t w. this is g w news live from berlin remembering d.-day 75 years on world leaders pay tribute to the following in those historic landings which helped turn the tide of the 2nd world war britain's queen elizabeth was joined by world leaders and veterans at portsmouth naval base in southern england it was an emotional commemoration of the biggest amphibious invasion in military history also coming up tonight fresh outrage in sudan as dozens of bodies are pulled out from the nile river with over 100 people now confirmed dead in

a violent crackdown the country's transition to civilian rule is in jeopardy and the chinese president xi jinping it says twice with russia have never been better he's in moscow for talks with russian president putin as the 2 leaders boost their cooperation to counter pressure from washington. also coming off all story and police under fire for their heavy handed treatment of climate change protest video has emerged which appears to show officers beating demonstrators at the climate change rally has left police facing a storm of criticism. and it's good to have you with us world leaders have come together on the southern coast of england to mark the 75th anniversary. of d.-day the day in 1904 when

allied forces landed in normandy france the beginning of europe's liberation from nazi germany d.-day began with operation overlord a massive naval mission to ferry american british canadian and other allied forces across the english channel to the french coast it remains the largest assault of its kind in the history of modern warfare and almost $7000.00 ships and landing craft headed for a 50 mile stretch along the french coast the code names of the landing beaches they are etched in history we know them by heart utah omaha gold you know and sort of today's commemorations did not begin in france but in the english city of portsmouth hundreds of d.-day veterans have now departed that naval base headed for norman.

remembering those who made the ultimate sacrifice with drums. and the words of the fallen. canadian prime minister justin trudeau tenant colonel merritt french president emmanuel mccullough and just 2 days before she stepped down british prime minister to resign may all read letters from those who were part of the struggle to defeat nazi germany one was from a soldier who had died 2 days later another from a member of the resistance who didn't survive the war. donald trump read a prayer that was broadcast nationwide by u.s. president franklin d. roosevelt on d.-day almighty. pride of our nation this day have set up on a mighty endeavor. a struggle to preserve our republic our religion

and our civilization to set free suffering. humanity. many thought the past d.-day commemorations to mark the 60th and 70th anniversary would be the last to honor those who took part in an invasion of normandy but john jenkins and 99 year old veteran from portsmouth was one of several 100 d.-day veterans in attendance. when he took to the stage he was greeted with a standing ovation. but the cards it's. really all over $74.00 rooms on we were never. chancellor un-american is only the 2nd german leader to take part in d.-day commemorations she praised the normandy invasion for its role in liberating germans from the nazi regime. led to something that we can be

very proud of today namely reconciliation unity in the whole post. that has brought peace in europe for more than 7 decades. the fact that i as german chancellor can be part of this today that we are working together for peace and freedom is a gift of history that we need to protect and up hold. the host of the ceremony queen elizabeth expressed her gratitude to the d.-day veterans . it is with humility and pleasure on behalf of the entire country indeed for her own free will. that i say to you all thank you. commemorations continue in normandy on thursday. well here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the

world president trump has left the d.-day commemorations and moved on to the republic of ireland it's his 1st visit to the country as u.s. president the trumps met with irish prime minister leo iran but otherwise it's been billed as a key visit but the couple spending 2 nights when the mr trump's golf resorts exit polls from denmark's general election show a likely win for the opposition social democrats pollsters predicted a strong showing for the country's leftist walk after they pledged to maintain denmark's strict immigration laws exit polls suggest they could take just over half the seats in parliament paving the way for party leader mehta fredrickson to form a government. thailand's parliament has convened to choose the country's next prime minister the vote will officially we store civilian rule in thailand 5 years after a military coup of the ruling junta leader you know china is expected to keep his poached he is seen as having a major advantage over his only rival who leads

a coalition of military police authorities have seized more than one ton of cocaine from a fishing vessel intercepted off portugal's atlantico coast the crew of 7 brazilian men were arrested they're believed to belong to an international drug smuggling gang which intended to distribute the cocaine throughout europe. and now to africa in sudan opposition leaders say the death toll from a crackdown on protesters in the capital khartoum has jumped to over 100 on monday security forces attacked a pro-democracy protests camp the country's ruling military council says that it has begun what it calls a fair and independent investigation into the violence by alliances led to a complete breakdown in talks with the opposition over a transition to civilian rule. this man is one of the lucky to survive.

