this is the w. news live from berlin and demonstrators in the german capital show their solidarity with their fellow jewish citizens they're protesting against a rise in anti-semitic incidents across germany and opposing a profile a study a demonstration that marks the israeli occupation of these traversal are. also coming up another mass shooting in the united states a disgruntled public utility employee in virginia kills 12 people with a handgun the gunman dies in a shootout with police. and there's

a british invasion of madrid as spurs and little golf fans flocked to the to the city for tonight's champions league final but fans without tickets had been warned to behave or risk arrest. waiter thank you for joining us today is could this day when pro palestinians are for palestinian marchers around the world marked the start of israel's occupation of east jerusalem that many people oppose the commemoration because they believe it is inherently and to semitic in nature here in berlin there have been rallies attended by people opposed to alkaloids day which in previous years has featured anti-semitic incidents people rallying against it want to show their solidarity with their fellow jewish citizens in germany where anti jewish incidents are on the rise. joining us now from the anti out code's rally is

correspondent tests of alter your at the main the counter demonstration against the alcoves march and berlin today what brought people out what was their motivation. exactly right behind me you can see the biggest counter-demonstration him by then and people have come from as far as they took a bus came as a group 5 miles of journey and they come and they told me i've come to show my solidarity with the jewish people not only here in germany but also in israel everywhere in the world for them it is a very special place for them here in germany with our history therefore we should support the jewish community even more because we have the duty story duty to do so and they are very happy to be here one person i talked to actually. she's not too sure so but wearing a kippah or a skull cap is a sign of solidarity and this is something we've seen quite often here at the

counter demonstration we've heard critics of the al codes rally is say that they are and herenton anti-semitic inherently anti israeli this year's al called march in berlin is happening against this backdrop of rising anti-semitic violence in germany so if the march is so controversial why wasn't it banned that is a very tricky question here in germany the rights to for the freedom of assembly the freedom of speech is something that is very important the german constitution allows everyone to you have these frights and. it wouldn't be able to ban the alcoves march because the organizers probably go to court and underline their freedom of assembly right and therefore they would lose that court case therefore they opted to allow the demonstration to happen but put these very hard restrictions on them and so far it seems like people are holding up

to the restrictions tez of altar out on the streets of berlin for us thank you so much. and i will take a look at 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 korea interest died when a sightseeing boat sank on the danube river a search is under way to find the 21 people who are still missing but high water and fast currents are hampering search efforts. a top mexican official says his government wants to tighten existing measures to stem the flood of central american migrants coming to the u.s. border us president donald trump has threatened to impose tariffs on mexico if it does not make substantial efforts to halt illegal migration more undocumented migrants have been detained in recent months but the numbers of people reaching the u.s. border have continued to rise. new chinese counter tariffs on u.s.

imports went into effect on saturday targeting $60000000000.00 worth of goods beijing also says it's creating a blacklist of foreign individuals and companies that they will ban from supplying chinese firms the move comes in retaliation for washington's tariffs on chinese goods. a surge of fighting is expected in the last rebel held territory in syria government forces are launching an all out offensive ground troops have been advancing on live under the cover of syrian and russian airstrikes the offensive marks an end to the 9 month cease fire that started last september backed by russia and turkey and it's the biggest escalation in fighting since the summer of last year. the entire world is watching the massacre that is taking place and letting it pass and silence. and. dark words from humanitarians as syrian government forces advance on. the region is home

to some story 1000000 people human rights groups say the effects of the battle will be felt across the world. the displaced people will soon move towards other countries their potential refugees if the status quo continues. the european union and the whole world will be suffering a new wave of refugees who are short on the borders of many countries around the world they are already considered dead in italy so they have nothing to lose. in the truth with growcott between russia and turkey who support opposing sides in the war the un insists it is pushing both to it here to the cease fire we are strongly encouraging baltar russia and turkey to continue working together and to make sure that to sing dream and stand being implemented on the ground so this is

what i am continuing to hearing but of course we need to see it as i said to be implemented. russian and turkish leaders are scheduled to hold talks on the sidelines of the g. 20 summit at the end of june the fate of it led tight to their fragile relationship . and i'm joined now by corrine fleisher in damascus she is the world food program's country director for syria current how is the world food program preparing for the syrian government's offensive in it live i imagine it's not just one thing but what do people there need the most. well we're witnessing a catastrophic unfolding in. lifes are lost people have to flee the civilian infrastructure is destroyed and now our farm lands are being destroyed so $300000.00 people are on the move fleeing the conflict going from soudan in northern hum out towards the north where day shelter in camps and blood to 6050 in

camps the world food programme. has been supporting our 190000 people with emergency food distance which is food that people can eat on the move which is canned food. is it possible that the humanitarian groups in the region are going to have to stop operating there that is not an option for us it is difficult to access but we have to reach the people no matter what and so we are calling on all part is not only to stop this conflict to protect civilian lives protect infrastructure but also ensure that the humanitarian operation can go where it has to go to meet and support to people who are in need to people have nothing left they have now in camps which are overcrowded they receive shelter stands from from humanitarian quite nervous but i don't know where to put them there is no spades and you know

a man told our partner that he had to carry his his his mother his aging mother his wanted mother for hours on his shoulders because they didn't have a vehicle and until they found a vehicle it took him it took him a long time so the situation is dire and people have nothing left and why humanitarian assistance and so we need to be able to get there no matter what. cohen flush or the welfare programs country director for syria thank you so much in please stay safe thank you. in the u.s. state of virginia 12 people are dead and 4 others are injured after a disgruntled city employee opened fire on his coworkers the suspect himself was also killed after a prolonged gun battle with police he's been named as de wayne crowder a 40 year old engineer with the city of virginia beach as public utilities department.

that the government building were getting ready for the weekend when the gunman struck employees barricaded themselves in their offices as the shoot him moved through the building the visioneer beach police chief described the scene his office encountered it as a war zone. gauged with. i can tell you it was. for officers and. we've recovered a 40. officers . another us city in shock and disbelief that this could happen on that doorstep.

and he was inside the building praise the swift action of 1st responders. i'm just going through a lot of emotion because it's way too much killing going on and i'm just glad that they. time so we wouldn't be outside when everything was occurring. at beaches may calls it a devastating day. is for. our. 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. sports news now the champions league final which kicks off today will see 100000 tottenham and liverpool fans fill up madrid to watch the big match

authorities in the spanish capital are advised people to behave during the game or risk being arrested. spain's capital city has more fans than available tickets ahead of the champions league kickoff and that could be a problem with drugs government delegation says over $4000.00 security personnel will be on hand to 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 was really huge we would not have a problem is these people have to know that if they behave badly they will miss what to do to watch the match because they will be arrested are they would not have the opportunity to enjoy this party for now it's still calm down here in fans are enjoying the experience. is like a grocery interested you are never thought saddam 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 people to get. i think it's going to be like teams playing it's hockey 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 where. and some tragic news now spanish soccer club sivia announced that their former player jose antonio re-ask has died in a traffic accident at just age 35 the club tweeted the news in an official statement from asked one a host of honors as a player with arsenal madrid and athletic comments read and played $21.00 times for spain he won 3 year old league titles a sivia where he had come up through the ranks as a youngster. don't forget you can always get news on the go just download our app

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