who sold your consignment. card devilry. june 17th g.w. . you're watching g.w. news live from berlin syria's last for a stronghold faces an all out assault as government forces advance on good lives human rights groups are warning of an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. also on the program with just a few hours. hundreds of people demonstrating. and

with just hours ago took it off and the champions league final excitement is building for liverpool and 1st fans in madrid they've invaded the spanish capital will catch up with some of them ahead of the big game. and my schwager welcome to the program saturday is the day when palestinians and their supporters around the world voice their opposition to israel's occupation of east jerusalem the annual protest began 40 years ago and organizers say they are against israel and zionism many people oppose them because they believe they are inherently anti-semitic. and some of these people took to the streets here in berlin to demonstrate against al clubs day several 100 people took part in the march to show solidarity with their fellow jewish citizens in germany. government

commissioner for anti-semitism called on everyone taking part to take a stand against anti-semitism by wearing traditional jewish skullcaps called a keeper he talked to you about the current situation produced in germany. and joining us now is utopia correspondent tess of alto who is at the site where the berlin rally against the al codes march took place to say you were at the main counter demonstration today what brought people out what was their motivation. oh my yeah you can so this is where the counter demonstration ended and mostly people have gone home i just talked to the organizers and they were pretty happy of how the event of they said it was a very friendly atmosphere party atmosphere they said even 802000 people came according to them and i spoke to some of them and that was their motivation to come . here to send a message to all those who think they can wipe out other people's it doesn't matter where in the world or who's fighting who it's just unacceptable and that's why

we're here today to stand up against such views. but i find it very odd that they can demonstrate in germany on the streets of berlin of all the places and incite hatred against jews in guns a bit that's of course the world right now it's a time of populism right wing populists of always been and she jewish and we can see how strong populists are right now across the globe. and we've heard how the pro palestinian al codes march has been very controversial if that's true why wasn't it just banned. that's a very good question because follow him tony we have to keep in mind that the freedom of assembly and the freedom of speech are 2 very important rights for the germans they're written in the constitution and in the past we've seen authoritarian regimes restricting these rights so the senate had to decide whether to low or not march and it said it couldn't ban it because the court in the end

would decide for the model on the basis of the constitution giving everyone the freedom to assembly crazy but they said very hot restrictions will be put in place and that was the case what were these restrictions tell us more about that. so the restrictions where there wasn't any banning of flags allowed and that of the scene clues the israeli flag no hate speech was allowed and nothing that could be insulting for someone and also organizations like hezbollah were not able to be supported publicly. tests of altera in berlin tracking these competing demonstrations for us thank you so much. government forces are launching an all out offensive against the last rebel held territory in syria and people on the ground are expecting a surge of fighting ground troops have been advancing on it live under the cover of russian and syrian air strikes 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 violence and summer of last year. for those on the entire world is watching the massacre that is taking place and letting it costs silence. and. dark words from humanitarians the 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. displaced people will soon move towards other countries. they are potential refugees if the status quo continues. to turkey 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. the truce with grow between russia and turkey who support opposing sides in the war

the un insists it is pushing both to adhere to the cease fire we are strongly encouraging both russia and turkey to continue working together and to make sure that too soon 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 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 tight to their fragile relationship. and i will take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world a total ban on plastic bags has come into effect in tanzania the east african country says it will punish manufacturers and users with heavy fines or even prison time tanzania follow several other countries in africa like rwanda and kenya and for hitting the environmentally harmful product. of hungary and court has ordered

the arrest of the captain of a river cruise ship over the deadly collision on the river danube in budapest the ukrainian man was in charge when his ship hit a smaller sightseeing vessel 7 south korean surest died and 21 are still missing. at least $38.00 people have been injured in multiple blasts at an explosion of explosives factory in russia the explosions took place in about 400 kilometers east of moscow large parts of the factory buildings were destroyed and the cause of the blast is so far unknown. in the u.s. state of virginia 12 people are dead and 4 others are injured after a disgruntled city employee opened fired on his coworkers the suspect himself was also killed after a prolonged gun battle with police he's been identified as de wayne craddock a 40 year old engineer with the city of virginia beach as public utilities