opposition activists claim dozens have been killed this week in a violent crackdown on pro-democracy protests with the number of victims rising doctors linked to the opposition say bodies have even been pulled from the river nile. but despite the violence protesters are still taking to the streets like here in sudan's 2nd largest city of. putting up barricades as an act of disobedience against a military coup and the massacre that took place by the military council against innocent protesters are only solution is to continue with acts of disobedience because we the people are calling for a simple thing a civilian government. protesters say this week's actions are a bloody massacre by a feared paramilitary group known as the rapid support forces who are willing to atrocities in the darfur region these images claim to show them pretrial in the

streets of the capital khartoum sudan's ruling transitional military council appeared to justify their actions. we will not allow chaos and we will not go back on our convictions we must enforce and respect the laws of this country. this week's events of broken any trust protesters had in the military council their opposition leaders reject the military's plan for rapid elections they want larger structural change before a vote is held before that they say elections will not be free and fair and could allow elements of former president omar al bashir is regime to hold on to power. protestors have vowed to continue their fight for civilian rule. well they are being called the new. president xi jinping is in talks with russian president vladimir putin and he said ties with russia have no. her been better the 2 leaders are working to further improve relations as they things mounting pressure

from washington the trip she's a visit to russia since taking office back in 2012. the reception in the st george told in the kremlin the expectations are high china wants to show its muscle in the trade war with the u.s. and since western sanctions have been in effect russia wants to get closest to its biggest neighbor. it's russia's role materials like oil and gas that china is most interested in a 2000 kilometer pipeline will be operating by the end of the year to satisfy china's increased energy needs the russian energy group grasp from wants to become china's most important gas supplier. of national last year we set a goal to reach 90000000000 euros worth of bilateral trade thanks to the efforts of our teams our 2 governments we have exceeded this number in the 1st quarter of this year trade is also on the increase it is already up more than 3.4 percent percent.

we've made almost 30 times in the last 6 years russia is the foreign country i visited the most and president putin is my closest friend and a good colleague. the warmer ties between the 2 states of visible and tourism to for a long time germans made up the bulk of visitors to russia now it's china the number of chinese tourists has almost doubled in the last 5 years. well police in the austrian capital b.n. are facing criticism after several videos appeared on social media showing officers apparently beating climate change protesters now the video shows what you're seeing right here an incident where a man's head is shoved under a police van police are facing accusations of excessive force used to be endangering that man's life. pictures there are social media editor all

on security is here to talk or through the stories or tell us more about the video so these videos have made the rounds on twitter over the last few days following these climate change protest and being out last friday the 1st video that we saw. you can see a protester being beaten it's unclear why he's being beaten but the police have come out and said in a statement that they did use physical force. if if demonstrators resisted arrest now probably the incident that has caused most of the uproar is the 2nd video where you can see a man being shoved under a police van the driver of the police van then stops the vehicle and appears to be about to roll over his head before he is pulled away last minute by by the arresting officers and all these officers are watching as this is going on so the discussion the discussion is going on at the moment is whether the police know not

only endangered his life that even deliberately. tortured him basically what has been the reaction to this on social media i mean there's been plenty of reaction we have we had the reaction from the protests to himself that he was under that his name is. he said go ahead and scream no one will believe you anyway that was what i was told by the officer who was twisting my arm i guess he was wrong was. reaction from a berlin police officer who after studying this footage sided with the protesters he said this is in no way a mistake and that's awful what are the vienna police so the about so they 1st they came out saying that the media coverage of this of the demonstration was biased and especially about this incident with the man who ended up on a vehicle obviously then the video was released and then they have now they have

backtracked they have changed it shooting and they posted a tweet saying this video perspective shows a dangerous situation regardless of the criminal investigation that's already underway this incident will be included in the deployment tactics and mission training that are part of police evaluation of zenger situations or not admitting to doing wrong well they have one of the officers in question he has been taken off the streets and placed it behind a desk and they're also saying that clarifying this incident has highest priority right the little maries thank you. you're watching news still to come a drop in wholesale prices making life difficult for many farmers a conference here in berlin is examining ways to address the problem and to improve the stain ability that's coming up next on new business you're watching the w. news from berlin morning at the top of the.

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