jess and you always hope you're christian which was nice because everyone every time we went our feet to go i as i was i love you mom case and that's what we got that night and we did everything together really we it was a very family person. jason's killer was caught he was just 17 at the time rap videos of him and his gang can be seen on the internet known as drell this style of hip hop is very popular with british youths. and. one

of the talk about people in the back which is what they do and jason obviously was stabbed to me in the park so. the issue here is a systemic one violence is normalised now unless we start looking. for a bob the young people were never going to get to the bottom of this. new belief systems they need to believe there is a future you talk to some of these young people they can see it was 20 and any society that has a generation of young people that constitute past 20 and you've got it you've got to address that from above. the whole mackenzie knows there aren't any quick fixes to the situation the british government has now committed itself to investing in youth work and strengthening the police presence everyone knows the problem has simply become too large to ignore.

to soccer now and only on berlin have made history there moving up to the top tier of german football for the 1st time relegating in the process only on were in pole position after drawing the 1st leg to all and dakar with the crowd behind them the scene was set for a tense night of football and. the humans were not good for the new own only 2 2nd tier clubs had won the been does league play off battle in the last 10 attempts but with the backing of a typically raucous home crowed 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 offside no goal. remains at half time despite stuttgart sweating blood for the cause in your own came into the game after the break this was the 2nd time they were foiled by the woodwork. french

world cup when i. came closest to rescuing the day for stuttgart. but held on i was nil nil the final score but 2 goals last week and 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. now excitement is building ahead of the cricket world cup which gets under way this thursday england and wales are hosting the tournament but half the teams are from asia or cricket is very popular one potential dark courses afghanistan where enthusiasm for the sport has been growing they take on one of the favorites australia in their 1st match on saturday we met once and whole be following that match a young afghan who was hoping to represent his country one day pressing on his helmet strapping up his gloves it's all part of the ritual for i mean

a 14 year old lives and breathes cricket practicing regularly so that one day he can follow in the footsteps of his idols. it's one of my dreams to become a cricket player i want my countrymen my family and my relatives to watch me on t.v. on a become a champion and win trophies for afghanistan. moncho all cricket has helped bridge divides in war torn afghanistan the sport was once banned by the taliban but attitudes have now changed afghanistan has emerged as a hot bed of cricket talent but poor facilities in the lack of affordability still hamper progress. there are ones out than risk a lot of afghan players have financial problems because the financial situation of most afghan families is not good. also we don't have good cricket pitch it's all

the family doesn't have much money i come here so i have to go yes that's the saw the more you know how. those goals are undoubtedly driven by the success of the afghan team on the international stage a team whose future may well rest in the hands of players like capital. ari finally here in germany traffic police say a speeding driver has been saved by a photo bomb of a very different kind of speed camera caught of this vehicle traveling at 64 kilometers an hour in the thirty's own just as a pigeon flew in from a car and spread its wings obscuring the driver's identity and saving him or her a 105 euro fine police say the mystery driver should take it as a sign from above to slow down. our mind and our top story here on d w european leaders are meeting in brussels just 2 days after the e.u. elections they're talking about candidates for the top jobs including the next

commission president. you're watching d.w. news coming up next with just over a week until the women's and soccer world cup kick off as the lowdown on germany's thank you for that in just a few minutes here on duty at the. goff

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