this is d w news live from berlin another mass shooting in the united states described public utility employee virginia killing 12 people with a handgun the gunman dies in a shootout with police also coming up people across germany are urged to wear a traditional jewish skullcap today in an act of solidarity and in defiance of intolerance we meet a man living with the rising incidence of anti-semitism in berlin and talk to germany's anti semitism commissioner. and there's an english invasion of the

dreaded as 1st an liverpool fans flocked to the city for tonight's champions league final but fans without tickets have been awarded to be paid for risk of arrest. by marrying a evanston it's good to have you with us. in the u.s. state of virginia 12 people are dead and at least 4 others are injured after a disgruntled public utility employee opened fire on coworkers the suspect himself was also killed after a prolonged gun battle with police authorities have not yet released his name or commented on a possible motive. workers at the government building were getting ready for the weekend when the gunman struck employees barricaded themselves in their offices as

the shooter moved through the building the visioneer beach police chief described the scene his office encountered it as a war zone. neatly against with the suspect and i can tell you that it was a wall gun battle between those 4 officers and that's us but. we've recovered a 45 caliber handgun. with multiple extended magazines that were empty at the time the suspect was reloading extended my disease and that handgun firing because throughout the building another officer. another us city in shock and disbelief that this could happen on that doorstep one woman who was inside the building praised the swift action of 1st responders. i'm just going through a lot of emotion because it's too way too much killing going on and i'm just glad

that they are. enough time so we wouldn't be outside when everything was occurring . at beaches mayor calls it a devastating day. today is for jeannie beach is. a senseless. crime. and imposed tremendous grief upon the people of virginia beach the commonwealth and this country. a country where mass shootings occur with disturbing frequency one monitoring group said it was the 150th mass shooting in the u.s. this year. w.'s correspondent michael caniggia is following the latest developments and he joins us now from washington so michael what is known so far about the suspect and a possible motive for this attack well the suspect

according to officials was a employee of the city and they have been media reports that he was fired from his job and that could have been a motive for his his for the shooting but those reports have not been confirmed that he was a disgruntled employee and that may that that was a motive for for the killing so it's not clear yet but we do know that he was a former employee of the city now michael we've also heard some reports that this man actually obtained his weapons legally is there any confirmation about that what kinds of weapons he was using. when he was apparently using a handgun and from what we know so far but we have to be careful because it is still very early and those handguns were purchased legally which is not unusual because of course in virginia as in many u.s.

states it is fairly easy to purchase and hand guns legally for ever citizens so we also know that there are of already been dozens of shootings in the united states this year alone and you mentioned that carrying guns in the state of virginia is legal but what will it take how many more tragedies until gun laws in the u.s. might be changed or made more strict. to be honest i really don't know it seems that that it's totally unclear what it would take to change the. gun violence epidemic it has to be said that this is a kind of violence epidemic in the us that these mass shootings occur with them with regular intervals in the us here and it is unclear what it will take to change that i myself have covered several of these mass shootings and there was always an outpouring of grief and support after those shootings but then there is hardly ever

any consequences taken to try to prevent these acts from happening again in the future. is michael can it ever importing from washington d.c. we thank you very much for that. turning now to some of the other stories making news around the world families of the victims of the river boat tragedy in budapest have arrived to visit the scene at least 7 south korean tourists died when a sightseeing boat sank on the river danube a search is under way to find the 21 people still missing but high water and fast currents are hampering the search efforts. a top mexican officials says his government wants to sharpen existing measures to stem a flood of central american migrants to the u.s. border this follows a threat by u.s. president donald trump to impose tariffs on mexico if it did not substantially halt

illegal migration and more undocumented migrants have been detained in recent months the numbers reaching the u.s. border have continued to rise. a south korean newspaper says north korea has executed its nuclear envoy to the united states can't show it was a senior negotiator at the failed tannoy summit with u.s. president donald trump there's been no confirmation of the report. environmental activist and friday's for a future campaign or gretta timbered has become the subject of a mural in the english city of bristol it stands 50 meters tall and took part as judy thomas 8 days to paint them burke has become the face of the school strike movement that aims to combat climate change. here in germany the government's commissioner for preventing anti-semitism has urged people across the country to wear a traditional jewish skullcap today in an act of solidarity against intolerance the

