store june 10th w. o. o. this is t w news live from berlin and excitement builds ahead of the champions league final the match kicks off in less than an hour. these are live pictures from the stadium in madrid where liverpool and tottenham will face off shortly to join d.w. sports reporters on the ground analysis and their predictions also coming up serious last rebel stronghold faces an all out assault as government forces advance on it live human rights groups are warning of an unprecedented humanitarian crisis

. cand another mass shooting in the united states the disgruntled public utility employee in virginia kills 12 people with a handgun the gunman dies with an exchange of fire with the police. and my ash waiter thanks for joining us starting off this hour with football news because the champions league final is less than an hour away and liverpool and top numb hotspur are set to lock horns in an all english showdown in madrid more than 100000 supporters from the 2 clubs are believed to have made their way to the spanish capital despite the vast majority of them not even having a ticket liverpool fans are hoping their team can go one step further this time having lost last season's final have never reached this stage before.

to be a foreign correspondent publicly i asked in madrid for the big game he's on the line now the problem you're there you're on the ground what's it like right now. well it is incredibly exciting here madrid there are thousands of people milling around the center of the capital and we've seen as you mentioned the red the hunger says that descended on the spanish capital to soak up the atmosphere and it has been a hot day here in madrid people from the cooler climes all being blue and enjoying the sunny and hot weather here of their trip many of the 5 direct to travel did not have tickets revoked many of them think that they were willing to pay quite a large sum of money to get into the stadium and back that we spoke with said he was waiting to get. another process that. he put off this mother if she could report as to how it's obviously she declined that offer but as you can imagine it's a pretty festive atmosphere here is a lot of problems all right well while people are trying to beg borrow or steal

their way into the game it's been a herculean task for the city of madrid to handle hosting these 2 english teams right. you're absolutely right and obviously with the large number of coming to madrid the police had a pretty extensive and security operation in place they still have that in place of the almost 5 guys police officers on the ground here in the grid ensuring the safety of those bonds they were divided into 2. who maybe don't call them up or one area and then the liverpool fans and another area they even have to travel to the stadium of duceppe or metro lines and then there were it's been a pretty family affair will say plenty of people at the bed listening to music the former at champions league stars make an appearance here on to the stage of the center of the capital you see people enjoying as i said before the spanish don't shine but overall it seems to have grown parity with most of the facts that are heading into bars across the planet copple no shortage of those that's for sure and

then to look to kind of court watch the match live there at the metropolitan stadium and soak up the atmosphere and whatever happens of course i think this team will be heading home with the trophy tonight and if you had to put money down on something pablo what are you expecting for tonight's match. my mind as you know i like a fact and i like the numbers so i am going to say if we just look at the numbers liverpool had 26 more points in the premier league they lost 12 fewer games and they and the beach for both away and at home in the premier league going to put my money on liverpool and i'd say european folk with that would be will find out very shortly if you're right probably a forest in madrid thank you so much thanks miles. government forces in syria are launching an all out offensive against the last rebel held territory there people on the ground are expecting a surge of fighting ground troops have been advancing on it live under the cover of

syrian and russian airstrikes the offensive marks the end of the 9 month cease fire that started last september that was backed by russia and turkey and it's the biggest escalation of violence and the summer of last year. this footage purportedly shows the aftermath of a syrian government air raid in it live volunteer races to rescue injured children from the rubble observers are warning that the battle for the region could have a terrible humanitarian toll it live is the last rebel stronghold with some 3000000 people packed together in close quarters rights groups say the effects of the battle will be felt across the world. displaced people will soon move towards other countries they have potential refugees if the status quo continues. the european union and the whole world will be suffering a new wave of refugees to his shorts on the borders of many countries around the

world they are already considered dead in italy so they have nothing to lose. the truce was brokered between russia and turkey to support the posen sides in the war the un insists it's pushing both to adhere to the ceasefire we are strongly encouraging baltar russia and turkey to continue working together and to make sure the 2 single human stand being implemented on their home so this is what i'm 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 the ad lib tied 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. life's are lost people have to flee the civilian infrastructure is destroyed and now farmlands are being destroyed so $300000.00 people are on the move fleeing the conflict going from south than it and northern hum out towards the north where shelter in camps and by desex safety 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 quite 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 the 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 what 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 wonted 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. saturday is the day and 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 that many people oppose them because they believe they are inherently anti-semitic and several 100 of these people took to the streets here in berlin to demonstrate against could day and show solidarity with their fellow jewish citizens in germany and joining us now is the to be a correspondent tessa votto who is at the site where the berlin rally against the out could march took place to say you were at the main that counter demonstration today what brought people out what was their motivation. oh my yeah you can so this is where the counter demonstration and 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 races and incite hatred against jews in guns of it this is across the world right now it's a time of populism right wing populists of always being anti 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 well here in germany we have to keep in mind that the freedom of assembly and the freedom of speech to carry important brights for the

germans they're written in the constitution and in the past we've seen authoritarian regimes restricting these rights so the senate of the limb had to decide whether to allow or not and it said it couldn't ban it because the court in the end would decide for the mobs 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 were there wasn't any banning of flags allowed and that of a 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. and i will take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world intends in the

a total bag a total ban on plastic bags has come into effect as of saturday 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 in prohibiting the environmentally harmful product. on the 2nd day of his visit to romania pope francis urged cold grahams to overcome their differences tens of thousands of people gathered at the country's main catholic shrine to see the pope the south eastern european country has a large ethnic minority and there have been tensions between them and the romanians . in the u.s. state of virginia 12 people are dead and 4 others are injured after a disgruntled city employee opened fire at his coworkers the suspect himself was also killed after a prolonged gun battle with police he's been named as de wayne craddick a 40 year old engineer with the city of virginia beach as public utilities

department. tara wall scaliger mary louise gail alexander mchale. the list went on hold but one of the 12 people killed were employed by the city authorities and as a result the other was a contractor. believe ovoid that we will never be able to fill. 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. throughout the building except for the basement so no sir 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. time so we wouldn't be outside when everything was occurring. as mayor called it a devastating day. today is for jeannie beach is. a senseless crime. and imposed. tremendous grief. 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

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