this is the news live from berlin and on the 30th anniversary of the tiananmen square massacre witnesses look back on not darkest day and the purge that followed . the crowd to what they expelled me from the party they liberated me my brain and my mouth are free today. we talked to the father and the son who are determined to speak out as the chinese government tries to stifle memories of the crackdown also coming up britain gives president trump a lavish welcome

a state banquet and praise for a friendship between nations that donald trump calls eternal but elsewhere in london there's a very different perception awaiting the president. plus sudan's military council's all previous agreements with the opposition that calls for new elections that's after troops opened fire on protesters killing dozens and good a country it's more. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program today is the 30th anniversary of the tiananmen square massacre in beijing when this image was seared into the collective memory that iconic photo of a lone man facing down a column of armored tanks defiance of the brutal crackdown in tiananmen square when chinese soldiers shot and killed hundreds of their own armed fellow citizens and one. spring of 1909 students occupied the square demanding new reforms and freedoms

from the communist government but their hopes for economic and social change greater freedom of speech and less corruption were too much for the regime the chinese government declared martial law and in the early hours of june 4th troops moved in and brutally ended the pro-democracy movement their actions shocked the world on sunday a chinese defense minister said that the 1909 crackdown had been the right thing to do this was a stark departure from decades of attempting to keep the event out of the history books and punishing those who commemorate it despite that there are people doing their best to keep the memory of the tiananmen square massacre alive. mathias bollinger met with a father and a son whose mission it is to do just that well here. is a book published in hong kong the one in 1989 i was a 4th year student in university. so i wasn't very interested in society.

when everybody went to tiananmen square i just went to have a look everybody went there to talk to the wall but what he saw there changed his life students were mourning hujan reform minded leader posted 2 years prior they saw him as a victim of a corrupt party elite soon they started raising more issues who are living standards human rights corruption. oh. cool for the time i had an argument with my father he already said if the students continue this might lead to bloodshed i could not agree to what his father about whom was then a high ranking official or puts i didn't know this would end in such a tragedy but i knew it was a very difficult situation and this. woman had been a close aide to jobs the young the successor to bob jones a young was also a reform and want to dialogue with the students but the conservative prime minister . favored

a hard line approach. and i was not interested in my father's work and i didn't care what he was doing in the government. what the son did not know was another man was in control. time a senior leader who had retired from most. countries knew the students knew who had been ousted by done shopping 2 years before that. over the next few weeks the students became more and more radical they demanded negotiations with the parties some went on a hunger strike they wanted a lot of sympathy. but i know we don't everybody had a feeling that we would certainly win because everybody supported us that's what i saw in the square. when i came home there was a deeply pessimistic atmosphere of freedom to be one of the. you know what you're.

on may 18th being instructed the government to declare martial law the reformers in the party had lost the young disappeared from public view he spent the rest of his life. prepared for an investigation but what i didn't know was they would investigate me in prison he was detained a week after. another week later tanks into the city hall was watching from there a. lot of pressure there when they started shooting i thought they were shot in the air you were it's people were rushing the wounded on our bikes into the hospitals that's when i understood they were really killing people and then the sheer qatar left the country shortly after he became a publisher of critical books many of them about 1909. for me the events of the 1989 are still like an open wound.

while tom was released after 8 years in prison he remains under constant surveillance. to what that is when they expelled me from the party they liberated me my brain and my mouth are free today father and son can not talk often was allowed to visit once a year and some years not at all. q well let's get a quick check now of some other stories making news around the world italy's prime minister just epic on tape has said that he will resign if the 2 parties in the governing coalition don't stop squabbling the far right league party and the populist 5 star movement have been arguing for months over a range of issues on take who has no party affiliation and says that he now wants a clear and a speedy response. garion in south korean divers and budapest have recovered a 2nd body from the wreck of a tourist boat that sank in the river danube last week of the 33 people on board

only 7 are known to have survived the accident. and the indian capital delhi is too long for women free public transport in an effort to improve their safety almost a 1000000 are expected to benefit crime against women has become a major political issue in delhi the city's government said that public transport was considered the safest way for them to travel around the city. u.s. president donald trump is in london on a state visit to the united kingdom has been greeted with official pomp and ceremony but also protest of these here as he arrived at buckingham palace significant anti trump rallies are expected later today while parts of london are and security lockdown trump is beating prime minister theresa may and senior members of the government for talks. you know your correspondent charlet potts is in london covering trump's visit for us so just walk us through why is this such