call comes as the number of anti-semitic incidents in germany is on the rise we'll hear from the commissioner in just a moment but 1st met a jewish man in berlin who wears the skull cap or keeper as it's also known but is careful about being seen in public with it. david pearl wears a skull cap and a prayer tussle as part of everyday life but when he goes outside he puts the tassel in a pocket and he hides the skull cap with a hat through david his wife and children have lived in berlin for 5 years after spending some time in israel there are many things he can't take for granted anymore he's experienced too much hostility for my hosts sometimes as a traffic jam on the street where i live and one time 3 arabic looking men got out of a car and they started spitting at me and harassing me saying you dirty jew who stab you today. this experience is far from unusual police statistics show that the

number of anti-semitic crimes in germany rose from 1504 and 2017 to 1799 a year later an increase of nearly 20 percent the overwhelming majority are attributed to far right perpetrators. for the rise in anti-semitic acts as a result of the coarsening of discourse the readiness to act out in a racist way and against minorities. to hits the spot of movements like biggie. and a large part of the alternative for germany party. that all adds up to a decisive change. people who used to hold back now say it's time to strike that's the danger. and that's why we have to act decisively and make a clear statement that we want no hate crimes. germany guarantees freedom of

religion but for some expressing that religion can be dangerous. you don't feel free you don't feel look then take fish because it belongs to you. of life. it's not just a religious symbol it's also the symbol of a way of life. that's something david wants to be able to hand down to his own children. my kids it's hardly normal to wear it and to run around in it it's very hard to explain to a 3 year old that he has to cover it up because someone might run up and speak on him or harass him. that david would like to wear his skull cap all the time in public not just on the way into the synagogue. w.'s william blue cross spoke to the german government's anti-semitism commissioner felix klein he began by asking him why anti-semitism is

an especially significant issue here in germany. and semitism in germany is always something very special because the holocaust was invented here and happened here and of course we have to take a very very close look at the situation and with the description of the reality i wanted to trigger an honest. discussion and like in normal life i think when you want to make a good therapy you 1st have to analyze the situation this is what i did and i'm quite satisfied that the discussion is so broad now that we have to protect jewish life in germany together politics the state and society as well and it comes in the context of our crude stay which you are calling on all germans to wear a keep in solidarity with jews could stay which has origins in iran is to show support for the palestinian state it's inherently anti israel anti sinus would you

also say it's anti-semitic absolutely i think it's absolutely unacceptable that 9 till 2000 in the year 2019 we hear enticing mythic anti jewish. slogans in particular in the city of lin uncool 1st highly symbolic place and i think we all should stand up against that we should unite as german society saying that we do not accept any form of anti-semitism here and i think it is a very good way to express solidarity with the jewish community if we where with all we are keep our also because many people i think of the opinion in germany that the keypad is something not in here and that it is an exotic piece of clothes but it is not the keep up belongs to drive any it was always part of german culture of jewish culture and this is what you make clear when you have to keep on saturday.

all right let's get you since forest news now and the champions league final kicking off today will see up to 100000 tottenham and liverpool fans fill madrid to watch the big match either at the stadium or in local bars in spanish capital security and emergency coordinator though has advised fans to behave during the match or else risk being arrested. space capital city has more fans than available tickets ahead of the champions league kickoff and that could be a problem with drips government delegation says over 4000 security personnel will be on hand due to the game being deemed a high risk match always we know that some of the supporters we do have a bad behavior but we did deployment of police officer with a really huge we were not top pro but it's these people have to know that if they behave badly they will miss their what to do to watch the match because they will be arrested and they will not have the opportunity to enjoy this party for now it's

still calm out here and fans are enjoying the experience. it's like a real dreams of a city or never thought someone would ever be in the champions league final so to come here and be in the fight and can be my family is just like a dream for me thousands are looking for a way into the stadium the going rate for a ticket has increased to thousands as well ah good pay for tickets. i think it's going to be like teams playing attacking for. everyone wants to be there so it's going to give us that. police have warned fans that a high number of counterfeit tickets are being sold so be aware. and before we go let's get you a quick reminder of our top story. there's been another mass shooting in the united states a disgruntled public utility employee in virginia killed 12 people with a handgun and then died in

a shootout with police at least 4 other people were wounded. there watching d.w.i. news up next is dr stillman with a documentary about illegal logging in borneo down there in evanston from the entire team thanks for watching. first cannulas i'm going to ground the moment arrives. in the join your regular turn on her journey back to freedom. in our interactive documentary story and on rent and returns home on the d w dot com.