department we can see brown turlough well scaliger mary louise gale alexander mchale. the list went on hold but one of the 12 people killed were employed by the city authorities. the other was a contractor believe ovoid that we will never be able to fill. them and they had been getting ready for the weekend when the gunman struck employees barricaded themselves in their offices as the shooter moved through the building. police said he was shooting indiscriminately. they described the scene office's find as a war zone. were all throughout the building except for the basement so i'm not sure it wasn't just one particular area it could be that's what he was looking for but once he began gauged in this activity it just continued throughout

the building with. the attack left another u.s. city in shock and disbelief that this could happen on their 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 . virginia beach is mayor called it a devastating day. is for jeannie beach is. a senseless. crime. and impose 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. well in many places in the world lots of food sold in supermarkets goes to waste which begs the question what to do with all that food that doesn't get sold or eaten too just french and hygiene laws companies can't just give it away and a lot of it ends up being thrown away even though it's fine as one group of young people in western germany found out. searching for something to eat. and his friends spend their nights picking through dumpsters they don't want to get caught some might say it's fact they call it contain earring. they're amazed so much is thrown away all this food was found in just one night. but the fruit and vegetables are thrown out if one orange in a bag is rotten you just wash the others and it's ok some stuff that is thrown away

you don't want like meat or fish and you have to look out for product recalls as well a lot of money out of. christians started container 10 years ago and hasn't yet fallen sick he's even written a book about it if the new initiative from hamburg comes into force germans like christiane will no longer need to worry about legal action but some regional storage fees remain skeptical. there are other possible side effects and it's not yet clear how we should proceed for trespass for example and in many cases property damage or fences have been cut or locks broken. shop owners are also wary about throwing away food that is past its sell by date there's the question of who is responsible if someone gets food poisoning after taking something out of a dumpster in france there's a law against food wastage big supermarkets have to donate unsold food to community

organizations such as food banks could this also work in germany. we shouldn't overload the food banks in germany they do a lot of volunteer work but they aren't there to fix the problems in our food provision 18th of all food is thrown away according to germany's food and agriculture ministry experts say both consumers and the food industry need to make changes. we can't really ban people from throwing things away. but we could think about whether we always need to buy more food. and other countries have done well with this approach persuading shops not to keep putting out new produce right up to the very last minute enough to leave. town is campaigning for reform on the internet he's hoping soon to be allowed to collect

discarded food legally but it's still not clear whether the politicians will go along with that. in sports news the champions league final is kicking off today and they will see about 100000 tottenham and liverpool fans fill up madrid to watch the big match either at the stadium or in a local sports bar t w sports is pub pub a full alias's in madrid and he's been catching up with a few of the diehard fans ahead of the game. this is what it's all about the champions league trophy well not this one this is a replica but up 210-0000 fans have descended on the spanish capital for this momentous occasion between liverpool and spurs and they've arrived by plane boat train bus car you name it there is an incredibly excited feeling here in the spanish capital amongst all the fans and of course the locals to or if you come from manchester just outside of manchester city sydney sydney.

things are. afflicted by not all or didn't close if. and then drive this morning to about 4 hours from the seas from new york to new york came straight to madrid for the 1st time here for the support sport the lads. love it so many fans descending on madrid for the champions league final a muscle security operation is underway with up to $5000.00 police officers ensuring the safety of fans out here one of the songs like here and so they're spread across the city now only $35000.00 tickets have actually been allocated to both teams which means that many fans of come here to madrid without a ticket and they're willing to pay what a lot of money to get into the stadium to watch not fight. on limited to get unlimited sky the sky's the limit would you pay for it take a kidney. or 40500 bucks off

a ticket for 1200 and i ask the motor 3 mortgage the house what would you pay for a ticket on a couple of years of a go up well whether fans have a ticket or not to go to the game it doesn't really matter. because they're soaking up the atmosphere here in madrid one thing is for sure though the champions trophy will be. traveling back to england later tonight. you're watching t.v. news coming up next google promises better day. protection and ship living in the digital age and mash waiter thanks for watching. i'm secure in the fire war that's hard and in the end it's a me you're not a lot of the human world who was into that. are you familiar with this. with the smugglers were lions of the.