a significant visit and what is likely to come out of it. well we're not expecting much concrete to come out of it because prime minister theresa may will soon be stepping down as prime minister and everything is for her successor to decide but there are nonetheless very important issues on the agenda between the 2 nations u.s. it's the u.k.'s the closest ally and one of the issues to be discussed most certainly is who away the chinese telecommunications company trump wants the u.k. to ban the network from building the next generation network here in the u.k. you threatening to withhold intelligence information so that will most certainly be discussed as well as a u.s. u.k. trade deal for breakfast so 2 very business topics that are on the agenda today while these 2 meet leaders meet we are also expecting massive protests here in central london and the significance of this visit really comes because britain is

divided over the question of whether trump should be hosted and such a lavish state visit yesterday he was greeted by the queen and pomp and ceremony and we can see the pictures now let's take a look. he loves glitz and glamour at buckingham palace didn't disappoint in the evening fit for a king at a state banquet with the queen they didn't have the 9 right you all to rise and drink a toast to president and mrs trump for the continued friendship between our 2 nations and to the health prosperity and happiness of the people of the united states. have more than fancy dinner on their plate trade wars the wrong bricks it but look back to a time when the mission was clear and the enemy to find this evening we thank god for the braves. of the united kingdom and united. who defeated the nazis

and the nazi regime and liberated millions from tyranny as we honor our shared victory and heritage we affirm the common values that will unite as long into the future freedom sovereignty self-determination the rule of law and reference for the rights given to us by almighty god those rights are being vigorously exercised by british demonstrators they're protesting trumps visit in cities around the u.k. like here in bristol events in london are likely to be the biggest there the trump baby balloon will make another lofty appearance above the heads of hundreds of thousands of people anticipated to take part. so as you saw

a royal treatment yesterday now today over 2 more substantial issues and the nitty gritty of politics sarah charlotte potts and london for us thank you so much charlotte and we know that you and the team will be covering this visit in the u.k. and those protests as they unfold so we look forward to seeing that as the day progresses. but 1st we're going to head to sudan where the military has canceled a power transfer agreement with protesters and calls for elections the move comes a day after security forces opened fire on protesters killing at least 35 people and wounding many more there have been ongoing demonstrations in khartoum calling on a caregiver military council to make way for a civilian government after the fall of sudan's longstanding dictator omar al bashir. after weeks of sit ins ok patients in demonstrations the military opens fire on call tombs protesters. oh

heavily armed members of the paramilitary rapid support forces a unit formerly associated with messages were deployed along the capital's main roads to disperse the protests. killing and injuring many. civilians have been conducting a huge city in central khartoum for weeks demanding that the transitional military council hand over power to the people. once news spread that the military had opened fire more protesters are out in the streets building barricades and calling for peace and more protests. after the dispersal of the sit in we went back to the streets and squares and thank god with the help of the youth we closed the streets and we will close everything again god willing. the protesters cut ties with the military council off to the bloodshed and then the generals hit back all previous agreements with protest leaders are off they say they'll now hold elections within

9 months but it seems very much on the military's own terms where it is almost. the bloodshed has drawn international condemnation the secretary general strongly condemns the violence and reports of the excessive force used by security personnel on civilians that have resulted in the deaths and injury of many and he is a lawyer by reports that security forces have opened fire inside medical facilities both sides a calling for peace but with lines of communication down that won't be easy. now south african runner caster semenya will not need to take testosterone producing medication to compete at least for now after a swiss court temporarily suspended the recent ruling last month the olympic $800.00 metre champion lost a challenge at the court of arbitration for sport and had been told that she could only compete if she medically reduced her testosterone level so when you said that she was thankful to the judges for suspending that decision it means that she will

be able to compete until her next court date on the 25th of june. so football now in future has announced qatar will host the club world cup in 20192020 those competitions will serve as a. herself for the 2022 world cup which qatar was awarded back in 2010 preparations for the tournament have been followed by controversy not least due to the concerns about the rights and safety of workers involved in the stadium construction qatar world cup officials maintain that the situation for laborers is improving despite reports of work related fatalities as i said in relation to death a lot of what we say is never going to be enough no matter what we speak about it's never going to be enough it's as simple as that and it is a tragedy but we are doing everything that we can only working towards ensuring that whatever solutions we put in also aren't just solutions that address the spotlight there are solutions that remain beyond 2022 a quick reminder of the top stories we're following for you here and it's famous 30 years since the chinese

government carried out a bloody crackdown on student protesters to tiananmen square security has been stepped up around the square in central asia where the massacre took place. and there's more coming up about tiananmen in operation gallo bird a documentary about the secret network that spirited dissidents out of china. the 1st economy last. year is grandma with her arms. joining a regular turn on her journey to freedom. you know we're interactive documentary.